Where to begin?
1. Search for creative typography and also inspiring spoken word and poetry and post your results and answers as required in my last post.
2. Check out this video. The Child. By Antoine Bardou-Jacquet. It's created entirely with type.
3. Decide on the source you will use. Use one of your written pieces that will result in a 30sec - 1 minute animation. If you choose a song or movie/tv clip that belongs to someone else, you'll never be able to submit your work to Adobe Youth Voices or any other contests, or sell it for profit; however, you would be able to have it as part of your portfolio.
4. Pick a font (or fonts) to act as the basis for your animation. Sites like http://www.myfonts.com and http://www.fonts.com are a a great place to try to narrow down which font will work for you. Also, go through the fonts that are available on your computer (that way you'll know you have them).
5. Now you will need to storyboard your animation. Using the storyboard templates (provided), you will need to plan out how you will be laying out your type and how you will be animating it to match the content, atmosphere and timing of your source. You will need to practice reading it (or have it read by someone else), and then record the audio.
6. Finally, you will create your backgrounds and your type animations in Adobe After Effects.
7. In addition to the animation, we will be working with sound and music in order for you to create an original soundtrack for your piece.
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