Monday 31 October 2011

"Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories - York" - Nickelodeon UK Interstitial

Below is a high quality streaming video featuring an episode from the Nickelodeon UK "Nickelodeon Short"/"Nickelodeon Interstitial" series called "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories", which was a series of scary shorts where young presenters/narrators told horror story's which were meant to be based on true facts to Nickelodeon UK viewers and used to be shown in between regular programmes on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland around Halloween On Nickelodeon UK and Ireland in 2006. "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories" was a bit like a shorter version of the classic Nickelodeon show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?".

The "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories" episode below is called "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories - York" and is about the story of a plumber called Harry, who while working in an old cellar in York, UK, witnesses the sound of a ghostly horn, then the sight a ghostly legion of Roman soldiers and Horses marching through the cellar.



"Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories - York" was executive produced by YouTube member "pricey1969".

"Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories - Edinburgh" - Nickelodeon UK Interstitial

Below is a high quality streaming video featuring an episode from the Nickelodeon UK "Nickelodeon Short"/"Nickelodeon Interstitial" series called "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories", which was a series of scary shorts where young presenters/narrators told horror story's which were meant to be based on true facts to Nickelodeon UK viewers and used to be shown in between regular programmes on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland around Halloween On Nickelodeon UK and Ireland in 2006. "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories" was a bit like a shorter version of the classic Nickelodeon show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?".

The "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories" episode below is called "Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories - Edinburgh" and is about the story of a 5-year-old Scottish boy named Jack who died in tragic circumstances and is now said to haunt Edinburgh in Scotland, UK.



"Nickelodeon Presents Spooky Stories - Edinburgh" was executive produced by YouTube member "pricey1969".

Nickelodeon Latin America - Halloween On Nick At Nite Latin America 2008 Promo

Below is a streaming video featuring a Nickelodeon Latin America promo for Halloween on Nick At Nite Latin America in 2008 which features the North American television program "The Addams Family", and was made by Buenos Aires, Argentina based TV producer M. Bethania Medina P and used by Nick LatAm to advertise Halloween 2008 on Nick At Nite Latin America:

Semana Halloween On Nick At Nite Latin America

Halloween 2008 from M. Bethania Medina P on Vimeo.

Promo para especial de Halloween 2008 transmitido por Nickelodeon.

Special Promo for Halloween 2008 broadcast on Nickelodeon.

[Translation by Google Translate]

Sunday 30 October 2011

Two Halloween-Themed Episodes Of Nickelodeon Latin America's "Nick News" Short

Below are two high quality streaming videos featuring two Halloween themed episodes from the Nickelodeon Latin America "Nickelodeon Short"/"Nickelodeon Interstitial" series called "Nick News", which is a Nickelodeon Latin America short featuring two animated news anchors (the Nickelodeon News presenters) called Roger and Violet, who report the latest Nickelodeon Latin America news to Nick LatAm viewers. Both videos are presented in Spanish:

Nick News - Halloween 2009 - "Nick News - Special Chapter x the month of Halloween. Roger becomes a zombie!!" (Also featuring Nickelodeon Latin America news about the Nick LatAm animated show "Jimmy Two Shoes")

Octubre 2009[October 2009]/Especial Halloween from Nick News on Vimeo.

Capitulo especial x el mes de Halloween.
Roger se convierte en zombie!!!!

Credits
Producción [Production]: Ronda + CorteA
Ilustración / animación [Illustration / animation]: Ronda
Guión [Script]: CorteA
Nickelodeon producer: Oscar Gramajo

Voces [Voices]: Diego Fernández

Nick News - Halloween 2010 - "Nick News - A new special HALLOWEEN 2010!" (also featuring Roger, Violet, and the "Nick News" news desk taking a Ghost Train ride through a haunted cemetery)

Halloween 2010 from Nick News on Vimeo.

Un nuevo especial de HALLOWEEN 2010!!

Credits

Producción [Production]: Ronda + CorteA

Ilustración / animación [Illustration / animation]: Ronda

Guión [script]: CorteA

Nickelodeon producer: Oscar Gramajo

Voces [Voices]: Diego Fernández

Below is a description about Nickelodeon Latin America's "Nick News" short, from Nick News' Vimeo profile page (translated by Google Translate):

Roger and Violet introduce you to the most outstanding programming on the news channel Nickelodeon animated.
2009/2010/2011

Roger y Violeta te presentan la programación más destacada del canal en el noticiero animado de Nickelodeon.
2009/2010/2011

Halloween On Nickelodeon USA Promo - "10 Nights Of Fright"

