Top 10 Kinetic Typography Videos on the Web
posted on 16th July 2010 by Robert Wojciechowski with the tags: "Kinetic", "Typography", "Video" .
Kinetic typography is just a fancy word for “moving text”. As the name says this animation technique mixes motion and text. The text is presented in a certain way to convey or evoke an idea or emotion in the viewer, making it work well for songs, movie quotes, information and TV commercials. Kinetic typography is often spotted in movie credits.
The great thing about a good kinetic typography piece is that by using just typography, sound, colours and animation they evoke strong feelings in the viewer. I have come across many good kinetic typography pieces on YouTube which inspired this showcase.
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Oskars_M 16 Jul 2010
One more classic from YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNT5zvd3g2M
Robert 16 Jul 2010
Yes it was part of the list, but i thought it would of been inappropriate for younger viewers, due to the very strong language
Lucas Cobb Design 16 Jul 2010
The rocky speech is my favorite. Great words of wisdom and an interesting art form. Thank you for sharing.
Mubashir 17 Jul 2010
Shouldn’t this be on here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxTgGR6_1ps
Robert 17 Jul 2010
Haven’t seen that one. Thanks Mubashir! And yes it deserves to be up there. Perhaps in my next article on kinetic typography.
TGD Studios 17 Jul 2010
These are great, here are a couple of my favorites!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeQ8lgExcNU&feature=related
http://www.typographyserved.com/Gallery/Streetlight-Manifesto/95014
Rob 20 Jul 2010
I thought kinetic typography was dead.
Apparently it’s still 2008 i guess..
Devlin 20 Jul 2010
These are all wonderful, thanks for collecting them. I like #4 the 8 rules of fight club the most. The swinging metal background gives it more of an analog feel and less contrived and computerized than some of the others. The typography matches well with the background. Thanks!
Brad 20 Jul 2010
How are these being judged? Are we ranking these in order of best animation or best quote? Because the Blink song has by far the most complex and inventive animation behind it.
Robert 24 Jul 2010
Well i think kinetic typography should be judged by how appropriate the chosen elements, principles and styles are to the meaning of the text. If your not sure what i mean you can contact me via my site and we can chat.
Sarah 21 Dec 2010
Check out this cute Little Drummer Boy video made with moving text.
Little Drummer Boy by Ten Days Till – [Christmas Music Video]
Here’s the youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZnD_lc97UQ
Web Design Victoria BC 25 Jan 2011
Thanks for the collection/tips you put together another great Typography blog post. I generally use a cufon of a nice clean, rounded san-sarif font for titles, other then that good old arial. Cufon has made this possible, I would never use a font other then Arial or Times without cufon.
Mark Sleight 4 Feb 2011
I like these two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRpix84U1Hw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ6Tr48CVNk
Jordan 1 Mar 2011
Check out my first typography video that I made with photoshop and movie maker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soopwMciQj8
Roger 22 Mar 2011
Here’s another great resource on kinetic typography, http://kinetictypography.com there’s a bunch of explanations of what it is, how it can be used and there are some samples, as well.
Tim 20 Apr 2011
Another kinetic typography relating to recycling and saving the world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08O_Z-OW1IE
Fernando 22 Apr 2011
Here is a typography music video that I made,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqYu9vtTKg
would love to see it featured on this blog
DesignDon 28 May 2011
I think this one should definitely be on the list! The colors work so well in it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUzddRrt6qE
Website designer london 1 Jun 2011
Some very good examples. Thanks for sharing!
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allstarsmuzik 10 Aug 2011
http://vimeo.com/27118324 All Stars – Kinetic Typography Video For Their New Single!!
TLR 3 Oct 2011
This one of Ron Paul’s great “What If” speech is awesome. http://www.youtube.com/user/MissTammyChannel?feature=mhee#p/f/4/FqAF-Alc7CM
Julie 8 Oct 2011
I’m late to the party on this post, but I’m surprised no one has mentioned the one for Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac. I think it’s just about the best one out there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4sOfO8Ei1g
WEBFocus 15 Dec 2011
Great selection in here for sure! Does anyone know of an excisting tool that kinda templatizes it instead of diving into heavy Adobe programs?
Cheers
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