Daft Typography

[cableraywire]

No offense (Although it will be taken, sorry): You're doing it all wrong. The strings should BECOME the words, not just float there. I do like it though.

[cxdougxw]

@cableraywire There is no wrong or right. I can do it however I want.

[cableraywire]

@cxdougxw True, it is your artistic license. But wouldn't that be more awesome?

[halloweenfan92]

damn that boys possessed

[TheHouseoftherisings]

how long did this take?

[Ilaezja]

That. Was awesome.

Great job!

[jadedlies]

Silly trolls, I believe the intent was for the dancing to be awkward, not amazing. Clearly it's not meant to be the best dancer you've ever seen. The video was about the typography, not the dancing.

[cxdougxw]

@jadedlies Thanks mate.

[grandeelfa]

DanceFAil LOL

Nice vid :D

[tekmrs]

It's cool, this should actually become a new dance style.

[jlopez0o]

lol the yellow this looks like it pee XD cuz it looks like its coming from him lolololol

[Rhisis112]

it's just amazing how like 3-4 phrases in one song and a good beat makes such a good song.

very nice btw Cxdougxw

[YourGuardianEngel]

i kind of imagine eric foreman from that 70's show being the one doing that dance...

[InsertShankHere]

That's some pretty white dancing right there.

[JToad27]

Wow, he sucks at dancing, but everything else is awesome.

[cxdougxw]

This is actually my mate dancing. (i'm a much worse dancer, thats why I got him to do it) Haha

[richy448]

Your a great dancer.....WE ALL BELIEVE THAT DONT WEE *couggh cough*

[GLaDOSISM]

@richy448 yes, yes we do. he he :\

[TJLTyler]

I thought the dance was hilarious!

[jamiegrady22]

Haha! Watch him dance from 0:06 to 0:20

[JragonLtd]

Do a tutorial on it!!

[Bayoneter]

weird dance

[SomeRandomGuy0068]

At least your better then me at dancing.. XD

[honz333k]

dont get upset by them, the video is simply brilliant!

[Carthag0Eagle]

your dancing is worse than the grand theft auto's character's dancing #LOL

[gmik3]

LMMFAO!!!!!!

[viper909909]

it's frustrating to watch the dancing because i just want him to DO SOMETHING

[xzec]

@viper909909 Hahaha, yeah... *sigh*

[9ORGAZMO6]

Sick moves man.

[RiddleAnim]

Lay off the actor. Give him credit for trying,and thank him for the time and effort he put into makng this video.

I say,GALLANT EFFORT,MAGNIFICENT SHOW,KEEP IT UP!

[alosta1989]

brilliant

[Nigglips]

AND I THOUGHT I WAS A BAD DANCER

[MiniMario6499]

2:00 - 2:25

Best part.

[Glimmung]

Shitty dancer, very annoying.

[666justen]

can u show me how to dance like you ? Oo

i dont know why but its great :D

btw... i love this song and this video is EPIC

[tanaqi]

omg I think thats a video of me dancing! When did you videotape me!

[nickmeyerisubercool]

This would make the ULTIMATE Mighty Taco commercial!

[suddamsux03]

this really sucks

[Justagirl39]

Those dance moves are really bad

[prachii]

i agree!!!:D

[TisMyOrange]

Okay typography, you could have made the type work for you more. Sticking with the same font and weight really didn't help. Doing something as simple as bolding "stronger" and italizing "faster" would have made this a lot more powerful.

[whereisdaniel]

Not your typical typography but it's still really, really good.

I liked it a lot.

Well done

[BKthe5th]

i liked it. very cool. you couldv'e done a little more with the words. but besides that, awesome!

[omfgdianageez]

Can you make one of these to the song Mercy by Duffy???

[marc3llos]

Nice one!!!

[yitih]

dude, you can't dance XD. But else it's pretty good tho 8P

[kinkyjelly]

@yitih This..

[yitih]

@kinkyjelly Refering to IT as IT is not wrong. Strange, I know :]

[ghostboy777]

@yitih pepole who dance while they can't dance are best! False courage for the win!