Below is a streaming video featuring Nickelodeon USA's (Nickelodeon North America) "Halloween 2011 On Nickelodeon USA" trailer/promo to promote "10 Nights Of Fright" on Nick USA, which will feature Nickelodeon USA premiering brand new Halloween-themed episodes of hit Nickelodeon shows and popular Nick Jr. shows, plus Nickelodeon USA will be airing repeats of the classic Nickelodeon show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" during TeenNick's "The '90s Are All That" programming strand:

Saturday 29 October 2011

Two Nickelodeon Latin America Halloween Idents

Below are two high quality streaming videos featuring two of Nickelodeon Latin America's "Nickelodeon Halloween Idents" from Halloween On Nickelodeon Latin America, which was made by Nickelodeon Latin America art director, illustrator and animator Kelvin Osorio in-house at Nickelodeon Latin America. Both Nickelodeon idents feature an X-ray machine X-raying two seemingly normal men walking along revealing that they are really Halloween monsters.

Nickelodeon Latin America Halloween Ident 1 - Aliens/UFO Attack

ID Halloween 1 from kelvin osorio on Vimeo.

Halloween ID for Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Latin America Halloween Ident 2 - Vampire Walking Along Spooky Graveyard

ID Halloween 2 from kelvin osorio on Vimeo.

Halloween ID for Nickelodeon

There isn't much more information about the above Nickelodeon Lat Am Halloween idents/station ID's, such as which year Nickelodeon Lat Am originally broadcast and used the Halloween idents/station ID's on-air.

Halloween On Nickelodeon Latin America Promo

Below is a high quality streaming video featuring a Nickelodeon Latin America trailer promoting "Halloween On Nickelodeon Latin America" which was made by Buenos Aires, Argentina based creative studio "A1 Design". There isn't much more information about the below Nickelodeon Lat Am Halloween promo, such as which year Nickelodeon Lat Am originally broadcast and used the Halloween promo on-air.

Nickelodeon Latin America "Especial De Halloween En Nick, 31 De Octubre 10:00 MEX [Mexico] Promo

Nick Halloween from A1 Design on Vimeo.

Promo para Nick Halloween.

Nickelodeon Latin America broadcasts to Nickelodeon viewers in the Latin American country's and regions Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, República Dominicana (Dominican Republic), Uruguay, Venezuela, and Otro.

"The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Halloween" Short

To celebrate Halloween On Nickelodeon, below is a video featuring the Halloween-themed short episode of "The Adventures of Pete & Pete". The "The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Halloween" short (Nickelodeon interstitial) was made and produced by Wellsville Pictures for Nickelodeon Productions in 1989, and features the Wellsville gang (Big Pete Wrigley (Mike Maronna), Little Pete Wrigley (Danny Tamberelli), Ellen Josephine Hickle (Alison Fanelli), and Artie, the Strongest Man in the World (Toby Huss)) getting revenge on Halloween Punpkin smasher and bully "Hat Head" (played by actor Chris Leveille).



"The Adventures of Pete & Pete" was a classic Nickelodeon TV show that was about two brothers called Pete (Big Pete Wrigley, played by actor Mike Maronna), and Pete (Little Pete Wrigley, played by actor Danny Tamberelli), their parents, Mom Joyce Wrigley (Judy Grafe) who had a metal plate in her head, and dad Don Wrigley (Hardy Rawls), their friends, including Ellen Josephine Hickle (Alison Fanelli), Artie, the Strongest Man in the World (Toby Huss) and Nona F. Mecklenberg (played by Nickelodeon Movie "Harriet The Spy" actress and star Michelle Trachtenberg), enemies, including "Endless" Mike Hellstrom (Rick Gomez) and Little Pete's School Principal Ken Schwinger (Adam West), and the other members of their neighborhood where they lived (Wellsville) (their neighbours), including James "Pop" Mecklenberg (Nona F. Mecklenberg's father) (Iggy Pop), and was set in the fictional North American town of Wellsville, USA. "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on the two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various interactions with family, friends, and enemies.

"The Adventures of Pete & Pete" began as minute-long shorts in 1989 that aired in between regular programmes on Nickelodeon. Owing to the popularity of the "Pete And Pete" shorts, five half-hour specials of "Pete And Pete" were made, followed by a regular half-hour series that ran for three seasons between 1993 and 1996, and was filmed largely in Cranford, New Jersey, USA. The "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" theme song that played during the opening titles of "Pete & Pete" was the song "Hey Sandy" by the band "Polaris".

The Nickelodeon Movie "Snow Day" was writen by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, the creators of the Nickelodeon TV show "The Adventures of Pete & Pete", and was originally intended to be a "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" movie.

Friday 28 October 2011

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Opening And Closing Titles

"Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society...", below are video clips featuring the opening credits and closing credits (intro and outro) to the classic Nickelodeon show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?".

