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BBC Two: new idents from Sunday 18 February

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JE
Jenny Founding member
I think this "window" theme might be a bit limiting. Nice idents (from the stills) but I'd rather they just had an anything goes approach like the original set. Still, at least it's not all yellow.
JR
jrothwell97
bee bee see posted:
Is anyone worried that the idents will involve people too much? They will now become the last of the mainstream terrestrial idents to have people in them, and I just wonder why idents cannot be done graphically with colours, shapes and fancy effects rather than just plonking it in a surburban setting with people smiling in a really fake way.


Who says people idents are a bad thing? As has been stated before Channel 4 uses people idents, and those gave a lease of new life for the flying blocks.

People idents aren't necessarily a problem, just as long as it's not just showing people walking around, grinning and with a logo slapped on.

And colours, shapes and fancy effects can be used sometimes, but not always.
JR
jrothwell97
Does anyone know if the new package will have stings?
JO
Johnny83
These look great, I'm really suprised, I had a fear they were going to be dreadful.

To add to the different sized 2 argument, Glass also had a different shape:

http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/identzone/bbc2/images/bbc2_1991_06_glass.jpg

Image from MHP (The Ident Zone)
LL
Larry the Loafer
Will these make their debut after Pages from Ceefax?
JO
Jonny
Larry the Loafer posted:
Will these make their debut after Pages from Ceefax?

I remember discussing this way back and i think we came to the conclusion that the first one will air at 10am, before Something For The Weekend. This is because we think there is no ident before CBeebies on a Sunday, which is the first program after Ceefax. After that the next junction is after CBBC Smile which is 10am.
BA
Bail Moderator
Music wise, going by beetroot's previous work I think it'll be channel 4 style of each ident having music for it, and no "theme" across them all.. I could be wrong though.
MD
mdtauk
Bail posted:
Music wise, going by beetroot's previous work I think it'll be channel 4 style of each ident having music for it, and no "theme" across them all.. I could be wrong though.


What have they done before?
BA
Bail Moderator
http://www.beetrootmusic.com/showreel.html
NR
Natty_Rose
madmusician posted:
Natty_Rose posted:
madmusician posted:
Natty_Rose posted:
they are releasing a press release later today.


Which (if true) is the only day I'll be away from a computer this week... Crying or Very sad


We are not all untrustworthy. I find it a cheek you put that in brackets to make it sound like i am not to be trusted. My source was the BBC themselves as i called them to find out and they told me it would be released this morning. Which it has.


Very sorry - didn't mean it to sound like that - honest! Embarassed

Managed to find a computer anyway - looks good... Razz


Sorry about the outburst. Out of character and just out of bed! Spencer made me see it clearer that i should have mentioned my source.
JO
Jonny
In regards to the music i hope its a bit like the 91-01 haunting music as these new idents seem a lot 'darker' (in a good way) than the yellow set. For example, i could imagine the music from the old idents 'Water' or 'Wave' would work really well with 'Seascape'
GW
Gareth Williams
Those new idents look good. Reminds me of the old style 2's. Thought they would have had the same style logo as BBC One has. I hope the old ones get a decent send off on Saturday night.

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