8th Grade Digital Art: Song Lyric Motion Graphics

How can typography (the art of designing letters and words) bring a sentence to life? We will be creating typographic movies of a favorite song lyric.

Research and Planning

Go the the Graphic Design Dictionary and write the definition for some key terms.

font

JPEG

resolution

RGB

Pick a song lyric. You want people to get it so pick something recognizable, or something emotionally powerful. The more words the longer it will take to make it, so stick with something short.  Try for less than 10 words. If you need some ideas, try 100 Songs Best Lines, ThinkExistSongLyrics, RollingStoneBestLyrics or search on your own.

We will watch a few videos with typographic motion graphics.

15 great videos

more videos

and 50 more

Create

Sketch a storyboard (plan out what will go on each slide). We will use Adobe Photoshop and Windows Movie Maker to create your animations. Follow the directions on your worksheet and watch the demonstration.

Present

You will prepare your animations to be screened at the Spring art show (nothing inappropriate or offensive, must properly credit the artist and include your own name and date. Animations will be presented to the class.

Reflect and Critique

You will participate in a class critique and use a critique form to evaluate classmates.

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