NOVA (WGBH)

1st Logo (1974-1981)


Nicknames: "Rising Sun"

Logo: We see a sky at sunrise. A sun appears. They rised to the bottom of the screen, revealing NOVA. The sun still rises up. When it comes to the edges, the sky fades to black.

FX/SFX: The sun rising and the logo revealing.

Music: An ascending 3-man trumpet orchestra,

Availability: None. Seen in NOVA.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo (1981-1988)
Nicknames: "Science"

Logo: We start off with a black background. The text "NOVA" pixelated, moves letter by letter. The "A" is now made out in a grid, but it's made in a RYGB gas. The "A" flips to a periodic table. We pan across a DNA made out of RYGB gas balls. It zooms out to reveal a fetus. It zooms out for the focus. It fades to an earth, zooming out into the Solar System, revealing a supernova. It flips to the logo and reveals.

FX/SFX: 2D CGI.

Music/Sounds: Deep beep sounds, followed to an ascending beep fanfare.

Availability: See the previous logo.

Scare Factor: Low. The flipping and music may scare some people.

3rd Logo (1988-1996)
Nicknames: "Supernova"

Logo: We see a pink supernova. After a few seconds, the logo fades in.

FX/SFX: The supernova expanding, then the logo fading.

Music/Sounds: A calming tune played by an orchestra.

Availability: See the previous 2 logos.

Scare Factor: None. The tune calms the ident.

4th Logo (1996-2005)
Nicknames: "Supernova II"

Logo: We start on a starfield in the previous logo. We see a supernova that explodes. The letters swivel from their side views to reveal the logo.

FX/SFX: See previous logo.

Music/Sounds: The previous logo's music was used from 1996-1998. In 1999, an updated version of the theme music was introduced.

Availability: See the previous 3 logos.

Scare Factor: See the 1st and previous logo.

5th Logo (2005-)
Nicknames: "Science II"

Logo: We zoom into past 2 circles, revealing a galaxy. It moves to a 4-circled zygote, revealing 3 circles. We zoom past red blood cells, to white blood cells. We move past a virus. We see a circle that reveals omega and random words. We fade to an astronaut flying to Earth. We pan into code. We see yellow curves. We flash to reveal "NOV/\" in a galaxy background.

Variants:


 * We reveal to credits, they say: Viewers Like You. and Thank You. after the logos. We reveal a circle that pans through the sequence above.
 * NOVA had credits that take place in a starfield with a bend. Looking like IMAX Corporation.

FX/SFX: Amazing CGI!

Music/Sounds: A fast-paced and upbeat orchestral fanfare.

Availability: See the previous 4 logos.

Scare Factor: Low. Quarter of the people can be scared from the flashes.

1st Logo (1974)
Logo: We see WGBH zooming in going down to normal, the 1st sequence of "WGBH Boston Presents", moving to the next 2 sections, but all uppercased, different font & Blue and green color. We zoom in to the text NOVA, The background is in green. The logo flickers. The logo stops flickering after a few seconds.

FX/SFX: See the WGBH Boston Presents logo.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over: Ascend-descend 1 notes repeating in a half beat. We hear a drum roll as the sequence. A male voiceover said: "NOVA. Each with a science adventure."

Availability: See the non-special 1st logo.

1st Intro (1974-1981)
Logo: See the non-special 1st logo.

FX/SFX: See the non-special 1st logo.

Music/Sounds: The non-special 1st logo's music, but combined with drums. It goes to C and the music was played by a guitar.

Availability: See the non-special 1st logo.

Videos
1st Logo 2nd Logo 3rd Logo (VHS variant) 4th Logo (Opening) 5th Logo (Low graphics due to recording) 6th Logo (has the main circle transition)