In order to gain a better understanding of the techniques and processes involved in creating kinetic typography as well as to generally improve my overall After Effects skills I decided to create my own short kinetic typography sequence using After Effects. Taking a small section of the chorus from the song “Nevermind”-Dennis Lloyd i have attempted to apply some simple effects to animate the text. Taking inspiration from the multitude of kinetic typography showcase videos i have been researching as well as looking back at my initial ideas and concepts form my sketchbook i am very happy with the result. although there are man areas where this could be improved, for my first ever time using after effects i feel i responded correctly to things going wrong as well as managed to create a small piece of work that i would deem high quality. this has also improved my skills and understanding of After Effects massively, i am going to create more experimentation similar to this but exploring different ideas as well as keeping track of how my After Effects skills differ and improve as i create more pieces of work. For my next experimentation i think i would benefit from choosing a text that is spoken much slower, giving me ample time to include more complex animations rather than a piece of music that i found too fast paced to be able to animate anything substantial.
Below is my first experimentation outcome, uploaded onto YouTube
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