HBO 2017 & 1983 Logo Opens - "BTS" Behind The Scenes - Home Box Office

HBO 2017 Feature Presentation Open:

This project is a reimagined version of the iconic 1980's HBO Feature Presentation show open. Imaginary Forces (https://www.imaginaryforces.com/) combined live action, CG, and a fully orchestrated new musical arrangement to create an HBO Feature Presentation for a more modern audience.

Behind the scenes of the making of the 2017 version: https://youtu.be/j67qI-lkL00

Creative Director: Dan Gregoras (http://www.dgreg.com/)
Executive Producer: Jon Hassell
Head of Production: Aleen Kim
Producer: Lisa Muñoz
Designers: Aaron Maurer (http://aaronmaurer.com/), Ben Zylberman (http://benzylberman.com)
VFX Supervisor: Jeremy Cox (http://www.jeremycox.com/)
CG Lead: Chris Vincola (http://chrisvincola.com/)
3D Modelers: Roger An, Muzi Lee, Hannah Sung
3D Animation / Tracking Artist: Joerg Liebold (http://www.jliebold.com/)
Lighting and Texture Artists: Cody Chen, Ken Lee, Chris Vincola, Roger An
Compositors: Tamir Sapir, Manu Gaulot, Ken Lee, Chris Vincola, Ari Reisner
Editor: Rachel Ambelang
Coordinator: Meredith Engstrom
Music Composition: Man Made Music (http://www.manmademusic.com/)
Line Producer: Adam Lawson
Directors of Photography: Dallas Sterling (http://dallassterling.com/), Ki S. Hwang (http://www.kishwang.com/)
HBO Head of Marketing: Chris Spadaccini
HBO VP Brand Marketing: Robert Priday
HBO Creative Director: Alyson Bradshaw
HBO Art Directors: Evan Beier, Gigi Nicolas

HBO 1983 Feature Presentation Open:

"By 1983, premium cable television was still a relatively new concept, and industry leader HBO wanted to distinguish itself from plain old ordinary network TV. This wasn’t just another channel; it was an “entertainment center.” It was special. One way HBO communicated that message was through its logo and on-air bumpers. In 1983, HBO began its feature presentations with an incredibly elaborate, minute-long introductory sequence still fondly remembered by a generation of cable TV subscribers. In a cozy apartment, a man and his wife settle in for a night of HBO. The camera then pans away from their window and soars over the city in which they live, swooping through the streets like a bird. It continues through the suburbs and the country toward the mountains, at which point it tilts upward toward the night sky. A giant, metallic HBO-shaped spaceship comes into view then comes into view. Inside the ship, the “O” is filled with dazzling, swirling colors. At last, a title appears: HBO Theatre. Home Box Office was so proud of this introduction that its creation was documented in a fascinating, 10-minute documentary by Scott Morris.

The introduction was the work of New York’s Liberty Studios. It was decided that Liberty president Anthony Lover’s original concept would not work with a real city, so a miniature one was built. It took a team of six craftsmen a total of three months to construct the dozens of highly detailed little buildings, each one individually lit, in HBO’s ersatz city, not to mention the vehicles and model people, including some bums and hookers. And that was just one aspect of the process. A 65-piece orchestra played the score. Live actors were hired for the apartment scene. A giant cyclotronic backdrop simulated dusk. The HBO logo itself was forged out of brass and then chrome plated. The star field was the result of frame-by-frame animation. And those swirling colors inside the O? That involved fiber optics, plus various “motors and gears and pulleys.” Hopefully, the HBO subscribers of 1983 took the time to appreciate this intro and didn’t use that last minute as a chance to use the bathroom or grab a snack before the movie." ~ http://www.avclub.com/
A Closer Look: Inside HBO's City, HBO Behind The Scenes
A Production of Scott Morris Films, New York City

Seen in the video:
Anthony Lover - President, Liberty Studios
James E. Kowalski - Director of Special Effects Models
David Bruce - Special Effects
Ferdinand Jay Smith III - Composer
Reid Paul - Animator and Cameraman (http://stargatestudios.net/sg/reid-paul/)
Joe Scherer - Cameraman
Scott Morris - Producer / Director
Alexander Marshall - Writer / Narrator
Jonathan L. Segal - "Illusions" and additional music composed and performed
William Bilowit / Jacek Laskus - Lighting Assistants
Barbara A. Becker - Sound Recording

©1982 Home Box Office, Inc.
(http://www.hbo.com/)

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No copyrights infringed. All works property of the company listed above. Please do not reproduce without their expressed written consent.

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YouTube End Screen Music Credit:
Song: Rain of Feelings
Artist: Weond & Cag
Music provided by Top Shelf Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/hz9jzxm
Official Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/weond

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