sfomspphl 420 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Pretty advanced ABC network show promo graphics in there - some 3D and nice text for the titles / times - holds up there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1274 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Pretty advanced ABC network show promo graphics in there - some 3D and nice text for the titles / times - holds up there Early computer animation or some other technique? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 It's all motion controlled cameras and backlit artwork. To quote a gentleman who worked at Robert Abel & Associates (who produced those graphics ): "Artwork was set up on a gimballed backlit fluorescent light box, and the camera was on a motorized dolly on a track. The effects were built up in camera with multiple frame-by-frame exposures. Everything was driven by stepper motors and Abel's own custom motion control systems." Absolutely one of my favorite techniques, and one that's far, far more difficult to reproduce accurately on a computer, despite the "simplicity" compared to the later Paintbox-driven eras. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 646 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 It's only the last few seconds, but we finally have an idea of what the lost Reaching Out To You image campaign sounded like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=TpXJqVPzNWA;m=16;s=29 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1275 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 It's only the last few seconds, but we finally have an idea of what the lost Reaching Out To You image campaign sounded like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=TpXJqVPzNWA;m=16;s=29 That “13” really creeps me out. The same channel has a WREG commercial break from 1985 with a groovy-looking “NEWS 3” bumper at 13:28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea 292 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Santo Biasatti anchoring an update for Canal 13's late news, back in 2003: The thing that caught my eye the most was the animated glass background: it looks very futuristic. And here's the music theme, that was used for about a year. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 646 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 (edited) Here's the Seven Network's Newsworld just before Clive Robertson came in (we need more of him on YT, I think of him as the Aussie equivilent of Tom Snyder) Edited September 28, 2018 by hmaxhanson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2 190 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 World Tonight with Clive Robertson 1992 - from my tapes. I recorded this as a kid in Sydney. It is classic Clive - famously grumpy and crotchety, with a very, very dry sense of humor, he is even better here than the caricature spoof of him on a sketch comedy show - and yes, he talks about auditioning at another TV station! I also found the themes quite enlightened and classy pieces - worth listening to the long close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=EKlRgdAzBxA;t=1140 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1275 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 How did we miss this?! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 646 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Some WRAZ footage from when they were just one month old: And the first Balls & Walls open from KHQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=SQN7JOoLhyk;m=29;s=4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 858 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 WPLG Miami 1976. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 And suddenly all those promos and raw graphics in the NA3 reels come to life... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 590 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 And the first Balls & Walls open from KHQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=SQN7JOoLhyk;m=29;s=4 This is so weird and I love it. KHQ was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 858 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 WPLG Newswatch 10 from 1976!! I just posted it already!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksair 62 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 I just posted it already!!! Doh!! When the page loaded up as i was posting it, it went straight to the reply box.. completely missing it! Sorry! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 858 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Doh!! When the page loaded up as i was posting it, it went straight to the reply box.. completely missing it! Sorry! lol Quite alright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1274 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 NBC's Early Today, followed by the 6:30 a.m. news from KING in Seattle, 1982: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksair 62 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Jessica Savitch's Last Newscast at KYW back in '77. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 858 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Jessica Savitch's Last Newscast at KYW back in '77. Ah. Before moving to big leagues at NBC, making history in the process until her tragic death in 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 230 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Ah. Before moving to big leagues at NBC, making history in the process until her tragic death in 1983. She wouldn't be the only one seen in this newscast to pick up a network gig soon afterwards, as Charles Bierbauer would soon move to the big leagues at ABC and eventually CNN. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 858 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 KETV Local ads 1979 WDSU 50 Golden Years, 1998 9/11 broadcast, from Las Vegas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohhR77ryhpw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 “Live, Local, Latebreaking. 12 News is Everywhere!” (WISN maybe 1996...or 1997) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatSowislander 52 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 “Live, Local, Latebreaking. 12 News is Everywhere!” (WISN maybe 1996) Saw this a weeks ago and forgot to post. I think it's maybe around 1998, as Mark Baden didn't join 12 until 1997 On a Milwaukee-related note, I am starting to believe that WTMJ didn't switch to Impact until they updated the graphics package "with the ring L3" logo in 1996, as seen here: Unless they switched in December as the KING 1992 theme and first gen jcBD look were still active in November (which the former I believe I also am starting to believe Wow and Flutter composed it, and the 1999 theme KING had.) I am actually in a Broadcast Animation class at MATC, which is teached by the head Graphics Supervisor for many years at TMJ, His demo and channel features some of his work at TMJ here: (1988 special) A bit anxious to ask him about it, even though I had thoughts in my mind about it. I told him a little about my TV News hobby through in my class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxvilleTVFan 285 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Here is the first few minutes of KOTA's Newsline from 1987. I recently found this out. KOTA's Newsline theme was also used for its "Battle of the Video Games" tournament special on KTLA four years before in 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2854 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 It's almost certainly from a production library then. Maybe it's in KPM's LP set? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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