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'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On the ''Fireman Sam'' special "Snow Business", a wind-like sound is heard. |
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On the ''Fireman Sam'' special "Snow Business", a wind-like sound is heard. |
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* It was on original broadcasts and appears on VHS tapes of the first four seasons of ''Fireman Sam''. |
* It was on original broadcasts and appears on VHS tapes of the first four seasons of ''Fireman Sam''. |
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* The variant with the HIT logo is seen on current DVD releases and BBC iPlayer prints of the original series of ''Fireman Sam'' (where the intro freezes when Sam gives a thumbs up and then the title zooms in), though some DVD releases have the original logo intact. |
* The variant with the HIT logo is seen on current DVD releases and BBC iPlayer prints of the original series of ''Fireman Sam'' (where the intro freezes when Sam gives a thumbs up and then the title zooms in), though some DVD releases have the original logo intact. |
Bumper Films (Ffilmiau Bumper Cyf) was a Welsh children's stop-frame animation production company formed on June 26, 1982 by John Walker and Ian Frampton. They are best known for Fireman Sam, which premeired in 1987 and is still going strong today. In 2001, the Fireman Sam brand was sold to Gullane Entertainment and after production on Starhill Ponies ended in 2002, the rest of the company closed down.
Logo: The screen fades to a white background, and a picture of a bumper car fades in. Inside it are two boys; the first one is wearing headphones and holding out a microphone, and the second is looking through a camera with a telephoto lens. On the car is a yellow flag with the company name in black. The whole symbol is colored blue and yellow. Underneath the bumper car is the text "BUMPER FILMS Ltd for S4C", with "S4C" being in said channel's corporate typeface and colours. A copyright stamp attributing Prism Art & Design Ltd is displayed underneath.
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Technique: Fading effects.
Music/Sounds: On Fireman Sam, the synthesized whoosh from the end of the show's theme tune is heard. Oddly, the "whoosh" sound is also heard in Joshua Jones, but sounds noticeably faster.
Music/Sounds Variant: On the Fireman Sam special "Snow Business", a wind-like sound is heard.
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Logo: On a white canvas background, we see the words "Bumper Films" under the Mike Young Productions logo in a blue pudgy font. Underneath the symbol reads "for S4C" with "S4C" being in the channel's then-current logo typeface. A copyright stamp appears below.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.
Availability: Very rare. Was only seen on Starhill Ponies.