HBO Feature Presentation: Difference between revisions

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'''Logo:''' This logo has three different variants, but the end result is the same.

* Variant A: Everything happens on a black background. First, we see several Scanimated sets of {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} lines spinning. As they slowly zoom in, they slowly dissolve into an early version of the HBO logo (with the "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''O'''}}" overlapping the "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''B'''}}"), and ""{{Font color|#FFD900|'''HOME BOX OFFICE FROM TIME/LIFE'''}}" appears below it shortly after it's formed. Suddenly, the HBO logo dissolves as it zooms towards the screen, and three {{Font color|red|red}} studio lamps rise from the bottom of the screen. The lamps turn on one-by-one, and the lights detach from them before merging into one circle that rotates into a {{Font color|purple|purple}} projector. The projector keeps rotating as {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} film reels move from the left of the screen to the right, turning the projector into a {{Font color|purple|purple}} film reel when they come in contact with it. After a while, the film reel rotates into a filmstrip with {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} HBO logos on it. The filmstrip curls down as two {{Font color|red|red}} drama masks fly in and start rotating rapidly, before flying away as several musical notes start zooming in while rotating and flashing in different colors. This cuts to a French horn rotating in and flipping upside down, before it stretches and turns into a row of piano keys while a ballerina's legs tiptoe towards them and open to give way for a {{Font color|blue|blue}} version of the Discobolus statue. When the Discobolus moves off-screen, what looks like a disc flies in and turns into a basketball, which falls into a basketball hoop. The hoop dissolves into a baseball glove, and a baseball falls onto it, after which both objects dissolve into a hockey puck and goal. The puck moves around until the goal dissolves into a hockey stick, which hits the puck and dissolves into a tennis racket, which hits a tennis ball. As soon as the ball flies towards the screen, we cut to a {{Font color|blue|blue}}/{{Font color|red|red}}/{{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} light with sparks emanating from it. A {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''H'''}}" from the HBO logo appears from the right and glides towards the left side of the screen. After it stops, the letters "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''BO'''}}" flip up to complete the logo, while "HOME BOX OFFICE FROM TIME/LIFE" flips down below it.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Depending on the variant:

* Variant A: A jazz piece consisting of horns, saxophones and other jazz instruments. Possibly a stock piece; it also appeared on a 1978 demo reel for Sullivan & Marks.

'''Editor's Note:''' The fast-paced effects and music may not sit well with some. Also, the logo's design looks like it says "HEO" because the "O" is too close to the "B", but that was changed in 1980.

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'''Opening:''' We start out with a space background with a light grid sheet rapidly moving across the bottom. Then, we see two triads of searchlights light up on the left and right sides, eventually crossing over each other. At the same time, {{Font color|blue|blue}} lights appear and many {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rays rapidly move towards the screen, followed by {{Font color|blue|blue}} rays, {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} circles, {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} zigzags, colorful criss-cross lines, {{Font color|blue|blue}} and {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} straight lines, and finally wavy {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} lines with curvy {{Font color|red|red}} lines between them. Then we pan up to the searchlights, which move down to reveal a box of popcorn with many kernels shooting out. The screen cuts to a scene of five {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} popcorn kernels flying around the screen and falling down with a "shadow" effect, before they draw a marquee with several neon lines and designs (looking like that of the Orpheum or Pantages theater), and the camera zooms in below it. Then, the screen cuts to a plain black screen, and the stacked words "{{Font|Impact|HBO FEATURE MOVIE}}" zoom out and pan down with a "shadow" effect, flashing when they settle on the background. After the flash dies down, lines appear behind each word, and the text turns {{Font color|red|red}}. Finally, the lines shine repeatedly.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral fanfare that sounds very similar to the ''Star Wars'' theme, with the last portion sounding eerily similar to ''Star Trek''<nowiki/>'s theme.

'''Editor's Note:''' The music may not sit well with some, but it's generally harmless.

