Concept and creative process
‘Diary’ was designed and created as a fresh addition to the library of BBC2 idents that appeared in the breaks between programmes. ‘Diary’ was a practical model, shot in camera on a motion controlled 35mm camera rig. The special effects team created the puppeteering of the diary pages peeling off in real time. Post-production in Flame smoothed the timing of the pages.
A video of the filming of ‘Diary’ and other BBC2 idents was included in the BBC programme ‘How Do They Do That?’. An excerpt can be viewed in the Archive:
https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/how-do-they-do-feature-tv-graphics-1994