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Created page with "===Top of the Hour 1985 (1985-1986)=== center|350px {{YouTube/collapsible|id=BrUgwwj_iKY}} '''ID:''' Once again, we see footage of a rocket taking off. When it reaches space, it dislodges a TV from the top which flies in front of a laser; the laser shoots it, before the MTV logo forms piece by piece, covering the space scene and flashing different colors. '''Technique:''' A blend of stock footage, 2D and live action setpieces..."
 
 
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===Top of the Hour 1985 (1985-1986)===
===Top of the Hour 1985 (1985-1986)===
[[File:MTV (ID, Top of the Hour 1985).png|center|350px]]
[[File:MTV (ID, Top of the Hour 1985).png|center|350px]]
{{YouTube/collapsible|id=BrUgwwj_iKY}}
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'''ID:''' Once again, we see footage of a rocket taking off. When it reaches space, it dislodges a TV from the top which flies in front of a laser; the laser shoots it, before the MTV logo forms piece by piece, covering the space scene and flashing different colors.
'''Visuals:''' Once again is footage of a rocket taking off. When it reaches space, it dislodges a TV from the top which flies in front of a laser; the laser shoots it, before the MTV logo forms piece by piece, covering the space scene and flashing different colors.


'''Technique:''' A blend of stock footage, 2D and live action setpieces.
'''Technique:''' A blend of stock footage, 2D and live action setpieces.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Yet another update of the One Small Step theme.
'''Audio:''' Yet another update of the One Small Step theme.



'''Availability:''' Extinct.


===Conga Line (1985-1989)===
===Conga Line (1985-1989)===
[[File:MTV (ID, Conga Line).png|center|350px]]
[[File:MTV (ID, Conga Line).png|center|350px]]
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'''Visuals:''' The logo starts with various characters do a conga line until a man with a TV on his head arrives and presents a multicolored MTV logo.

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'''ID:''' We see various characters do a conga line until a man with a TV on his head arrives and presents a multicolored MTV logo.


'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
'''Technique:''' 2D animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A conga beat.
'''Audio:''' A conga beat.

'''Availability:''' Extinct.


===Day & Night (1985-1990)===
===Day & Night (1985-1990)===
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'''ID:''' We see the MTV logo against a sunny yellow background when it suddenly morphs into a street. A flaming electric guitar arrives and explodes at the screen, revealing a heart that morphs back to the MTV logo, now in a city at night.
'''Visuals:''' There is the MTV logo against a sunny yellow background when it suddenly morphs into a street. A flaming electric guitar arrives and explodes at the screen, revealing a heart that morphs back to the MTV logo, now in a city at night.


'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
'''Technique:''' 2D animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Cartoon sounds and a hard rock score.
'''Audio:''' Cartoon sounds and a hard rock score.



'''Availability:''' Extinct.


===Yells (1985-1988)===
===Yells (1985-1988)===
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'''ID:''' A green and pink MTV logo is presented on a camouflage background. Then, a viking woman jumps in and sings opera as Tarzan swings in doing his signature yell and takes her away. Then, a duo of elephants storm in and exit off-screen, shaking the logo.
'''Visuals:''' A green and pink MTV logo is presented on a camouflage background. Then, a viking woman jumps in and sings opera as Tarzan swings in doing his signature yell and takes her away. Then, a duo of elephants storm in and exit off-screen, shaking the logo.


'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
'''Technique:''' 2D animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Classical music at the start and the viking singing, Tarzan hollering, and the elephants trumpeting.
'''Audio:''' Classical music at the start and the viking singing, Tarzan hollering, and the elephants trumpeting.



'''Availability:''' Extinct.
{{Chronology|[[MTV IDs/1984]]|[[MTV IDs/1986]]}}
{{Chronology|[[MTV IDs/1984]]|[[MTV IDs/1986]]}}

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Latest revision as of 11:01, 2 November 2024


Contents

Top of the Hour 1985 (1985-1986) Conga Line (1985-1989) Day & Night (1985-1990)
Top of the Hour 1985 (1985-1986) Conga Line (1985-1989) Day & Night (1985-1990)

Top of the Hour 1985 (1985-1986)

Videos

Visuals: Once again is footage of a rocket taking off. When it reaches space, it dislodges a TV from the top which flies in front of a laser; the laser shoots it, before the MTV logo forms piece by piece, covering the space scene and flashing different colors.

Technique: A blend of stock footage, 2D and live action setpieces.

Audio: Yet another update of the One Small Step theme.


Conga Line (1985-1989)

Videos

Visuals: The logo starts with various characters do a conga line until a man with a TV on his head arrives and presents a multicolored MTV logo.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A conga beat.

Day & Night (1985-1990)

Videos

Visuals: There is the MTV logo against a sunny yellow background when it suddenly morphs into a street. A flaming electric guitar arrives and explodes at the screen, revealing a heart that morphs back to the MTV logo, now in a city at night.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: Cartoon sounds and a hard rock score.


Yells (1985-1988)

Videos

Visuals: A green and pink MTV logo is presented on a camouflage background. Then, a viking woman jumps in and sings opera as Tarzan swings in doing his signature yell and takes her away. Then, a duo of elephants storm in and exit off-screen, shaking the logo.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: Classical music at the start and the viking singing, Tarzan hollering, and the elephants trumpeting.


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