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Moving type…

May 11th, 2007 by


I’ve got this weird obsession with type at the moment – moving type in particular.
It’s like trying to learn a new art. Not that I’ve actually learnt to do anything yet.
But I keep on seeing things and thinking: “I like that. Wouldn’t presentations be more interesting if they flowed like that, rather than being all powerpoint-y and dull?!”

This film on the ‘Encyclopedia of Life‘ does it quite nicely – in a similar way to that Web 2.0 film that was going around a while back – posted here.

There’s also the treatment they use for the closing titles of of “An Inconvenient Truth” – which is my favourite one to date.

Anyone actually know how it’s done – is it in the realms of ‘do it at home on your Mac’ or more in the ‘that’s hella-difficult’ category of learning to do something? Any resources that are great to learn this stuff? etc…

Posted in General | 4 Comments

  • http://wannabeadman.blogspot.com Will

    I don’t know personally, but I’ll bet Ben Terrett has an idea – Mr Noisy Decent Graphics:

    http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com

  • http://sidekickstory.com sidekick

    don’t know about the text, but the music is definitely made by the offspring of jean michel jarre and enya.

  • http://brain-sells.net/ Hashem Bajwa

    This is really cool. The animations, digital elements, moving type and imagery, the fast zooms…pretty slick. Articulates a narrative that would otherwise be a bit dry in a compelling way. I like how video on the web, YouTubeology, brings something like this to life.

  • http://brain-sells.net/ Hashem Bajwa

    …and its the anniversary of Helvetica, so hooray for Type and all those obsessed with Type!