HBO 2017 & 1983 Logo Opens - 'BTS' Behind The Scenes - Home Box Office

HBO 2017 Feature Presentation Open:


Executive Producer: Jon Hassell
Head of Production: Aleen Kim
Producer: Lisa Muñoz
3D Modelers: Roger An, Muzi Lee, Hannah Sung
Lighting and Texture Artists: Cody Chen, Ken Lee, Chris Vincola, Roger An
Compositors: Tamir Sapir, Manu Gaulot, Ken Lee, Chris Vincola, Ari Reisner
Editor: Rachel Ambelang
Coordinator: Meredith Engstrom
Line Producer: Adam Lawson
HBO Head of Marketing: Chris Spadaccini
HBO VP Brand Marketing: Robert Priday
HBO Creative Director: Alyson Bradshaw
HBO Art Directors: Evan Beier, Gigi Nicolas

HBO 1983 Feature Presentation Open:

"By 1983, premium cable television was still a relatively new concept, and industry leader HBO wanted to distinguish itself from plain old ordinary network TV. This wasn’t just another channel; it was an “entertainment center.” It was special. One way HBO communicated that message was through its logo and on-air bumpers. In 1983, HBO began its feature presentations with an incredibly elaborate, minute-long introductory sequence still fondly remembered by a generation of cable TV subscribers. In a cozy apartment, a man and his wife settle in for a night of HBO. The camera then pans away from their window and soars over the city in which they live, swooping through the streets like a bird. It continues through the suburbs and the country toward the mountains, at which point it tilts upward toward the night sky. A giant, metallic HBO-shaped spaceship comes into view then comes into view. Inside the ship, the “O” is filled with dazzling, swirling colors. At last, a title appears: HBO Theatre. Home Box Office was so proud of this introduction that its creation was documented in a fascinating, 10-minute documentary by Scott Morris.

A Closer Look: Inside HBO's City, HBO Behind The Scenes
A Production of Scott Morris Films, New York City

Seen in the video:
Anthony Lover - President, Liberty Studios
James E. Kowalski - Director of Special Effects Models
David Bruce - Special Effects
Ferdinand Jay Smith III - Composer
Joe Scherer - Cameraman
Scott Morris - Producer / Director
Alexander Marshall - Writer / Narrator
Jonathan L. Segal - "Illusions" and additional music composed and performed
William Bilowit / Jacek Laskus - Lighting Assistants
Barbara A. Becker - Sound Recording

©1982 Home Box Office, Inc.

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YouTube End Screen Music Credit:
Song: Rain of Feelings
Artist: Weond & Cag

[MonteD]

I remember seeing the "how it was made" portion of this sometime in the 80s. It was a special event the whole family watched. I'm glad i was able to find it again on YouTube.

[lynnymachermann]

The 1983 model theme was the ultimate theme for hbo. Thanks for posting this.

[saabaru]

I like how they incorporated the 1983 rotating HBO logo into one of the TV screens of the 2017 intro. I still think the 1983 intro is still the best.

[vestel]

In fact I think EVERY HBO & Cinemax Openings should ALL be Remastered in 4K with a Dolby ATMOS Surround Sound Audio Track.

[MrMitchelljung]

HBO needs to come up with a throwback channel and bring back the 1983 intro and the old laser intro

[cmh]

The 1983 version is the best. Love watching it even after all these years.

[CaptinNabil]

Who'd have thought an 80's space opening for HBO, done entirely out of models, from the city filmed in entirely in Stop Motion, to the HBO logo, even though it looks like CGI, but is actually a hand made model, and those 80's laser effects, could be a huge legacy to HBO, in which their CGI successors to that intro, which includes both 1999 intro and the 2017 intro, would replicate and pay homage to it, as well as include the original 80's intro in the new intro.

[keepinmeuppodcast]

Amazing how much better the physical models in the 83 version look as opposed to the CGI.

[erikpridemore]

HBO and Cinemax and their combo of pay TV channels are now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, and when our Arizona viewers were paying for HBO on their cable TV systems providers, they were familiar with the HBO Feature Presentation, and its theme song and its "HBO in Space" 1982 title sequence which aired for 15 years until 1997. And we sure loved our favorite one, as ever will be.

[MattLeger]

I wonder how many of the dozens of people who worked to make this TV magic happen are still around in 2024? Even if they aren't, their work lives on as testimony to their hard work and talent.

[xpez]

@ 07:12 this is where their head was at. "hookers and bums" LOL... they could have put in any kind of easter eggs..

[bullwrinklestudiosshow]

The 1983 model is bro if he back as a newer beautiful intro but in my opinion 1983s version kicks ass than the 2017 and you gotta admit that 1983 one is still the original but the 2017 one is rebooted but kinda good.

The 83 theme reminds me of Beetlejuice at the start.

[tontoyoderjr]

HBO confirmed that 2017 is the new 1983

[SoundBlackRecordings]

Wow I can't believe all that was done by hand.

[kevin]

2017 sounds like that theme from Rocky

[anngulliver]

I prefer the 1983 version to the 2017 version.

[groovymusic]

The original is the Back then they worked hard to make the model and computers did very little...

[btrk]

Anyone notice... 11:10 guy sits down with a woman... 0:54 now they have kids! Guess it worked out for them.

[onesimpleaccess]

You didn't explain how they made the 2017 version.