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Opening Titles (theme tune):



"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Original Closing Titles (extended version) (theme tune/credits):

The above video of the original ending theme tune of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" also features the spinning hat/spinning cap Nickelodeon logo for it's "closing logo".



"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Closing Titles (second generation version from the later seasons of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?") (theme tune/credits):



AYAOTD - Intro and credits:



The classic Nickelodeon show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" was about "The Midnight Society", who were a group of teenagers who, every week at a secret location in the woods, would take turns to tell the other members of "The Midnight Society" a scary story. The actual story, rather than the telling, was displayed to the television viewer. Each storyteller would begin their story by saying "Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story...", and each horror story title begun with "The Tale of...", like "The Tale of the Phantom Cab".

Fans of classic Nickelodeon UK can buy season 1 and season 2 of the classic Nickelodeon series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" on Region 2 (UK and Europe) DVD on Amazon.co.uk - Are You Afraid of the Dark? - The Complete Series 1 & 2 [1992] [DVD]

Thursday 27 October 2011

Two Spooky Episodes Of The Nickelodeon Short "The Presentators"

To celebrate Halloween On Nickelodeon, below are links to two spooky episodes from the Nickelodeon short series (Nickelodeon interstitial) called "The Presentators", which was a series of short stories about three plasticine (or clay) cartoon characters who are given the chance to be Nickelodeon presenters and present their very own Nickelodeon TV show on Nickelodeon and was made by the British (Bristol, UK) animation studio "Aardman Animations", who also made the Nickelodeon short "Purple & Brown", and were directed by Aardman Animations' Creative Director Stefan Marjoram. The first video features the "The Presentators" episode called "Spooky Story", which features the Presentators trying to tell Nickelodeon viewers a scary tale for Halloween, and the second video features the "The Presentators" episode titled "Aliens", and features the Presentators studio being overrun and overtaken by alien-clones of Presentator Dan:

The Presentators 'Spooky Story'

The Presentators: Aliens

Below is a description about the Nickelodeon short series "The Presentators" from Aardman's official "The Presentators" website on the official Aardman website:
The Presentators - Directed by Wee Brian, Dan Lane & Stefan Marjoram (2003-2004)

What happens when three anarchic cartoon characters are given the chance to front their own TV show on Nickelodeon? The Presentators provides the hilarious answers. Stefan, Brian and Dan, the heroes of Aardman’s award-winning short film The Deadline, confront burning issues of the day such as whether aliens walk among us and the difference between a stick insect and a plain stick. Created, written and voiced by three of the company’s CG animators (who uncannily also go by the names of Stefan, Brian and Dan), the series combines the technical possibilities of computer graphics with the quirky characters and comedy for which Aardman is renowned.

Tuesday 25 October 2011

Nickelodeon USA's 2010 Halloween Idents

Below are three high quality high-definition (HD) streaming videos featuring three of Nickelodeon USA's "Nick Halloween Idents" from Nickelodeon USA's "Halloween On Nickelodeon 2010" on-air broadcast design package which Nick USA used on air during Halloween On Nickelodeon USA 2010, and were designed by Manhattan, New York, USA based Nickelodeon Animator and Designer Robert Kohr.

In the Nickelodeon USA Halloween Ident "Nickelodeon Halloween Network ID - Ghost" (below), a Nickelodeon Orange vampire bat in the 'I' in the 'Nick logo' unwraps it's wings, flies towards the television screen, chomps at the television screen revealing it's sharp teeth, then flies back into the 'I' of the 'Nick logo':

Nickelodeon Halloween Network ID - Ghost from Robert Kohr on Vimeo.

I storyboard and Bobby Khounphaysane animated this Halloween Network ID for Nickelodeon (my day job). This 5 second slate was shown a week and a half before Halloween in 2010. The story-boarding was all done in Storyboard Pro and the animation was all done in Animate Pro 2. The 3D was done in Blender.

In the Nickelodeon USA Halloween Ident "Nickelodeon Halloween Network ID - Goo" (below), a Nickelodeon Orange slimy, gooey creature comes out from the 'I' in the 'Nick logo', walks towards the television screen, then walks backwards and disappears back into the 'I' of the 'Nick logo' again:

Nickelodeon Halloween Network ID - Goo from Robert Kohr on Vimeo.

I storyboard and Celia Bullwinkel animated this Halloween Network ID for Nickelodeon (my day job). This 5 second slate was shown a week and a half before Halloween in 2010. The story-boarding was all done in Storyboard Pro and the animation was all done in Animate Pro 2. The 3D was done in Blender.

