There’s a relatively new trend in video that I think is really awesome. It’s called kinetic typography (moving text, in other words). You’ve probably already seen it in a few things, like movie opening credits.
Two of my favorite recent examples have been in fan-made music videos for Jonathan Coulton songs. Jonathan writes a lot of geek-themed songs, most famously the Portal ending song ‘Still Alive’. Another song by him, ‘Re: Your Brains’, also plays in Left 4 Dead 2.
Below is a fan video for ‘Still Alive’:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEefpy8orI[/youtube]
And his song ‘Shop-Vac’:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4sOfO8Ei1g[/youtube]
(A ‘Shop-Vac’ is basically a Henry Hoover, as far as I can tell.)
If you’re a fan of what you hear, here’s a cute animated video for ‘Code Monkey’, a song about the lonely life of a techy monkey. A few years back, when I was still in secondary school and spending most of my evenings coding websites, I found and loved this song. Didn’t pay much attention to the romance aspect, mind – I was probably too busy being in awe of people who not only also code things, but write songs about it!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYodWEKCuGg&feature=related[/youtube]
And an audio-only video of Re: Your Brains, drawing some relatable lines between being an officer worker and being a zombie.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lamVj1XaMts[/youtube]
You should look at:
Code Monkey – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_wd9Qf0IE
and
I feel fantastic – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zidiWe9yq88&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=MLGxdCwVVULXcyjsVdJ3Xd5xD9A9PeBZkI
Not moving text but still quite snazzy,.