Great Typography in Video
Posted July 7th, 2010 / By Matthew Carlin in Curated, Motion Graphics, Resources, Roundups, Typography, Video
Hello, and welcome to my first post here on Fuel Your Motionography! We all like looking at great typography in motion, and we all need some inspiration every now and then when working on our own projects. So here I am to preset a round up of great typography in video, whether it’s totally created in After Effects or a 3D programme or combined with live action video, i’m sure each piece will get you inspired and wanting to make your own!
Little Bites
A great video showing some nice simple type goodness combined with some 2D, 3D and pictures.
Space and Air
A nice little video here which combines live action footage, 2D typographic animation with a dash of 3D.
10:10 Climate Change
Some typographic goodness here, this time pure 2D animation.
Hello Brooklyn
This great video which uses ‘Hello Brooklyn’ by Jay Z uses still images and typography to great effect, showing what great stuff can be done just using those simple elements.
Inch by Inch
A great video using Al Pacino’s Inch By Inch speech from Any Given Sunday, done entirely in After Effects and Cinema 4D.
1 A.M.
This is a great video combining live footage with 3D and 2D work in Cinema 4D and After Effects.
NBC Rebrand
A nice video showing what can be done with typography in a more corporate setting in this NBC rebrand, also show a nice combination of stills,video and typography.
t3st urbanMotion
A great video from anibal Carnego, showcasing excellent use of still images and typography.
Ok It’s Alright With Me
This is a great music video with a great style and good combination of live action and typography.
MasterCard PayPass
A great video for Mastercard Paypass with a good combination of simple typography
Justice – D.A.N.C.E
This is a great example of a good combination of motion tracking, live action footage and some great examples of typographic animation.
Cyperaudio
A great example of very delicate and simple typography combined with what look like real footage or at least super realistic 3D.
How We Built Britain
Another nice example here of a combination of 3D, footage and typography.
New York Times: Turkish Edition
This is a great video with a whole typographic city on show, shows some great 2D animation and typography.
Flash on the Beach 08
We’re going back to the old school on this typographic goodness, this video by The Ronin features some type built entirely by hand and videoed, all build by hand.
Zombieland
Zombieland has some great typography both during the intro and through the main movie, definitely worth checking out.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this round up of some great typography in video and i hope it gives you some great inspiration to go away and make your own typographic pieces. Let us know if you think we’ve missed any great videos that you think should have been included. Enjoy!
Hi, I’m from Nottingham in the United Kingdom. I’ve been writing about motion graphics on Motion Design Love for a while now, as well being a Video Editor and Motion Designer by Day. I probably spend most of my waking hours either doing something with motion graphics or thinking about stuff I can do with motion graphics. I’m looking forward to writing some great articles for Fuel Your Motionography, I hope you’re all looking forward to reading them!
This is a great round up of typography videos, Matt! These are all amazing examples of, as the title would suggest, great typography in video. A lot of them I haven’t seen before or have forgotten about.
On a side note, I remember when I first popped in Zombieland. I had to of watched the opening credits about ten times before I actually watched the movie!
Great job, and welcome to the FYM team!
Gotta love some Type roundups… there are a couple new ones in here I hadn’t seen, but its always good to have the oldies but goodies mentioned again ;)
Cheers Guys! Appreciate it!
I definitely tried to find a couple of good ones i thought not many people may have seen before.
Very nice examples!
Flash on the Beach 08 is great.
I really love The Ronin’s works, he inspire me alot!
Excellent round up. In the Little Bites, I was wondering how they did the rotation of the oven to the diner and the exploded view of the muffin? Very nice and dynamic and I’d like to learn how to do that. You know of any places that I should check out for some pointers?
Thanks,
Chris
I would assume a lot of that commercial was created using 3d software then, later in compositing, the 2d elements were added in. For example, if we look at the first part, I would have created the entire kitchen, chefs, bowls, stoves, etc. in Cinema 4D (my 3d program of choice), and then imported that scene into After Effects and added things such as the arrows, muffins, writing, steam, color correction, screen grit, etc.
Timmy Allen talks a bit about how to do this in his article We Can All Just Get Along.
Hope that helps, Chris! Thanks for your comment and question. If you have any more feel free to drop us a line!