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Typography videos
Posted by Chris Dean in
30 Mar 2008 — 6:18pm
30 Mar 2008 — 6:18pm
When teaching typography, I sometimes like to start presentations off with an interesting video.
For example, a friend of mine just showed me the DVNO video.
I am suggesting we all pitch in and help each other build a library of typography videos to excite young design students. Imagine a room full of 18-24 year old 1st-2nd year design students who don’t know a lot about type, and if they do, they probably think it’s dull.
I’ve used
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9trOJFXRvVM
A clip from Hero with the dying calligraphers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61d_DiZ7MH4
Thanks for your time.
[edit — some links are now borken. I will try to fix soon]
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30 Mar 2008 — 6:37pm
This video, Pulp Fiction in Typography, is a really cool way to show what can be accomplished with type, even though it's not directly related to the subject.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syf8olcM0z4
30 Mar 2008 — 6:41pm
I love that one. It was the first one I ever used in a presentation.
Funny thing was, even though 2 out of 20 had never taken a type class, they had ALL seen it!
At 32 I guess I'm too old to keep up with this whole "cool" game.
c
30 Mar 2008 — 7:49pm
DVNO! hehe : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmU_qLJVjg
Funnier then this, impossible.
Cheers!
Andre
30 Mar 2008 — 7:06pm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w__B0sYExYc
This is a school project I did last semester. We could only use black and white type...
30 Mar 2008 — 8:06pm
DVNO was just on someone's blog. I think it was michael rock or someone of the like, I'm kinda talking out of my ass at the moment. Since my co-worker linked me to it on thursday, I've watched it like 7,000 times. I'm debating on buying it from iTunes because it will remind me of great motion type. It's an excellent correction to the cheese-tastic 80s logos.
30 Mar 2008 — 9:11pm
Some great motion graphics projects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIDdx7NPJgo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxouXt5dz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8542y8KF5qI
30 Mar 2008 — 9:19pm
This could be cool as well, not sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnZr0wiG1Hg
30 Mar 2008 — 9:21pm
Not sure how many people actually get this channel, but AMC (American movie classics) has great ads for it's movies done completely in type, usually using famous movie quotes (in H&FJ's Ziggurat).
Not the best example, as they've gotten better since:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3BVl6i6BOAo
30 Mar 2008 — 9:29pm
Not sure if this is real or not, but it is also 'for AMC'. This one is more type driven. Might not be something you would show in a classroom though.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tW78mR5DyNQ
30 Mar 2008 — 10:31pm
I know they aren't exactly videos but I have always liked these:
http://www.yhchang.com/
(Especially Dakota)
31 Mar 2008 — 5:46am
Good stuff folks. Keep it coming.
31 Mar 2008 — 6:11am
I hope that this course is not going to just be watching videos. The best way to teach typography is to have students render type. Only by drawing the characters will they see the subtle differences and begin to understand them.
(Your course will be less fun, but better learning.)
31 Mar 2008 — 6:42am
These are simply little video clips to kick off a class for 18-24 year old 1st-2nd year design students. Nothing serious, just a little fun.
31 Mar 2008 — 7:27am
I like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkFaZ_hU7MI
31 Mar 2008 — 8:28am
Watch any of the intro credits done by imaginary forces:
http://imaginaryforces.com/archive/alphabetical/110
31 Mar 2008 — 3:37pm
Here's a compiled list so far to help you. Thanks folks. This is pretty good stuff for a few hours. Ask your friends for more contributions:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_XzCR2MbrU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9trOJFXRvVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61d_DiZ7MH4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w__B0sYExYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmU_qLJVjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIDdx7NPJgo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxouXt5dz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8542y8KF5qI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnZr0wiG1Hg
http://www.yhchang.com/
http://imaginaryforces.com/archive/alphabetical/110
2 Apr 2008 — 11:32am
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I love AMC ads. I love that fat ionic they use, along with rockwell. So cool. Thanks Andrew.
André
2 Apr 2008 — 11:51am
The Big Fat one is Ziggurat from H&FJ. It's quite awesome.
(edit) Oops, forgot I already said that...
