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BR
Brekkie
Not sure I like the 4 being on the left in some promos and on the right in others. Think in this new style it does work better on the left really.
PT
Put The Telly On
I like them.
CH
Chewy
Chewy posted:
Apparently they will be adding some new idents to the selection in 2-3 months, one of them will involve Blackpool

My source? Someone from the class below me at college (well not anymore since I've left) apparently went to help them film it tonight, I don't know if he really has, but he isnt one to make stuff up


I just remembered posting this, turns out he didn't lie afterall Smile
SC
Si-Co
Apologies if this has already been posted or referred to, but I find this break filler caption from 1986 interesting as it works on the same basis as the current idents, albeit a still image - took a while for me to cotton on that the roads in the picture make up a '4'!
GE
thegeek Founding member
Si-Co posted:
Apologies if this has already been posted or referred to, but I find this break filler caption from 1986 interesting as it works on the same basis as the current idents, albeit a still image - took a while for me to cotton on that the roads in the picture make up a '4'!

Isn't that just a still from the programme, and hence a bit of a coincidence?
JO
Joe
It makes a 4?
JA
Jake
It makes a 4?


Here's a shoddily made gif to illustrate the 4

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JO
Joe
It's hardly the Channel 4 logo though is it? I mean, I thought it was backwards at first!
T4
t4rdis
This might have already been posted, but one of my friends on Twitter just posted this link. It's the promo Vimeo video by Rudd Studio who made the new idents: http://vimeo.com/16186586
DA
davidhorman
Is it just me, or do the first few planes in Aeroplane Graveyard look flat, like their fuselages are just stood-up cutouts? It's still the best of the new ones, but none of them are as good as the originals - none of the 4s really pop out of nowhere.

David
SC
Si-Co
Si-Co posted:
Apologies if this has already been posted or referred to, but I find this break filler caption from 1986 interesting as it works on the same basis as the current idents, albeit a still image - took a while for me to cotton on that the roads in the picture make up a '4'!

Isn't that just a still from the programme, and hence a bit of a coincidence?


I don't think it was merely a coincidence - there is no '4' log in the top corner, which they normally only omitted if there was a '4' elsewhere on the slide/caption in some shape or form. I was just illustrating that they were using a similar idea for this caption almost 20 years before this style of ident was introduced. It's nothing spectatular, and bear in mind it's very unlikely many 'regions' even got to see it!
JO
Joe
But it doesn't look like the Channel 4 logo! Confused

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