Vexercise 5 drops! (lyrical play + )

[lola]

Hi folks! We're on to Vexercise 5!  You can of course do the OG version, as follows: 

Produce a 1 minute video edit from your selected source, in which lyrical interpretation ( guides your shot choice. You could interpret the lyrics literally or metaphorically/suggestively. Once you have completed this video, choose selected lyrics to incorporate creatively as text within the video. Then make a version of this video with the text, but substituting the original audio with a different piece of music that has no lyrics.

OR you can do a version with keyframes for moving text and text masking: 

Follow the guidelines for the OG version, but try using key frames for moving text or text masking. (Links for tutorials and examples coming soon)

Here are a couple of short tutorials for Premiere that I've found helpful. If you know of others, for Premiere or for other editing tools, please share in the comments and I'll add them to this post. 
 

Easiest Cinematic Title Minimal & Clean
How to place video within text
Add text behind a moving object
Typewriter effect 
How to Make a Lyric Video

Inspirations for typography (a whole playlist!) And feel free to rec more in the comments! 

Comments

[nu_breed]

Quick question - are we able to make tweaks with the second music choice i.e. slowing down the speed of the text? Or should it replicate the original exactly?

[lola]

So.... I mean... strictly according to the letter of the vexercise you're not supposed to edit anything visual from that first video to the second, but like with any of the vexercises, it's also your creative work, and you should do what feels right; I think this one can be especially hard when the timing of the text is so attuned to the first song and it doesn't line up with the second. You are not alone with finding that to be a sticking point, and it would be understandable if you went in there and fiddled!

[nu_breed]

I might see what I can do with the lyrics on the original song - I figured it wasn't quite in the spirit of the thing ;)