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fanoftv
InventThamesValley posted:
This new Helicopter ident is brilliant but it is not the visuals, it is the music that makes it. Would we all like it if it was all punk rock style?

It was perfect for Kevins death on New Years Day. I am glad they are (hopefully) returning to more 'normal' idents. They must have realised that Fairies and definately Neon are way over the top.


Fairies has a nice calm feeling, that adds something to a forest scenario, and I'm guessing that they may use it a lot into the upcoming fairy tale update programmes.

As for Neon, it's there to do the purpose of linking through Saturday night, the only only programmes that it doesn't work for are Casualty (due to the drama aspect) and the news.
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chris
InventThamesValley posted:
They must have realised that Fairies and definately Neon are way over the top.


I thought all the idents were created at the same time, just revealed at different points in the set's lifetime?
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r2ro
chris posted:
InventThamesValley posted:
They must have realised that Fairies and definately Neon are way over the top.


I thought all the idents were created at the same time, just revealed at different points in the set's lifetime?


No AFAIK the original eight were recorded and then each of the rest have been recorded separately or in pairs.
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George12345
InventThamesValley posted:
This new Helicopter ident is brilliant but it is not the visuals, it is the music that makes it. Would we all like it if it was all punk rock style?

It was perfect for Kevins death on New Years Day. I am glad they are (hopefully) returning to more 'normal' idents. They must have realised that Fairies and definately Neon are way over the top.


Think your spot on there. In first terms of seeing the ident for the first time I didn't think it be suitable for the more serious breaking news/news reports or serious programming. Think the music makes the ident spot on for that though.

I think Neon however is a good ident for entertainment. But Lawn is just weird to the extreme. Helicopter is a good ident to add to the collection. However am I the only one thinking they'll be a few ones disappearing into the background now....Maybe Hippos for one?
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Joe
Hippos is very popular amongst viewers.
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Jonny
I haven't seen Lawn Circles for a while which is a good thing as it's the weak link IMO. They had such a good opportunity to produce a stunning crop-circle themed ident but failed by overdoing the bizarre element.

I fail to see what people dislike about Magical Forest; beautiful visuals, a decent soundtrack and a good scenario. Yes, it should not be used before news/serious programming but it is one of the better idents IMO.
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George12345
Jonny posted:
I haven't seen Lawn Circles for a while which is a good thing as it's the weak link IMO. They had such a good opportunity to produce a stunning crop-circle themed ident but failed by overdoing the bizarre element.

I fail to see what people dislike about Magical Forest; beautiful visuals, a decent soundtrack and a good scenario. Yes, it should not be used before news/serious programming but it is one of the better idents IMO.


Seen it today before a news update in scotland think it was before to buy or not too buy
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tvtwintrees Founding member
Before the 10 o'clock news in the east tonight we had kites with the helicopter music. It sort of worked
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fanoftv
tvtwintrees posted:
Before the 10 o'clock news in the east tonight we had kites with the helicopter music. It sort of worked


Was that a mistake taking the sound of the network with the visuals of East, or vice versa?
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tvtwintrees Founding member
That's a good question. We got the right announcement so we may have got the wrong visuals - maybe we should have had the helicopter ident. Peopl have said it would be good for the news.
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InventThamesValley
Just to say, I saw Hippos yesterday, it was quite a weird fealing as I am now used to seeing the new ones. I haven't seen Kites or Football recently.
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cylon6
They used Helicopter into Ladder 49 on BBC1 tonight and it just seemed to work. It's a good ident for serious programmes/dramas etc and is starting to grow on me.

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