In the Nickelodeon USA Halloween Ident "Nickelodeon Halloween Network ID - Frank" (below), the 'I' in the 'Nick logo' swivels around to reveal that it is a Egyptian Mummy's coffin with an Nickelodeon Orange coloured Egyptian Mummy inside, who then walks up to the Nickelodeon television camera, licks the Nickelodeon camera's lens, then goes back into the 'I' of the 'Nick logo':

Nickelodeon Halloween Network ID - Frank from Robert Kohr on Vimeo.

I storyboard and animated this Halloween Network ID for Nickelodeon (my day job). It had to be one of the coolest projects I have ever worked on. This 5 second slate was shown a week and a half before Halloween in 2010. The story-boarding was all done in Storyboard Pro and the animation was all done in Animate Pro 2. The 3D was done in Blender.

A bit more information about Nickelodeon USA's Halloween 2010 idents/station Id's from Nickelodeon Animator and Designer Robert Kohr's official website, who designed the above Nickelodeon USA Halloween 2010 idents/station ID's, including complete credits for the Nickelodeon USA Halloween 2010 idents/station ID's and what computer programs were used to make the Nick Halloween 2010 idents/station Id's for Nickelodeon USA:
Nickelodeon Halloween Animation – Network IDs

I had a tremendous opportunity this fall to develop 3 network ID’s for the Halloween holiday for Nick on-air. I work for Nickelodeon as an animator and multimedia designer in its preschool digital online group (what a mouth-full). That said when I was offered the chance to work on these I was more than happy to jump on it. I worked with the VP of Brand Creative to direct these three spots that aired in the 8 to 9 days before October 31st, 2010. The characters were designed on paper, the storyboards were created in Storyboard Pro and the animation was all done in Animate Pro. The 3D Nick logo was created in the open source 3D program, Blender. All in all I had a terrific time working on this and working with my co-workers and freelancers who are always so generous with advice and help, especially my boss Renato who gave me the time to work on these. It was also great to see it on air!

VP Brand Creative – Matthew Duntemann
Design Director – Renato Castilho
Storyboards – Robert Kohr
Audio – Steve Horowitz
Animation (frank) – Robert Kohr
Animation (goo) – Celia Bullwinkel
Animation (ghost) – Bobby Khounphaysane

© 2010 Viacom International Inc. All rights reserved

Monday 24 October 2011

Nickelodeon UK's 2010 Halloween Ident

Below is a high quality high-definition (HD) streaming video of Nickelodeon UK's "Nickelodeon Halloween Ident" from Halloween On Nickelodeon UK 2010, which was made by Nickelodeon UK designer Kim Majkut in-house at Nickelodeon UK's Motion Graphics team department, and features the Nickelodeon logo getting struck by a bolt of lightning which makes the Nickelodeon logo semi-transparent to reveal an X-ray image of the bones inside the Nickelodeon logo.

HALLOWEEN ON NICKELODEON from Kim Majkut on Vimeo.

Created this spot for Nickelodeon Uk's Halloween on-air channel branding.

Friday 21 October 2011

Nickelodeon Halloween Bumpers

Below are two high quality streaming videos featuring a few Nickelodeon Halloween bumpers which were made by Hollywood, California, USA post sound and music company "Unbridled Sound":

Nickelodeon [USA] Halloween Bumper

Nickelodeon Halloween Bumpers from Unbridled Sound on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon [International] Halloween Bumper

Nickelodeon Halloween from Unbridled Sound on Vimeo.

Description
Nickelodeon Halloween Bumpers that showed before and after commercial breaks.

Services
Sound Design, Post Sound Mix, Music Composition

Date
2011
There isn't much information about these Nickelodeon Halloween bumpers, such as which country's Nickelodeon channels they are from, and what year they were broadcast and used on-air on those Nickelodeon channels (they were posted in December 2010). The first video could be a Nickelodeon USA Halloween bumper, as the Nickelodeon logo says "Nick" instead of "Nickelodeon" which is the Nickelodeon logo Nickelodeon USA uses, with the second video featuring Nickelodeon Internationals version of the same Nickelodeon Halloween bumper, except with the Nickelodeon logo saying "Nickelodeon", which is the Nickelodeon logo most international Nickelodeon channels use for their channels logo.

"Big Time Rush" Singing "If I Ruled The World" At Manchester Academy, UK In 2011

Below is a high quality high-definition (HD) streaming video of the main cast and stars of the hit Nickelodeon TV show "Big Time Rush" (Kendall Schmidt (Kendall Knight), Carlos Pena Jr. (Carlos Garcia), James Maslow (James Diamond), and Logan Henderson (Logan Mitchell)) perform their song "If I Ruled The World" at Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK on Friday 8th July 2011, during the bands Europe 2011 tour. The video of the main cast and stars of the hit Nickelodeon TV show "Big Time Rush" performing live on stage also features some behind-the-scenes footage and some footage of the audience.

