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

[hardboiledbaby]

This was a great exercise; I learned a bunch and had fun doing it 😊 I don't expect to use on-screen lyrics a whole lot, but it's nice to know how to do it. Learning new things is fab! And playing with different techniques helps to make me more comfortable and confident with the process overall 💖

I Want You [Starsky/Hutch]

(BTW, if anyone is willing to watch my vids in reverse order, I'd be really interested in your thoughts 😊)

[seasaltmemories_14]

Ah it was so fun watching the video go through each stage, I think i really liked part 2 the most, the text ended up adding a lot in terms of movement and directing the eye.

[jinkyo]

I love that you included all 3 iterations of the exercise!

You chose a great song for vid 2. The lyrics are not abstract and fit perfectly with the visuals. I especially liked "The heart" "in me" - a double shot that hit the beats.

That song choice, really served you well in vid 3, I think. Different music, no lyrics, but the visuals very much supported the text (or, the text very much complimented the visuals).

Great work - thank you for making and sharing these!!