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===Background===
'''Home Box Office''' '''(HBO)''' is an American pay television network owned by [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] and the flagship property of HBO's namesake parent subsidiary, Home Box Office, Inc. Launched on November 8, 1972, it is the oldest and longest continuously operating subscription television service.
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|HBO presentation early version.png|1st Logo (1983?-1990s?)
|HBO Original Programming (2003).png|2nd Logo (April 19, 1996-)
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===1st Logo (1983?-1990s?)===
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HBO Original Programming (2003).png|First opening logo
HBO Entertainment (2018).png|
HBO Entertainment (2019).png|Current opening logo
HBO Original Programming (Time Warner).jpeg|First closing logo
Home Box Office (1998-2018).jpeg|
A Presentation of Home Box Office (2019).png|Current closing logo
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'''Visuals:''' The
'''Trivia:'''
* This logo was idealized by Bruce Richmond, who later became executive vice president of production at HBO. Bruce wanted to represent the fact that when people tuned in to HBO, they were stepping into something special.
* The graphics were created using a Quantel Paintbox, and it took three days to fully render the final product (the same probably also applies to the closing variant). The animation was also made prior to any sort of music or sound effects, so the music was written based on the visuals.<ref>https://www.20k.org/episodes/itsnottvitshbo</ref>
* This logo was parodied on ''MADtv''
* It was also parodied on the forwarder channel to the Nintendo Wii homebrew application, WiiMC.
* Imaginary Forces created a branding campaign based on the network's "Static" intro, entitled "Stories Like No Other". A case study can be found on their website [https://imaginaryforces.com/project/hbo-andquotstories-like-no-otherandquot- here], while the video can be seen on their YouTube channel and Vimeo page [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bplCxHQKPsg here]. According to Imaginary Forces, they wanted to make the white noise within the static to create immersive 3D worlds from HBO's original programs at the time.
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'''Audio:''' A wiping noise and a static sound, followed by a choir and a low synth tone. The closing variant has the choir played backwards, followed by a clicking sound. These were both composed by Bruce Richmond.
'''Audio Variant:''' On <u>the 1997 special ''Stomp Out Loud''</u>, the static is replaced by the sound of a creaky gate, and the choir is replaced by a car alarm going off. The closing variation has the sounds reversed.
'''Audio Trivia:''' The music of this logo is officially known internally as the "Static Angel".<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/video/netflix-sound-called-tudum-other-142709173.html</ref>
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Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and the flagship property of HBO's namesake parent subsidiary, Home Box Office, Inc. Launched on November 8, 1972, it is the oldest and longest continuously operating subscription television service.
Visuals: On a black background, there are five glowing blue lines wiping in from the left through the center, and a large gold HBO logo fades in over the center of the lines, as two glowing red lines flash in above and below the logo (with the former line having the word "An" in its middle, and the latter having the word "Presentation"). The HBO logo then "sparkles" a bit.
Variants:
Technique: Motion controlled animation.
Audio: A bombastic 8-note tune, the end theme, or none.
Availability: It was used on non-movie events, like specials, concerts, and programs like HBO Coming Attractions or Video Jukebox (a half-hour expansion of the short music video vignettes aired between programs).
Visuals: The logo starts on a black screen, before the screen animates like a TV screen turning on, and it fills with static. A shadowed outline of the HBO logo appears, along with "ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING" below it. The static fades into a black background, leaving the logo, which is still filled with static.
Trivia:
Closing Variants:
Later Variants:
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A wiping noise and a static sound, followed by a choir and a low synth tone. The closing variant has the choir played backwards, followed by a clicking sound. These were both composed by Bruce Richmond.
Audio Variant: On the 1997 special Stomp Out Loud, the static is replaced by the sound of a creaky gate, and the choir is replaced by a car alarm going off. The closing variation has the sounds reversed.
Audio Trivia: The music of this logo is officially known internally as the "Static Angel".[2]
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