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

[seasaltmemories_14]

Ah it was really interesting hearing an instrumental of a song whose lyrics I knew paired with lyrics I was unfamiliar with, felt like it added to this sense of narrative, like you were displaying their hidden thoughts as they fell in love

[snycock]

Ah, wonderful! That's pretty much what I was going for. Thank you for the comment!