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Goldfinger, Superman Typography

Typography animatie
For this project I am gonna make a 2-3 min long animation with typography.
The animation will be supported by a song with clear lyrics. 
My goal is to learn to use letters in more creative ways and learn to animate a little bit.
3 Song choices
"At Least It Was Here" 2:53
(from "Community" soundtrack)

Give me your hands, show me the door
I cannot stand to wait anymore
Somebody said be what you be
We could be old and cold and dead on the sea

But I love you more than words can say
I can't count the reasons I should stay

Give me some rope, tie me to dream
Give me the hope to run out of steam
Somebody said it could be here
We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year

I can't count the reasons I should stay
One by one they all just fade away

I'm tired of the wait and sees
I'm tired of that part of me
That makes up a perfect lie
To keep us between
But hours turn into days
So watch what you throw away
And be here to recognize
There's another way

Give me some rope, tie me to dream
Give me the hope to run out of steam
Somebody said it could be here
We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year

But I love you more than words can say
I can't count the reasons I should stay
One by one they all just fade away
But I love you more than words can say
"Superman" 3:07

Chick-a-cha, chick-a-cha, chick-a-cha
Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!

So here I am
Doing everything I can
Holding on to what I am
Pretending I'm a superman

I'm trying to keep
The ground on my feet
It seems the world's falling down around me
The nights are all long
I'm singing this song
To try and make the answers more than maybe

And I'm so confused about what to do
Sometimes I wanna throw it all away

So here I am
Growing older all the time
Looking older all the time
Feeling younger in my mind
And here I am
Doing everything I can
Holding on to what I am
Pretending I'm a superman

I'm trying to sleep
I lost count of sheep
My mind is racing faster every minute
What could I do more?
Yeah, I'm really not sure
I know I'm running circles but I can't quit

And I'm so confused about what to do
Sometimes I wanna throw it all away

Controlling everything in sight
Feeling weak, I don't feel right
You're telling me I have to change
Telling me to act my age
But if all that I can do
Is just sit and watch time go
Then I'll have to say goodbye
Life's too short to watch it fly
To watch it fly

So here I am
Growing older all the time
Looking older all the time
Feeling younger in my mind
And here I am
Doing everything I can
Holding on to what I am
Pretending I'm a superman
"Paint It Black" 3:47

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm...

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black

Yeah!

Hmm, hmm, hmm...
Research
Song 1,
Its a love song of someone describing how he feels about someone.
It's also the theme song of a TV show called "Community", this show isn't exactly about love as much, but more about friendship in college.

Song 2,
Superman is a song about someone who might not be feeling amazing at the time but pretending to stay strong, he also talks about how everything around him goes forward while he feels like he standing still. He growing and looking older all the time but feeling younger in the mind.

Song 3, 
Honestly this song I understand the least, but this is my interpretation of it:
I think the song is about that he feels, he feels bad (his hearth is painted black) and he believes that if everything around him felt the same (Painted black) it would dim his pain
Reasoning
Song 1, 
I like the show it comes from, and think the style and lyrics are cute and could fit with a nice typography animation.

Song 2, 
I think its a good song. I got it recommended by friend and ever since had it in my main play list. The song has uplifting lyrics, and I can imagine a fitting animation.

Song 3, 
It has a certain rhythm and style that always makes me imagine stuff in my head while listening to it. I think I can find some ways to animate it if not in a more boring way (because the idea i have for this isn't the most unique). 
Ideas
Song 1, 
In my mind I see a schoolboard being written on and paper.
I want to make small doodles that fit with the song and lyrics of the time they appear.

Song 2,
I wanna make small environments for every line of lyric.
Big bold letters with and lots of symbols (?!&) when fitting, and when possible use abbreviations of words because I feel like with this type of song that can fit well (it isn't very formal). I hope to make the animation fit the lyrics but I do not know if ill be able too due to my lack of drawing skills so they'll take quite long to make.

Song 3, 
I think it'll be paint on a wall or a certain object if he describes one in the lyric.
Also I think it'll be a droopy paint/Graffiti font that contrasts the background or object they are on.
Final choice
Goldfinger SUPERMAN
Mood
Next step for me is to decide on a mood that fits with my song choice
This is style of I have chosen.
I thought the contrast makes sense because in the song he goes through a hard time but keeps his hopes up and stays strong
This is the style and mood I am going to shoot for, its colourfull but will hopefully convey the meaning of the song
Animated storyboard
I made 2 animated storyboards 1 to give a feel for colour and theme and the other with  a few animations.
This one is mainly animation. It does already use the right fonts.
This one uses the colour fonts and main theme, but it doesnt have animations and is just town in.
Drawings
These are some of the examples they are all .png for ease of use
Editing
I then started editing the video itself I don't know what screen shots I can show to show my process here, but I can say that I did have to learn how to edit from scratch and had no clue how Keyframes worked, so it was a bit of a struggle
This part I do wanna highlight, because its my fav part of the video and part I put the most effort into
Final product
End dialogue
.I am very happy with my end product. I wish I could have made better drawings or used a few more animations in my text but I didn't know what or how to do it a bit more subtle so i ended it with what I had. over all I think I learned a lot about Premiere and hope to be able to use this in my future endeavors.
Hope you enjoyed seeing my video and the process.
Goldfinger, Superman Typography
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Goldfinger, Superman Typography

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