Kinetic Typographical Animation (College Work)

A project was set in College, where a certain audio clip is used to create a piece of Kinetic Typographical Animation. This means only using the movements of words and letters to form a piece of animated artwork medium to appeal to a certain subject which the audio expresses. Many people who create advertisement use this style to easily get their own point across easier then just images and actors which could cost more then a simple yet fashionable illustration.

I had decided to do something quite personal to my self, and choose a Musician I have pretty much known all my life. Grant Nicholas is a guitarist and lead singer of a band called Feeder, an Indie Rock band, playing with a bassist called Taka Hirose and the current drummer Karl Brazil. The whole band started their journey on the road in 1990, but were really known during 1991 as they preformed outside their comfort zones. During 2002 a unfortunate accident lead the band to disband for a while, caused by the devastating news they had recently heard about their own original drummer Jon Lee, who committed suicide in his Miami home. So, 6 months on, Grant him self did a interview to say that the band was still around, and they were taking a break because of the unfortunate events, yet still writing tracks for their new album which was yet to release called Comfort in Sound, which was tributed to Jon Lee him self. 

So, here is part two of the interview which Grant happened to do in October 2002, for a Dutch Online Multimedia;

One part of the interview its self I took an interest to was near the end, where he quotes; "People also look so deeply into stuff, you know? And it's completely not how it was. But isn't that great though, isn't that what music's all about?" I took an interest in this because it was I liked how he put forward this simple quote, yet it's quite commonly true for not just music, but for art and other mediums. This would mean everyone would relate to this simple quote in some way with their own hobbies in life. I personally feel that this effects my self, as I also try and interpret what the original lyrics are trying to peruse, yet when an artist or developer happens to comment on it, it's completely different and out of context. This adds to the mystery of artistic pleasure its self, and that is why it's so addicting to viewers, even if they can't see it personally them selves.

To make this into a Kinetic Typographical Animation, I would have to grasp the mood and information, to suit the atmosphere. What I was thinking is use a series of images prosessed by words them selves, to create a shape of an object its self. Maybe shapes of guitars to symbolize music and keep the connection between Grant and his own profession. Either way, to have a connection with my idol is the biggest reason why I would like to do this quote. I believe Grant is a very talented Guitarist, to become like him would be my dream (Yes, there are much better guitarists out there, but to be able to grow up with his music has been an amazing experience). This will add more to the atmosphere if interest is shown.