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Encore[]

1991-1994[]

Bumper: Against a space background, we pan across a golden corridor which zooms out to reveal itself as the Encore logo in all capitals with a six-sided star inside the "O". The "O" separates itself as the rest of the logo flies out, zooming back in to a multi-colored series of shapes. The Encore logo slides down while the word "FEATURE" slides in from the left, placing itself within a purple rectangle. The words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" (in gray) then fade in. A gray circle then wipes away the completed logo to show the film rating.

Variants: Occasionally the slogan "Hit Movies of the 60s, 70s, and 80s" will appear underneath the logo.

FX/SFX: CGI

Music/Sounds: An ambient synth-bells fanfare.

Music/Sounds Variants: A triumphant brass fanfare for the slogan version

Availability: Extinct. Check old tapes for this.

1994-1999[]

Bumper: Inside a 3D starburst-shaped polygon, we see various starburst-shaped polygon outlines with the "encore" texts below each one, then what looks like a countdown timer and another polygon. All the polygon outlines are black. The 3D polygon zooms out as a red-purple gradient background fades in and a green-purple gradient rectangle reading "encore" flies to the bottom of the polygon before it transforms into a green-purple gradient box with a polygon outline, revealing that it is the Encore logo from that period. As this happens, the word "Feature" in uppercase letters zooms to above the Encore logo, with "Presentation" also in uppercase letters appearing below it.

Variants:

  • A premiere airing of a movie has "Premiere" in place of "Feature".
  • An airing of a movie exclusive to Encore has "Exclusive" in place of "Feature".

FX/SFX: Dazzling animation by Pittard Sullivan (now known as Troika Design Group).

Music/Sounds: A beautiful keyboard/flute sounder, usually with an eleven-note keyboard sounder followed by two more keyboard notes on the last two drumbeats at the end of the standard "Feature Presentation" variant.

Music/Sounds Variants: There are two additional variants of the music depending on the program Encore aired during the period, each variation with a different ending.

  • The "Premiere Presentation" variant has a six-note horn sounder and two string notes overlapping the last horn note.
  • The "Exclusive Presentation" variant has a different ten-note keyboard sounder.

Availability: Same as the previous bumper.

1999-2005[]

Bumper: We cut across various gold-tinted shots of camera lenses (some of which have countdown screens, which go from "5" to "3"). A star appears to be writing itself in early in this montage, but then cuts out. After the countdown disappears, the full star writes itself in. After finishing the star, the line writes “movies” in abstract cursive text, followed by a squiggle that forms the Encore starburst (in this time, the lenses fade out). "encore" fades in underneath it, and the starburst shines. As the whole logo shines, "Feature Presentation," in black, zooms out towards the light.

Variants: Depending upon the type of movie, the background will be different. Examples include a vortex against a green background, dynamite with a bomb timer against a red background, and a family holding hands against a sky background

FX/SFX: The lenses, the countdown, the star writing itself, the logo forming, and "Feature Presentation" zooming out.

Music/Sounds: Encore's 1999 jingle (a nice pop-rock tune), then a short, beautiful piano stinger at the end.

Music/Sounds Variants: TBA

Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.

2005-February 22, 2012[]

Bumper: We see a shot of a forest, tinted in yellow, followed by a shot of a hubcap, then the 2005-13 Encore logo drawing itself through a shot of some buildings. Two different shots of palm trees follow, and then we cut to a panning shot of a yellowish-blue beach with the text reading "FEATURE PRESENTATION" below the Encore logo. It then fades to the film's rating with the icons for "Closed Captioning" and "En Espanol" below, followed by content descriptors for the film.

Variants:

  • Late in the ID's life, "The following is rated" was added above the rating and on the "FEATURE PRESENTATION" screen, the logo and text appear smaller.
  • During their 2008 Big '80s Weekend event, an entirely different set of graphics was used, but the concept remained the same. This version uses shots of people dressed in 1980s-era fashions, and for the rating screen, a man with a Mohawk raising his head up is used.

FX/SFX: Shots of the scenery fading to one another, followed by the starburst's movements and then the panning. Small black bars also move around the top and bottom.

Music/Sounds: A small choir note, then a majestic fanfare and a whoosh. The announcer (Fred Harrison, who had previously done announcements for USA Network in the 1990s) later says "The following feature is rated *Rating*."

Music/Sounds Variants:

  • On the Big '80s Weekend variant, a pop rock tune is heard.
  • On December 31, 2011, a different fanfare was introduced, which couples light guitar notes with a majestic orchestral tune.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The guitar/orchestra fanfare was rearranged in other styles for Encore's subchannels and used in their bumpers during the 2011-13 timeframe.

Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.

October 31, 2011; February 23?, 2012-December 1, 2013[]

Bumper: Tinted in yellow, as the Encore starburst moves through, we see the following: A plane landing, a man playing with his dog, a clock ticking, another man saying something in ASL, a woman, and a time-lapse shot of a city skyline. Over this last shot, a lens flare occurs and forms a white titled rectangle with "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in it. Next to it, the starburst appears and "encore" spells itself out. The logo and rectangle then disappear as "FEATURE PRESENTATION" zooms towards us, and the rating information appears.

Variants:

  • This ID premiered in the form of a one-off variant during Encore's "Fear Fest" horror-movie marathon on October 31, 2011, which features someone washing a car with blood before we cut to the Fear Fest logo, then fade in on someone wiping a window with blood as the rectangle forms. The rating bumper contains blood dripping down on a block of wood.
  • A variant exists for Encore HD, with the size of the movie rating and descriptors decreased.
  • A short version was used for Encore On Demand. Here, only the first few images were shown, then it cuts to the final part, with the rating information being shifted up to the top-middle and nothing below it.
  • At one point, the rating information was in black. This was found before an airing of Godzilla (1998).

FX/SFX: All live-action, complete with the black bars from the last logo and the CGI animation at the end.

Music/Sounds: The same tune and voiceover as on the later variant of the last ID.

Music/Sounds Variants:

  • The Fear Fest variant uses an ominous tune.
  • At the start of an August 17, 2013 Encore HD airing of Lethal Weapon, there was a brief audio dropout early in the theme, due to a broadcast error.

Availability: Same as the previous bumpers.

December 2, 2013-2016[]

Bumper: TBA

FX/SFX: Simple animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Same as the previous bumpers. Surprisingly, despite the introduction of a new bumper in 2016, this still appeared before White Men Can't Jump on Encore On Demand as late as fall 2016.

Starz Encore[]

2016-2022[]

Encorefp2016

Bumper: Same as the 2016-2022 Starz Feature Presentation ID, except Starz Encore is mentioned.

FX/SFX: Same as the 2016-2022 Starz ID.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2016-2022 Starz ID.

Availability: Uncommon.

2022-present[]

Bumper: Same as the current Starz Feature Presentation ID, except Starz Encore is mentioned.

FX/SFX: Same as the Starz ID.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Starz ID.

Availability: Current.

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