3 Apr 2008 — 1:21pm
The opening titles for last year's Typophile Film Festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHPvHwqmPFk
3 Apr 2008 — 1:57pm
Psyop does some pretty cool stuff.
http://www.psyop.tv/psyopanthem
It's on YouTube too but the image quality is poo.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScB5hlEBJ7I)
3 Apr 2008 — 5:46pm
saul bass! you need saul bass! students love it, he's a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjRVH360rg
did you check the helvetica movie by hary huswit?
29 Apr 2008 — 3:58pm
Helvetica the movie is a must see.
21 Jun 2008 — 2:16pm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_XzCR2MbrU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9trOJFXRvVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61d_DiZ7MH4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w__B0sYExYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmU_qLJVjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIDdx7NPJgo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxouXt5dz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8542y8KF5qI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnZr0wiG1Hg
http://www.yhchang.com/
http://imaginaryforces.com/archive/alphabetical/110
From Russia With Love title sequence designed by Robert Brownjohn.
23 Jun 2008 — 5:45pm
Kinetic typography from
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/kt/
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/kt/video/sky2.mov
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/kt/video/fightclub2.mov
9 Jul 2008 — 1:27pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LrXE7jbibQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o1U4o1bc2k
9 Jul 2008 — 3:27pm
Well, i'm newbie but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWr66zwqfPU
Oh and nice videos you've been posting!
I'll try to find the videos i lost through the time...
From what i remember... sweeney todd intro was really nice... so... if you find it...
Joel Santos // youremin
sound & visual
11 Jul 2008 — 10:32am
I am showing a new student how to use Typophile.
11 Jul 2008 — 10:36am
Thank you Christopher.
23 Jul 2008 — 11:57am
Mailbox! Open Mailbox!
By the time I got to the end I was in tears.
I need professional help.
23 Jul 2008 — 2:18pm
Mailbox! Open Mailbox!
Christoper, I saw that yesterday as well. I think it deserves it's own post. I was in tears as well, especially with the added irony of Comic Sans being the hero.
23 Jul 2008 — 3:06pm
I think it deserves it’s own post.
http://typophile.com/node/47655
16 Aug 2008 — 5:06pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVY02BIUsMc
4 Sep 2008 — 5:30am
I have been doing some research on a type designer in Vienna, named Viktor Solt-Bittner.
He also owns an animation company. This is an animation that introduces one of his font designs.
Danubia
13 Sep 2008 — 12:39pm
Go to 2:18
13 Sep 2008 — 1:16pm
Yet another:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766
ChrisL
20 Sep 2008 — 10:38pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr89RS_kFRY
20 Sep 2008 — 10:49pm
http://www.justbewise.net/matrix2.html
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/
18 Oct 2008 — 8:06am
The art-for-Obama meme is wearing a bit thin for me, but this vid has a nice (even if trendy) aesthetic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iojPaw8yX0
18 Dec 2008 — 4:07pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7hE9w1GjrY
10 Mar 2009 — 4:26pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI
3 Jul 2009 — 5:19pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbjmjgfnpg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceboo...
12 Nov 2009 — 9:50am
Ray Charles sings the alphabet.
Its stuff like this that makes me love that I love letters.
19 Nov 2009 — 2:33pm
Josef Muller-Brockmann remix.
Best After Effects I've seen since Marsellus Wallace.
3 Dec 2009 — 4:01pm
Neutra Face: an ode to a typeface (a bearded poker face parody).
21 Dec 2009 — 11:42am
Kinetic type animation of the Ken Nordine classic "Green."
27 Dec 2009 — 1:54am
Not as cool as DVNO, but I love this one. Lenny Kravitz "Let Love Rule" (Justice Remix). Directed by Keith Schofield.
28 Dec 2011 — 12:35pm
The Alphabet (1:07)
28 Dec 2011 — 1:09pm
Cool--too bad of the 30's Edith Piaf soundtrack it sports.
I'm with Jimmy above, DVNO rules more.
28 Dec 2011 — 1:58pm
Ah, I meant the DVNO video by Justice -- the one with all familiar company logo's.
28 Dec 2011 — 2:28pm
Classic typography vid - The Child by Alex Gopher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHOGqmRVR8