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1st Logo | ===1st Logo (November 2, 1982-October 11, 1996, November 2, 2007)=== | ||
Logo: Eight blocks of matching colors: blue, purple, yellow and green, with a bar one single red one, form the number "'''4'''" on a black BG. | |||
Logo: Eight blocks of matching colors: blue, purple, yellow and green, with a bar one single red one, form the number "'''4'''" on a black BG. | |||
Variants: There are various versions of this logo. Below are some examples: | |||
* The logo, already formed, spins around, the blocks in turn spinning before setting back into place. | * The logo, already formed, spins around, the blocks in turn spinning before setting back into place. | ||
* Hundreds of little blocks fly in from the top right of the screen. The camera pans across as they go off the bottom left and sets in the middle, where the blocks form the logo. | * Hundreds of little blocks fly in from the top right of the screen. The camera pans across as they go off the bottom left and sets in the middle, where the blocks form the logo. | ||
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Trivia: | Trivia: | ||
* The logo was animated by the defunct Los Angeles-based CGI company Bo Gehring and Associates, as there was no computer at the time that was able to animate the logo in the UK. | * The logo was animated by the defunct Los Angeles-based CGI company Bo Gehring and Associates, as there was no computer at the time that was able to animate the logo in the UK. | ||
* At the time, "Fourscore" was the shortest musical piece to be copyrighted, and a full version, originally played on launch day, was released as a single on vinyl records. The album's reverse side also featured a calmer, synthesized version of the jingle (not related in any way to the 1992 version), also composed by Dundas, called "Fourscore II". This version was used to accompany stills were there a technical fault, and was also used to fill up the time allotted for commercial breaks if a | * At the time, "Fourscore" was the shortest musical piece to be copyrighted, and a full version, originally played on launch day, was released as a single on vinyl records. The album's reverse side also featured a calmer, synthesized version of the jingle (not related in any way to the 1992 version), also composed by Dundas, called "Fourscore II". This version was used to accompany stills were there a technical fault, and was also used to fill up the time allotted for commercial breaks if a region's ITV franchise had not sold them enough commercials to fill the timeslot. | ||
* During the 1980's, back when there were no rules about advertising tobacco products on TV, an advert for Hamlet's cigars aired that was a parody of the 4 ident, though it was still produced and animated by the same company behind the standard logo. In it, the blocks first form a 5 before rewinding off screen. They come back on soon after, but form a jumbled mess. The blocks then form a sad face, when another block (with the appearance of a cigar) flies towards the faces mouth. It puffs on it, blows out a smoke ring, and then smiles. This advert, being a parody of the 4 logo, doesn't use the Fourscore, and instead uses a generic fanfare which breaks down and warps when the blocks form the wrong shape. | * During the 1980's, back when there were no rules about advertising tobacco products on TV, an advert for Hamlet's cigars aired that was a parody of the 4 ident, though it was still produced and animated by the same company behind the standard logo. In it, the blocks first form a 5 before rewinding off screen. They come back on soon after, but form a jumbled mess. The blocks then form a sad face, when another block (with the appearance of a cigar) flies towards the faces mouth. It puffs on it, blows out a smoke ring, and then smiles. This advert, being a parody of the 4 logo, doesn't use the Fourscore, and instead uses a generic fanfare which breaks down and warps when the blocks form the wrong shape. | ||
Music/Sounds: | |||
* November 1982-November 1992:A bombastic four note fanfare called "Fourscore" composed by David Dundas, who also composed the regional ident music for ITV. Various versions of the jingle were used. | * November 1982-November 1992:A bombastic four note fanfare called "Fourscore" composed by David Dundas, who also composed the regional ident music for ITV. Various versions of the jingle were used. | ||
* November 1992-October 1996: A new fanfare was introduced, based on the original one. It would feature various reprises of the same basic tune, usually accompanied by four chimes.This version was brought in to replace the original jingle, as it was costing the channel too much to keep in use - David Dundas was paid £3.50 every time the original jingle was used, amounting in him earning around £1000 a week. | * November 1992-October 1996: A new fanfare was introduced, based on the original one. It would feature various reprises of the same basic tune, usually accompanied by four chimes.This version was brought in to replace the original jingle, as it was costing the channel too much to keep in use - David Dundas was paid £3.50 every time the original jingle was used, amounting in him earning around £1000 a week. | ||
