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* During April Fool's Day 2011, all idents used on-screen were edited to remove the Channel 4 logo completely. | * During April Fool's Day 2011, all idents used on-screen were edited to remove the Channel 4 logo completely. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI | '''Technique:''' CGI incorporated into live-action footage, produced by The Moving Picture Company. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Depending on the logo variant shown. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Depending on the logo variant shown. | ||
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'''Accompanying clock ident:''' The clock makes a return for the first time in 20 years, being a large pile of blocks. The blocks are seen around 2 invisible clock hands, which bounce in real-time with the ticking. There are also several different colour variations. | '''Accompanying clock ident:''' The clock makes a return for the first time in 20 years, being a large pile of blocks. The blocks are seen around 2 invisible clock hands, which bounce in real-time with the ticking. There are also several different colour variations. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI | '''Technique:''' CGI. These idents were animated by DBLG. | ||
'''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. | ||
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'''Trivia:''' These idents were filmed in Liverpool, the Peak District, and the White Cliffs of Dover. | '''Trivia:''' These idents were filmed in Liverpool, the Peak District, and the White Cliffs of Dover. | ||
'''Technique:''' Live-action with CGI | '''Technique:''' Live-action with CGI. As with the 2004 idents, these were also produced by The Moving Picture Company. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The background music for each ident is a simple guitar track that borrows thematically from the channel's famous "Fourscore" tune from the first logo. The construct itself blares out the jingle at the end of all of the idents, sounding akin to a foghorn. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The background music for each ident is a simple guitar track that borrows thematically from the channel's famous "Fourscore" tune from the first logo. The construct itself blares out the jingle at the end of all of the idents, sounding akin to a foghorn. | ||
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'''Trivia:''' These are the first idents since 2004 to feature the full 4 logo for longer than a split second. | '''Trivia:''' These are the first idents since 2004 to feature the full 4 logo for longer than a split second. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI | '''Technique:''' CGI by 4Creative and Pentagram. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm 4-note jingle (not a rendition of Fourscore in any way for the first time since 2017), followed by ambient synth notes mixed in with whooshes. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A calm 4-note jingle (not a rendition of Fourscore in any way for the first time since 2017), followed by ambient synth notes mixed in with whooshes. | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see three CGI rectangles coloured {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}, {{color|red}} and {{color|gold|yellow}} stretching and rotating in various directions, eventually forming a simplified "'''4'''". It stays still for a few seconds before rotating and stopping again. | '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see three CGI rectangles coloured {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}, {{color|red}} and {{color|gold|yellow}} stretching and rotating in various directions, eventually forming a simplified "'''4'''". It stays still for a few seconds before rotating and stopping again. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI | '''Technique:''' CGI by award-winning designer/director Matt Forrest of Snapper Films. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic drumbeat with ethical flute sound and the crowd shouting "FOUR!". The music ends with a powerful hit and it's followed by an announcer spiel. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic drumbeat with ethical flute sound and the crowd shouting "FOUR!". The music ends with a powerful hit and it's followed by an announcer spiel. | ||