16-09-2023, 06:50 PM
The BBC Chameleon Thread
16-09-2023, 07:24 PM
Not directly related to anything broadcast, but BBC Studios is releasing a new Doctor Who Blu-ray box set on Monday. I just had a look at one of the new bonus features and saw this at the end...
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16-09-2023, 07:52 PM
(16-09-2023, 07:24 PM)IanJRedman Wrote: Not directly related to anything broadcast, but BBC Studios is releasing a new Doctor Who Blu-ray box set on Monday. I just had a look at one of the new bonus features and saw this at the end...I’m beginning to think someone’s just trolling us now. I mean, how else could that have come about?
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17-09-2023, 10:12 AM
Yeah, the BBC Studios logo never used Gill Sans capital letters. I think what probably happened is they didn't have the Studios logo file for some reason, only the BBC logo. And they didn't have the Reith font either, so they mocked it up using Gill, thinking it won't matter because it's just a DVD extra and not a TV programme. 2023 is also written in Gill Sans, and the copyright symbol seems to be from a default font used if the one they wanted (which would again have been Reith) isn't available.
17-09-2023, 10:38 AM
Couldn’t they just have gone on the bbc studios site made the logo bigger in the browser print screen copy and paste in photoshop and inversed it so it’s white assuming their machine didn’t have Reith loaded.
17-09-2023, 11:14 AM
I think the BBC logo is a mockup too - the spacing between the blocks isn't right.
Blu-ray extras of this kind are made by indies and just published by BBC Studios, so they're not made "by" BBC Studios in the same way as, say, a TV show might be. But someone on the BBC Studios side should be in a position to provide the proper assets, and push back if something isn't right. That clearly didn't happen!
Blu-ray extras of this kind are made by indies and just published by BBC Studios, so they're not made "by" BBC Studios in the same way as, say, a TV show might be. But someone on the BBC Studios side should be in a position to provide the proper assets, and push back if something isn't right. That clearly didn't happen!
17-09-2023, 03:24 PM
17-09-2023, 03:35 PM
(17-09-2023, 10:12 AM)JAS84 Wrote: Yeah, the BBC Studios logo never used Gill Sans capital letters. I think what probably happened is they didn't have the Studios logo file for some reason, only the BBC logo. And they didn't have the Reith font either, so they mocked it up using Gill, thinking it won't matter because it's just a DVD extra and not a TV programme. 2023 is also written in Gill Sans, and the copyright symbol seems to be from a default font used if the one they wanted (which would again have been Reith) isn't available.
They did use Gill Sans capital letters in 2016: logos.fandom.com
17-09-2023, 03:59 PM
Yes BBC Studios in its short existence comparative to BBC Productions has gone through lots of logo changes. I’m not surprised people don’t know what the right one is!
18-09-2023, 10:34 AM
Yep, pretty sure I've got that one on a mug somewhere!
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