Here is a flv of a title I made in After Effects. I used a tutorial from the Video Co-pilot website to create a blueprint title sequence. It uses Luma inverted track mattes to create the texture for the lines. The SCRIBBLE and STROKE effects built in to After effects create the 'drawn on' animation for the lines. The lines were created with the pen tool, using masks. Auto-trace for the drawn-in outline of the name. The background is a paper texture with MULTIPLY MODE applied to the layer. Also a feathered mask for the ellipse shadow around the edges. The lines are offset animations to simulate a progressive animation. I may adapt a little to fit in with the bauhaus theme more than just using the font. It will probably be used for all of the directors names within my title sequence.
Bauhaus faculty member Herbert Bayer created the modular designed typeface Universal in 1925 on a commission from the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. he was sasked to design a typeface for the school’s various communications outlets, outdoor signage, letterheads etc It would be great to see you commenting on how this modernist typeface and of course the Bauhaus building has become iconic and how it now signifies a particular set of Modernist attitudes. The Bauhaus model might have more uses as a signifier for the bringing together Modernist priciples of design with Post-Modernist virtual realities. (Baudrillard)
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