Kinetic typography tutorial

http://www.crookedgremlins.com/09/01/2008/kinetic-typography-tutorial/




Here is a link on Kinetic typography, and how to create your own. I thought this was very useful as i'll be creating my own.

Kinetic typography

Kinetic typography, the technical name for moving text. Kinetic typography is an animation technique mixing motion and text to express ideas using video animation.


Kinetic typography refers to the art and technique of expression with animated text.


 Kinetic typography focuses on understanding the effect time has on the expression of text.


Kinetic typography has demonstrated the ability to add significant emotive content and appeal to expressive text, allowing some of the qualities normally found in film and the spoken word to be added to static text. Kinetic type has been widely and successfully used in film as well as in television and computer based advertising.


Here is an example of kinetic typography


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

Evaluaion minimalist posters

EVALUATION MINIMALIST POSTERS

At times I find it extremely difficult to put my ideas onto paper. I have many creative ideas and the majority of the time I can’t express them and put them onto paper, simply because my art is of a abysmal quality.

Initially i wanted to base my minimalist poster on the film ‘shottas’. Shottas is a Caribbean film set in Jamaica, based on drugs and money. I managed to design a few poster ideas. Unfortunately I had to go for the more basic ideas as I couldn’t draw my creative ones. I went on to design minimalist posters for the films ice age, ratatouille and the lion king.

At the stage of finalising my designs I wasn’t quite sure which film I was going to base my minimalist poster on. Lion king is one of my favourite films, so after a few hours of thinking I decided to go for the lion king poster.

I chose the lion king minimalist poster because it was one of the more basic ideas I had came up with. Finding a target audience was a struggle as I could only use up to three colours, but since I’ve decided to create a lion king minimalist poster then my target audience is children as the film is. I only used one colour which was black, and the black was for the colour of my image, and title. 

The key feature on my poster is the image, it’s a paw print idea I came up with and it relates to the lions.

I believe I can improve this idea massively especially on a computer, my art work lets my poster design down. The background of my minimalist poster was meant to be red, but I wasn't able to get my hands on red paper. 

As of yet I don’t know what idea I would do if I were to design this again, but I know I would base my poster around one film and one film only. If I could change my poster I would, if I could make it look even more professional then I would certainly do that. My minimalist poster idea is really basic.

What i want to do is complete my poster, i feel it is unfinished. I want to make a design on the computer, that's the only way i feel it would completed. 

I wasn’t keen on minimalist posters to be honest, I’m never keen on drawing but I learnt something while doing this task and my research. I never knew what minimalists posters were before, so no regrets!

Toy story

This is a good film and the image is noticeable. However, this image isn't something that i'd go for. I'd go for something that would relate to woody or buzz. I also don't like the font because it' mainly bright colours in the film.

Forest gump

The bench scene. This is a good film. This image reminds me instantly of when Forest was talking to people as they passed by on the bench.  It does appeal to me. It would be hard to create a poster for this kind of film. (you'll have to watch it to understand what i mean). The film doesn't have that key feature that you could pick out and put it on a poster.

Godfather

Here is another poster that doesn't need a title. The best part of this poster is the red rose. If that wasn't on the suit on this poster then it wouldn't be noticeable. This image is fantastic because it portrays the godfather so well. I like this poster, it's one of my favourites. it would be hard to emulate a poster of this standard.

Bee movie

This poster is just plain. I assume that the yellow and black are for the stripes of the bee. It's not the best poster because it's plain, but it shows that not all poters need an image. This poster does appeal to me. If i were to change anything then i would have to consider an image that relates to bees.

Snow white

The highlight of this film is when Snow White takes a bite of the apple that is poisonous, which ends up killing her. However in the film the apple was red. Basic posters like these don't need a title. I would change the apple to a red one, and the background to blue because it portrays snow white more.

Spiderman

       This is a good basic poster. I'm guessing the blue background is for the detail of the spider as it wouldn't really look good in red. If you look closely you can spot the detailed pattern. The spider is not the man. The image of the spider is the one that had bitten Spiderman (black spider). I like this poster idea. It's perfect minimalism for the film Spiderman.

Rocky

This is a good minimalist poster. At the bottom it's Rocky celebrating victory with his arms in the air, then his body are stairs, with another man running up. This relates to the film when rocky is training. I don't quite understand the background colour. I like the poster image, but the colour puts me off.

Lord of the rings

I admire posters like these because they're basic, and actually relate to the film. Basically the ring in the middle relates to the film and story. Briefly, that ring has to be destroyed in the film.

Shaun of the dead

This is a good film. I never quite got the title though. The green symbolises horror and it is a horror film. The three characters in white are trying to defend themselves from the zombies in black. It's a good minimalist poster, i don't have any negative things to point out.

Iron man

The red resembles iron man itself. Also a brief image of Iron man. It's a good minimalist poster. I like it. The poster appeals to me. I would find it difficult to make something better than this poster.

Daredevil

I don't quite understand the yellow background. My opinion is that it would look better in a black background to show the darkness of the devil. The red is obviously for the Devil along with the horns. DD means daredevil. It's a good poster but the yellow is hideous.

Sex and the City

I didn' t quite get this poster. Now i see it as a cocktail. I've never watched sex and the city, i don't plan on watching it. So the cocktail image, do the characters in sex and the city just sit down and drink cocktails all day? I don't like this poster, it doesn't portray sex and the city. I understand that the creator has tried to make this poster feminine, but the image doesn't suit me. If i were to create another poster i think i would include images of make up or handbags.

The Simpsons

It took me quite a while to try and work this one out. The yellow back ground portrays the skin colour of the characters, and the points that look like triangles, but they are to symbolise Bart Simpsons head. (i think). It's a smart idea, pretty basic and makes you think about what the creators are trying to show here. This poster isn't the best but i don't have any negative points about it. I can only question myself now to whether i could create a better poster. Hmmmmmm

Jaws

This here is a minimalist poster for jaws. It's pretty simple, the blue is the sea and there is also a picture of a shark, but not showing the sharks whole body. Not showing the sharks whole body would is ideal, i don't think the body is really important. The title JAWS is also red. I think that the red symbolises blood. I don't really like this poster, it doesn't really grab my attention.