Draft:Radio-Québec

Credits

Background

Télé-Québec, formerly known as Radio-Québec until 1996, is a Canadian French-language public educational television network available in the province of Quebec. It first went on the air in 1972 as a local cable channel, starting off in Montreal and Québec City, before expanding its coverage fully throughout Quebec in 1975.

1st ID (October 20, 1969-1979)

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Visuals: On a black background, three shapes (one green, one red, and one blue) appear on the top of the screen one-by-one. Then, three circles appear between the shapes, those being in gold, cyan and purple. The finished result looks like a filmreel-like design, a-la the GPB logo of the 1970s. While the circles appear, the word "RADIO-QUÉBEC" (with a line above the first "E" of "QUÉBEC") zooms in below the logo in a choppy fashion.

Variants:

• A prototype was shown back in 1970 where the logo is shown in all white, with an announcer saying "Ici Radio-Québec" before changing sizes a few times.
• One of the variants had the logo zooming in and rotating a bit until it covers most of the screen. The logo is also on a different hue than the original ident (though that might be due to tape deterioration) and is cleaned up a bit. The name of the company would then fade in front of the logo.
• Another variant just had the Radio-Québec symbol fading in without any text.

Technique: Simple computer and chroma-key animation.

Audio: A 9-note synth theme that ends with a dissonant binaural tone.

Availability: This was seen on Les Oraliens whereas the variant with the company's name on the logo was on Les 100 Tours De Centour.

2nd ID (1975-1981)

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Visuals: While both bumpers have a bar with "intermède" and the Radio-Québec logo cut out of it, along with an upwards-facing trail of them that blink on and off, they both have rather different animations.

• Bumper A: A moving green blob can be seen as the trail visibly moves down and shifts around. The bar also changes colours and waves about during the entire logo. Soon, the blob takes over the screen and changes to black, with the surrounding space now changing colours.
• Bumper B: Rapidly shaking orange bars are seen while the bar remains in an orange colour. Halfway through, colour bars replace the black background, the orange bars start to change colour, and the bar inverts as well.

Trivia: One of the songs used in this logo ("One Note Samba", mentioned below) is part of the first-ever LP to include synthesized music, with the song being released in 1967.

Technique: Scanimate and video feedback effects.

Audio: An almost purely synthesized light jazz tune, almost sounding like "elevator music". The first track is actually called "One Note Samba", made by Perrey & Kingsley. The second track is called "Lover's Concerto" (1975), made by the same music group.

Availability: This was possibly used as an interstitial clip to fill time between programs.

3rd ID (1979)

Visuals: On a blue background, there is a family holding green balloons, with one of its members walking towards the other three. It then zooms into the balloons as they form a green version of the Radio-Québec logo.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A saxophone tune and a announcer saying "Ici Radio-Québec".

4th ID (1979)

Visuals: In a house, there is a window opening, as the sun rises up. The sun then disperses, as a green plant starts to grow, which almost fills the entire house. The plant then sprouts flowers.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: A piano and flute melody.

5th ID (1983)

Visuals: As a slideshow of different Quebec homes appear, all of them have a blue-tinted room with a television in the center. With each cross-fade, the Radio-Quebec logo in white is seen and is zooming out while tilting, along with the television and homes getting closer and closer. When the room is fully in view, the logo is now much smaller and it reveals a bit more detail, like flowers in the left corner, before it all fades out. The Radio-Quebec logo then quickly zooms in and rotates a bit, glowing brightly for a second before stopping.

Technique: Fading effects, 2D animation.

Audio: A soft and peaceful synth tune, complete with a rising warble at the end. This would be the general motif used for most of these IDs for years.

6th ID (1984-1986)

Visuals: In an icy area in the day, a dark blue seal plays with a yellow and red ball, bouncing it on its nose. The screen zooms closer to the seal, and it eventually bounces the ball towards the sky, with a close-up on it. The ball then turns into the Radio-Québec logo.

Technique: 2D Animation.

Audio: A cheerful tune with a piano.

7th ID (1984)

Visuals: Over a shot of the sky, multiple doves fly into view and descend out of it. When the fourth one appears, mountains are partially visible in the background. The screen follows this dove as it flies towards a man's brown hat to sit on it. Another dove lands on his shoulder as the screen zooms out to show the man's full body, sitting on a bench.

