Friday, 31 October 2008

Research for Kinetic Typography.

For the kinetic typography project, I chose to mimic the typographic styles and transitions of trailers for 1950s science-fiction films like the ones below:




Using the above as inspiration, I decided to try my hand at recreating the style as best I could in After Effects. This is the result of that initial attempt:


Invaders from Outer Space! from Gabriel Aronson on Vimeo.

I wasn't, however, happy with the wipe on. I tried to mimic an alternative "tilt forward" effect.


Invaders from Outer Space! from Gabriel Aronson on Vimeo.

I think this effect looks a bit better, but I realize that the higher resolution of this upload actually takes away from the look. Also, I need to make sure the title fills the screen, as in my first version, for a more authentic look.

Below is the clip that I'll be taking the audio from:

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