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===1st (known) Logo (1972-1975)=== | ===1st (known) Logo (May 1972-1975)=== | ||
[[File:Nine_1972.jpg|400px|center]] | [[File:Nine_1972.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, there are 2 white dots stuck to each other. A dot slides across the screen and splits the 2 dots. Then, 2 more dots drop down and position themselves in a plus shape. 2 colons slide up and down from the screen edges and collide with the ends, forming an incomplete square. One final dot slides in from the right side of the screen and pushes one of the dots to the middle, forming a 3x3 grid of dots. The middle dot zooms in to turn the screen white, going to a random live-action part. After it finishes, the screen fades back to the dots, which then turn into a squishy-looking "9". The "9" then cuts out as the dots appear column by column, before the "9" appears to complete the famous logo. | '''Logo:''' On a black background, there are 2 white dots stuck to each other. A dot slides across the screen and splits the 2 dots. Then, 2 more dots drop down and position themselves in a plus shape. 2 colons slide up and down from the screen edges and collide with the ends, forming an incomplete square. One final dot slides in from the right side of the screen and pushes one of the dots to the middle, forming a 3x3 grid of dots. The middle dot zooms in to turn the screen white, going to a random live-action part, usually ending in someone performing a particular shuffle dance. After it finishes, the screen fades back to the dots, which then turn into a squishy-looking "9". The "9" then cuts out as the dots appear column by column, before the "9" appears to complete the famous logo. | ||
'''Variants:''' There are several variants of the live action sequence (around 40 were reportedly made). Here are just some of them: | '''Variants:''' There are several variants of the live action sequence (around 40 were reportedly made). Here are just some of them: | ||
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* Australian singer John Farnham appears dressed as a king. He walks through a crowd and stops to do the dance. The announcer in this variant says: "Get the Channel 9 Moomba feeling". This variant was made in celebration of Farnham winning the award of "King of Moomba" at the Melbourne Moomba Festival (a large community festival held in the city of Melbourne, Victoria) in 1972. Presumably, this ident was exclusive to GTV-9 in Melbourne. | * Australian singer John Farnham appears dressed as a king. He walks through a crowd and stops to do the dance. The announcer in this variant says: "Get the Channel 9 Moomba feeling". This variant was made in celebration of Farnham winning the award of "King of Moomba" at the Melbourne Moomba Festival (a large community festival held in the city of Melbourne, Victoria) in 1972. Presumably, this ident was exclusive to GTV-9 in Melbourne. | ||
*Humphrey B. Bear, Channel 9's iconic and long-standing children's' character/mascot does the shuffle in front of a real bear at a zoo. | *Humphrey B. Bear, Channel 9's iconic and long-standing children's' character/mascot does the shuffle in front of a real bear at a zoo. | ||
This is far from all the variants in existence. Reportedly, TCN-9 in Sydney had already produced 40 variants at the time of the package's launch <ref>''TV Times'', 3 May 1972 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51584821</ref> , let alone any additional idents made during the three years this package was used, such as those for special occasions like the Moomba variant | |||
'''Technique:''' A mix of live-action and 2D animation. | '''Technique:''' A mix of live-action and 2D animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A funky trumpet tune. Before finishing the tune, a male announcer says "Get the Channel Nine feeling." | '''Music/Sounds:''' A funky trumpet tune. Before finishing the tune, a male announcer says "Get the Channel Nine feeling." The theme was written and recorded by the network's music director, Geoff Harvey <ref>''TV Times'', 3 May 1972 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51584821</ref>. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' There is also a variant where the trumpet tune is more of a fanfare. The announcer here explains the transmitter info. | '''Music/Sounds Variant:''' There is also a variant where the trumpet tune is more of a fanfare. The announcer here explains the transmitter info. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extinct. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. | ||
'''Legacy:''' These idents proved quite popular as many Australians sought to replicate the dance used in the idents, known as the "Channel 9 shuffle". Newspapers even published step by step guides to performing the dance <ref>''TV Times'', 3 May 1972 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51584821</ref>. | |||
===2nd Logo (1 March 1975-1977)=== | ===2nd Logo (1 March 1975-1977)=== | ||