'''Opening:''' The camera travels down an infinite loop of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where we see several movie-related items (i.e. a glass slipper, a box of popcorn, a soda bottle, etc.) on the left and right sides of the screen. We then zoom into a screen that shows a color-changing background and the aforementioned objects moving around while briefly morphing into blobs, before cutting back to the Walk of Fame where we see a box office gradually zooming in as the sky turns to a night sky and searchlights move around it. When the box office comes close to the screen, it cuts to the "{{Font color|red|{{Font|Impact|HBO FEATURE MOVIE}}}}" text animating as usual.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A jazzy version of the fanfare that fits rather well with the bumper.

'''Opening:''' On a space background with a gridded floor, we see several bright lights drawing in a stylized movie theater complete with a box office and a marquee with the text "'''H.B.O. FEATURE MOVIE'''" on both sides. We then zoom into a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} star on the marquee, and the screen cuts to more bright lights drawing in the interior of the theater. As we slowly zoom in, a {{Font color|red|red}} curtain on the center rises to reveal a {{Font color|blue|blue}} pair of curtains, which open as the camera zooms in and it fades to the "{{Font color|red|{{Font|Impact|HBO FEATURE MOVIE}}}}" text animating as usual.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An alternate version of the fanfare used in the first logo of the time, only slower and louder.

'''Opening:''' On a space background, we pan through and around many abstract shapes of various colors and sizes, some of which light up. At one point, a circle with a star passes by the shapes, with a bubble trail passing through them shortly after. After a while, a stylized {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} screen moves in from the right and we zoom into it as it starts showing the "{{Font color|red|{{Font|Impact|HBO FEATURE MOVIE}}}}" text animating as usual.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A bouncy techno version of the fanfare that fits well with this bumper.

'''Opening:''' We see a futuristic-like city at twilight, and we pan to the left where we see a neon movie theater with searchlights scanning the sky. Then we zoom into the entrance and see a bird's-eye view of the theater, lit in {{Font color|saddlebrown|brown}} and {{Font color|orange|orange}}. We slowly zoom into the projection screen and the camera fades to the "{{Font color|red|{{Font|Impact|HBO FEATURE MOVIE}}}}" text animating as usual.

'''FX/SFX:''' A combination of CGI and live-action.

'''Opening:''' On a black background, {{Font color|purple|purple}} streaks rain down the screen diagonally as we fade to see a {{Font color|gray|gray}} rounded rectangle with a neon {{Font color|pink|pink}} outline rotating and zooming out, with an ocean at the bottom of the screen. When it disappears, a {{Font color|blue|blue}} circular flash brings forth a series of {{Font color|gold|gold}} bars that fly towards the screen at an angle. They eventually form a theater hallway with the ocean turning into a black floor, and a {{Font color|saddlebrown|brown}} screen quickly zooms in as the "{{Font color|red|{{Font|Impact|HBO FEATURE MOVIE}}}}" text starts animating as usual.

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'''Opening:''' We start with a man tuning the cable on a TV set for a channel (to HBO, of course!) in his apartment as he settles down on the couch with his wife with several food items (i.e. a tub of popcorn, a pizza cut into slices etc.) in front of them. The camera pans backwards and outside the window to show a somewhat busy city intersection with figurines of vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk at twilight. The music starts, and the camera "flies" forward down the street, through several intersections. At one point you can even see a movie theater with "HBO THEATRE" on the marquee. We fly over some buildings before going into the suburbs, with lots of trees. We fly over several houses and a clock tower. Then the camera pans up into the sky, which briefly takes sunset hues before becoming {{Font color|blue|blue}} and black with a starfield. We go up into space, eventually panning up to reveal the source of the light; a star (positioned near the top center of the screen) that gets brighter and brighter, and eventually explodes in a {{Font color|orangered|scarlet}} and {{Font color|blue|blue}} gemstone-shaped flash, leaving behind a shiny chrome model monolith. The monolith moves down and across the screen and rotates clockwise, revealing that it is the HBO logo, then turns around one more time as the camera zooms in on the side of the "{{Font color|silver|'''O'''}}". The side of the "{{Font color|silver|'''O'''}}" disappears in a flash of light, revealing a stream of {{Font color|red|red}}, {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} and {{Font color|blue|blue}} rays streaking counterclockwise around a {{Font color|silver|silver}} axis, and "{{Font color|violet|'''HBO FEATURE <u>PRESENTATION<u>'''}}", in a heavy, {{Font color|violet|lavender}} 3D "gaspipe" font and with each word stacked on top of the other (as well as a line under "{{Font color|violet|'''<u>PRESENTATION</u>'''}}", appears against an array of {{Font color|purple|purple}} lines. Some more rays sweep across the words and shine, then the background fades to black with more flashes from the surrounding rays.

