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'''Audio:''' A snazzy jazz beat established on a snare drum with brushes, occasionally interrupted on the offbeat by a catchy harpsichord riff. The drums give the feel of the sound a projector makes. A few double bass notes are also heard on the third harpsichord riff. | '''Audio:''' A snazzy jazz beat established on a snare drum with brushes, occasionally interrupted on the offbeat by a catchy harpsichord riff. The drums give the feel of the sound a projector makes. A few double bass notes are also heard on the third harpsichord riff. | ||
* The 1978 policy trailer has a light but progressively triumphant string fanfare, with camera flash sounds heard alongside the shutter movements. | * The 1978 policy trailer has a light but progressively triumphant string fanfare, with camera flash sounds heard alongside the shutter movements. | ||
'''Legacy:''' The music and logo design made this open iconic during its lifespan. As such, elements from it carried into future opens. | |||
===2nd Open (1984-June 1986)=== | ===2nd Open (1984-June 1986)=== | ||
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*Also Showing at This Theatre: The aforementioned words tilt and fly away in a similar fashion to the previous variant. | *Also Showing at This Theatre: The aforementioned words tilt and fly away in a similar fashion to the previous variant. | ||
'''Trivia:''' General Cinema made a contest around the time the Space Candy trailer was brand-new, called the "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZTLJeozoU Count the Candy]" contest. As the name suggests, moviegoers had to count how many candies appear in the trailer to possibly win a season pass or a trip to Los Angeles. | '''Trivia:''' | ||
* General Cinema made a contest around the time the Space Candy trailer was brand-new, called the "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZTLJeozoU Count the Candy]" contest. As the name suggests, moviegoers had to count how many candies appear in the trailer to possibly win a season pass or a trip to Los Angeles. | |||
* General Cinema estimated this opening was ran nearly 700 million times before it was retired. | |||
'''Technique:''' Stop-motion animation in the first segment, and CGI with the clouds in live-action for the second segment, both produced by Industrial Light & Magic. The live-action daytime sky was shot from Hawaii and took the film crew six days just to get right. | '''Technique:''' Stop-motion animation in the first segment, and CGI with the clouds in live-action for the second segment, both produced by Industrial Light & Magic. The live-action daytime sky was shot from Hawaii and took the film crew six days just to get right. | ||