Big Time Rush - Manchester 2011 from Joseph Connor on Vimeo.

Shot for Nickelodeon & Sony BMG

Thursday 20 October 2011

Nickelodeon's "Victoria Justice "All I Want Is Everything"" Campaign Walkthrough

Below is a high quality streaming video called "Nickelodeon Campaign Walkthrough" which features Lex Halaby, director of the recent Victoria Justice "All I Want Is Everything" campaign for Nickelodeon Productions, the Columbia/Epic Label Group of Sony Music Entertainment and Victoria Justice, talking about the three phase campaign (Music Video, Online Interactive, and a Live Event starring Victoria Justice and the rest of the cast of the Nickelodeon show "Victorious", featuring a "Victorious" cast flash mob at Universal CityWalk Hollywood Los Angeles, California, USA) that he, Nickelodeon Productions, the Columbia/Epic Label Group of Sony Music Entertainment and Victoria Justice used to promote Victoria Justice's "All I Want Is Everything" song from the "Victorious" soundtrack music album "Nickelodeon "Victorious" - Music From The Hit TV Show".

Nickelodeon Campaign Walkthrough from Lex Halaby on Vimeo.


The idea of the Nickelodeon, Sony Music Entertainment, Lex Halaby, and Victoria Justice "Victoria Justice "All I Want Is Everything"" campaign was to have a story which spanned all three phases (Music Video, Online Interactive, and a Live Event starring Victoria Justice) and to keep Victoria Justice and "Victorious" fans and viewers engaged.

To promote Victoria Justice's new music single "All I Want Is Everything", Nickelodeon, Sony Music Entertainment, Lex Halaby, and Victoria Justice made a music video for the song "All I Want Is Everything" which featured Victoria Justice recording and sending webcam videos a fictional male character called "Dean Stanland", who was created especially for the music video.

Nickelodeon, Sony Music Entertainment, Lex Halaby, and Victoria Justice also planted clues on how fans and viewers of Victoria Justice and "Victorious" could interact follow the continuing story of the music video online and via telephone calls, these included showing the website address of a fictional social network website called FriendBookster.com, that when viewers of the music video type in to their Internet browsers address bars, redirects them to Dean Stanland's Facebook profile, which features photographs and fictional informational about the fictional male character Dean Stanland from the "All I Want Is Everything" music video, information about the first ever "Victorious" cast flashmob, and exclusive comments and webcam videos from Victoria Justice, and showing Dean Stanland's telephone number - (310) 341-7677 (please note that Nickelodeon TV Media cannot be held responsible for any telephone charges incurred by ringing that telephone number) which is a real working telephone number that Nickelodeon, Sony Music Entertainment, and Lex Halaby set up so that viewers of the "All I Want Is Everything" music video could ring up and leave voice messages for Dean Stanland, and hear exclusive messages from Dean Stanland (voiced by Lex Halaby) that "he" recorded on his voicemail machine, including where the "Victorious" cast flashmob location would be (you can listen to a couple of Dean Stanland's voicemail messages on the video above). Nickelodeon, Sony Music and Lex Halaby also created a Twitter account for Dean Stanland, who Victoria Justice first told the world about by posting a link to Dean Stanland's Twitter page on her own official Twitter page before the official music video for "All I Want Is Everything" was released.

"The Nickelodeon Campaign Walkthrough" video above also features footage of the first ever "Victorious" flashmob, which picked up from where the "All I Want Is Everything" music video left of, and featured the cast of the Nickelodeon show "Victorious" singing and dancing at Universal CityWalk Hollywood Los Angeles, California, USA, with Victoria Justice and Dean Stanland finally meeting at the end, and behind-the-scenes footage of the "Victorious" cast flashmob which was held at Universal CityWalk Hollywood Los Angeles, California, USA.

Wednesday 19 October 2011

October Half Term 2011 On Nickelodeon UK Promo

Below is a high quality high-definition (HD) streaming video of Nickelodeon UK's new "It's The Only Place To Be, This Half Term, All Next Week, On Nickelodeon" trailer which was made by Sheffield, UK creative studio "PIXEL DNA" for Nickelodeon UK to promote the October 2011 school half-term on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon UK HD:

Nickelodeon Half-Term Promo from Pixel DNA on Vimeo.

Graphics created for the Nickelodeon Half-Term promos with the theme of school notebook scribbles mixed with 3D text.

Highlights of "October 2011 School Half-Term Holiday On Nickelodeon UK and Ireland, Nickelodeon UK HD and NickToons" include more brand new episodes of the Nickelodeon show "Victorious", a Sneak Peek of Nickelodeon UK's brand new live-action show "Life with Boys", the premiere of the brand new Nickelodeon Original Television Movie "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf", and a count down the top 100 episodes of "SpongeBob SquarePants".