*The HBO short-form interstitial series ''Behind the Scenes'', which aired between features from the early 1980s to about the early 1990s, had one episode titled "A Closer Look: Inside HBO's City" devoted to showing virtually all the work behind this logo and how the ideas of the bumper came up. The episode can be viewed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agS6ZXBrcng here].

*Beginning in late 1983, the long version starts off with the city covered in fog (which slowly clears up), then has the camera pan across the city as usual.

*Two April Fools Day variants that used much cheaper versions of the model city, the HBO monolith and the end card also exist: one used "HBO Feature Presentation" in the style of a rebus puzzle (H-bee-O Feet-Y-oar Present-A-shun) which flipped up into the screen, while the other had the "lyrics" to the song in a "follow the bouncing ball" style over the model city. When we reach to space, the familiar HBO, now in aluminum foil held by some string, falls down and is spun around by a hand. "HBO FEATURE PRESENTATION" in cheaply arranged paper letters fade in on a black background with a pair of live-action hands briefly making odd movements over it (the rebus puzzle version also faded to this, but with only a half-second of hand movement).

*Some end cards had the lines colored {{Font color|royalblue|royal blue}} or a {{Font color|red|red}}-{{Font color|gray|gray}} gradient.

*A somewhat rare version exists. After the man tunes the cable to HBO, we can see him and his family sharing popcorn while HBO is being tuned on TV before zooming out the window. This was apparently used in the first weeks this intro debuted.

*Occasionally, during debuts of popular films, when the streaks move around the "{{Font color|silver|'''O'''}}", it cross-fades to a promo, and when the promo ended it fades back to the "Feature Presentation" version, which ends normally.

*For HBO's joint venture with Silver Screen Partners, the part in space had been adapted for their logo; this was only seen on the 1984 movie ''Flashpoint''.

'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' There is a full length pop version of the theme, also composed by Ferdinand Smith. You can listen to it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3PjdRkzu1k here]. Another version of said extended remix with lyrics, known as "The Fantasy", exists as well.

 

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'''Opening:''' We see a {{Font color|mediumorchid|heliotrope}} HBO logo across a vertical filmstrip with light rays shooting through it. The camera pans around and zooms back from several CGI squares glowing in various neon colors. Then, the lights shoot out the last square and light up a group of small dots glowing in rainbow colors, then zoom out to reveal a {{Font color|violet|light purple}} HBO logo with "{{Font color|deeppink|''Movie''}}" in a script font and in a {{Font color|deeppink|raspberry}}-like color with the rainbow circles on a black background behind it.

*On HBO Hungary, "{{Font color|deeppink|''Mozi''}}" (Hungarian for "movie") replaces "{{Font color|deeppink|''Movie''}}", and the colors are brighter.

*In Poland, "{{Font color|deeppink|''Film''}}" replaces "{{Font color|deeppink|''Movie''}}".

*In Brazil, "{{Font color|deeppink|''Apresenta''}}" (Portuguese for "presents") appears in "{{Font color|deeppink|''Movie''}}"'s place.

*Most other foreign versions of the channel probably have "movie" written in their own native language as well.

