Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Research


Ident 1: MTV Live HD Backstage

For the first ident, I looked for something that stood out from most. ‘The Grid’ is showing shows from channels from America like MTV including sitcoms and music. What better channel to research then than MTV. MTV has had a massive impact on television and music since back in the 80’s and 90’s. They regularly show music with a mixture of sitcoms from mostly America but sometimes the UK too. MTV has done what most channels do too, and that’s being different. MTV has managed to stand out from the rest of most channels by being a quirky, loveable and mainstream channel.

This ident from one of MTV’s several channels is called MTV Live HD. The channel plays mostly music that’s from live performances, all in High definition. This ident is extremely unusual as it has a simple story but then completely changes to something completely out of the ordinary. The ident is all animation which means the creativity flows completely but it’s really striking. One of the people in the animation comes to life and turns in what the image shows above. Then the MTV logo appears on the screen. What this shows for me is that the ident is making a statement. MTV, like I have said, has always tried to make a statement to what they are all about, and that is different. MTV creates and makes an atmosphere for a younger generation, which means it must be something which sticks out into their minds. Today’s generation is all about being different and not being ‘mainstream’. It’s such a silly concept but everyone tries to be something which somebody else isn’t.

Ident 2: Sky Arts 1

Since I’m designing a Sky Arts ident, I thought I may as well look at an ident by them to research. This particular ident is interesting because it’s representing different cultures. The name ‘Arts’ is made from the pieces of the background which is what televisions used to show when a channel was off air. So the channel is showing other cultures and being very nostalgic.

Like the MTV Ident, the Sky Arts one is very unusual because it’s creating something out of the background which we later find out to be the Sky Arts logo. What it’s trying to do is become very arty due to the nature of the channel. All of the shapes start to move again once the ‘arts’ logo has made its shape. The ident is trying to what most channels want to once again, and that’s being different. The channel is for art purposes, which means it shows programs that are all about art

 

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