L'Équipe Spectra

Background: L'Équipe Spectra was created in 1979 by French-Canadian producer Alain Simard in Montréal after the acquisition of Spectel Vidéo. They have not used a closing logo until 1991.

(1991- )""            Nickname: "The Happy Note"

Logo: On a black blackground, we see a thick black line flipping and twisting as the background changes into pink, white, red, etc. As it turns silver, the line turns into a smiling note as the words "L'ÉQUIPE SPECTRA" zoom into view and settle under the happy note aligned like this:

L'ÉQUIPE

SPECTRA The smiling note has a white circular shadow in the center.

Variant: From 1993 to 1995, it has a copyright date in Roman numerals under "L'ÉQUIPE SPECTRA".

FX/SFX: The line flipping and twisting, the background changing colors, all CGI.

Music/Sounds: A wavy, longitudinal tune with harp ending and a single noisy piano note as the smiling note forms.

Availability: Found on any L'Équipe Spectra show (except those produced by Films Zingaro and Sogestalt 2001). Also not available on the VHS and DVD series by Rock et Belles Oreilles.

Editor's Note: None.