France 2 (France)

Logo descriptions by SnowflakesOmega and rj4712

Logo captures by RedheadXilamGuy and Nightspears

Background: France 2 is a public TV channel owned by France Télévisions.

Second Channel of RTF

(1963-1964)

Logo: On a light brown background with "RTF Television 2" on it, 2 curtains, with the one on top being white and the one on the bottom being dark gray, close themselves, removing the byline RTF Television" stopping when they are halfway the "2". Then, as the 2 curtains spin around the "2" disappears and arrows pointing to the corners on the screen move to the corners of the screen. The animation gets repeated 3 times. The 4th time arrows are again pointing, but they home in on each other and then move to the corners of the screen. After that, the RTF logo appears.

FX/SFX: Simple 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A very triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This one has largely been forgotten by the France 2 staff.

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The ORTF Second Color Channel

1st Logo
(1964-1972)

Logo: Same as the first, except that the top curtain is now orange, the bottom curtain is yellow and the arrows are blue. Showing that they diffuse now in color.

Variant: Another variant exists, with different music. Resembling café or elevator stuff.

FX/SFX: See the first logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as before.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This one has been largely forgotten by the France 2 staff.

2nd Logo
(1972-1975)

Logo: Three colors (which are red, green and blue) fuse into each other and form the ORTF logo. It then gets embedded in multiple colorful petals. Then we see gaping holes moving out, creating color illusions. Then we see colorful fins getting formed around a circle on which a red circle appears. And after that a red background with a white circle on which green ovals and violet circles get placed. On it the title "Chaine 2 couleur" gets embedded.

FX/SFX: Really good animation.

Music/Sounds: See first logo, but a bit louder.

Availability: Extinct. This ident was resurrected in 2017 comercial jingles for France 2, celebrating its 35 years.

Editor's Note: None.

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Antenne 2

1st Logo

(1975-1983)

Nicknames: "Psychedelic Electronic Pendulum"

Logo: On a psychedelic vector background, a TV antenna is formed from two outlines of it. The antenna then becomes the words "NTENNE" and an "A" which fly around the screen. They then form the word "ANTENNE" in white, a red copy appears above it, which flies around the white text, and forms the number "2". The "A" grows, and becomes a triangle without a bottom, with the "2" moving inside of it. The "2" then flies around the "A" as the background turns blue. The vector background returns.

Trivia: The logo was created by Peter Foldes, who created the 1956 anti-nuclear war short film A Short Vision, and was also known for pioneering in the field of computer animation with The Hunger, a 1974 short film.

FX/SFX: An early example of Scanimation.

Music/Sounds: Composed by Francois de Roubaix, we hear a loud descending pulse-wave synthesizer at the beginning, that then fades into an electronic warble with another electronic dripping sound once the antenna appears. Four ascending synth bell notes then play with a piano, then a different electronic warble, then the same synth notes and piano, but in a higher pitch. Another high electronic warble then plays, followed by the same synth/piano in a more higher pitch, then an even more higher repeat of the same 2 notes. This is followed by arpeggiating synths.

Availability: Extinct. Was used for programming announcements.

Editor's Note: This logo gained infamy and popularity in the logo community due to its tense music and vector-animated nature.

2nd Logo
(1975-1983)

Logo: In a space full of planets, a red planet becomes larger to face the viewer. People from the sky with blue uniforms fly to the planet. Then we see a rising "2". As that happens, the planet flies away, unveiling the whole image and the men start flying. They then regroup themselves above the "2" and turn around to unveil letters on their shirts, revealing the word "ANTENNE". The men then fly away.

Trivia: This logo was designed by Jean-Michel Folon.

Variant: A closedown variant exists where you see one of those men flying towards others of the same to the 2 mentioned. They then form the letters "antenne" and fly away.

FX/SFX: Hand-drawn animation.

Music/Sounds: Composed by Michel Colombier, we hear a piece of Oboe and horn. It was meant to really be a sad song, given that he titled it as "Emmanuel", which refers to his dead son.

Availability: Extinct. This was used as a startup and closedown. This ident was also resurrected in 2017 commercial jingles for France 2.

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Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo
(1983-1987)

Logo: We see light against a black background. Then we see light on a background moving. Once set in places geometrical figures fly around it. Then more circles lit and more objects fly around it. As that happens circles separate themselves from the orbit and form an orbit of their own. Then we see a bubble after which a transition happens. At the top we see rectangles with stripes and bubbles fly around the realm. Then the stripes home in below. Then the background switches from top to bottom and rectangles fly in. Then the screen fades away showing a screen with water, which also fades away showing the Antenne 2 logo.

Trivia: The sequence is intended to represent the transition from night to daytime.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: An instrumental piece consisting of oboe, drum and violin for the closedown variant. The startup is a more upbeat version of the closedown, with keyboards and drums.