[Denozile]

it may not be a good example of kinetic typography but it is still darn good entertainment. i wouldn't mind seeing more of this.

[Kyithios]

It's like an iphone commercial with kinetic typography. Not particularly a good mix, but I somehow enjoyed this.

[KielbasaProductions]

I think you could've skipped the guy, and focused more on the actual typography.

[MikehMike01]

Simply horrendous. An insult to kinetic typography.

[AirsoftSniper112]

O_O

[EliesLoveViki]

nice :) love it

[intothetimevortex]

the video is nice, but it doesn't exhibit the beauty of kinetic typography as well as it could. the color scheme is nice though. btw, the guy looks like he's dancing on DDR (the moves look a bit fake and cheesy). overall rating: good, but could be better.

[Senceinterpreter]

Yep, this artwork seems to be very static. And there could be something with the camera position changing, yet we see that it's fixed.

[lazrus69]

Looks good, but the typeface could be better..

curious why you picked a basic font like that, while

there are so many cool and non ordinary fonts

[tripylsd]

Its nice, but its a bit repetitive and the action progress is basically plain. It needs more ideas and some progressive action, but it was a beginning.

[thlkmura]

is it me or is the guy peeing everywhere at the start of the vid?

[wegeling]

thats font of course:P

[wegeling]

video and effects are rly nice, but dude ints a typography song USE BETTER TYPOGRAPHY

[gismo101]

not bad. the dancing guy was a bit distracting. liked him dancing on or inside the letters but not as the main focus while waiting for the type to appear. overall i thought it was entertaining.

[PiotrGawinski]

this one sucks - it has little to do with typography. It has no good idea behind it and is poorly made. In the age where any kid can make special effects that people didn't dream of 10-20 years ago you need something more then some flying "sound waves". Dear, author - learn and you'll start to do some decent stuff.

[tripylsd]

At least he did something. And wheres your work?

[Cri3ah]

That was awesome, but that can;t dance to save his life xD

[YourGoodTwin]

Zooming through and out of the phrase over and over in the middle really took away from the piece. Otherwise, cool.

[rehsou]

cool!

[sjsamphex]

This is incredible.

[CABductionFilms]

watch the Online Songs Blink 182 kinetic typo.

[sjsamphex]

Oh man.

I stand corrected.

[CABductionFilms]

indeed you do

[JackLennon13]

tutorial please

[Wondericity]

respect to you dude

thats a nice typography and must have taken you days

one question:

how'd you sync up the lines/squiggles in the background to the music

[AndrewFaulds]

they are computer generated, it automaticaly makes them and syncronises them.

[frogtails13]

expressions in after effects maybe

[Giiiiiiiiiir]

Videocopilot site

[shakari100]

this SUCKS

[toxicityxlkx]

yo that dancing is fly

[chappythe3rd]

im glad the siloughette is white, because thats def a whitey dancing lolz really good job

[siriusblack9999]

isnt it

"more than ever

hour after hour

work is never over"

aww well, looks okay

[dragonmekill]

hour work? nah, it's our as in, the groups work is over.

[bumblebeefightergirl]

Is that supposed to be dancing!? Hahaha! I love it though!

[DarkFlame7755]

who's the nerd in the background? he looks gay (and don't get me wrong, I love nerds)

[jontefestlund]

awesome!1oneone

[ViKariousProductions]

lol green screen fail, but other than that awesome work :)

~ZeroFear

[ptifou78]

GG man

[figi000]

haha. at the beginning the guy reminds me of Radio dancing. no offense I love the video but it was funny.

[hawkteflon]

ha ha ha ha!!!

[Maofool]

Hey, I think his dancing looks really charming. XD

Always been interested in kinetic typography. Is After Effects the only program that does this?

[SpazOfRogueOps]

Any video editing suite will work, it all depends on what you are attempting to do. if you want 3D like this, a more powerful program will be needed to do it easily. however, a simple one can be done by making an animated gif and MS Paint.