Technique: 2D Animation.

Audio: A peaceful synth theme.

8th ID (1984-November 13, 1986)

Visuals: Over a black background, the screen pans up towards three couples dancing together. Above, there are three spotlights arranged like the Radio-Québec logo, colored red, blue and green, making the shadows of the people those colors. The lights then move to face the camera, creating a shine and turning into the Radio-Québec logo as the background turns blue.

Technique: 2D Animation.

Audio: A jazz tune with a saxophone, with a synth sound near the end.

9th ID (1984)

Visuals: Over a blue background, three women raise their heads upwards. The screen fades to a similar shot that also has two men looking towards the sky along with the women, before fading again to another shot with more people. The sky now has many stars filling it, and three of them form near the top of the center of the screen, which shine and zoom towards the camera. After the shine goes away, the Radio-Québec logo replaces it.

Technique: 2D Animation.

Audio: A mellow synth theme with some piano notes near the end.

10th ID (1986)

Visuals: There are two profiles, one with a image of a soldier with a gun, and one with a woman with blindfolds on her eyes and mouth. The left profile opens its mouth, which makes both of the profiles' eyes disappear. This leads to the soldier shooting the woman in the neck, making her bleed. The images then switch to a man with his arms up, right next to a gun, and a group of soldiers. The soldiers on the right then shoot the man in the chest, which makes him bleed. The image on the left profile then switches to an image of two soldiers, which makes both of the profiles charge up to each other, and explode, as a mushroom cloud forms, and skeleton versions of the profiles flash on the screen. A red "X" is then shown onto of the mushroom cloud. The profiles then return to the screen, but now have happy faces and parts of a rainbow on them, which fade into images of children. It then scrolls down to show two hands forming a heart, which a dove fades in. The heart disperses, and the dove zooms up closer, as the text "L'autre Television" appears below.

Technique: 2D Animation.

Audio: Battle music with horns at first, which is drowned out by gunshots and a rising wind sound. A peaceful piano tune plays for the second half.

11th ID (1987-1989)

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Visuals: On a black background, several glass plates in red, green, and blue hues fly in, along with a rounded version of the Radio-Québec logo spinning in. Compared to the 1st logo, the central piece is in a solid grey, while the circles are also red, green, and blue. As the plates rotate towards the screen and turn grey as well, the logo splits into 3 halves, with the middle flat section remaining and rotating towards the screen while thickening out in the process.

Variants:

• Most of the time, the logo would appear at the end of a small animation via a "peeling" effect in the lower right corner. Surrounding it are monochrome versions of the print logo.
• A variant exists where the plates are missing, leaving the logo forming on a dark grey background.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: A soft synth theme, with a bass line in the middle and an announcer saying "Ici Radio-Québec" at the end.

12th ID (1989-1993)

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Visuals: On a dark cloudy sky, a white cylinder with red, green, and blue sections comes in from the left, rotating clockwise. As it moves towards the centre, the cylinder rotates to reveal that it's the Radio-Québec logo and rests in the middle, all while shining and the back of it condenses to a flat form. If one looks closely in the background, there appear to be indents of their corporate logo when it rests.

Variant: At the beginning, 2 glass plates are seen covering the background, while a promo plays just off-centre. After it ends, the plates slide away to reveal the logo already formed. Sometimes, it just fades to the logo.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: A somber synth theme with a saxophone incorporated, with an ethereal chorus and the same voiceover at the end. Rarely, the announcer would be gone.

13th ID (1993)

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Visuals: On a blurry brown background (possibly a wooden floor), the Radio-Quebec logo appears as a translucent shape in the corner, zooming out while rotating to the centre.

Variant: The logo would be cut to its last few seconds when used on promos.

Technique: A zoom-out effect.

Audio: Same as before, but it also includes the promo announcer as well.

Availability: It was used for a few months in 1993.

14th ID (1993-1996)

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Visuals: A few different variants exist, but usually, bars either slide in and form up in the background while a circular object is sent up and turned into a silver 3D version of the Radio-Quebec logo, while the bars turn grey and gain a scrolling granite texture.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: Depends on the variant, but it has a build-up to a remixed version of the 1st logo's tune. An announcer says "Ici Radio-Quebec." as usual, which may be an adult male or a child male.