 

'''Opening:''' On a {{Font color|blueviolet|violet}}/white CGI background with a {{Font color|darkblue|dark blue}} floor, we see many colored shapes zooming through the screen. A black rectangle zooms in slowly and settles on a stack of other rectangles on a black base, as two more rectangles fly in and stack themselves above it, and a {{Font color|deeppink|hot pink}} HBO logo rises up from it. As the camera starts rotating, the {{Font color|gold|gold}} words "{{Font color|gold|'''SPECIAL PRESENTATION'''}}" zoom out with a shadow effect and plaster themselves on the front of the base, and the camera stops on a slight angle (a la 20th Century Fox).

'''Opening:''' An {{Font color|orange|orange}} ball bounces onto a colorful patchwork background four times. Each bounce changes its color (to {{Font color|pink|pink}}, {{Font color|lime|chartreuse}}, {{Font color|aqua|aqua}} and {{Font color|violet|purple}}) and the background (ending with the patchwork background), and several multicolored pieces gradually appear. The pieces eventually form a HBO logo that turns {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} with a {{Font color|green|green}} border and the ball lands into the "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''O'''}}", still changing colors.

 

'''Opening:''' On a black-{{Font color|darkred|reddish}} gradient background, we see a translucent filmstrip that has a {{Font color|deepskyblue|blue}} circle with lines dividing it in four quadrants in the style of a movie countdown on its center. Squares fly through its sprocket holes, and a circular light beam shines below its center, starting a countdown of the letters "'''H'''", "'''B'''", and "'''O'''". As this happens, the camera pans to the left and slowly zooms in on the countdown with the beam of light extruding through the circle. After the "'''O'''" appears, the circle turns into an "'''O'''" and another "'''O'''" flies through the film strip and the beam of light with several "'''O'''"s appearing and flying behind it. More light beams appear on the left and right as everything turns {{Font color|blue|blue}}, and the screen scrolls to a stone platform where the "'''O'''"s land, after which the screen pans out to reveal it’s part of the word "{{Font color|gold|'''ORIGINAL'''}}" with {{Font color|dodgerblue|blue}} lines above and below. As this happens, the words "{{Font color|violet|'''THE HBO'''}}" scroll in from the left and rest above "{{Font color|gold|'''ORIGINAL'''}}" and the camera zooms out to reveal the word "{{Font color|violet|'''MOVIE'''}}" below it. The platform has two sets of four light beams, one arranged vertically on the top left corner and the second arranged horizontally above the word "{{Font color|violet|'''HBO'''}}". A filmstrip scrolls up behind the logo as a spotlight passes through it twice.

'''Music/Sounds:''' It begins with an electric guitar solo that segues into a synthesized rock piece with bells heard as the "O"s fly down and synched with the "O"s landing on top of each other.

'''Opening:''' We see a countdown with the letters "{{Font color|gold|'''H'''}}", "{{Font color|gold|'''B'''}}", and "{{Font color|gold|'''O'''}}". When it stops, it starts again as a globe bounces on it and onto a round {{Font color|red|red}} layer with the word "{{Font color|gold|'''M'''OVIES}}" and several {{Font color|gold|gold}} banners with the words "HBOmovies" on them circling it. The globe bounces into a filmstrip, imprinting bouncing globes onto it, then bounces on the "{{Font color|gold|'''M'''}}" and moves to another layer with the word "{{Font color|gold|'''B'''OXING}}" and several "HBOboxing" banners on it. The globe and the letter "{{Font color|gold|'''B'''}}" fight with each other, pushing the globe onto a layer with the word "{{Font color|gold|'''M'''USIC}}" and several "HBOmusic" banners, as a bunch of globes appear. Three of the globes turn {{Font color|red|red}} and bounce onto a new layer with "{{Font color|gold|'''F'''AMILY}}" and "HBOfamily" banners. The "{{Font color|gold|'''F'''}}" juggles them, throwing them onto a final layer with "{{Font color|gold|'''COMEDY'''}}" and "HBOcomedy" banners. The "{{Font color|gold|'''C'''}}" laughs as the countdown appears again. It turns into an "{{Font color|gold|'''O'''}}", which zooms out to reveal the rest of the HBO logo, and the globe bounces into the middle of the "{{Font color|gold|'''O'''}}".

