How the original #HBO intro was made in 1983 | Channel Highway

History on Instagram: "1970s–1990s: HBO’s iconic intro was created to make television feel cinematic before the content even started. Instead of flashy graphics, it opened with a slow, immersive journey through a miniature cityscape, moving from streets to buildings before lifting into the sky. The goal was simple but bold — to signal that what you were about to watch wasn’t ordinary TV. The sequence was built using physical models, practical effects, and motion-control cameras, not computers. M