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*Clip was created and designed by Jon Townley, who was, at the time, | *Clip was created and designed by Jon Townley, who was, at the time, an art director at Metrolight Studios, before later moving on to [[Blue Sky Studios]]. The promotional art of Clip was made by Bill Selby, who used airbrush, acrylics and Pelikan inks to create his finalized design before animation production. | ||
*This opening was parodied in the animated comedy ''The Critic''. In the episode "Dial M for Mother" a film reel character similar in design to Clip is comedically sucked into a film projector with musical cues close to the original animation. | *This opening was parodied in the animated comedy ''The Critic''. In the episode "Dial M for Mother" a film reel character similar in design to Clip is comedically sucked into a film projector with musical cues close to the original animation. | ||
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'''Previews Variant:''' The sequence starts off by fading into a {{color|darkviolet|purple}} gradient background. A cup of [[Coca-Cola]] is shown as the camera pans up, there is that the cup has a straw and the cup is full of the drink. The drink is getting sucked in the straw as the camera pans up to see Clip sitting on the film reel drinking from the straw. He gets surprised and gives a sighed expression. The camera starts to pan up as Clip stands up and flies away, leaving a star trail behind. While that happens, the logo is drawn in like the last logo but it is sped up. {{color|Silver}} lines fill up the logo. Clip flies by the logo from right to left leaving "Previews" behind him. The logo fades out. | '''Previews Variant:''' The sequence starts off by fading into a {{color|darkviolet|purple}} gradient background. A cup of [[Coca-Cola]] is shown as the camera pans up, there is that the cup has a straw and the cup is full of the drink. The drink is getting sucked in the straw as the camera pans up to see Clip sitting on the film reel drinking from the straw. He gets surprised and gives a sighed expression. The camera starts to pan up as Clip stands up and flies away, leaving a star trail behind. While that happens, the logo is drawn in like the last logo but it is sped up. {{color|Silver}} lines fill up the logo. Clip flies by the logo from right to left leaving "Previews" behind him. The logo fades out. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This is the first trailer to depict Clip with facial features. | '''Trivia:''' This is the first trailer to depict Clip with facial features. According to the May / June 1994 issue of AMC's internal magazine "AMC Intermission", the four pre-feature trailers were rolled out on April 8, 1994. The feature presentation snipe is known internally as "Clip II". Additionally, the trailers are mentioned to use six-channel Dolby stereo sound, however, this not true. The audio used is standard Dolby A stereo with Pro-Logic applied, which does not actually use discreet six-channel audio, despite what the internal magazine claims. | ||
According to the May / June 1994 issue of AMC's internal magazine "AMC Intermission", the four pre-feature trailers were rolled out on April 8, 1994. The feature presentation snipe is known internally as "Clip II". Additionally, the trailers are mentioned to use six-channel Dolby stereo sound, however, this not true. The audio used is standard Dolby A stereo with Pro-Logic applied, which does not actually use discreet six-channel audio, despite what the internal magazine claims. | |||
'''Technique:''' CGI from Metrolight Studios. | '''Technique:''' CGI from Metrolight Studios. | ||
'''Audio:''' An orchestral theme, ending with the same jingle from the last | '''Audio:''' An orchestral theme, ending with the same jingle from the last opening. | ||
===7th Opening (1998-November 2002)=== | ===7th Opening (1998-November 2002)=== | ||
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