Thursday 13 October 2011

Nickelodeon UK - "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" Opening Titles, Stings And Promo

Below are two high quality high-definition (HD) streaming videos featuring two different on-air elements from Nickelodeon UK's weekend morning programming block "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" (the "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" opening titles/intro and a few of Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend's opening stings), which was hosted by Nickelodeon UK presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson between October 2010 and 2nd January 2011.

The "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" opening titles/intro and stings were made by Sheffield creative studio agency "PIXEL DNA".

"Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" Opening Titles

Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend - Title Sequence from Pixel DNA on Vimeo.

Pixel DNA has created the brand & title sequence for Nickelodeon’s new weekend show ‘Jamie & Anna’s BIG Weekend'.



The title sequence is combination of live action footage of the shows presenters, combined with Motion Graphics, which result in a fast paced journey where we follow the presenters making their way across a construction site, dodging slime and other falling obstacles!



Pixel DNA were tasked with designing all of the shows design elements from the logo and the title sequence through to all of the shows graphical content and promotional materials.


"Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" Opening Stings

Big Weekend Stings - Nickelodeon from Pixel DNA on Vimeo.

A range of different Motion Graphics Stings created as intro’s to games played on the show. Each game was given it’s own look and feel, and each sting was created to reflect the nature of the game it was representing. Logo designs were also designed for each game, and Hi-Resolution artwork was created for use on large scale prints to be displayed in [Nickelodeon UK's] studio.

You can also view Nickelodeon UK's "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" trailer which Nickelodeon UK and Ireland used to promote their "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" morning block here - NICKELODEON / Big Weekend Promo (2010). Nickelodeon UK's "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" trailer was created by East London design and animation studio "Versus".

Also, from modern marketing and media news website The Drum:
Pixel DNA has designs on Nickelodeon's Big Weekend

Sheffield agency Pixel DNA has created the brand and title sequence for new Nickelodeon show 'Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend'.

The Sheffield agency was tasked with creating all of the show's design elements including graphical content and promotional materials.

Marc Tingle, Creative Director at Pixel DNA says: “Being a brand new show, it has been a fantastic opportunity for us to be involved from day one, and be responsible for creating all of the creative and visual elements for the show's look and feel.”

Also, from the official website of music composer David Arnold, who composed the "Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend" theme tune for Nickelodeon UK:
‘Jamie & Anna’s Big Weekend’ Theme for Nickelodeon

The theme tune for Nickelodeon’s new Saturday morning show Jamie & Anna’s Big Weekend was written, recorded, arranged and produced entirely in-house by David Arnold Music. The brief called for a “Big Show style and credentials”, and required that it should
“…incorporate a big band, showbiz sound (“Live From London”) and be recorded with real instrumentation including live drums, guitars, saxes and brass”

This gave the team a great opportunity to flex their creative muscles – with stunning results, as you can hear. So slick is the final result that one industry insider commented that when he heard it he wondered if the job had gone to an American production company, saying “it sounds as if it was recorded in Hollywood”!

Nickelodeon International's "SpongeBob Squarepants Iconic" Ident

Below is a high quality streaming video of Nickelodeon Internationals "SpongeBob Squarepants Iconic" ident (station ID), which Nickelodeon International commissioned Berlin creative design and animation studio "dyrdee Media" to create to celebrate SpongeBob Squarepants 10th anniversary on Nickelodeon's channels internationally. There are unconfirmed reports that Nickelodeon UK are airing Nickelodeon Internationals "SpongeBob Squarepants Iconic" ident on Nickelodeon UK HD (the "Nickelodeon HD" logo DOG (Digital On-screen Graphic/BUG) in the bottom right of the screen in the YouTube video only says "Nick HD" though).

A bit more information from dyrdee Media's official website about their Nickelodeon "SpongeBob Squarepants Iconic" ident (station ID):
nickelodeon | SpongeBob Iconic

To commemorate SpongeBobs 10th anniversary, Nickelodeon started an international spongtastic pitch for an ident. Avoiding "in your face" our surreal 60ths world shows a perfect little family out of a picture book, basking in their weekend garden paradise. Hints from bikini bottom summon you to take a second look while the boy is cutting the hedge and prepares for the final crop. Thanks to our professional tamer no snails got hurt.

