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Channel 4's April Fools Idents

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JO
Joe
I eagerly await, thanks Jonny. Very Happy
JO
Jonny
As promised: youtu.be/66Ukp377zjM

Great effort, top marks to C4 pres again .

Incidentally, isn't the music on the Docks ident slightly different from usual? Sounds more FX based.
LO
lobster
is this really just the raw footage (albeit correctly edited and colour graded) but without the CG elements ?

tokoyo (and even diner) seems to be missing lots of things I had assumed to be real.

when you see those idents in that state you do realise just how clever and well made they are.
JE
Jenny Founding member
is this really just the raw footage (albeit correctly edited and colour graded) but without the CG elements ?

tokoyo (and even diner) seems to be missing lots of things I had assumed to be real.


Well, I'd always suspected the tumbleweed was fake. Then again, I'd always assumed a lot *more* of the Tokyo ident was CGI (the sign that looks like it says "Channel 5", for instance - I'm surprised that's not a postproduction joke).
LL
Larry the Loafer
Jenny posted:
(the sign that looks like it says "Channel 5", for instance - I'm surprised that's not a postproduction joke).


I've watched the ident about four times and I can't see it. Confused
JE
Jenny Founding member
Jenny posted:
(the sign that looks like it says "Channel 5", for instance - I'm surprised that's not a postproduction joke).


I've watched the ident about four times and I can't see it. Confused


It would be even better if the fifth and sixth symbols were transposed:

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LL
Larry the Loafer
Okay, I was expecting that to be a lot less subtle... Laughing
NW
nwtv2003
although on C4 HD they've added the 4HD DOG on-screen during the idents.

That in itself is not unusual.


I've never seen the DOG on the New York or Diner idents, it always appears on the Tokyo ident though.
OV
Orry Verducci
although on C4 HD they've added the 4HD DOG on-screen during the idents.

That in itself is not unusual.


I've never seen the DOG on the New York or Diner idents, it always appears on the Tokyo ident though.

The only idents I've seen using the 4HD DOG is Tokyo and Rollercoaster, of course only before HD shows, which I presumed was them trying not to copy all the idents again in HD. Sadly I've not seen any of the latest batch of idents with the HD DOG, which I presumed would have been available in HD.
BC
Blake Connolly Founding member
Jenny posted:
is this really just the raw footage (albeit correctly edited and colour graded) but without the CG elements ?

tokoyo (and even diner) seems to be missing lots of things I had assumed to be real.


Well, I'd always suspected the tumbleweed was fake. Then again, I'd always assumed a lot *more* of the Tokyo ident was CGI (the sign that looks like it says "Channel 5", for instance - I'm surprised that's not a postproduction joke).


When I was in Tokyo last year, I took a photo of that area and you can see a few of the same signs:

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ST
steveboswell

When I was in Tokyo last year, I took a photo of that area and you can see a few of the same signs:


Clever you! You've air-brushed out the "4", as well!

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