Moambe

Credits

Descriptions by
MBTA06 Productions

Captures by
Tabit

Editions by
MBTA06 Productions

Video captures courtesy of
Mister Suitcase, MBTA06 Productions, Intro Indents

Background

Moambe is the headline news show of the Georgian First Channel.

1st Intro (1971-1983)

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Intro: Over a black background with what appears to be 4 satellites spinning on the left side is Georgian text “საინფორმაციო ჰროგრამა” rise up 3 times (the first being in a simple font, the second in a more stylised font with the top text in an arc and a film wheel in the middle and the 3rd being in a cursive-esque font with half of the top text hanging off of the bottom text) with "მოამბე" rapidly zooming in twice. After that, a compass appears above the satellites with the same “News program” text in a curve (საინფორმაციო at the top; პროგრამა at the bottom), forming an oval shape, where Moambe (in Georgian) zooms in between the text with an oval ring around it. The Georgian “News program” text and compass fades away and company name slowly descends.

Technique: Rostrum camera and cel animation.

Audio: A quiet “whistling” sound with rapid dinging noises in the background, along with an interval-esque seven-note jingle that loops thrice.

Availability: It was only seen on the channel's news openings of the time.

2nd Intro (1978-1986)

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Visuals: A "მ" shape flips over a blue background with a sphere in the middle. As it does, the sphere flips inside of it, and the logo flips again to reveal a rectangle with the company name with "პროგრამა" at the top and some more Georgian text fading in below.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: None.

3rd Intro (1986-1991)

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Visuals: The same sphere from the last logo is seen spinning on the top-right corner. 2 red lines are then seen crossing the sphere with a small gap in between them as a white მ fades in over the globe, leaving a faded white stroke behind it between the lines. Georgian text fades in on an individual line and the company name in gold zooms in and shines.

Technique: 2D CGI.

Audio: A light majestic fanfare.

4th Intro (1991-1997)

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Visuals: On a pink background, there is a golden globe with vertical spinning "rings". The company name fades in alongside Georgian text sliding at the bottom.

Technique: A mix of live-action and text animation.

Audio: Same as before.

5th Intro (2001-2004)

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Visuals: A digital globe with grids is seen spinning as multiple lines draw themselves, alongside squares. In each of the squares are different shots of the globe. Some Georgian text appears as the globe in the background moves. Simultaneously, the company name zooms out and turns gold as it shines and Georgian text is seen below and a gold line draws itself in between.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Starts with a drum intro, which is followed by a news-opening tune played with a synth-chime and trumpet.

6th Intro (2007-2008)

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Visuals: The screen zooms into the hand of the clock, in which the camera turns to see a metallic sphere zooming out through multiple white and green rings. The camera turns once again to see all the continents appearing. It then zooms out and is seen in a sphere shape as the same sphere seen earlier also zooms out inside of it (with the continents on it). It gets encased in a light grey sphere with the continents still visible, and the camera zooms around it to see more rings around the globe before zooming out as the globe settles on a grey line with the company name on it sandwiched by 2 smaller Georgian text.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Another news-esque tune.