Nicktoons UK - 2014 Rebrand

Following a competitive pitch, the London-based award winning creative production studio Beautiful Creative were tasked with rebranding Nickelodeon UK's top-performing animation and action channel, Nicktoons UK & Ireland. The brief was to 'focus on funny' and to place Nicktoons characters at the forefront of the branding.

The rebrand went on to win silver at Promax UK in the best channel identity category!

A new identity was created placing the characters eyes within the Nicktoons logo. This simple solution ties the Nicktoons brand to the characters seamlessly and allows the brand itself to be funny.

Nickelodeon selected key shots to be re-animated to sit in with the branding. Cell animation was re-created in Adobe Flash to give a crisp scalable image. 3D cartoons were modelled and rigged in Maxon's Cinema 4D.

The rebrand included logo, idents, stings, promo packaging, bugs and in-program-pointers as well as re-skinning existing assets to sit within the new brand.

Check out Beautiful Creative's Nicktoons UK rebrand below!:

Nicktoons UK Rebrand 2014 "Laugh" Ident from Beautiful Creative on Vimeo.

Nicktoons UK Rebrand 2014 Continuity - Next Spongebob from Beautiful Creative on Vimeo.

Nicktoons UK Rebrand 2014 "Poop" Ident from Beautiful Creative on Vimeo.

Always on Nicktoons from Barry Evans on Vimeo.

Video Of Nickelodeon's "Christmas on Nickelodeon 2012" On-Air Broadcast Design Package

To celebrate and promote the upcoming Christmas holiday season, "December on Nickelodeon 2012" and "Christmas on Nickelodeon 2012", the Buenos Aires, Argentina-based broadcast design and animation studio "A1 Design" has unveiled a high-quality (HQ) high-definition (HD) online streaming Nickelodeon video clip which features a range of design elements from Nickelodeon International's Christmas 2012 on-air broadcast design package, including Christmas-themed Nickelodeon channel bumpers and idents (station IDs; including "We'll Be Right Back" and "Now Back To The Show" Christmas-themed Nickelodeon bumpers) and trailer/promo examples for Nickelodeon's brand new holiday special called "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!" (including 'Coming This Holiday Season', 'Tonight', 'In 2 Days' and 'It's A SpongeBob Christmas!, Next Wednesday At 10:00pm), which features wrapped up Christmas presents, Christmas candy canes and Christmas Tree Baubles in the style of Nickelodeon's 2011 brand refresh which was created and devised by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company"!:

Nick Holiday Pack from A1 Design on Vimeo.

NY-Based Creative Studio Trollbäck + Company Unveils A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Making Of Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign

The New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company" has unveiled a few behind-the-scenes photographs from the making of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign, which 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 & Chum Chum", "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures", and "True Jackson, VP", to their official website, which you can view here at trollback.com/nick/!

Video Featuring A Montage Of Seasonal Nickelodeon International Idents

Below is a high quality (HQ) high-definition (HD) streaming video which features a montage of seasonal Nickelodeon Idents which features five Nickelodeon Seasonal IDs which were directed and designed for Nickelodeon International so that Nickelodeon channels and networks around the world (Planet Nickelodeon/Planet Orange) could broadcast them on-air to celebrate various different seasons during the year, such as Christmas, Easter, Spring, and Summer, by Sydney, Australia based award-winning design and motion studio 'The DMC Initiative' (also known as 'The DMCI').

