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Last month Motion Foundry completed this promo for the Discovery Channel. Promoting the ‘Behind the News’ series (unfortunate name for those of us with primary school memories) the promo uses no footage from the actual show and instead relies on ink drop dramatisations. (Thanks for the video Alex).
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Movie Extra, part of the Movie Network available on subscription television is the channel that “dares you to expand your view with compelling and diverse movies and television series that will stay with you long after the movie ends.”
These short idents created (and supplied to me) by Tactic visualise the quotes of some of Hollywood’s famous, specially Britney, Christina, Tarintino, Ebert and McGregor. Tactic also did some stuff for the Comedy Channel not too long ago.
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Motion Foundry have once again been nice enough to forward me some their latest work. This time its a 15 second ident for The Discovery Channel, whose only brief for them was that it feature ‘moments of discovery’.
To see some of Motion Foundry’s other work check out their Channel Ten refresh.
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Thanks to Nathan from Tactic for sending me their latest creation… scribblings of various penis euphemisms, created for The Comedy Channel (which I recently got sent some other stuff from too).
And while I do spend most of my work day drawing willies, I’m not getting explicitly paid for it like the guys at Tactic, I guess its a good thing no one at work knows I have a blog.. and conversely no one who reads this blog knows where I work.
To sum up, they’re short, funny and pretty cool (the exact opposite of me), I look forward to seeing these while I watch my day old Colbert’s over lunch.
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Thanks to Libbie from Sixty40 for sending me their latest creation, the new look, new location Comedy Channel idents.
While the relocation of a channels headquarters usually isn’t that newsworthy, this series of on-air identities has taken Comedy’s move from Sydney to Melbourne to heart. They show the network mascot (the c’fer?) exploring its new home, surrounded by the omnipresent plug for some pretty funny shows (anyone else as engulfed in Arrested Development as me?).
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On the 12th of January 2007, Club [V], the pink-polo-turned-up-collar wearing sibling of Channel [V] became simply Channel [V]2 and dropped any remaining dance music focus.
Apparently people are annoyed because of the introduction of ads on the new channel, but except for a few months ago when I recorded the above video I really haven’t watched anymore of it besides the occasional flick through so I don’t really remember if it had ads or not.
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It turns out there is a German television network also called Arena, but the one we’re looking at today is the Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus.
Among the people I work with it seems to be their channel of preference, and I’m guessing Entourage, Gilmore Girls, Nip/Tuck, Six Feet Under, Project Runway, SNL and Will and Grace have something to do with it.
This sixty second ident incorporates many of the networks shows into an LA backdrop featuring the tune “This Old Love” by Lior.
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Thanks to Duncan for this one, its the opener for ESPN’s coverage of the World Cup, produced by Buck LA.
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I just spent the last two days watching the entire first season of the Foxtel drama Love My Way, and damn it was good. It’s been so long since I got into an Australian drama, it was almost a novelty to see Australian culture reflected in a scripted show, I’m so used to my Six Feet Unders and the like.
It was refreshing that the show wasn’t based around a profession (doctors, cops, ranch hands or whatever it is the McLeod’s Daughters are). The characters are pretty fucked up, but none of it seemed contrived, the situations and storylines grow organically.
I don’t want to spoil the plot if you haven’t seen it, but episode eight was pretty hard to watch, its very emotional, and while the plot turn that occurs may seem like a way to wrap up the season or just generate some drama, its dealt with in such a blunt and raw way it actually works.
Its only 10 episodes so if you have a spare 500 minutes I really suggest you watch it, it will reignite your faith in Australian television.
I read somewhere that the commercial stations wanted to air it, but Claudia Karvan and co said no so unless you have Foxtel, the DVD’s may be your only option.
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In an effort to post some actual idents I thought I’d introduce this semi-regular column.. Better Know a Foxtel Channel (aka Foxtel Friday). So without further ado, Part 2 in this 63 part series…
I’m so glad I called this a “semi-regular” column because gee I’ve been lazy with it, and calling it “Foxtel Friday” didn’t seem to help either, it gets around to Thursday every week and I realise I’ve got nothin.
Anyway this week I got around to doing something, and that something was called TV1 (the fightin’ first). TV1 is one of the oldest channels on Australian subscription television, its a joint venture between Sony, Universal and Paramount and just like FOX8 is best known for The Simpsons, TV1 is probably most remembered for having Seinfeld (in my household at least).
More videos after the jump.