DB 2.1 V 2.0

So I know I already did this section of this DB, using 'The Lion's Roar' (or whatever it was called) but I just found this video which I like a lot more, and which I plan to emulate stylistically a lot more than the other one.

Flickermood 2.0 from Sebastian Lange on Vimeo.

This video struck me instantly because it does what I would like to do for my motion graphics piece, which is to use text only, but to also be almost entirely un-readable. One criticism I do have of this piece is that the treatment of the text does not really reflect the content that well (although it is hard to tell, as the content is almost completely obscured by the treatment). The text used is the poem Mutability by Percy Bysshe Shelley which seemed to me to be about the temporal, fragile nature of life. Shelley's treatment of his subject matter is quite contemplative, which is not reflected by the fast-paced, chaotic style of the video. However, I think that this piece was made more as an exercise in style than as a kinetic, typographic interpretation of Shelley's poem. The reason I was drawn to the style of this piece is that it fits well with what I want to do in my own work. I am using the song Loser (Beck) as the audio and text for my piece.



What I love about this song is that the words, when listened to literally, are complete gibberish, but they still create a definite mood and suggest a lot of great imagery. I think a style similar to that in flickermood above will be very appropriate for this piece. The style will be a lot more playful, but the effect will be the same (or very similar).


I've found a few print type images in my travels that I like, and may imitate for this:







All these images above were found on typographyserved.com