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Editor's Note: The fanfare can scare a few, but this is a favorite of many. | Editor's Note: The fanfare can scare a few, but this is a favorite of many. | ||
2nd Logo (Unused) | ===2nd Logo (Unused) (1991)=== | ||
(1991) | |||
Logo: On a black background, we see three CGI rectangles colored blue, red and yellow stretching and rotating in various directions, eventually forming a simplified "'''4'''". It stays still for a few seconds before rotating and stops again. | Logo: On a black background, we see three CGI rectangles colored blue, red and yellow stretching and rotating in various directions, eventually forming a simplified "'''4'''". It stays still for a few seconds before rotating and stops again. | ||
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Editor's Note: None. | Editor's Note: None. | ||
3rd Logo | ===3rd Logo (October 11, 1996-April 2, 1999)=== | ||
Logo: We see live-action places. Suddenly, they blur, and four circles come towards the screen. They are arranged in various ways. | |||
FX/SFX: The circles. | |||
Music/Sounds: The noises of live-action end in either a whoosh or a bunch of synth sounds. | |||
Availability: Extinct. | |||
Editor's Note: None. | |||
Logo | ===4th Logo (April 2, 1999-December 31, 2004)=== | ||
(December 31, 2004-September 2015) | Logo: We see a moving background, mostly a bunch of rectangles moving right. Then, one of them makes a square with the number "'''4'''" inside it. | ||
FX/SFX: The background moving, and the "4" being formed by the background. | |||
Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant shown. | |||
Availability: Extinct. | |||
Editor's Note: None. | |||
===5th Logo (December 31, 2004-September 2015)=== | |||
Logo: We see an area or a part of the environment. There is a giant "'''4'''" which is made up of an object depending on the variant.<br />Variants: There are many variants of this logo.<br /> | Logo: We see an area or a part of the environment. There is a giant "'''4'''" which is made up of an object depending on the variant.<br />Variants: There are many variants of this logo.<br /> | ||
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Editor's Note: The Homer variant may get to some people who haven't seen it before, but it's funny nonetheless. | Editor's Note: The Homer variant may get to some people who haven't seen it before, but it's funny nonetheless. | ||
6th Logo | ===6th Logo (September 2015 - October/November 2017)=== | ||
(September 2015 - October/November 2017) | |||
Logo: TBA | Logo: TBA | ||
Variants: A Simpsons variant is aired before episodes of ''The Simpsons''(although not all the time). In this one, the blocks, all colored yellow, keep moving towards different parts of the screen, along with a pair of circular shapes resembling eyes with small black pupils. Although new idents were introduced in late 2017, this version is still used in one way or another, either still being used before an episode, or as a bumper between episodes. | Variants: A ''Simpsons'' variant is aired before episodes of ''The Simpsons'' (although not all the time). In this one, the blocks, all colored yellow, keep moving towards different parts of the screen, along with a pair of circular shapes resembling eyes with small black pupils. Although new idents were introduced in late 2017, this version is still used in one way or another, either still being used before an episode, or as a bumper between episodes. | ||
FX/SFX: TBA | FX/SFX: TBA | ||
Music/Sounds: The Simpsons variant uses several loud saxophone notes that play in time to the blocks on screen moving. | Music/Sounds: ''The Simpsons'' variant uses several loud saxophone notes that play in time to the blocks on screen moving. | ||
Availability: With the exception of the Simpsons ident and the program bumpers, which have carried into the next logo, this version is extinct. | Availability: With the exception of the ''Simpsons'' ident and the program bumpers, which have carried into the next logo, this version is extinct. | ||
Editor's Note: None. | Editor's Note: None. | ||
7th Logo | ===7th Logo (October/November 2017- )=== | ||
(October/November 2017- ) | |||
Logo: As with the previous logos, there are numerous different versions that run in different lengths. All idents feature a large metal construct that vaguely resembles a man, built out of the various parts of the 4 logo. | Logo: As with the previous logos, there are numerous different versions that run in different lengths. All idents feature a large metal construct that vaguely resembles a man, built out of the various parts of the 4 logo. | ||
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Editor's Note: None. | Editor's Note: None. | ||
[[Category:British Television Logos]] | |||
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