Draft:Télé-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 (1996-1998)

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Visuals: In what appears to be a dark void of water, white-toned objects are seen floating about like they are in anti-gravity. What these items are portraying depends on the ident, but at the end, it fades to a dark blue patch of colour with white ripples forming and the new Tele-Quebec logo fades in with a slight ripple effect. It has a dark blue frame with 2 green swishes on the bottom and a red oval on the top, all of which are shown at an upwards-facing angle and have a sheen to them. Below, the white text "Télé-Québec" fades in with a more notable ripple effect and a visible water texture in it. Here are all of the possible variants:

• Originals: 2 people in baggy white clothing dangling about with a white ball near their feet, followed by a person spinning about in a ball-like position next to that white ball, a person spreading about like a ballet dancer, a close-up of the ball with a projection of a dictionary page running off it, then finally the 2 people bursting away from each other.
• Kids: A close-up of several crayons, followed by a teddy bear rising up, letter blocks tumbling towards the screen, then finally a close-up of a tricycle.
• Documentaries: 2 different close up shots of a dictionary with its page open, followed by 2 shots of a film reel and its film spilling out, a trumpet dangling about, then finally a happy comedy mask passing in from of it.
• Technology: A computer is seen floating upwards, followed by a close up of it, 2 CDs flying by, a pair of roller skates floating, a different shot of the dictonary/code-covered ball, what appears to be a Walkman, then finally a single CD flying forwards. Unlike the other versions, there's no fades in-between each shot except for the logo reveal.
• News: An hourglass floats from left to right, followed by a brief shot of some white cloth, a bunch of chemicals in beakers and vials floating about, a remote control moving about, then finally a brief shot of the ball from "Originals".

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: A new composition that differs based on the idents, but follows the same instrumentation, along with an announcer saying "Ici Tele-Quebec" at the end.

• Originals: A heavenly choir combined with acoustic guitar notes and a gong at the end. The announcer is an adult female.
• Kids: A xylophone and woodblock instrument, with a twinkle at the end. The announcer is a child.
• Documentaries: A piano and string instrument. The voiceover is the same as "Originals".
• Technology: A synthesized tune with extra "techno" beats in it. The announcer is a young male.
• News: Combines the choir from "Originals" with the string instrument from "Documentaries". The announcer is a different adult female.

2nd ID (2002-2004)

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Visuals: So far, two idents have been found:

• One ident involves two people, a man and a woman, both in grey clothing, dancing around as various squares and letters fly around the screen. Towards the second half, the Télé-Québec logo can briefly be seen zooming around the screen.
• Another ident involves just the Tele-Québec logo, this time with it animating in various different ways and appear in different designs. In order, the sequence starts with the logo covered in vegetables with streaks flying through the curves and across the square with the tomato occasionally flashing out as a silhouette, then there is a filmstrip reeling past the logo (note that it's threaded over the circle and curves ) whilst the curves blink, then with the logo over a cloudy background with the lines in the shape of a bass guitar's head/neck with the streak flying over the logo (the logo is seen with a "blurring effect"), followed by the logo spinning, the logo designed to fit in the space theme with a rocket flying towards the right before it all fades into just the circle and curves .

Technique: Computer animation and live action.

Audio: Unknown.

3rd ID (2004-2005)

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Visuals: It depends on the ident, with all of them ending with a red line drawing itself as the logo fades in, along with the text "Ça change de la téle" (which translates to "It's a change from TV") next to it. Here are the idents found (so far):

• Billboard: There is a billboard in the countryside, with the logo appearing line by line before the circle is added.
• Slideshow: Starts with a shot of an apartment building with three lines, red, blue and green at the bottom. It then cuts to different imagery, such as the wheels of a wagon, a traffic light turning green and different train images and videos.

Technique: Computer animation with live action imagery. All of these idents also appear to have an old film effect on them.

Audio: Depends on the ident.

4th ID (2013)

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Visuals: The logo, in black and white, rapidly zooms out and slowly zooms in before fading out. Below is the company name and "L'AUTRE TÉLÉ" beneath, both of which do the same thing as the logo.

Technique: A zooming effect.

Audio: None.

Availability: It was only used as a promo ID.

5th ID (2012-2017)

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Visuals: The ball, in black zooms out. As it zooms out, it turns red as the rectangle and curves zoom out and place themselves into their respective spots. They all leave a trailing effect as they zoom out. Below, in white, is the company's URL.

Variant: There's a variant where the whole logo is white and in a blue box. The box rapidly zooms out and slows down drastically as it casts a shadow.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: The end theme.

Availability: Unknown. ^[Examples?]

6th ID (2018)

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Visuals: A teal/blue square and navy circle is seen. On the square is a white upside down glottal stop and half of a 0 (representing a stylized 50). Inside the circle is "ans" and next to it is an exclamation point.

Technique: A still image.

Audio: Unknown.

Availability: It was used exclusively as an anniversary ident.

7th ID (2022-)

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Visuals: There is the Tele-Quebec logo in white over a set stage of plants. The top curve zooms out as the logo fades into a colour before it completely disappears. As it does so, the people in the ID do various actions before the text "TÉLÉVOREZ TÉLÉ-QUÉBEC" appears on screen in the same colour as the logo.

Technique: Most of this is in live action whilst the logo and text are all animated on computer.

Audio: It varies, though it always ends with an announcer reading the text at the end.

Availability: Unknown.

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