Northern Ireland Screen
Broken Saw
Background
Northern Ireland Screen is the national screen agency for Northern Ireland. The agency's purpose is to promote the development of a sustainable film, animation and television production industry. It was established in 1997 as the Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission, and later, renamed to its current name in 2007.
1st Logo (March 24-June 18, 2004)
Visuals: On a black background, there is a white box containing the spaced-out text "NIFTC" in Gill Sans Bold which is enclosed in a black rectangle. The text "NORTHERN IRELAND FILM AND TELEVISION COMMISSION" is placed underneath it.
Variant: On Battle of the Bogside, there's the following stacked text above the logo: "LOTTERY FUNDED BY THE ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND THROUGH".
Technique: A still graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Battle of the Bogside and Freeze Frame.
2nd Logo (August 26, 2005)
Visuals: The camera pans to a series of filmstrips and lines containing "0" and "1" shining in a white/pink gradient and falling down. Then, the footage blurs out and cuts to a black background where a light wipes in the text "NORTHERN IRELAND FILM AND TELEVISION COMMISSION". Above it, a long picture of a sunset behind some dunes blurs out.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: Some deep metallic sound, followed by a deep explosion.
Availability: Seen only on The Mighty Celt.
3rd Logo (September 19, 2006-)
Visuals: A transparent filmstrip passes from the left on a red/orange gradient background, while some transparent symbols consisting of a stylized-rounded square having another similar square behind it, slide from various sides of the screen in different sizes. Meanwhile, there are some vertical lights zooming in. Then, two stylized-rounded squares come in respectively from the upper and lower corner of the screen, and join together in a similar way. On their left, the text "NIFTC" appears letter-by-letter, while the name of the organization fades in below, in a two-row stacked lettering. Finally, the background becomes black leaving just the logo which fades out gradually.
Variants:
- There's a still in-credit version used on some programs.
- Coinciding with the organization's name change in 2007, the text was changed to "Northern Ireland Screen" with "screen" in a bigger font below the first two words. The text appears as the two white squares join together, and at the text, the logo wipes out.
- Since the 2020s, the logo has been enhanced with better effects.
Technique: Light effects combined with 2D animation.
Audio: An etheral synth note with a film projector sound and some droining noises. The logo could be also silent.
Audio variant: For TV shows financed by the organization, the closing theme plays over.
Availability:
- Original version:
- Seen on Middletown, Johnny Was, and Tell It to The Fishes.
- Current version:
- Seen on current films financed by the company such as The Lost City of Z and Nothing Compares. It was also seen on TV shows like, Jim Henson's Pajanimals.