kinetic typography

[mimesere]

I took a digital art class years ago and one of the things I learned in it, other than that I don't really like bright colors, is that I *do* really, really like type. Every picture I made for class involved text in some way unless I was specifically told not to. So, anyway. Someone (sansets) linked to a Hush Sound primer that included the video below and I liked it and now I want to share.

I started here:

The Lions Roar - The Hush Sound

Duck and Cover

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet

Choose Life - Trainspotting (language)

Say What Again - Pulp Fiction (language)

Tramp - Lowell Fulson

Comments

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

JOY!!!

::dies of designergasm::

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*beams* You were one of the people I was definitely thinking about while I was watching these.

They make me want to do a fannish edition which would, I think, be really interesting. How would the "Lie to Me" speech *look* or Buffy's little speech from "Restless"? How do you textually render "Are you ready to be strong?"

I um. Like text a lot.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I love text, and I especially using it in action. Moving text around in an artful way is a whole other skill, though -- you'd think I'd be awesome at it, as a designer and vidder, but it's like starting all over again. Worth the work, though, because YUM.

Have you seen "Stranger Than Fiction"? Oh, the glorious typography! ♥

I like your idea about designing fannish quotes. I could get very excited about a project like that.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*g* I wish I were more creative with the forms and layout of text because I think it'd be really neat to play with.

And...Stranger than Fiction the movie? Because the movie's pretty sweet, but I don't remember typography so much in it. I do, however, really love what the movie Nightwatch did with the subtitles (which is similar to how Heroes does its subtitles with the stealing from comic books). It's just...*neat* to see how people are using type now.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

The movie is sweet and uses gorgeous animated type, especially in the beginning -- all the numbers and diagrams floating around Harold's head, remember?

I haven't seen Nightwatch, but I did love Bee Season's use of type as well. There's so much gorgeous stuff being done.

Have you seen lim's My Brilliant Idea? Best use of type I've ever seen in a fannish work.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhh. Yes! Which is, I suppose, a testament to how well done it was because I didn't notice it as standing out at all and it seemed very organic.

And I haven't seen lim's vid, but I will check it out on my break.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

It's absolutely adorable. And gorgeous. And OMG I should have half the talent she has in her pinky...

[speshope.livejournal.com]

The Pulp Fiction one id definitely my favorite. Awesome.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*g* I loved that one.