Cool type videos

Christopher Dean
30.Mar.2008 6.18pm

Hello all,

I am *just* starting to be given the opportunity to teach typography to undergrad design students.

I like to start off presentations with a “cool type video.”

A friend of mine just showed me the DVNO video,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_XzCR2MbrU

Which we have seen posted already.

I am suggesting we all pitch in and help each other build a library of cool type videos to excite young design students. Please, don’t start a long flame about what cool is, what a designer is, what typography is... just imagine a room full of 18-24 year old 1st-2nd year design students who don’t know a lot about type, and you’re going to kick off a presentation with something a little fun.

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.

DrDoc
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

Christopher Dean
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.

TaboGarcia
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...

AGL
30.Mar.2008 7.49pm

DVNO! hehe : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmU_qLJVjg

Funnier then this, impossible.

Cheers!

Andre

Chipman223
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.

baconpress
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

baconpress
30.Mar.2008 9.19pm

This could be cool as well, not sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnZr0wiG1Hg

Chipman223
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

baconpress
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

Erin Z
30.Mar.2008 10.31pm

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

http://www.yhchang.com/

(Especially Dakota)

Christopher Dean
31.Mar.2008 5.46am

Good stuff folks. Keep it coming.

Don McCahill
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.)

Christopher Dean
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.

pattyfab
31.Mar.2008 7.27am