The video montage below features five of Nickelodeon International's Seasonal Network Idents (Nickelodeon Station IDs). The first Nickelodeon Seasonal Ident is a Easter Nickelodeon Ident which features the famous Nickelodeon logo hatching from a white egg shell. The second Nickelodeon Seasonal Ident is a Christmas themed Nickelodeon Ident and features a Nickelodeon Orange and White coloured Santa Claus Christmas present toy sack which is full of the alphabet letters that make up the word 'Nickelodeon' in Nickelodeon's current logo font fall to the ground, which then makes all the letters that make up the word 'Nickelodeon' fall and tumble out of the sack and rearrange themselves to form the word 'Nickelodeon' to make up the Nickelodeon logo. The third seasonal Nickelodeon Ident is also a Nickelodeon Christmas Ident and features eleven Nickelodeon Christmas presents wrapped up in Nickelodeon Christmas wrapping paper [Nickelodeon Wrapping Paper] unwrapping, unraveling and opening themselves to reveal that each present contains a alphabet letter from the Nickelodeon logo, which then combine to make up the Nickelodeon logo. The fourth seasonal Nickelodeon Ident is a Valentines themed Nickelodeon Ident and features the Nickelodeon logo in a white font colour surrounded by Nickelodeon Orange coloured heart shaped balloons, arrows are then shot at most of the heart shaped orange balloons causing them to burst and turn the white coloured Nickelodeon logo orange by covering the Nickelodeon logo in orange paint splats/orange Nickelodeon Slime. The fifth Nickelodeon Seasonal Ident is also a Valentines Nickelodeon Ident (Nickelodeon Valentine Ident), and features the eleven letters of the Nickelodeon logo as chocolate/candy in separate wrappers in a heart shaped Valentines chocolate selection gift box. After all the chocolate Nickelodeon letters are munched and eaten, the Valentines candy box's lid is shown, revealing a heart shaped Nickelodeon logo:

Nickelodeon Seasonal IDs / Nickelodeon Global Seasonal Idents from The DMCI on Vimeo.

The DMCI was awarded the project to create a series of internationally broadcast IDs and Bugs for Nickelodeon. Based on the seasons – Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter, Spring and Summer – the Ids are fun little snippets based around the Nickelodeon Logo.

The first 5 Ids have launched, with Spring and Summer to follow. The results are fantastic with Nickelodeon producer Simone Smith commenting: "I think it is unanimous on our end that we are thrilled with the final outcome of these IDs – you have a very talented team and we would like to extend our thanks for putting so much hard work and effort into this project."

We look forward to sharing the next set, but until then, enjoy!

CLIENT – Nickelodeon International

VP/Creative Director Nickelodeon International – Richard Barry
Director Nickelodeon International Creative – Mia Eriksson
Producer Nickelodeon International – Simone Smith
Network Creative Director and Head of Production Nickelodeon Australia – Kristie Phelan
Head of On Air Nickelodeon Australia – Mick Elliott

Directed and Designed by:The DMCI

Audio Design and Composition: ism studios

Nickelodeon USA's 'BIG' Nickelodeon Upfront 2012 Sizzle Reel

Below is a high quality (HQ) streaming video which features one of Nickelodeon USA's "Nickelodeon Upfront 2012" Sizzle Reels (also known as a demo reel, a public relations video, and a promo), which Nickelodeon USA recently unveiled at one of Nickelodeon USA's recent 2012 Upfront Presentations which was attended (and watched) by the press and by Nickelodeon's major advertisers. The "Nickelodeon Upfront Sizzle Reel" below features clips from many of Nickelodeon's "Big Events" (Nickelodeon Events) and "Nickelodeon Recreational" activities over the pass few years, including highlights and Orange Carpet footage (including pre-shows) from the Nickelodeon 2010 Kids' Choice Awards (including a clip of the multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Katy Perry being slimed in the face), the Nickelodeon 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, and Nickelodeon Worldwide Day of Play events (including the First Lady of America, Michelle Obama participating in WWDoP events), the TeenNick HALO Awards, plus clips of Jack Black (hosting the 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, including Jack Black getting slimed), celebrities at various Nickelodeon events, including Will Smith, his son Jaden Smith, and his daughter Willow Smith, Justin Timberlake (receiving his "The Big Help Award" silver Nickelodeon blimp), Jim Carrey (getting slimed at the 2011 KCAs), and of Nickelodeon Stars (Nickelodeon Talent), including Nickelodeon's Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Jerry Trainor, and Noah Munck from the cast of "iCarly", Nick Cannon (the Chairman of TeenNick), Taylor Gray and Dillon Lane from the cast of "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures", Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena, Jr., James Maslow and Logan Henderson from the cast and Nickelodeon boyband "Big Time Rush"), Keke Palmer from the cast of "True Jackson, VP", Victoria Justice, Daniella Monet, Elizabeth Gillies, Ariana Grande, Avan Jogia, Matt Bennett, and Leon Thomas III from the cast of "Victorious", Ryan Potter, Carlos Knight, and Gracie Dzienny from the cast of "Supah Ninjas", Po from the cast of "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" (at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, which was hosted by Jack Black). Nickelodeon's 2012 Upfront Sizzle Reel also features some of Nickelodeon's "Big Performances", including Nickelodeon Stars Victoria Justice performing "Beggin' on Your Knees" and "Big Time Rush" performing their single "Boyfriend" from their debut album "B.T.R." at the "Nickelodeon 2011 Kids' Choice Awards". Nickelodeon's "Nickelodeon Upfront 2012" graphics package was designed and animated by Los Angeles, California, USA based VFX, CG and Motion Graphics studio Rogues Gallery:

Nickelodeon Upfronts 2012 Sizzle from Rogues Gallery on Vimeo.

Design/Animation: Rogues Gallery (http://roguesgallery.tv)

We were tasked with helping the Nickelodeon team create a graphics package for their 2012 Upfronts.

Keeping the focus on textures and tactility, we wanted to create a look that would make viewers want to reach out and touch the elements in the scene. So we took some shiny plastic, some blobby goo, bumpy sponges and some prickly shapes and mixed it together to create a package that highlights the fun and experiential nature of the network.

Nickelodeon's "2012 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards" Promo Starring Will Smith And Nicki Minaj At The Kids' Choice Awards HQ

Below is a high quality (HQ) streaming video and transcript of Nickelodeon USA's latest "Nickelodeon 2012 Kids' Choice Awards" promo/trailer which stars the world-renowned actor, producer and recording artist Will Smith and American musician Nicki Minaj and takes place at the super secret Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Headquarters which Nickelodeon North America is broadcasting on-air to promote that mega star Will Smith (I Am Legend, The Pursuit of Happyness and the upcoming Men in Black III) will be presenting Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards live on Nickelodeon USA on Saturday, March 31, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/tape delayed for West Coast).

Unfortunately, this Nickelodeon Video is currently available to watch. Please check this Nickelodeon TV Media post again soon.

Nickelodeon’s 25th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards premieres Saturday, March 31 at 8 p.m. (ET/tape delayed for West Coast).

[Will Smith in a dressing room in Hollywood, CA, USA]

Will Smith (answering his mobile telephone/cellphone): Go for big Willie.

(Mysterious computerised voice on the telephone line): Will Smith. My sources tell me you're hosting the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards.

Will: Err.. who's this?

Mysterious voice: The person that's going to see that you fail!

Will: Wha-Whatever, creepynator voice. Hold on.

(Will Smith takes another call)

Will: Nicki Minaj!

Nicki Minaj: Don't worry about him. Have a seat. Oh, and hold on tight.

Will: Er, why do I need to hold on tightaarrrghhhhhhhh...

[Will Smith drops into the "Men In Black"/"Bruno The Kid"-style Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Headquarters]

[Nicki Minaj on a giant, "Men In Black" computer monitor embedded in a silver Nickelodeon blimp: Whats 'sup?]

[Kids' Choice Headquarters]

Will Smith: Hey, Nicki, am I like in one of you're music videos?

Nicki Minaj: No, Will. You're in Kids' Choice Headquarters!

[Child Secret Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Agents yell in excitement at puff of green slime coloured smoke]

[Will Smith claps]

Nicki: If you're going to be the best host ever, you need the experts.