 

*There were five 15-second versions of the opening where the globe bounces on one layer before the first layer returns.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A calypso/rock theme with a male voiceover saying "Blockbuster movies. Original movies!" (cheering) "Boxing." (Series 1000 boxing ring bell sound effect) (boxing commentator mentions "Holyfield") "Big music events." (few guitar notes, female voice, cheering) "HBO for kids." "Toto, come on, here boy! We haven't got much time Toto!" "Serious comedy." "Is this funny or what?" (Series 1000 laughing boy sound effect) "HBO."

* "Movies" ID: A male voiceover (with a robotic filter) says "''Die Hard 2''. ''Young Guns 2''. ''Presumed Innocent''. ''Flatliners''. ''Days of Thunder''. ''Goodfellas''. ''Ghost''. ''Rocky V''. ''Postcards from Heaven''." Another male voiceover says "Simply the best movies!"

 

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'''Opening:''' In a widescreen effect with the letterbox bars having a black and {{Font color|blue|blue}} background), we see the white words "'''FEATURE PRESENTATION'''" appear over the HBO logo, which is in one of many situations (like the ITV "Hearts" idents from the same time). For example, one scenario involves the HBO logo inside a limo with several paparazzi stumbling to get to the limo and taking several pictures. Another features the camera panning around a skyscraper to reveal the top of the skyscraper is in the shape of the HBO logo (an influence on the next logo). Finally, another one shows the HBO logo in a fish tank.

'''Variant:''' The first few uses of this logo had a brief look at the movie that's going to play. The logo started as usual, but the word "NOW" zoomed in. Some clips from the following movie then played, before the appearance of the HBO logo in this logo appeared, with the "NOW" animation playing again, and the full logo played as normal after that.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A 12-note cover of the 1982 fanfare in different instruments depending on the variant, composed by RK Music. The "Now" variant features an announcer saying over the music "It's on, now. [brief description of movie]. [2 actors from movie] in, [movie title]. It's on HBO, right now."

'''Availability:''' Extinct. These opens were only used for two years before the next one came along.

 

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'''Opening:''' We see a busy street intersection with a theater (a homage to the theater briefly shown in the 11th opening) with the HBO logo and the words "'''FEATURE PRESENTATION'''" on its marquee. The camera zooms into the theater, past the box office (a homage to the zooming box office from the 6th opening) and into a bright light. After the light dims down, the camera starts zooming down a street in a residential neighborhood with cars driving and people walking about, and goes through a bridge superstructure shaped like an "'''H'''", after which it zooms down a rural highway, passing farms and such. After some fog obscures the screen, we see the camera zoom down a mountain road, flying over a pit, and heading down a "'''B'''" shaped tunnel. The tunnel leads to a desert road surrounded with gorges and cliffs at the other end, and the camera zooms into a truck with an "'''O'''"-shaped cylindrical tank, taking us through another transition. We end up zooming through a CGI rendering of the city from the 11th opening, then into a skyscraper-filled downtown. Passing through the buildings with a lens flare effect, the camera travels down a freeway as lights from behind several buildings quickly turn on, followed by more lights ahead of them. The camera pans and takes us into an aerial view above the clouds, and we see the spotlights outlining an HBO-logo shaped harbor. The 3D letters "'''FEATURE'''" fly in and come together over the HBO logo, and a flash below them brings forth a {{Font color|darkblue|dark blue}} rectangle with the word "PRESENTATION" appearing on it letter-by-letter as we tilt above the HBO-shaped harbor.