[MrChamp2k7]

That's prolly how I would dance xD

[xR0Y4LxSN1P3Rx]

lol at tha dancer ;P

[funboy1323]

sick vids

[blackrosealchemy1111]

This should be an iPod Ad

[Charlygb84]

goog motion graphers never should dance...

[chespio]

hahahaha u r so ritgh!!!!

[survivor03]

This is such a cool video. Does any1 no how to make a video like this on a Mac?

[llmcox]

It says it in the description, use AfterEffects.

You can download a trial of it from Adobe, otherwise you'll have to torrent it and find a code or just buy it.

[stusimpson]

this is just strait up fuckin dope. i think you coulda choosen abetter typeface but. the dance moves are just so fluid haha i love it

[Kirlay]

Someones desperate...

[Pandaxbaby]

LOL! Shake that albino booty rofl

[Justintosh]

Good concept, execution could be better.

[kiomiknockout]

LOL I LIKE HOW HE DANCES AHAHAHA.

[bexter28]

AWESOME VIDEO MAN. but seriously dance MORE!!!!

[kalemmy]

it's very clever, but the dancer needs to move his BOD MORE!!

[ingeping89]

Nice job! I liked it :)

[kristycremee]

its kinda redundant but its pretty good maybe if the dancing was like the itunes commercial it would be a bit better

[sunnyhoneybunns01]

like the video...however don't like the dancing

[skatingFLA]

the dancing is lame.

if i ever saw you in a club dancing like that, i'd slap the hell outta you.

lol, looks like the characters dancing in GTA Vice City in the club haha

[djdock87]

dude dont hate on the danceing, it doesnt matter the movie was sweeeeet

[pie0pie0pie0pie0pie]

Yeah, 2:47-2:56 is the most original part, it seems like you're just recycling the same 'camera' movement, going back and forth through the letters. Concept is good, though, just needed more sequences.

[jUiCyDaNa]

u could use better typografy but the idea is awesome, and also the song

[jesusfreak777526]

props...

[KDAWGx7777777]

Very KEWuL

[nmilward6091]

meh. ipod rip off.

[FlareFX]

nice job!

[porab0la]

its very cool, however i feel it's lacking. It has so much potential.

[booxyouwhoree]

verrry cool

[shizo666]

camera movement is excellent 5/5

[DisturbedPickle]

im guessing you used a green screen and keyed the guy out then changed the alpha matt ect...

then u used the tutorial by andrew kramer to make the sound on time with the animation...

good job i guess.

[IIandrokII]

you guess... this video is better than everything you have done on your page...

[OrganisedBumbleBass]

true that!

[ragingsquism]

it looks like you need better lighting for you green screen but other than that it was awesome!

[SpecOpsGrunt]

yeah is that you dancing? seems kinda cheesy, lol but it fits.

[dcondax]

I agree with Sikmail, if that much movement was put into the whole video I'd swear it could have been the official video. Keep it up

[Sikmail]

2:47 - 2:56

is the best part. the camera movement rules

[fijian800]

Kanye uses 2:03 - 2:10 for Stronger

[kawaiisanosuke]

kinda, daft punk collaborated with him and redid the vocals for the track. they played a major role in the creation of it.

[JohanVSKalEl]

Great xD

[sy1234]

Awesome

[MePipeMedia]

Any chance I can get the after effect file of this so I can see how it was made?

[KarlSalameh]

Why the fuck would anyone do that?

[MePipeMedia]

want to explain...12 year old?

[the9ismine]

did you dance yourself in front of greenscreen?

[Helghant]

Those lines are sick (the good kind), I really love them!

[VolDorei]

the guy dancing looks like a right lemon xD good vid though

[fdesca]

anyone got a tutoriel to make that kind of effect on Ae ???

[ALittleOffProduction]

It has inspired me to do my own!

[GayBreal]

Sweetness. Thnx 4 sending it to me cxdougxw!