[Secret KCA Agents push crate marked "Celebrity Delivery"]

Will (to boy Kids' Choice agent on zip cord flying in the air behind him): He should be in school!

Nicki: It's called Kids' Choice for a reason, Will.

[KCA Agents suit up Will Smith]

Nicki: Trust us, these guys are the best in the business!

[The KCA Agents sit Will Smith down in a "Men In Black" type chair]

Will: Hey, so what are you little experts doing now?

Girl Kids' Choice Agent: Just testing out an element for YOUR big entrance, Will.

Will (in a scared tone): ohh...

Girl Kids' Choice Agent: Initiating Human Slingshot!

Will: Whoa, wait, I don't like that!

[Chair flings Will Smith out of Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Headquarters]

Nicki: Good luck, Will!

Male voice over actor: Don't miss the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards, hosted by Will Smith. Saturday March 31 at 8/7c.

Nick.com/KCA

Nickelodeon UK will be premiering the 2012 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards on Sunday 1st April 2012 at 5.30pm (repeated at 6.30pm on Nick Replay UK) (transmission (TX) time to be announced by Nick UK).

You can view Nickelodeon USA's and Nickelodeon UK's versions of the "Nickelodeon 2012 Kids' Choice Awards Host Reveal" promos here on Nickelodeon TV Media.

Pixel DNA Unveils Concept Artwork For A Set Of Potential Brand New Nickelodeon Idents

The official website for the Sheffield, UK-based creative studio Pixel DNA, Pixel-DNA.com, has unveiled on their brand new website a series of stills (framegrabs/screen shots) featuring the concept artwork for a set of potential brand new Nickelodeon Idents Pixel DNA have created for Nickelodeon, which you can view here on the official Pixel DNA website. It is currently unclear which Nickelodeon channel(s)/Nickelodeon Network(s) around the world the brand new Nickelodeon Idents would be for.

The first brand new Nickelodeon Ident features Nickelodeon Orange and white mathematical shapes, such as triangles, cylinders and squares, the second brand new Nickelodeon Ident features the Nickelodeon logo covered by Nickelodeon Orange coloured Butterfly's, the third brand new Nickelodeon Ident features the Nickelodeon logo being covered in snow during a snow blizzard, the fourth brand new Nickelodeon Ident features the Nickelodeon logo being filled up with a bubbly Nickelodeon Orange coloured liquid, and the fifth brand new Nickelodeon Ident features a Bird's eye view of a New York, New York, USA style city full of Nickelodeon Orange coloured Skyscrapers and buildings, which then pans back to reveal the Nickelodeon logo as a group of Manhattan style islands, with each letter of the Nickelodeon logo full of Nickelodeon Orange colored Skyscrapers & buildings and surrounded by sea.

Below is more information about Pixel DNA's concept artwork for the set of potential brand new Nickelodeon Idents from Pixel-DNA.com:

Nickelodeon Ident Concepts 2012

Television, Branding, Motion Graphics.

INFORMATION:

Concept artwork for a set of idents created for Nickelodeon. Each ident has it’s own unique theme whilst also retaining brand elements from the nickelodeon style guide. The themes would all be different across each ident, but would be created in the same high-end style and finish, with the end result being a magical reveal of the nickelodeon logo.

CLIENT: Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon USA's "Saturday's On Nickelodeon" On-Air Design Package