Music/Sounds Variant: There is another variant with drum and synth.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: Has been noted for its peaceful music and abstract artistic vision.

4th Logo

(1987)

Logo: We see red stripes flying by forming lines. Then we see a "2" and an "a" appears. Then the "2" turns 90° and the a becomes flat.

FX/SFX: TBA

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Music/Sounds: A synthesised song. With the singer at the beginning singing "A A A2".

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Availability: Extinct. This is most likely a prototype for the 5th logo.

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Editor's Note: None.

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5th Logo
(1987-1990)

Logo: We see a "2" getting formed. Then an "a" gets positioned to the right of it.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A pop-like song with a lady singing "A2, A2. Passionately. A2, A2.". Sometimes, the chant would be omitted for a synth theme.

Variant:

There is a startup variant of this. It consists of the a2 logo sliding from the bottom to the center. Then a slide puts it away to reveal the same logo. Then a slide puts that one away to reveal rendered lines while the logo slides in from the left to the center. Then a slide flies by and the slide gets re-rendered revealing the logo sliding down from the top to the center. Then the process starts again from the same logo revelation onward six more times. All the time we hear an extended version of the track, though it lacks the "passionately" part.
There is a Christmas variant where the A gets packaged in by the 2. The theme is also shorter.
There is a winter variant in which a white anthropomorphic bear sings the song.
There is a beach variant where the A2 logo is seen in the back of a swimming pool. After a while a person with a red swimming dress jumps in the pool causing the water to be more turbulent.

Availability: Extinct. This logo was also resurrected in the 2017 commercial jingle for France 2.

Editor's Note: None.

6th Logo

(1990-1992)

Logo: We see fireworks. As that happens a blue rectangle gets formed on where a red-yellow "2" gets posed. Then, from above, the word "ANTENNE" appears.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A chorus.

Variant:

There is a startup variant that plays out like a sort of music video where people sing "La 2" constantly.
There is a 1991 variant that consists oftheme that consists of harp and flute where the components of the 2 form the 2 together.
There is a 1992 variant that consists of the logo zooming in while a 2 is getting beatboxed.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: The logo was resurrected in the 2017 commercial jingle for France 2

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France 2

1st Logo
(1992-1996)

Logo: Consists of several sequences that are either fully shown or shown in half with text on the other half. First it shows a "dring" and then "Youpi", the channel's children block, with at the end a lion, with later a "gr" on the side of the screen. Then it shows sequences of people with the words "we", "you" and "all". Then it shows a man with a note on the other half saying "qui?". Then it shows the news ident with the logo. Then the weather report, noted with a °C, followed by several live-action sequences. After it we see singers with on the other halves words such as "do", "si" and "la". After it a running man with only the words "publi" and "cit" shown. Then sports while the word "top" and "chrono" gets shown. After it it is followed by more live-action before devolving into more random sequences with even more random symbols (such as " "). Then later we see announcers speaking while on the other half of the screen the word "scoop" gets shown, cut in half. It then later cuts to a man jumping to obtain a key while the word "fort" gets shown on the other half. Then it devolves into even more random sequences half with text and with live-action on the other half and then shows more live-action. At the end, after a bit more of those sequences, it ends with the France 2 logo.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Drum, beatbox, accordion, electric guitar, opera singing and guitar.

Availability: Extinct. The logo was resurrected in the 2017 commercial jingle for France 2.

Editor's Note:None.

2nd Logo
(1998-2002)

Logo: We see a block puzzle forming a "2". It then decomposes itself again in its initial position.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Drum and violin.

Availability: Extinct. Was used when there was no transmission signal.

Editor's Note: The logo is largely forgotten.

3rd Logo
(2002-2006)

Logo: We see the france télévisions logo, flipping over and switching to the color of France 2.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo
(2006-2007)

Logo: We see a white square fly by, after it a large "2" becomes visible. In that one a "2" gets formed which writes "France 2 présente".

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Violin and a xylophone noise at the end.

Music/Sounds/Variants: There is a variant with wind sound

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo

(2008)

Logo: We see squares with different colors flipped over. It then zooms in and ends with a square in the center forming the logo against a red background.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

6th Logo
(2009-2014)

Logo: We see set against a dark blue background 5 differently colored light flashes. They then fuse together in the France 2 logo while the background changes to the red color.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

7th Logo

(2014-2015)

Logo: We see a red flash that cuts in a red background. It then splits into multiple squares before a flash comes by, which paints a white lining to the left of which the logo stands.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

8th Logo
(2015-28th January 2018)

Logo: A red screen splits in half, unveiling the France 2 logo.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Piano.

Music/Sounds/Variant: There is a variant which uses drum and violin instead.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

9th logo

(29th January 2018 - present)

Logo: We see a red dot growing larger until it turns into a red wave across the screen. Then a 2 is revealed from the sidelines.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Same as the 8th logo.

Availability: Current.

Editor's Note: None.

France 2 (France)

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