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Typography Question
I’m thinking of trying one of those typography videos that you see online where you here a line or scene from a movie and they show the words animate onto the screen as they deliver them.
Just wondering what the best approach would be. I have some thoughts but would like to hear from someone who’s done this before. Thanks
Bones
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3 Replies
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Hi Bones –
As you’ve probably thought at some point in this creative process, there is no “best” approach. One good way to brainstorm this is to come up with animations that might fit the content of the text. For example, if one of the words in your animation is “revolve”, you might take the obvious route and actually animate one or two of the letters so that they slowly revolve, while keeping the text readable.
I’ve been seeing some commercials lately on TV which are all text, and the animations, while not contextually created, use text that drops into the frame, and looks as if each line of text is hinged to the one above, so you get sort of a swinging sign look to the text (I’m sure this is done with expressions, which can save you a great amount of time). There are many ways to make multi-line text interact. Write out your script for the video you’re working with, and make notes on it, based on the visual concept of the movie (if that’s where you’re going), or based on your own stream of consciousness (what comes into mind when you see the words).
Here’s a link to a pretty good one based on the Fight Club:
https://zeynepkinli.wordpress.com/tag/typographic-design/
Good luck, and don’t fall into too many “canned” ideas. Look at what’s out there, then make it your own.
Joe Bourke
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If you search for KINETIC TEXT you will find literally thousands of samples on the video social sites. it is a very popular project theme for AE, Motion, and 3D students as well as professionals who are experimenting.
You can lost in this stuff for days.
start here:
https://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/17-amazing-inspirational-typography-videos/bogiesan
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This is also from Ae.Tutsplus:
https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/design-rhythmic-motion-typography-in-after-effects/Production Associate
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