 

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'''Opening:''' On a black background, a flash appears, turning into a {{Font color|deepskyblue|cerulean}} aurora background as the HBO logo appears on the left and the words "Feature Presentation" (in the Gotham Book font) appear on the right.

'''Editor's Note:''' While not a badly-animated logo, this effort is very simplistic and boring, especially considering HBO's history of eye-dazzling opening bumpers.

 

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'''Opening:''' On a black background, pictures from various movies (which change frequently depending on what's being shown on HBO at the time) fade in and drop down. Then, they fade out and drop down again. Then, the HBO logo and the words "Feature Presentation" from the previous logo drop down.

*On HBO Family, the word "FAMILY" (in rainbow colors) is under the HBO logo. There is also a variation of that bumper in which the background is white, and the HBO logo and "{{Font color|deepskyblue|Feature Presentation}}" are in {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}}. Also, the pictures of the movies were replaced by the pictures of various family movies (such as ''The Iron Giant'', ''Shrek'' and ''The Book of Life'').

*Two versions have been exclusively used on HBO Asia: the first is the ''Game of Thrones'' version which features a {{Font color|teal|teal}} ''Game of Thrones'' background with the GOT logo below fading in. The second one is the ''Westworld'' version with the movie pictures being in B&W and the ''Westworld'' logo fading in below at the end, against a black & white background.

*Sometimes, a movie picture remains at the left as all the pictures drop down, while the split with the HBO logo and "Feature Presentation" appears in the right. This doesn't appear on the Asian version, as of this writing.

'''Editor's Note:''' Impressively, this bumper manages to be even more boring than the last, looking more like something out of an iPhone app as opposed to a television bumper, hence the nickname "iPhone HBO".

 

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'''Opening:''' We fade in to a shot of a man holding a bowl of popcorn. As the camera pans to the right, we see him walking towards his wife, who's snuggling up with a blanket on a sofa. In the background we can see two sets of home plants, a desk lamp, a set of magazines, and two glasses of what seems to be wine or cola. On the wall, we see a canvas print of another apartment. Below the couch, a pair of shoes are visible. The man places the popcorn on a table, settles down with his wife, and turns on the TV. As we zoom out through a window, a suitcase-style turntable can be seen. Zooming further out of the apartment, we see a few more sets of apartment complexes. Two more pairs of shoes can be seen dangling from a telephone wire. Panning further to the right, we see two streetlamps. We then zoom out from the streets into the room of two teenage siblings; an older sister and a younger brother. The wall is covered with fan posters of various celebrities. Zooming further out, we see the sister on her bed, and the brother on a large cushion. The brother holds a tablet towards his sister. Zooming out even further, we reach a balcony. In it, a patio table and a bicycle can be seen. As the camera zooms further out, we zoom out into the living room of another apartment complex. This scene is basically a recreation of the 11th opening, with a few modern touches added (e.g. cushion couches on a rug next to a flat-screen TV, which is showing a portion of the 11th opening (the part where we zoom into the "'''O'''"). As we zoom out again, it is noticeable that the apartment complex is actually a home, nested on a floating brick lawn. More apartments and condominiums are nested next to the home. We zoom in to the living room of yet another apartment. The first thing shown is its flat-screen TV, which is also showing the 11th opening. In it, a group of college students are seen on a couch, with one of them serving a snack to another. As we zoom out yet again, a man holding a phone can be seen on the balcony of yet another apartment. After that, the camera zooms out further and further. It is then revealed that the city is inside the HBO logo, set over a dark sky background on a flat grassy plain, with a river shown beside it. The words "MOVIE PREMIERE" are seen below the logo. At this point, everything shown inside the towering logo is no longer noticeable in detail.

* There is a more common short version that starts near the end when the HBO logo is revealed, and the text under the logo reads "MOVIE PRESENTATION".

* On HBO Latino, the text "PRESENTACIÓN DE PELÍCULA" ("PRESENTATION OF THE MOVIE" in Spanish) replaces "MOVIE PREMIERE".