Had my final 6-hour visualization class today. Wow, now it’s done!! I got some good feedback on my video and learned the basics of typography. There’s so much involved in proper letter spacing that we just don’t think about when we use Word’s default formats. I was pretty exhausted when I got home this afternoon, but watching “Mansfield Park” was not a bad way to start the evening. J I even got in some practice upstairs!
And now, at last, the video…J My goal was to visualize musical complexity with calligraphy. The variety of strokes and fonts you see in the video represent different voices and instruments that enter the music at various points. Please let me know what you think, and if you’re interested in how I made it, scroll down to read more!
HUGE thanks to my wonderfully awesome roommate Tiny, who did most of the filming and helped figure out Lightworks. Without her, this would not have been possible. J
The song I chose, “L’Homme Armé” (“The Armed Man”) , is part of a large anti-war work by Karl Jenkins. The melody for this particular song is taken from the 15th century French song “L’Homme Armé”, which was widely used as a melody for the Catholic Mass during the Renaissance period. Since the melody is so old, I decided to research illuminated manuscripts from the mid-1400s. I found many scans from the British Library, and used them to create an alphabet and patterns based on leaf and floral motifs from the period. These are some images that I used:
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| Inspiration for the floral design and the "Celtic knot" motif. |
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| The text that I based my alphabet on. |
Wow! The music. The artwork. The video effects. It all worked. Built suspense as it went so we couldn't wait to see the finished product. Kudos to both of you.
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