Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Difference between revisions

surrounded by 8 curves that spin in a counter-clockwise direction. The logo would then zoom out to the bottom right corner.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A fanfare that consists of brass and string instruments with a bell at the start.

'''Logo:''' Over a dark background with thin, wavy clouds at the centre, we see a transmitter tower sitting on a globe. It is emitting constant signals from the top of the structure, which are illustrated by circular pulses. The letters "A.B.C" (representing the name of the broadcaster and in a sans serif font) suddenly "pop" upon to the centre of the screen before fading out. The text “T.V” zooms in from the top of the transmitter tower and then fades out.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None.

'''Logo:''' On a dark, hazy background representing space, we see a rotating globe. Points of light (seen as small dots) begin to encircle the globe like the electrons of an atom, leaving lines behind them. As the trails are completed, a TV-tube shape with the letters "ABC" suddenly appears over the globe. After a few seconds, the shape splits into three, the first shape containing "A", the middle "B", and the last "C". Then, a "NEWS" text zooms in from below the "B".

'''Music/Sounds:''' An abridged version of the ABC's signature news theme, Majestic Fanfare, which was composed by Charles Williams in 1943.

'''Logo:''' The screen is filled with a view of an oscilloscope display. The "Lissajous figure" that we see is oscillating rapidly, going from one frequency to another in quick bursts until it settles on a fixed rate. After around five seconds, the display fades into an animated representation of the slow, horizontal pattern seen before. It fades into a vertical pattern, and then fades back into the previous pattern. The animation stops at the point where the figure resembles the early version of the infamous ABC logo, and then pulls back, with the words "Australian Broadcasting Commission" (at the top) and "National Television Service" (at the bottom) appearing at once, contracting with the ident. The ident stops animating altogether and zooms back until it gets to a comfortable distance.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An excerpt of the song ''Reverie for Percussion and Harp'' by Bob Sharples. A loud crash-like noise can be heard briefly at the beginning.

** Mount Gambier, "situated in the rich pine forests of the south east"

* In addition, one more variant showcases all of Australia's capital cities.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Used several variations of the instrumental "A Shade of Brass" by Bobby Byrne, depending on the film sequence. Some of the music variations end with a 3-note tune that sounds like a predecessor to the jingle introduced in the late 1980s. On most variants, an announcer says this at the end: "This is ABC Television. The good looking Australian.", though this is not used for the cities and towns idents.

'''Logo:''' On a navy blue background, we see three diagonal bars, coloured (from left to right) green, sky blue and red. The first (green) bar contracts towards the bottom of the screen, followed by the next (blue and red) bars, until they disappear from the screen entirely. Two mustard yellow diagonal bars appear from both sides of the screen, followed by two "sharkstooth" shapes of the same colour appearing from the top and bottom. The formation slowly pulls back to reveal that it is the ABC logo, still as a Lissajous curve, but now with a thicker line and an "over and under" design for the crossover points. The company name, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION, sits at the top of the logo in a thin, white, sans serif font.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A horn-driven fanfare with rock-style drums in the background.

'''Variants:''' On some programming provided by the next (such as sporting events), the logo appears above "ABC National Television".

'''Music/Sounds:''' A violin theme with drumbeats. This is exactly an excerpt from "Heavy Action" by Johnny Pearson. This was also used as the theme for American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports.

'''Logo:''' We see what look like fountains in the sky against a black background. The fountains fall, and the ABC logo moves towards us like a rollercoaster, while the metallic floor with some running light reflections moving under the logo. Then the logo flashes on a black-blue gradient background, and a white light has "ABC" (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) fading in, in what looks like neon lights. “ABCTV” flashes above the logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A catchy synth-disco tune with people singing “ABC”.

'''Logo:''' On a black background three laser beams come in from the left of the screen each going in a different direction after the third one, a map of Australia is showing with glowing red lines, as the background changes to blue with pink and black lines in the background, then it flips to reveal that is the ABC logo then it flashes turning the logo into a grey/black gradient and causing the words Australian Broadcasting Corporation to appear in white as well, the logo zooms out slowly until it fades out.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An instrumental excerpt from "Affair of the Heart" by Rick Springfield.

* For programs broadcast via satellite, the words "BY SATELLITE" appears circled in below the logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An uplifting orchestral tune with drums, horns, flutes, and bells, ending with a twinkling sound. The "Milky Way" variant lacks the twinkling sounds.

'''Variant:''' A Christmas variant was used during Christmas Eve 1987.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A series of synth choir sounds with a four-note synth chime tune, ending with an orchestral hit.

* Bicentennial: We start off with the Australian Bicentennial logo (consisting of a green banner with two yellow lines in it shaped in the continent of Australia) on a black background. It then flips downwards, eventually turning into the ABC logo. At the same time, the same background from the 'Special' ident fades in.  

'''Music/Sounds:''' It normally used a gentle uplifting fanfare with a horn section, ending with six synth bell/choir notes (the last three would later become the trademark ABC jingle), and would be remixed depending on the variant. Other sounds relating to the imagery would be used, as well (The normal jingle was heard on the Leaves, Cave Painting, Snake Skin, River, Rainforest, Tide, Ashes, Desert Flower, Desert, Seashells, Skyscrapers, Wattle, Rock Pebbles, Sand and Cave IDs with the sounds intact). The 1st Special variant was usually accompanied with an announcer.

'''Logo:''' We see several words changing until stopping into a particular word for each ident. Then, we see some footage, and the ABC logo flips up with the picture below changing depending on the ident.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the variant, usually ending with the three note jingle.

* Starting in late November 1996 or early December 1996, additional text appears below "it's your abc", giving the info on who was in the ident or where the ident was filmed.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the variant, usually ending with the three-note jingle.

*Much like the previous logo, an alternative set of idents with various clips reflecting on the logo is made; the only difference being the logo animation in the end.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A tribal synth composition with accompanying ambience sounds related to the scenery of each ident, ending with the three-note jingle.

'''Logo:''' A video sequence of everyday life is seen, with various ribbons interacting with the footage. At the ending shot, the ribbons draw the ABC logo on the right (which solidifies into a modified version of the 2002 logo). The text "every" with a word relating to the theme of each ident below it then draws in on the left of the logo; the themed word then changes into "one's" after a few seconds, making the text and logo read as "everyone's ABC".

'''Music/Sounds:''' Varies per ident; all idents end with the 3-note jingle.

'''ID:''' We start off with the ABC logo zooming in and morphing into a screen which then shows an ID used by the ABC in the past. Near the end of the ID shown, the video zooms off to the left at an angle. The top of the newer ABC logo then slides from the right side of the screen and stops near the middle. The text "Celebrating 50 Years of Television..." and "Circa 19x0s" (the third digit varies depending on what decade the ID shown was from), then appear letter by letter from the left side of the screen.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The music/soundtrack from the ID being played.