ASN Great Movies

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum



1st ID (1987-1989)


Visuals: Unknown.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: A snippet of "Smalltown Boy" by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat.



2nd ID (1989-1990)


Visuals: Unknown.

Technique: Unknown.

Audio: A lighter rendition of the 20th Century Fox fanfare.



3rd ID (1990-1994)


Visuals: On a cloud background, there is a star spinning, has "GREAT MOVIES" on there, then has "PRESENTATION" wiping in.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Unknown.

4th ID (1994-2008)


Visuals: On a grey background, there is an alarm clock that points to an empty bowl. The alarm rings, causing a large amount of popcorn to appear. An usher with the ASN logo on her uniform appears and waves at us. We then go to a spinning TV listings page, filled with random made up programming like "Rerun City" and "Ho-Hum". A hand comes in and circles the "GREAT MOVIES" logo, causing it to pop out and change to orange. We then see hands randomly fumble with a remote control with a test pattern in the background. During this, a white background with a filmstrip and the letters "asn" rapidly changing fonts appear, along with a black background that has a TV with the Great Movies logo that pops out and turns orange. Then, on a grey background with many copies of the word "GREAT", the usher from earlier does a "come here" gesture with her finger, and points to a box filled with static, with two hands that change colors below it, and surrounded with a purple/pink border. On an evening sky background, there is a satellite with the ASN logo on it, which pans to its backside to show an ASN billboard on top of a TV transmitter on a building, with an abstract cloud appearing as well. The screen then fills with film, zooms out on a TV, and stretches out to a wide ratio. The Great Movies logo and the ASN logo appear, as we see two legs being put up and crossing over. The bumper ends with a handful of popcorn covering the screen.

Technique: Various styles of animation and live action are used.

Audio: A synth soundtrack in the same key as their station of the era, that changes style once the TV transmitter is seen. Sound effects for the clock, popcorn popping, projector and crunching are heard.

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