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'''Background:''' "'''V'''zglyad '''i''' '''D'''rugiye" (translation: Glance and Others) was founded in 1987 by co-founders of the ''Vzglyad'' (''Glance'') TV program: Vlad Listyev, Alexander Lyubimov, Andrey Razbash, and others. Listyev wanted to use a strange symbol as the company's symbol, and his wife offered to try the death mask of Taoist philosopher Guo Xiang with a three-footed toad on its head in the Museum of Eastern Culture. When the museum forbade using it as a logo, Listyev modified it with CGI (and led to some...unique results). Tragedy struck in March 1995 when, not long after becoming head of the ORT network (now Channel One), Listyev was mysteriously shot dead in his apartment. To this day, the murderers have never been found or identified. For a whole day, ORT and many other Russian channels went off the air and only displayed a photo of him with the text "Vladislav Listyev has been killed". In October 2017, in order to start shifting from television to digital media, VID rebranded itself to VIDgital (ВИDgital) and debuted a completely new logo. | '''Background:''' "'''V'''zglyad '''i''' '''D'''rugiye" (translation: Glance and Others) was founded in 1987 by co-founders of the ''Vzglyad'' (''Glance'') TV program: Vlad Listyev, Alexander Lyubimov, Andrey Razbash, and others. Listyev wanted to use a strange symbol as the company's symbol, and his wife offered to try the death mask of Taoist philosopher Guo Xiang with a three-footed toad on its head in the Museum of Eastern Culture. When the museum forbade using it as a logo, Listyev modified it with CGI (and led to some...unique results). Tragedy struck in March 1995 when, not long after becoming head of the ORT network (now Channel One), Listyev was mysteriously shot dead in his apartment. To this day, the murderers have never been found or identified. For a whole day, ORT and many other Russian channels went off the air and only displayed a photo of him with the text "Vladislav Listyev has been killed". In October 2017, in order to start shifting from television to digital media, VID rebranded itself to VIDgital (ВИDgital) and debuted a completely new logo. | ||
== VID == | == VID == | ||
=== 1st Logo (October 25, 1990-2002) === | === 1st Logo (October 25, 1990-2002) === | ||
{{Gallery | {{Gallery | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* There is a variant of the full logo with the mask disappearing and gray text saying "ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЕТ" (or "ПРЕДСТАВАЯЮТ) appearing afterwards. | * There is a variant of the full logo with the mask disappearing and gray text saying "ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЕТ" (or "ПРЕДСТАВАЯЮТ) appearing afterwards. | ||
** A sub-variant, found on the very first episode of ''Поле Чудес'' (''Pole Chudes'', the Russian version of ''Wheel of Fortune'') that aired on October 25, 1990, exists, in which the logo | ** A peculiar sub-variant, found on the very first episode of ''Поле Чудес'' (''Pole Chudes'', the Russian version of ''Wheel of Fortune'') that aired on October 25, 1990, exists, in which the logo suddenly speeds up when the ball falls to the center, before returning to its normal speed after "{{Font|Times|{{Font color|#CC7E31|'''ВИD'''}}}}" fades in. This is possibly due to an editing/compression error. | ||
* An abridged variant was also used at the end of some programs, in which the the ball-and-stick segment was cut and the logo started with the zooming circles. Only the five-note fanfare is used here. | * An abridged variant was also used at the end of some programs, in which the the ball-and-stick segment was cut and the logo started with the zooming circles. Only the five-note fanfare is used here. | ||
* There is another abridged variant that was used on ''Тема'' (''The Topic'') in 1992 where the ending theme plays and the last note of the fanfare then plays when the mask appears. | * There is another abridged variant that was used on ''Тема'' (''The Topic'') in 1992 where the ending theme plays and the last note of the fanfare then plays when the mask appears. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Ultra rare to extinct. | '''Availability:''' Ultra rare to extinct. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' The mask is a problem still, but | '''Editor's Note:''' The mask is a problem still, but it's a neat stop-motion effort nonetheless. | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a black background with a golden frame, we see a lump of plasticine in the frame. Human hands appear, and they sculpt a newspaper.The black background slowly fades into a white background while the newspaper is being modeled. Then the hands sculpt a radio from the newspaper. The hands then press a button on the radio then to a television. During the modeling of the television, "{{Font color|#FFAF00|Лучше один раз увидеть}}" ("It is better to see once" in English) is inscribed below the frame. Then it cuts to the hands modeling the right antenna of the television. Then when goes back to the original position of the camera. The hands press the center small button and turns the big button. Then the screen shows the tail end of the 1st logo. The background turns back to black. It zooms into the television screen when the color of its background changes. Then the "Лучше один раз увидеть" shrinks and then transforms into "VID" with a flash. | '''Logo:''' On a black background with a golden frame, we see a lump of plasticine in the frame. Human hands appear, and they sculpt a newspaper.The black background slowly fades into a white background while the newspaper is being modeled. Then the hands sculpt a radio from the newspaper. The hands then press a button on the radio then to a television. During the modeling of the television, "{{Font color|#FFAF00|Лучше один раз увидеть}}" ("It is better to see once" in English) is inscribed below the frame. Then it cuts to the hands modeling the right antenna of the television. Then when goes back to the original position of the camera. The hands press the center small button and turns the big button. Then the screen shows the tail end of the 1st logo. The background turns back to black. It zooms into the television screen when the color of its background changes. Then the "Лучше один раз увидеть" shrinks and then transforms into "VID" with a flash. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' | '''FX/SFX:''' A combination of stop-motion and pixilation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A pop tune with newspaper sounds as the newspaper is almost formed | '''Music/Sounds:''' A pop tune with newspaper sounds as the newspaper is almost formed (very similar-sounding to "Tied Up" by Yello). When the text transforms into "VID", we hear the last 2-notes of the 2nd logo's fanfare. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen after ''Field of Miracles''. | '''Availability:''' Seen after ''Field of Miracles''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' | '''Editor's Note:''' A very unique and fun logo which utilizes stop-motion techniques to great effect. | ||