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*On HBO Hungary in the mid-1990s, a bumper has the full logo playing as normal until the end where the HBO logo fades away before the rays appeared, then a still "HBO" logo appeared in front of the space background. | *On HBO Hungary in the mid-1990s, a bumper has the full logo playing as normal until the end where the HBO logo fades away before the rays appeared, then a still "HBO" logo appeared in front of the space background. | ||
'''Technique:''' Not a single computer-generated image was used to make this bumper. The city is an intricately detailed model with lightbulbs placed under the houses, from which a motorized camera was used to film it. There were also crew members who puffed smoke into the city to add the atmosphere. The starburst before the HBO logo appears is the "stargate" animation, made with two pieces of art and is moved around and animated traditionally, frame-by-frame. The HBO logo itself is a model made of brass and is chrome-plated and combined with the starry sky background. The part with the colored rays was actually a series of fiber optics with motors and gears and pulleys used to change the colors and move them around and put inside the chrome "O". All done by Liberty Studios in New York City. | '''Technique:''' Not a single computer-generated image was used to make this bumper. The city is an intricately detailed model with lightbulbs placed under the houses, from which a motorized camera was used to film it. There were also crew members who puffed smoke into the city to add the atmosphere. The starburst before the HBO logo appears is the "stargate" animation, made with two pieces of art and is moved around and animated traditionally, frame-by-frame. That effect was done by David Bruce. The HBO logo itself is a model made of brass and is chrome-plated and combined with the starry sky background. The part with the colored rays was actually a series of fiber optics with motors and gears and pulleys used to change the colors and move them around and put inside the chrome "O". All done by Liberty Studios in New York City. | ||
'''Audio:''' The sounds of the TV in the opening scene (beginning with a TV host saying "On your big bonus question for..." before getting cut off when the man changes the channel), followed by some honking horns and city noises (or, in the short version, a whoosh, and the fog variant contains wind sounds) A piano/string chord is heard, which leads into a dramatic orchestral theme that gets progressively more tense. When the star explodes, phasing sounds are heard, culminating in a very loud, upbeat, almost disco-style horn-driven overture, ending with synth sweeps (representing the rays "inside" the "O"). Composed by Ferdinand J. Smith with a 65-man orchestra. | '''Audio:''' The sounds of the TV in the opening scene (beginning with a TV host saying "On your big bonus question for..." before getting cut off when the man changes the channel), followed by some honking horns and city noises (or, in the short version, a whoosh, and the fog variant contains wind sounds) A piano/string chord is heard, which leads into a dramatic orchestral theme that gets progressively more tense. When the star explodes, phasing sounds are heard, culminating in a very loud, upbeat, almost disco-style horn-driven overture, ending with synth sweeps (representing the rays "inside" the "O"). Composed by Ferdinand J. Smith with a 65-man orchestra. | ||
'''Audio Trivia:''' There is a full length pop version of the theme, also composed by Ferdinand Smith, which was also the second part of the network's main theme song, known as "HBO Main Theme", also known as "The Fantasy", while the music, as heard above, albeit without sound effects, is the first part of that song. It was released in vinyl and cassette tape, with the latter only featured the instrumental vision and being given to radio listeners. The full album, entitled "HBO: Music Made for Television", including the full version of the network's main theme song, with and without vocals, can be heard [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KaMq_75d4 here]. | '''Audio Trivia:''' There is a full length pop version of the theme, also composed by Ferdinand J. Smith, which was also the second part of the network's main theme song, known as "HBO Main Theme", also known as "The Fantasy", while the music, as heard above, albeit without sound effects, is the first part of that song. It was released in vinyl and cassette tape, with the latter only featured the instrumental vision and being given to radio listeners. The full album, entitled "HBO: Music Made for Television", including the full version of the network's main theme song, with and without vocals, can be heard [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KaMq_75d4 here]. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||