Ale Kino+

Background
Ale Kino+ (formerly known as Ale Kino!) is a Polish television channel owned and operated by the French premium TV network Canal+. Launched in 1999 as a secondary channel to Canal+'s Polish counterpart, the channel is exclusively devoted to showing cinema films, documentaries and interviews.

1st Logo (1999-2003)
Logo: Unknown.

Technique: Unknown.

Music/Sounds: A rising synth (sampled from Spectrasonics' Distorted Reality 1 sample CD), followed by a violin fanfare and a big whoosh at the end.

Availability: Extinct.

2nd Logo (2003-2006)
Logo: Unknown.

Technique: Unknown.

Music/Sounds: Same as before.

Availability: Extinct.

3rd Logo (2006-2011)
Logo: Unknown.

Variants: Unknown.

Technique: 3D animation.

Music/Sounds: Unknown.

Music/Sounds Variants: Unknown.

Availability: Extinct.

1st Logo (2011-2014)
Logo: On a red background, the camera zooms in through a number of spotlights, the screen flashing while passing by some of them. Several transparent lines showing a distorted version of the sequence briefly fade in and out. At the end, they all zoom in from right to left, just as the Ale Kino+ logo also appears the same way. The black rectangle appears first before a tilted red rectangle appears over it, with its upper right corner flipping.

Variants: Depending on the type of programming, there are unique sequences. The one described above is used for the majority of programs as well as commercial break bumpers.


 * Film : The camera slowly goes upwards as we get a side view of what seems to be the doors of some sort of closet, with a few lights coming in through the gaps from outside.
 * Kino Mowi : The camera zooms out from a square in the middle of the screen, revealing converging rectangles around it, while rotating from the right to the left.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Each sequence ends with a 4-note choir done in a different way to fit the sequence's corresponding soundtrack.


 * Main sequence : An orchestral action film theme.
 * Film : A chilling soundtrack reminiscent of a horror film, along with gunshot-like sounds.
 * Kino Mowi : A calming soundscape.

Trivia: This entire branding is a mix of Ale Kino+'s french counterpart's, Ciné+, own branding. All music and sounds are repurposed from across the Ciné+ channels, mostly Ciné+ Premier as it and Ale Kino+ share the same color. As both Ciné+ and Ale Kino+ have taken on their current names in 2011, where Canal+ rebranded most of its thematic channels to add a +, this could be considered intentional.


 * The main sequence described above is taken from Ciné+ Premier. Both its long and short versions are reused.
 * The "Film" sequence is taken from Ciné+ Frisson but in a different perspective and in red, rather than Frisson's green.
 * The "Kino Mowi" sequence is taken from Ciné+ Club but with shades of red. The Ale Kino+ logo also appears before the choir. This is the only sequence that's also repurposed for the ending credits of that particular program.

Availability: Extinct.

2nd Logo (2014-2019)
Logo: Unknown.

Technique: 2D animation superimposed on live-action footage. Produced at Designcanal in Warsaw.

Music/Sounds: A new-age tune with whooshes and whirrs.

Availability: No longer current.

3rd Logo (2019-)
Logo: Unknown.

Technique: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: A different new-age tune, with a bling signaling the logo's appearance.

Availability: Current.