Below is a high quality (HQ) high-definition (HD) streaming video which features a montage of Nickelodeon USA's motion graphics and branding design elements from Nickelodeon USA's "Saturday's On Nickelodeon" on-air presentation, which also includes some of the Nickelodeon branding design elements and motion graphics that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland have recently adopted as part of Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's 2011/2012 brand refresh, including the Nickelodeon Idents which feature characters from popular animated Nickelodeon shows, such as "SpongeBob SquarePants", "The Penguins of Madagascar", "Planet Sheen", and "Fanboy and Chum Chum", morphing and transforming themselves into the shape of the famous Nickelodeon logo, and Nickelodeon's 'circle' bumpers and designs [which also features Dudley Puppy from the original animated Nickelodeon show ("NickToon") "T.U.F.F. Puppy"]. The video below which features some of Nickelodeon USA's "Saturday's On Nickelodeon" on-air presentation also features examples of Nickelodeon North America's "Saturday's On Nickelodeon" Lower Third strap bars, examples of Nickelodeon USA's 'Saturday' promos ["Tomorrow Morning", "All New", "One Hour Event", and "Penguin Premiere Event"], and a few of Nickelodeon USA's "Up Next", "Right Now", and "We'll Be Right Back" Nickelodeon bumpers for "Saturday's On Nickelodeon".

Nickelodeon USA's "Saturday's On Nickelodeon" broadcast design package was made creative agency "Buck Design":

Nickelodeon - Saturdays from Buck on Vimeo.

Remember getting up early to watch Thunderbirds? Maybe you were more of a Masters of the Universe person. Fraggle Rock, The Smurfs, Duck Tales, Care Bears, Jem and the Holograms, My Little Pony… the list goes on. These days there is a new roster, and we were pumped to infuse some of our fond memories of Saturday morning cartoons into these idents for Nick. Using stripes, circles, Nick’s logo and the characters from the shows, we made a fun series of idents which we hope the kids of today enjoy as they munch on their cereal.

CREDITS

Directed by Buck

Creative Director: Orion Tait

Executive Producer: Anne Skopas

Producer: Melissa Johnson

Production Coordinator: Billy Mack

Art Director: Yker Moreno

Design: Yker Moreno, Gareth O’Brien, George Fuentes, Ben Langsfeld, Daniel Oeffinger, Chris Phillips

Animation: Gareth O’Brien, Daniel Oeffinger, Chad Colby, Waleed Zaiter

Cel Animation: Harry Teitleman, Lizzi Akana, Jessica Milazzo, George Conkin

CG Supervisor: Ryan O’Phelan

Modeling: Ryan O’Phelan, Pete Hamilton, Brice Linane, Michael Lampe, Chris Hendryx

Texturing: Ryan O’Phelan, Brice Linane, Michael Lampe

Rigging: Ryan O’Phelan, Jordan Blit

3D Animation: Ryan O’Phelan, Pete Hamilton, Jordan Blit, Brice Linane, Chad Colby, Chris Phillips, Andreas Berglund

Lighting: Michael Lampe, Ryan O’Phelan

Composite: Conrad Ostwald, Seth Ricart, Maceo Frost

Editor: Jose Gerardi

Roto: Filaments

NICKELODEON

Creative Director: Matthew Duntemann [Vice President (VP) Brand Creative Nick Preschool and Parenting Group at mtvn (MTV Networks)]

Producer: Liz Williams [Producer at Nickelodeon]

Videos Featuring The Nickelodeon Short "Nickelodeon Screen Test"

Below are a selection of streaming videos featuring the brand new Nickelodeon Short series "Nickelodeon Screen Test", which features Nickelodeon Stars from popular Nickelodeon shows such as "Big Time Rush" (Kendall Schmidt (Kendall Knight), James Maslow (James Diamond), Carlos Pena (Carlos Garcia), and Logan Henderson (Logan Mitchell)), "Victorious" (Victoria Justice (Tori Vega), Leon Thomas III (Andre Harris), Matt Bennett (Robbie Shapiro), Elizabeth Gillies (Jade West), Ariana Grande (Cat Valentine), Avan Jogia (Beck Oliver), and Daniella Monet (Trina Vega)) and iCarly's Miranda Cosgrove answering personnel questions for Nickelodeon viewers.

"Nickelodeon Screen Test" was made by and for Nickelodeon in London, UK, when Miranda Cosgrove and the casts of the Nickelodeon shows "Big Time Rush" and "Victorious" visited London, UK during 2010/2011, and, according to the Nickelodeon Clapperboard featured in the first video, was directed by Nickelodeon UK's Director of Original Production, David Kangas, and was filmed by cameraman G. Davis, and the graphics were designed and created by Sheffield, UK-based creative studio agency "PIXEL DNA".

The first streaming video below, in high quality (HQ) and high-definition (HD), is a montage featuring some of the motion graphics and branding design elements from the new Nickelodeon vignette/Nickelodeon interstitial series called "Nickelodeon Screen Test", and also includes the opening title sequence for "Nickelodeon Screen Test":

Nickelodeon Screen Test - Branding & Title Sequence from Pixel DNA on Vimeo.

The second video below featuring Nickelodeon's new short series "Nickelodeon Screen Test" features a whole episode of "Nickelodeon Screen Test" featuring "Big Time Rush" star and boyband member James Maslow (James Diamond) answering the questions "Which BTR video has been your favorite to to shoot and why?" and "Which music artist would you like to collaborate with in the future?", and also features the brand new Nickelodeon endboard/closing logo at the end:



You can view a behind the scenes photograph taken by Nickelodeon UK's Director of Original Production, David Kangas, who posted the photograph on his official Twitter profile page (@kangas911), of "Victorious" star Victoria Justice filming her questions and answers session for her episode of "Nickelodeon Screen Test" during the cast of Victorious' visit to London, UK in October 2011 here on NickALive!

The third video below featuring Nickelodeon's new short series "Nickelodeon Screen Test" features a whole episode of "Nickelodeon Screen Test" featuring "Big Time Rush" star and boyband member Carlos Pena (Carlos Garcia) answering the questions "What's the best thing about being in Big Time Rush?", "If you weren't a singer what would you like to be?", "Do you still get nervous before a performance?", "What is the most romantic thing you've ever done for a girl?", and "What's the hardest thing about being in the band?", and also features the brand new Nickelodeon endboard/closing logo at the end:



It is currently unknown whether the new Nickelodeon Short "Nickelodeon Screen Test" is an Nickelodeon UK Exclusive Nick Short or whether it will also air on Nickelodeon's international channels, however, the word 'favourite' in James Maslow's first question is spelt 'favorite', which is the North American "American English" spelling of the word instead of "British English".

Also, posted by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):

#UKRUSHERS & Have u seen the BTR 'Screen Tests' on air yet? Keep ur eyes peeled for interviews with all the boys! Learn ALL their secrets!

And:

is there live victoria justice and other nick starts screen tests apart from BTR?

@NickelodeonUK - Yes! Victorious cast have them too!

Nickelodeon USA's "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh" Promo From 2010 Starring Jerry Trainor

Below is a streaming video and transcript of Nickelodeon USA's "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh" Christmas promo from "Christmas on Nickelodeon 2010" which features Nickelodeon Star Jerry Trainor from the Nickelodeon shows "iCarly" and "T.U.F.F. Puppy" and who portrayed the "Drake & Josh" character '"Crazy" Steve' in the "Drake & Josh" Television series and in the Original Nickelodeon Television Movies "Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp" and "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh" inviting, while decorating a Nickelodeon orange and white coloured Christmas Tree (which has Christmas presents wrapped in Nickelodeon colour themed wrapping paper at the bottom) and putting a Nickelodeon orange coloured Star Christmas Tree ornament on the top of the Christmas Tree, resulting in Jerry Trainor falling off the Nickelodeon-orange coloured ladder he's standing on, Nickelodeon viewers to spend the Christmas holidays with him by watching the "Drake & Josh" movie "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh". The Nickelodeon Commercial video below also features Nickelodeon's Christmas 2010 trailer 'endboard', which features a 'Nick' Nickelodeon logo that's been wrapped up Fairy Christmas Tree lights being snowed upon:

(HQ) Jerry Trainor talks about Merry Christmas Drake and Josh, then falls off a ladder:

Jerry Trainor here, and this year I'm inviting YOU to spend the Holidays with me, in the hit movie "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh".

