The art of combining text with animation has really taken off in recent years. Whether it’s corporate advertising or a fan-made video; graphic designers with After Effects skills have endless possibilities of making type move in magnificent ways. What really makes kinetic typography work, though, is how the designers capture the feel of their subject by adding those subtle tweaks. check out these 50 examples and gather some food for thought…
1. Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac
2. Psychiatric Answering Machine
3. Dark Knight – “I’m a guy of simple taste.”
4. Renault – Tough
5. Amore Baciami (1988) by Oliver Harrison
The first ever kinetic typography film.
6. Toshiba WHITE BOX computer
7. The Lollipop Tree
8. Full Metal Jacket – “Who said that!?”
9. Instant Auto Finance
10. Barbie Girl, Aqua
11. My Life Would Suck Without You, Kelly Clarkson
12. Disturbia, Rihanna
13. Run This Town, Jay-Z and Rihanna
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14. Sherlock Holmes – “I am phychologically disturbed.”
15. Pulp Fiction – “Did I break your concentration?”
or…
Alternative version with footage
16. Mad Men – Trailer
17. Stephen Fry – Language
18. Fight Club – “This is a chemical burn”
19. The Beatles, Help
20. Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
21. Shaun of the Dead – “The pub is the safe place to go.”
22. Wedding Crashers – “I’ve got the perfect girl for you.”
23. Forest Gump – “Run Forest run!”
24. Family Guy – “I’m hungry, take those breasts out.”
25. Zombieland – “United States of Zombieland”
26. The Kingís Speech – “My dear, dear man”
27. Martin Luther King – “I have a dream”
28. Blink 182, Josie
29. RRT + MIT
30. Firefly – “I thought we were going to be reasonable about this.”
31. Tenacious D – “Inward singing”
32. Patton – “No bastard ever won a war…”
33. I love NYC
34. Little Britain – Vicky Pollard
35. Mercedes-Benz Ad
36. Love is
37. The Ten Commandments
39. Brian Eno, This
40. Inception – Trailer
41. Inglourious Basterds – “Killin’ Nazis”
42. Barack Obama – “Just Words?”
43. Iron Man – “The best weapon is when you never have to fire”
44. Minamilism poem
45. Alicia Keys, Empire State of Mind
46. Kanye West, Gold Digger
47. V For Vendetta – “Who?”
48. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels – “I have 3 interests in life”
49. The Hives, Tick Tick Boom
50. Network – “Mad as hell!”
…and one final addition… The opening credits to Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest.
About the Author
Mirko Humbert
Mirko Humbert is the editor-in-chief and main author of Designer Daily and Typography Daily. He is also a graphic designer and the founder of WP Expert.