SpongeBob Iconic from dyrdee on Vimeo.

dyrdee Tasks:
Concept, Production, Direction, Composing

Creative Directors:
Ole Keune, 
Ljubisa Djukic

Producer:
Sven Henrichs

Technical Director:
Mesut Can

DoP:
Oliver Köppel

Camera Assistant:
Pablo Ruiz Holst

Gaffer:
Enrico Strecker

Compositing:
Ian Hutchinson

SpongeBob:
Johannes Bathelt

Sandy:
Emma Drogunova

Mrs. Puff:
Carola Werner

Mr. Krabs:
Christian Ahlers

Snail Tamer:
Ekkifant Animal Models

Styling:
Teena Denziger

Photographer:
Malte Nies

Set Building:
Volker Rehm

Interns:
Lea and Markus

More Infos here:

http://www.dyrdee.com/project/nickelodeon-spongebob-iconic?b=1,65


You can also view a "Timelapse Making Of" video of how German creative design and animation studio "dyrdee Media" made Nickelodeon International's "SpongeBob Squarepants Iconic" ident (station ID) below:

SpongeBob Iconic Timelapse Making Of from dyrdee on Vimeo.

Wednesday 12 October 2011

Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" On-Air Design Package (2011)

Below are six high quality streaming videos of Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" on-air design package, which features various different Nickelodeon USA on-air design elements that Nickelodeon USA used during Nick USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" stunt earlier this year (2011) and was made by creative studio "Roger":

Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" Intro:

Webbiest Week Intro from Scott Waraniak on Vimeo.


Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" Curtain Raiser - "Starts Right Now":

Webbiest Week Curtain Raiser from Scott Waraniak on Vimeo.


Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" Bump Out - ("Big Time Rush"):

Webbiest Week Bump Out from Scott Waraniak on Vimeo.


Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" Nick Button:

Webbiest Week Nick Button from Scott Waraniak on Vimeo.


Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" Lower Third (banner) - "Victorious":

Webbiest Week Lower Third from Scott Waraniak on Vimeo.


Nickelodeon USA's "The Webbiest Week Ever" Endpage - "Continues Today At 2/3c":

Webbiest Week Endpage from Scott Waraniak on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon had a week of programming that was based around web clips and the Internet, which they dubbed "The Webbiest Week Ever". We went for a clean, geometric, and high-tech look, but then animated in a fun and bouncy way to still make it feel kid oriented.



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Sunday 9 October 2011

Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" Trailer (2011)

Below is a streaming video of one of Nickelodeon USA's trailers from 2011 called "Are You Ready", which is based on and features footage from Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign, which was created and devised by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company".

The video below of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" promo from 2011 features Nickelodeon stars from Nickelodeon's current live action and animated programming, including the casts of the Nickelodeon shows Big Time Rush, iCarly (including Gibby (Noah Munck)), T.U.F.F. Puppy, Victorious, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Troop, Power Rangers Samurai, and True Jackson, VP.



The music and song used in the above video of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" trailer from 2011 is called "Fly High" by the band "The DNC".

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign Videos

Below are three high quality streaming videos of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign, which were made by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company", who also designed Nickelodeon's 2009 on-air look to go with Nickelodeon's brand new logo, which was launched at the same time as Nickelodeon's brand new logo in 2009.

Each video below of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign features Nickelodeon stars from Nickelodeon's current live action and animated programming, including the casts of the Nickelodeon shows Big Time Rush, iCarly, The Fairly OddParents, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Victorious, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Supah Ninjas, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, and True Jackson, VP.
Nickelodeon Montage 2011

Client: Nickelodeon
Director: Joe Wright
Co-Director: Anna Minkkinen

Nickelodeon recently had us create this image campaign that features both their talent from live-action shows and animated characters. In order to connect both worlds, we created an abstract environment using rear and frontal projections on a stage and shot the talent live, using CG sparingly.




The music used in the above video of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign was created by sound designers Sacred Noise.

The video below looks like it's Nickelodeon Internationals version of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign, as it has a 'Nickelodeon' logo at the end, instead of a 'Nick' logo, which Nickelodeon USA uses:



Below is a streaming video of one of Nickelodeon USA's trailers from 2011 called "Are You Ready", which is based on and features footage from Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign, which was created and devised by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company".

The video below of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" promo from 2011 features Nickelodeon stars from Nickelodeon's current live action and animated programming, including the casts of the Nickelodeon shows Big Time Rush, iCarly (including Gibby (Noah Munck)), T.U.F.F. Puppy, Victorious, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Troop, Power Rangers Samurai, and True Jackson, VP.



The music and song used in the above video of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" trailer from 2011 is called "Fly High" by the band "The DNC".

This blog post was originally posted on NickALive! on Tuesday, September 13, 2011.

Sunday 2 October 2011

First Episode Of Nickelodeon Europe's "N-View" And "N-View" Design Package

Below is a high quality streaming video of the UK (English language) version of the very first episode of "N-View", Nickelodeon Europe's children's entertainment magazine television show, which serves as Nickelodeon viewers' own personnel entertainment hub, and is packed with exclusive content from the Nickelodeon universe.

