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BBC Two Relaunch in November

(October 2001)

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AS
Asa Admin
Well I would have said before the 12th as BBC Two has two weeks of programmes under 'The War Zone' banner but if it's after the 14th, I'm not sure.

Full report on the new zone at http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,584245,00.html

Cheers, Asa
MD
mdta
one last clue....

my mocks on identz are slightly different to normal idents in the positioning of the logo...

Look out for it.
AS
Asa Admin
So what you're saying is, the new idents have the written logo bigger and on the left side of the screen, while the 'personality' image logos do their stuff on the right hand side.

I love your BBC Three ident!

Cheers, Asa
MD
mdta
ok i will spill most of what i know...

The existing BBC 2 idents are going, and new ones coming in, there will be about 7 of them and will be similar to each other, but each will have its own personailty.

The launch is either the 12th or the 17th, the layout of the idents will be like my mocks but the logo is sligtly smaller than mine
and is on the right hand side of the screen.

the feeling is there are too many different 2's at the moment, and they want to have a consistant style to BBC TWO but have personality...

I know nothing about the trailers, i'd luv to find out, but some forum members refuse to comment...

so thats all i know, now let me be damned if anyone is repremanded over this.
MI
Mich Founding member
mdta posted:
ok i will spill most of what i know...

The existing BBC 2 idents are going, and new ones coming in, there will be about 7 of them and will be similar to each other, but each will have its own personailty.

The launch is either the 12th or the 17th, the layout of the idents will be like my mocks but the logo is sligtly smaller than mine
and is on the right hand side of the screen.

the feeling is there are too many different 2's at the moment, and they want to have a consistant style to BBC TWO but have personality...

I know nothing about the trailers, i'd luv to find out, but some forum members refuse to comment...

so thats all i know, now let me be damned if anyone is repremanded over this.

Ah you a star, thanks for the tip off. Smile
JA
Jamez
Asa posted:
Personality idents? That's surely the general term for exactly what we have now? And if Media Arc are doing them, they've obviously not gone the whole hog in employing Lambie-Nairn to do them.

Cheers, Asa


Lambie Nairn just came up with the original concept of a sans serif 2 back in 1990. Since then all new additions to the BBC Two set such as Car, Diary, and Woodpecker have been designed and made in-house by the BBC.
MI
Mich Founding member
Jamez posted:
Asa posted:
Personality idents? That's surely the general term for exactly what we have now? And if Media Arc are doing them, they've obviously not gone the whole hog in employing Lambie-Nairn to do them.

Cheers, Asa


Lambie Nairn just came up with the original concept of a sans serif 2 back in 1990. Since then all new additions to the BBC Two set such as Car, Diary, and Woodpecker have been designed and made in-house by the BBC.

If thats the case why do Lambie Nairn have a video of car on their showreel about BBC 2?
MD
mdta
Lambie Nairn came up with the idea for the 2s but BBC actually filmed the live action idents
BH
BillyH Founding member
Oh NO! This is HORRIBLE news!Sad Sad Sad

Especially as today,Thursday,is the 9th Anniversery of the 'Powder' ident!Sad

(Edited by Billy Hicks88 at 12:47 am on Nov. 1, 2001)
JA
Jason
I agree. I like the 2s the way they are. And it's not often I say that about a logo. They are timeless and these new personality things are bound to be inferior and start looking dated within a few years. What do the BBC think they're doing? Sad
JA
Jamez
jason posted:
What do the BBC think they're doing? Sad


Getting rid of all things to do with John Birts reign over the BBC Wink
RW
RW
Billy Hicks88 posted:
Oh NO! This is HORRIBLE news!Sad Sad Sad

Especially as today,Thursday,is the 9th Anniversery of the 'Powder' ident!Sad

Is it??? Must be Optic's birthday as well then!

I'm still in a state of shock, especially since it's only the other day that I wrote a great long speech on how I thought the 2's would last forever!

Never mind save the balloon - SAVE THE 2's!!!!

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