[djcash06]

is it just me or really nobody notices that the lyrics actually say "More than ever hour after hour, work is never over" it doesnt make sense if you say "More than ever hour after our work is never over" I mean Hour after (what?) our work is never over...it doesnt make sense at all!

[EpicW1n]

Your right they do say that, but the person who made this video probbably didn't notice that before.

[ALittleOffProduction]

um, your retarded, look up the lyrics, he has it right.

[djcash06]

just read it! come on, just go over the lyrics in your head and tell me if it makes sense to you!

[bananashaker]

Actually I think thats a kind of a joke daft punk are doing there.

It's "hour after hour" but also "our work is never over", I think.

So the one who listens can decide oneself.

[djcash06]

yeah thats a possibility!

[sojabean]

haha he did 'the sprinkler' =)

[awsmazing]

Wow, any chance of a tutorial?

[MoogleConnection]

I think you have a good idea here, I just think you should kick it up a notch.

After Effects is tricky and takes (especially for me), but I think you know how to us the Cameras and effects well. I'd say change the typeface and look into Type animation presets in AE. Also if you intergrated the dancer more with the type, it would be more interesting.

But non the less, you did a fine job :D, definately a lot better then what i can do

[MysteriousMose]

nice concept but the typography and dancer need to be better, faster, stronger

[tnwellian]

nice one man...dancer needs to be goin madder though...or body popping and lockin or something..safe though,

[VDFM1]

Quite easy to make, it a combination of several effects. First the keying part of the dancing man then added some trapcode form effects and then some typographic. Looks simple but it takes lots of time. NIce done man 5

[jszczepaniak]

superb animation, uninspiring typography. i'd give the animation an A+ and the type a C-.

keep up the good work though

[cxdougxw]

As I've said before, the song is simple, so I wanted to keep the text simple too.

[jszczepaniak]

When I say uninspiring I actually mean it could use some refining. The layering and switching between CAPS and Sentence Case isn't working so hot.

[caliber0781]

Simple is fine if that is what you are going for. A typeface with a bit more character would be nice. This looks like Myriad or some other default type.

[bossguard6]

nice i liked the danceing :D

[EricaBedwell]

Pretty awesome. :]

[slunkh]

like it :D

[ksmolak]

yeah the dancer is wickedboring if it were doing something more interesting itd be better but he sucks

[chrestian]

I somehow find the dancer annoying!

[marie282007]

nice arrangements of the composition except for the one whose dancing?i think he's just making fun out of it..

[Etzor]

the dancing is the completely embarassing :S

[chrestian]

they type does unfortunately not work so well look wise

[czaarr]

I don't think this is as good as ppl comment.

[taylorrfreshh11]

ayyeee ! lol . LOVE THISSS !

[UndergroundHustler]

Incredible beautiful! But that font kinda ruins it all, Myriad doesnt fit there.

[embob]

good job...great pacing and choreography of the effects with the music.

[fluidsnake2008]

NOT BAD,,,,LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH NEXT. yOU COULD DO BETTER BUT NICE IDEA.

[SJFATS]

that was great!

[rimkadou]

Il pisse ou koi le mec ?

[biffosmiffo]

HOLY SHIT THAT IS THE BEST YOUTUBE VID EVER... i nearly splooged myself when i saw the little guy dancing on the letters...

[fastball41093]

>splooged

*facepalm*

[thedan5]

if you liked this vid, check out doug's mount sampson clip its epic!

[thedan5]

holy shit doug, your popular :P

[hosern1]

great work my friend..i got as far as making the praticles follow the song..too bad i didnt think of dancing dude behind them. love the text and the camera moves..great stuff.

[edwardstroud]

LOL .. that dancing

[forrestmoistner]

good stuff, what effect did you use to get the whispy lines?

[cxdougxw]

I used an effect called Trapcode Particular, and I just linked it to the treble and the bass part of the song.

That was pretty cool, ive never used after effects (unfortunately) and im curious as well as to how you outlined your body the whole time. im not sure anyone could have the patience to do that frame by frame w/out being p