The very first episode of Nickelodeon's "N-View" is ready to play! Click the 'Play' button below to watch the very first episode of Nickelodeon Europe's "N-View" in English and which was shown on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland.

N-View Pilot from DigitalCelluloid on Vimeo.

11min Nickelodeon Offline & Online

Teen magazine show. Development of Pilot show, UK version and foreign language reversioning for 6 European markets.

I also cut the 30sec on-air promo for the show and a 30sec competition spot.


The highlights for the very first episode of Nickelodeon's "N-View" are:

* Behind the scenes of Big Time Rush's first ever overseas trip, which includes "Big Time Rush" themselves taking time from their busy schedules to tell Nickelodeon viewers about their first ever European tour, including how "Big Time Rush" started their European tour in Munich and Berlin in Germany.

* "Big Time Rush" greeting Big Time Rush's German fans at German landmarks.

* "Big Time Rush" performing their song "Stuck" for a select few of Big Time Rush's German fans at Nickelodeon Germany's/Nickelodeon Deutschland's offices in Berlin, Germany.

* "Big Time Rush" in London, UK, and visiting famous London landmarks, such as the River Thames, and meeting and greeting Big Time Rush's UK fans in Trafalgar Square in London.

* Footage of "Big Time Rush" performing their song "Til I Forget About You" inside the top of London's BT Tower.

* A clip of Big Time Rush's music video for their song "Boyfriend" featuring Snoop Dogg.

* "Big Time Rush" announcing that they would like to visit Germany and the UK again, as part of a worldwide tour.

* "N-View" opens and explores the Nickelodeon secret archives to show Nickelodeon viewers in Europe a never seen before clip of the Nickelodeon animated series (NickToon) "SpongeBob SquarePants", where SpongeBob SquarePants tries to teach his next door neighbour and Krusty Krab co-worker Squidward Tentacles how to surf.

* Preview and information about the movie "Hop", featuring exclusive interviews with the star voice actors of "Hop", James Marsden (Fred O'Hare), and Kaley Cuoco (Sam O'Hare).

* Preview, information, hints, tips about the "LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars" video game, featuring exclusive interviews with some of the staff who worked on the "LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars" video game (Kallam Eames, Mark James, Chris Gollaher, and Buren Renick).

* A preview and information of the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" being released on DVD and Blu-Ray, featuring exclusive interviews with some of the starring cast of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", Ben Barnes (Caspian), Skandar Keynes (Edmund Pevensie), and Will Poulter (Eustace Clarence Scrubb), and a look at some of the storyboards and studio sets used to make the "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" movie.

Below are three more high quality streaming videos featuring the design package of the UK (English language) version of "N-View":

Nickelodeon N-View Titles

Nickelodeon nView titles from Liam Chapple on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon asked us to create the packaging for their new magazine show nView. We were given free reign to come up with the treatment and this is the result.


Nickelodeon N-View Stings

Nickelodeon nView stings from Liam Chapple on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon nView packaging.


Nickelodeon N-View Music Sting

Nickelodeon | Music Sting from Liam Chapple on Vimeo.

This one wasn't on the compilation and I don't have the correct audio, so just chucked one of the other stings sound onto it.

Hope you like.

Project: nView OSP
Client: Nickelodeon
Animation: Mainfame


Nickelodeon's "N-View" visual design package was designed by animation and visual effects studio "Mainframe", who also created the "N-View Device". "Mainframe" have also created and designed various visual effects for other Nickelodeon projects in the past, such as Nickelodeon UK's 'Fantasy' rebrand In 2009, and Brighton, UK based sound-post production and creative audio company "Attic Sound & Music" created ""the sound & music [audio design] package (title music, beds, stings and sound design) for this Nickelodeon production ["N-View"]. A fun and interesting project!"

Nickelodeon's "N-View" is also shown on various Nickelodeon channels around Europe where it is dubbed into local languages and is named different titles:

Nickelodeon Germany/Nickelodeon Deutschland - N-Blick
Nickelodeon Austria - N-Blick
Nickelodeon Switzerland - N-Blick
Nickelodeon Belgium (in Dutch) - N-Zine
Nickelodeon Belgium (in French) - N-News
Nickelodeon Netherlands/Nickelodeon Nederland - N-Zine
Nickelodeon Italy/Nickelodeon Italia - N-View
Nickelodeon Spain/Nickelodeon Espana - N-Vision
Nickelodeon France - N-News

You can visit the official Nickelodeon UK and Ireland "N-View" website here at N-View.co.uk.