Typography videos

March 30, 200818 yr

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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

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]

March 30, 200818 yr

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

March 30, 200818 yr

Author

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

March 30, 200818 yr

This is a school project I did last semester. We could only use black and white type...

March 30, 200818 yr

DVNO! hehe :

Funnier then this, impossible.

Cheers!

Andre

March 30, 200818 yr

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.

March 30, 200818 yr

Some great motion graphics projects

March 30, 200818 yr

This could be cool as well, not sure.

March 30, 200818 yr

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:

March 30, 200818 yr

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

March 30, 200818 yr

I know they aren't exactly videos but I have always liked these:

http://www.yhchang.com/

(Especially Dakota)

March 31, 200818 yr

Author

Good stuff folks. Keep it coming.

March 31, 200818 yr

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.)