[Jerry Trainor as "Crazy" Steve: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!]

We've got car chases...

...Rock concerts...

[Drake Bell as Drake Parker singing the Christmas Carol "Jingle Bells" from the "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh" soundtrack]

...and of course, Miranda Cosgrove!

[Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker: Either put on some clothes or join a Gym]

So if you want the Holiday's done right, spend them with me. [Jerry Trainor falls of his ladder while putting a Nickelodeon orange colored Christmas Star at the top of the Nickelodeon Christmas Tree]

Arrgh!

[Voice over artist: Don't miss "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh", Saturday at 8pm...]

Jerry Trainor: Happy Holidays!

[Voice over artist: ...only on Nick!]

Nickelodeon UK's "Light Up Your Christmas" Promo From The Mid-2000's

Below is a high quality (HQ) streaming video with lyrics featuring Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's "Light Up Your Christmas" 'Christmas On Nickelodeon UK and Ireland' Christmas promo/trailer from the mid-late 2000's, and features two child Christmas carolers singing a Christmas carol about Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's Christmas programming that year to the tune of the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and a house decorated in lots of outdoor Christmas lights and outdoor Christmas decorations in the shapes of programme logos of shows on Nickelodeon UK, characters from original Nickelodeon animated shows ("NickToons"), and a Nickelodeon logo:

Light Up Your Christmas from Phil Ball on Vimeo.

A Christmas promo made for Nickelodeon.

Written, Directed, Edited and Produced by Phil Ball and Jane Laffey [Senior Producer at Nickelodeon UK].


Audio by Envy Post Production House [which is located very near to Nickelodeon UK's studios and offices in Rathbone Place in London, UK [Postcode W1T 1JW]].

[Doorbell]

Light up you're Christmas with loads of great Nick shows, like:

Drake & Josh

My Parents Are Aliens

Genie in the House

The Amanda Show

[The] Fairly OddParents

Two of a Kind

[The] Sleepover Club

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

Saved by the Bell

Unfabulous

Zoey 101

And Sabrina, the Teenage Witch!

Light up your Christmas, with loads of back to back [back2back] shows, everyday on Nick!

Nickelodeon Czech Republic's "Christmas On Nickelodeon Czech Republic 2011" Promo

Below is a streaming video that features a Nickelodeon Czech Republic Christmas promo/trailer for Nick Czech Republic to advertise and promote "Christmas On Nickelodeon Czech Republic 2011". The Nickelodeon Czech Republic Christmas promo features festive Nickelodeon clips from popular Nickelodeon shows, including "iCarly", Miranda Cosgrove guest-starring in the "Big Time Rush" Christmas movie special "Big Time Christmas", "T.U.F.F. Puppy", "The Penguins of Madagascar", "Supah Ninjas", "Drake & Josh", "Victorious", "SpongeBob SquarePants", and "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness", plus a look at Nickelodeon Czech Republic's Christmas on-air presentation, including Nickelodeon Czech Republic's Christmas 'Nickelodeon' logo, which features a Nickelodeon logo wrapped in flashing/blinking fairy lights (Christmas tree lights):

Nickelodeon UK's ""True Jackson, VP" Premier Week" Promo

Below is a high quality (HQ) high-definition (HD) streaming video of Nickelodeon UK's new ""True Jackson, VP" Premiere Week, only on Nickelodeon" trailer/promo which was edited, produced and written by London-based creative producer, writer and editor Allan Blatch, voiced by Scottish television presenter Gail Porter, and audio by Jungle Group, for Nickelodeon UK to promote Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon UK HD premiering brand new episodes of the hit live-action Nickelodeon show "True Jackson, VP" during December 2011. Nick UK's new ""True Jackson, VP" Premier Week On Nickelodeon UK And Ireland And Nickelodeon HD UK" promo/trailer also features some of Nickelodeon UK's Christmas presentation which also features a Nickelodeon logo that's been wrapped in fairy lights (Christmas tree lights):

True Jackson VP - Premiere Week, Allan Blatch from Allan Blatch on Vimeo.

