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'''Nickname:''' "Multicolored Abstract AT" | '''Nickname:''' "Multicolored Abstract AT" | ||
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'''Logo:''' | '''Logo:''' | ||
*'''Opening:''' On a {{Font color|slateblue|lavender}} background, we see many spinning multicolored maps of Canada and the United States intersecting with each other. The continent then turns white with outlines for the states and provinces. They then get filled in with {{Font color|orange|orange}} as a spinning yellow "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''at'''}}" (in the same design as the second logo, but made with 2 solid stripes) comes from the top right of the screen. The logo then disappears via giant stripes wiping away the logo. It then cuts into the show intro of the time. | * '''Opening:''' On a {{Font color|slateblue|lavender}} background, we see many spinning multicolored maps of Canada and the United States intersecting with each other. The continent then turns white with outlines for the states and provinces. They then get filled in with {{Font color|orange|orange}} as a spinning yellow "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''at'''}}" (in the same design as the second logo, but made with 2 solid stripes) comes from the top right of the screen. The logo then disappears via giant stripes wiping away the logo. It then cuts into the show intro of the time. | ||
*'''Closing (Thinkabout):''' We see the ''Thinkabout'' logo in {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} changing colors from {{Font color|orange|orange}} and {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}}, then it zooms out to reveal the multicolored North Americas. The rest is the same as the opening, except once the logo disappears, it fades to the closing credits of the show. | * '''Closing (Thinkabout):''' We see the ''Thinkabout'' logo in {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} changing colors from {{Font color|orange|orange}} and {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}}, then it zooms out to reveal the multicolored North Americas. The rest is the same as the opening, except once the logo disappears, it fades to the closing credits of the show. | ||
'''Variant:''' There's a filmed version. | '''Variant:''' There's a filmed version. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' | ||
*'''Opening:''' The opening theme to the show (''Thinkabout'', one of the only shows known to carry this logo, has a theme that starts off with a chime scale, and as the map turns white, a synth "thud" can be heard, with a piano playing throughout the logo. The chimes restart after the announcer finishes his line.) with an announcer saying, "The following is from a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning". | * '''Opening:''' The opening theme to the show (''Thinkabout'', one of the only shows known to carry this logo, has a theme that starts off with a chime scale, and as the map turns white, a synth "thud" can be heard, with a piano playing throughout the logo. The chimes restart after the announcer finishes his line.) with an announcer saying, "The following is from a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning". | ||
*'''Closing:''' At the end of the show, the announcer says, "[NAME OF THE SHOW] is supported by state and provincial agencies working through the Agency for Instructional Television. Together... serving education.". It starts with the chorus line of the theme song, once the states fill with orange, a chime scale was used accompanied by a musical scale that loops until it reaches the closing theme. | * '''Closing:''' At the end of the show, the announcer says, "[NAME OF THE SHOW] is supported by state and provincial agencies working through the Agency for Instructional Television. Together... serving education.". It starts with the chorus line of the theme song, once the states fill with orange, a chime scale was used accompanied by a musical scale that loops until it reaches the closing theme. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
*On the later variant a female or child announcer says the same message above, but says "Agency for Instructional Technology" instead, since AIT changed its name to its current one in July 1, 1984. Also, a THX-like sound effect was played when the AIT logo zooms out. | * On the later variant a female or child announcer says the same message above, but says "Agency for Instructional Technology" instead, since AIT changed its name to its current one in July 1, 1984. Also, a THX-like sound effect was played when the AIT logo zooms out. | ||
*''Principles of Technology'' uses a different announcer saying a slightly different version of the spiel, which goes as "A project of state and provincial, vocational, and technical educational agencies in association with the Agency for Instructional Technology and the Center for Occupational Research and Development. Together... serving education." | * ''Principles of Technology'' uses a different announcer saying a slightly different version of the spiel, which goes as "A project of state and provincial, vocational, and technical educational agencies in association with the Agency for Instructional Technology and the Center for Occupational Research and Development. Together... serving education." | ||
'''Availability:''' Several programs from this period are still distributed by AIT (and are still being aired as part of the instructional television schedules on public TV stations in some areas); this can be considered rare. ''Principles of Technology'' is one such show, as well as later episodes of ''It Figures''. | '''Availability:''' Several programs from this period are still distributed by AIT (and are still being aired as part of the instructional television schedules on public TV stations in some areas); this can be considered rare. ''Principles of Technology'' is one such show, as well as later episodes of ''It Figures''. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*On ''Global Geography'', the logo is {{color|blue}} and set to a black background. | * On ''Global Geography'', the logo is {{color|blue}} and set to a black background. | ||
**A Spanish version of this variant exists, having the top text reading "Realizado por AIT." | ** A Spanish version of this variant exists, having the top text reading "Realizado por AIT." | ||
*On ''Geography in U.S. History'', the logo is white. | * On ''Geography in U.S. History'', the logo is white. | ||
*On ''Your Choice Our Chance'', the logo is white and on a solid {{color|blue}} background. | * On ''Your Choice Our Chance'', the logo is white and on a solid {{color|blue}} background. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The sliding and zoom out of the text and logo. | '''FX/SFX:''' The sliding and zoom out of the text and logo. | ||