KTWU

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


1st ID (1980-2001?)


Visuals: There's two versions:

  • 1980-1986(?): Fading into a helicopter pan shot of the Kansas State Capitol and the surrounding area, the black word "KTWU" in a custom font flips in towards the screen, and as it stops and faces the screen, the red-violet word "presents" appears letter-by-letter.
  • 1986(?)-2001(?): With an another different shot of the Kansas State Capitol and the surrounding area, the text "KTWU" in a custom font, with the text "A Presentation of" above and "Topeka, Kansas" below, all now colored in blue, flip in towards the screen like the first version.

Variants:

  • 1980:
    • A longer variant of the first version exists, which has an extra 6-second pan shot in the background at the beginning.
  • 1986
    • A longer variant exists where there's an extra 5-seconds pan shot in the background at the end
    • A short variant of the second version exists, which has the text being still while the pan shot in the background is still being played.

Technique: Live-action for the background, and computer animation for the text.

Audio: Silent for the 1980 version, and a country hoedown tune for the 1986 one.

Audio Variant: Both of the three variants are silent.

Availability: The first one is seen on programs such as Tornado: Another Look, Not for Chowderheads and Scatband, and the second one is seen on Goat Gland Doctor and Carnival Of Souls.

2nd ID (1982)


Visuals: On a purple background with a white grid on, the word "KTWU" rotates in, and as it's rotating, the word "presents" appears letter-by-letter. Both words are white.

Technique: Computer animation. Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Remembering Harry S. Truman.

3rd ID (1997)


Visuals: On a purple background with a dark shade on the top left and shapes moving around, including

  • some gold squares moving down in a vertical line at the left
  • some red circles moving in a horizontal line to the right
  • some purple thin rectangles moves in a circular line
  • some blue triangles moves down in a diagonal line across the screen behind

the word "KTWU" and a rounded-edge rectangle at the left which has the station's "11" in it, flies in and then rotates themself to face the screen, with both being gold and CGI.

Technique: 3D animation.

Audio: Just the announcer saying: "This has been a presentation of KTWU, Channel 11, Topeka, Kansas.

Availability: Seen on Green Pastures: Filipinos in the Heartland.

4th ID (2000s-2010?)


Visuals: On a live-action background of a plains field at daytime, a blue beveled rectangle which contains the white "KTWU" logo and a white round rectangle containing the station's "11" in blue, flies in with a wavy effect on it and a shadow behind it, as well as rotates itself to face the screen. It then zooms out, while the word "Presents" fades in with a lighter shade of blue on it.

Variant:

  • In the 2004 version, the rectangle's blue shade is darker, the wavy effect on it is removed, and the text "Presents" is changed to the gold word "Topeka".
  • In 2008, while the animation is the same as the 2004 one, the background changed to a field which has a lot of trees on it, and the word "Topeka" also changed into the white text "Presents".

Technique: Live-action and computer animation.

Audio: A dramatic and energetic tune.

Availability: Seen as a program opener for shows (mostly local) produced by the channel, like Evolution, Education & Ecology, Black, White and Brown and Kansas You Should Know: Plains People: Elthera Voth.

5th ID (2007)


Visuals: As the background sildes down which has a live-action plains field with bushes and a narrow road on it, the same blue beveled rectangle in the last logo zooms in, and the orange text "Topeka" fades in below when it stops.

Technique: Live-action and computer animation.

Audio: A calm 4-note chime tune.

Availability: Seen on Beyond Theology.

6th ID (2010-2014, 2017)


Visuals: As the live-action background of an another plains field at daytime zooms out which has trees and a lake on it, the blue word "KTWU" logo and the blue number "11" of the station zoom out and rotate to face the screen, with both being CGI. The word "Presents" then rotates itself letter-by-letter below.

Technique: Live-action and computer animation.

Audio: A calm synth tune with a 3-note piano tune's being heard in it.

Availability: Seen on shows made by KTWU like Plains People, Sunflower Journeys, and Wood, Brick & Stone in 2017.

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