Friday, July 27, 2007

Typography

Something else about media and and how it affects what you say.

McLuhan would be pleased. What this time?


Another film coming out that film school I saw today. A film on typography.


On what?


Typography. You know, letters like a, b, and c, big and small, the design of those letters. Aka lettering, fonts, print, type or type glyphs.


Any good?


Usual yahoo fare. Some liked it. Some didn't. Only two minutes long but what students are able to produce these days comes closer to something professional.


What can you say in two minutes?


Cut out the human commentators and speak it fast, flash images, together with words on the screen, you move the narrative along at TV CM speeds.

Which is my point, how deep into an issue can you go with a television commercial?
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2 Comments:

At July 28, 2007 at 10:00 PM , Blogger Zen said...

And, how deep do you need to go in a television commercial? For what purpose, what cost?

 
At July 30, 2007 at 2:26 PM , Blogger Barry Natusch said...

How deep is a TV CM? If you are saying "Buy this soap" a minute should be plenty, but if you are a presidential candidate appealing to the masses to say "Vote for ME!" you might need a bit longer.

 

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