Nickelodeon UK's Second Design Package For "Nickelodeon Music Exclusive"

Below is a high quality (HQ) high-definition (HD) streaming video featuring Nickelodeon UK's brand new "Nickelodeon Music Exclusive" opening and closing/intro and outro sequences from Nickelodeon UK's recently refreshed broadcast design package for Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's music series called "Nickelodeon Music Exclusive" which features brand new motion graphics and art direction from Nickelodeon UK Creative Manager Derek Best and London, UK based freelance Talent Motion Designer Sylwia Be, which Nickelodeon UK recently rebranded (during February 2012) to fit in with Nickelodeon UK's recent brand refresh which Nickelodeon UK debuted on-air on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on Tuesday 1st November 2011:

Nickelodeon - Music Exclusive from Danca on Vimeo.

Sound Design for intro and outro of the Music Exclusive TV Show, on Nickelodeon. Art Direction by Derek Best [Creative Manager at Nickelodeon UK]

Nickelodeon UK's "Nickelodeon Music Exclusive" began on Nick UK in January 2011 and is both a 15 minute Nickelodeon music special show presented by Nickelodeon UK presenter Nathan A. Thomas and a "Nickelodeon Short" series featuring the latest music videos and music content from popular Nickelodeon stars such as Victoria Justice ("Victorious"), Big Time Rush, and Miranda Cosgrove ("iCarly").

Nickelodeon UK's And Nickelodeon Australia's "Best Frenemies" 'iCarly' Programming Stunt Intro

The official website for the Sheffield, UK-based creative studio Pixel DNA, Pixel-DNA.com, has unveiled a high quality (HQ) high-definition (HD) streaming video that features the opening title sequence for a upcoming brand new special Nickelodeon International "iCarly" themed programming stunt called "Best Frenemies" which features graphics designed and created by Sheffield, UK-based creative studio Pixel DNA for Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Nickelodeon Australia, which you can watch here on the video sharing website Vimeo. Unfortunately, there isn't much more information about the Nickelodeon International programming stunt, such as when Nickelodeon UK and Nickelodeon Australia will hold the "iCarly Weekend" on-air. Below is more information about Pixel DNA's "iCarly Weekend" design video from the video's page on Vimeo:

Intro graphics created for Nick UK & Nick Australia for the 'Best Frenemies' weekend run of iCarly episodes.

Tags: iCarly, nickelodeon, best frenemies, intro graphics, title sequence, bumper, ident

"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 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”!