True Jackson VP - Premiere Week was written edited and produced by Allan Blatch for Nickelodeon UK. Voiced by Gail Porter and mixed by Jim from Jungle.

Three Nickelodeon International "Nickelodeon Promo Toolkit" Videos

Below are three high quality streaming videos featuring three of Nickelodeon Internationals "Nickelodeon Promo Toolkit" Nickelodeon promo/trailer branding example/"How To" videos which made by Buenos Aires, Argentina-based broadcast design and animation studio "A1 Design" and commissioned by Nickelodeon International. Unfortunately, there isn't much information about the below "Nick Promo Toolkit" videos, but from the videos' descriptions on the video sharing website Vimeo, they are Nickelodeon branding guides for Nickelodeon TV's international channels/networks on how to create localised (localized) Nickelodeon promos/trailers, etc, for Nickelodeon shows based on Nickelodeon's 2011 brand refresh which is based on Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign which was created and devised by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company".

The first two Nickelodeon International "Nick Promo Toolkit" videos feature group shots of the casts of the Nickelodeon shows "Big Time Rush" (Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt), James Diamond (James Maslow), Carlos Garcia (Carlos Pena Jr.), and Logan Mitchell (Logan Henderson)), "Victorious" (Tori Vega (Victoria Justice), Andre Harris (Leon Thomas III), Robbie Shapiro (Matt Bennett), Jade West (Elizabeth Gillies), Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande), Beck Oliver (Avan Jogia), and Trina Vega (Daniella Monet)), "The Troop" (second season cast only - Jake Collins (Nicholas Purcell), Hayley Steele (Gage Golightly), Kirby Bancroft-Cadworth III (Matt Shively), and Cadence Nash (Malese Jow)), "Supah Ninjas" (Ryan Potter (Mike Fukunaga), Carlos Knight (Owen Reynolds), and Gracie Dzienny (Amanda McKay)), "iCarly" (Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy), Freddie Benson (Nathan Kress), Spencer Shay (Jerry Trainor), and Gibby (Noah Munck)), and "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures" (Bucket (Taylor Gray) and Skinner (Dillon Lane)), and the third "Nick Promo Toolkit" video features two Nickelodeon lower third banner examples featuring lower-third banners for "Big Time Rush - Tomorrow Night On Nick" and "Coming Up Next - Big Time Rush". The below videos don't have any audio on them:

Nick Promo Toolkit Video 1 - [Nickelodeon TV show name] Next Wednesday 12pm:

Nick Promo Toolkit 1 from A1 Design on Vimeo.

Nick Promo Toolkit Video 2 - Next Wednesday:

Nick Promo Toolkit 2 from A1 Design on Vimeo.

Nick Promo Toolkit Video 3 - Nickelodeon Lower Third Examples:

Nick Promo Toolkit 3 from A1 Design on Vimeo.

Live Action Promo Toolkit para la nueva imagen de Nickelodeon. / Promo Live Action Toolkit for Nickelodeon's new image.

Also, a bit more information about the above "Nickelodeon Promo Toolkit" videos from the official website of A1 Design, who was the broadcast design and animation studio who created the above Nickelodeon branding training/"How To" videos, website:

Nick Promo Toolkit

Live Action Promo Pack para la nueva imagen de Nickelodeon.
Comissioned by:
Nick International.

Nick Promo Toolkit

Live Action Pack Promo for Nickelodeon's new image.
Commissions by:
Nick International.

All Spanish To English translations in this "Nickelodeon TV Media" blog post provided by Google Translate.

"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]

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

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.

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.

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.



See more:

http://www.scottwaraniak.com

http://www.roger.tv

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.