I “Heart” Typographic Animation!

12/24/2009 - 9:00 am By Misty Belardo

I love typography and most specially if it’s kenetic or animated typography. Kinetic typography—the technical name for “moving text”—is an animation technique mixing motion and text. This text is presented over time in a manner intended to convey or evoke a particular idea or emotion. It is often studied in Communication Design and Interaction Design courses. Some commonly seen examples of this technique include movie title sequences and credits, web page animation and other entertainment media

But what is most interesting and truly amazing are the ones that I found today. One deals with a cancer rant and the last one deals with a How To. My favorite is the 1st one, which deals with an answering machine and how certain responses are linked with a specific disorder. The humor is great and I just watched it over and over.

Kenetic typography is a great way to express certain messages. It uses words to depict actions and a story. I am actually thinking of creating one and if ever I do get the chance to delve into it. I will let you guys know how it goes. But for the meantime, watch and see what I mean why I love Typographic animation.

Author: Misty Belardo

Misty is a Digital Activations Director for one of the most awarded interactive ad agencies in the Philippines. Her true love is design and self-expression. She believes in encouraging others to bring out their creativity to the surface and in whatever medium they feel comfortable with. A designer at heart that loves hand drawn design. She enjoys sketching, painting and doodling. Creating avatars and hand drawn icons and logos are her favorite. Gifted with a very active imagination and uses that to blog about her interactive experiences. Coffee and music lover. Loves social media, Twitter and FaceBook. Connect with her on Twitter @mistygirlph and FaceBook : Mistygirlph

9 Comments

Georg Flachbart

December 29th, 2009

Hello Misty: I love the 1st one too. And I in general love this kind of typo-movies. Yesterday, I thanked Diana Adams for “Entrepreneurs can change the world” she mentioned in her posting “You Want Something? Go Get It. Period.” However, the Psychiatric Answering maschine” is simply great, and endlessly witty. Greetings from Stuttgart, Germany

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Misty Belardo Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 11:30 am

I loved it too. Typographic animation is really very interesting, play of words literally. Thank you for supporting us here at BitRebels

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Georg Flachbart Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

Is there anything else I could do for BRs besides reading your blogs?

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Paul Thomas

December 29th, 2009

Please someone post a link to any tutorials on how to do these awesome effects in Aftereffects! I want to learn more!!

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Misty Belardo Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am

Thanks Paul, I shall put together one and let you know when its up.

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Paul Thomas Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 11:16 am

That would be awesome! I am currently training myself with aftereffects, logic, and soundtrack with the goal of getting a job using them. These tutorials could go along way in helping me with that! So thanks ahead of time.

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