Image West Demo Reel (circa 1978)

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2 жыл бұрын

This demo reel for Image West was circulated to TV stations in the late '70s. At this time, this was cutting edge computer animation for broadcast, with a lot of work being done for ABC Sports.
This was sourced from a Betamax recording that I made from the tape that Image West sent out. I believe it was a U-Matic (3/4") as if it had been something better, like quad tape, I would have saved it. As a result, this is not up to my usual standards, but it's the best that I can do.

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@MadameSomnambule Жыл бұрын

Honestly, this is pretty high quality. It's so satisfying seeing scanimate footage in such a smooth framerate plus the fact this is all nicely preserved.

@sailormoonrietwilightsunse8666 6 ай бұрын

And Is That WCVB Channel 5 On Image West?

@tperk Жыл бұрын

Nevermind the effects production, I came here for the retro music themes

@wigwagstudios2474 Жыл бұрын

Huge scanimate fan. This is one of my favorite videos of all time.

@RQBtv Жыл бұрын

Oh man yes!!! Always love when previously unseen/higher quality Scanimate footage is uncovered. Thanks for uploading, this reel is awesome!

@KKAkuoku Жыл бұрын

The (unintentional) boldness of playing the Rockford Files theme over a slew of ABC promos

@HarvestmanMan Жыл бұрын

Right?? Out of all the Mike Post gems out there, they just HAD to pick that.

@VectraQS 2 жыл бұрын

This has been posted to YT before from a bad 3/4” copy, and only in 30fps. Always nice to see Scanimate material in 60fps.

@VPR2B 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I wish I’d a 2-inch quad copy of this, but I’d guess since this was a sales tool intended foe viewing in offices, they wouldn’t have sent out any in that format.

@VectraQS 2 жыл бұрын

@@VPR2B Even Dave Sieg, who worked on a lot of this stuff, and has the last remaining Scanimate machine, has difficulty finding and/or transferring the original 2" tapes. Much of his archive is on 3/4" or VHS. Recently he actually found a 2" copy of one of the Computer Image Corp. reels, but hasn't released that improved copy in full.

@VPR2B 2 жыл бұрын

@@VectraQS That's good information - thanks. Sad to think how much of this great stuff has been lost.

@UWMGraphics Жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading the very smooth animation

@erikpridemore3174 7 күн бұрын

At 2:50 is the scanimate animation for the then-ABC Bakersfield, California affiliate KBAK-TV's (now CBS affiliate) "29tv Monday Night Movie" which used ABC's Night Movie theme.

@TheCoreyLight 2 ай бұрын

Great video wow!!

@MadameSomnambule 8 ай бұрын

I'd like to know what other music was used in these animations other than the two that KZfaq was able to detect.

@VTSGsRock 7 ай бұрын

5:15 6:36 7:49 I think this is actually from 1977, as January 31 on Monday would only occur on this year. Plus, there was some Montreal 1976 and US Open ident

@billrood7500 7 ай бұрын

Very true, but remember this was a demo reel, so it was compiled using material that they had created in the past.

@ryanfroula6479 5 ай бұрын

Wot, no Death Star plans?

@americo_san Жыл бұрын

I wonder which Library Music is playing at 6:57.

@tkaye2 6 ай бұрын

10:57 This is nearly identical in style to the famous "Last Farewell" station ID used by WGN.

@VintageTVMemories 10 ай бұрын

The voiceover artist sounds like June Foray.

@VPR2B 10 ай бұрын

It really does. I wonder if it is?

@MadameSomnambule 8 ай бұрын

Now that you mention it, it DOES sound like June Foray. Her natural voice has a certain warmth to it that's pretty recognizable.

@joshuafrias2415 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the font used for the American Music Awards advertisement at the end?

@plateshutoverlock Жыл бұрын

Why do some of these graphics seem much more advanced than what we see now in 2023? o_o

@VPR2B Жыл бұрын

Talent?

@MadameSomnambule 8 ай бұрын

A good eye for graphic design and plenty of scanline manipulation and some trickery with the knobs on the machine. Such techniques aren't all that common nowadays since everything is all digital. Everything is all either minimalism or 3D cgi. Though there are still plenty of nice graphic designs out there even now, it's just that the trends have changed.

@SigHawk04 12 күн бұрын

4:00 What did you just call me?

@tedharrington5432 Жыл бұрын

05:57 - 06:55 Is that the theme from "The Rockford Files?"

@VPR2B Жыл бұрын

It is indeed.

@VPR2B Жыл бұрын

@CalebTV The Logo Editor World Champion? Care to elaborate?

@Dez_The_Wolf 8 ай бұрын

By 1978, this was extremely outdated. This seems at home in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Edit: The WJBK logos are from 1968.

@MadameSomnambule 8 ай бұрын

Looked up wjbk on here, and the earliest I can find that still had that same logo was from 1977 and one of the comments did say they remembered the jingle being there in the 70s. The singers used kinda does match up with early 70s at the very least, you often hear that same group in Dr. Seuss tv specials from the 70s, like The Lorax for instance.

@VPR2B 8 ай бұрын

If you look at some of the content you can glean the dates. The ABC Olympics for example have "1976" Incorporated into them. Likewise, "Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour" premiered in 1976. Or maybe your point was that you believe this animation "looks" like it's from the late '60/early '70s?