Forest Gump Type Animation
This is one of my favorite examples of kinetic type. It’s pretty simple. There aren’t a lot of colors or type families introduced. This helps with the understanding of the character because even in the move Bubba was a very simple, country man. The peach color that they chose was a great idea as it definitely resonates with shrimp. I love that they dress the word shrimp with what looks like weird quotation marks and l’s. It really begins to characterize a shrimp. I also like that they animated the line about shrimp being the fruit of the sea. It moves like a wave, which was a pretty nice touch. Overall I really like it but I would have used the peachy color as an accent only. I would have also did more to depict the type of shrimp dish, i.e. make shrimp kabob look like it was on a stick, make the split of burger really look like a bottom and top bun, and things like that.
Kinetic typography finding nemo
Honorable Mention
This is pretty cool!!!
Toy Story Woody vs Buzz Kinetic Typography
This example of kinetic typography is pretty cool! My favorite part has to be the use of the different fonts. Normally I would be totally against the use of so many different kinds of fonts, but this worked out great. The badge that was used next to cowboy and the symbol used for toxic was a great touch. The animator but some great thought in to how to animate the transitions and they work amazingly with the dialogue and sound effects from the movie. Another part that I love is how they animated nerves and when Woody opens Buzz’s helmet and he starts to gasp for air. Also when they animate the word planet and when Woody yells at Buzz at the end. I thought that was a pretty genius idea. I also like that when each character speaks the colors change to represent it. The only thing I would have edited was how the word eyeballs animated. I would have also changed the animation to the word look. Other than that it was great!
Sherlock Holmes - Fighting Scene - Kinetic Typography
This is another instance kinetic typography that I really like. I love the background that they chose as it resonates a bit with the time frame that the movie was set in. I thought that it would be a bit distracting but it turned out pretty well. The colors used bring just enough contrast to the text to not only set it apart from the background but to keep things interesting as well. The chunky font chosen also helps a lot. Another great thing that they did was not only animate what Holmes was saying, but they also animated the hits and sprays of blood. The use of image really brought this motion graphic to life for me. The zoom in and out in reference to how intense the moment was and the pan in the different directions to show the changes and progression in the thought process of Holmes worked out well, too. Another awesome point in the animation is the report at the end, where they use the picture of the full skeleton to show the damages done from top to bottom. This animation had great flow and was not hard to follow. I think the only thing I did not like is when they put the white text in the black bounding shape…
Nice way to think of things to do for my next project… =)
(See the posts I dig (to the right of my blog) for my ideas if you need some)
-J
Source: nevver
My Cause - Support Sports & Art
I would like to do an information flash on the benefits of arts and sports. I am very passionate about both art and sports as I was involved in both growing up.
I grew up in a rough neighborhood in Chicago and so many people connected with that “I’m a product of my environment” phrase and I knew that just wasn’t for me. My family expected greatness and I did all that I could to prove I could achieve such. Very early I got bored with the day in and day out routine of excelling in your typical math, science, and english so I looked for more. I needed something that would excite me (and at the time I couldn’t find that excitement and joy in church related activities).
I began piano classes in the 2nd grade. I enjoy that so much that I continued to play up until the 10th grade when I was no longer able to take it in school and could not afford private lessons. But I still continue to play in my free time. I also sang in the choir between 5th and 8th grade and in my spare time with the chorus in high school.
Also, while in elementary school, I began to really take an interest in sports. In the 5th -8th grade I played basketball and volleyball. In high school I always seemed to miss conditionals so I got involved with ROTC to participate on their Physical Training Team.
I also took great interest in theater, writing, and other forms of art along the way, creating and performing wherever I was allowed. It did so much for me. It kept me active and engaged in the awareness of different things about my body and its connection with my mind and soul.
Because this did so much for me, along the way I volunteered often to do arts and crafts with different organizations, like the Girl Scouts, and for different events like local fall festivals. I helped young people, and adults, express themselves in ways they never thought they could. My favorite part of it all was the involvement I had with the less fortunate and those with disorders or disabilities. It’s beautiful to see their families connect with them and finally understand them.
This is why I support things like keeping the arts and sports in school, and implementing the use of art therapy to solve many issues that deal with things like behavior problems, mental and physicals disorders and more.
-J
from the Design and Multimedia Program at Keiser University Jacksonville
