Vexercise 5 Drops: Play with lyrics & typography

[lola]

Hi everyone! It's that time of the weekend, time for the new vexercise. This one is inspired by the many amazing vids out there that play with text and lyrics in different ways. It's a multi step vexercise--can't wait to see what folks come up with!

Lyrical play/no lyrics (3 versions):

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.

Inspirations:
Overtime (Steven Universe):: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-OfHYgDF-Y
Light Years Away (The Untamed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_pqNf5dA_8&list=PLGDrwAYvGR94FnYTVNoEgPEBNz9aGujxU&index=3&t=0s

Comments

Re: oh and an actual question

[actiaslunaris]

I do understand the concern with crowding the screen. I gave this some more thought after my initial attempt to help and remembered that the source I'm vidding is actually what gave me the thought about simultaneously combining, so I've come back with a few more links:

The ending song for Galileo with karaoke work done by the subbing team for the first season: OST Galileo Kiss shite

In this you can see how the translation and original text of the song lyrics is placed on the top left, left edge, and bottom left of the screen, with animation of the text.

And a gif set about Tony Stark that elegantly shows how you can combine differing styles of fonts with subtle animation: futurist: i saw them all dead

This exercise is a challenge because it touches up against graphic design. I taught myself vidding and graphic design at the same time, so I hope you don't mind that I'm showing a bit of my passion about both in trying to help you! Some of these effects are a bit beyond what I can do myself with my software, so that's not to say that you should try to emulate it if it's too difficult. I'm fond of simple crossfade, myself. Besides, we all learn as we go, right?

I do hope it goes better for you and that your efforts yield something you like. Good luck!