Comments on: Text In The World

By: Felix

Felix — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:06:30 +0000

Spotted these, seem appropriate;

http://www.andrewbyrom.com/type.html

By: Lee Benson

Lee Benson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:59:13 +0000

My Man Godfrey did something similar, only with light-up signs bearing the actor’s names, designed to be real within the space. An interesting starting point, to be sure.

By: MacDara

MacDara — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:22:39 +0000

@Matt Carey “Why do you hate it?”

I think I hate it (or more accurately, have an instinctive aversion to it) is because it disturbs my suspension of disbelief; I can’t get into the headspace of perceiving the show as ‘reality’ as such when I’m being confronted with 3D elements purporting to be intrinsic to the environment, but that aren’t perceived by the show’s characters.

By all means it’s not the only thing I don’t like about Fringe (I could rant on like a crazy man for hours about that) but it’s one of the elements that turned me off from the get-go.

That being said, I’ve got no objection to the concept of ‘text in the world’ itself in other situations (such as the film title sequences noted above) – it just jars for me in the context of a narrative.

By: Jim Pierce

Jim Pierce — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:03:34 +0000

This technique is becoming very popular in TV promos an movie trailers as well. In a year, we’ll likely all be sick of it.

By: Matt Carey

Matt Carey — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:45:12 +0000

@MacDara “I have to say, I hate the way that titling is done in Cringe. Sorry, Fringe. In fact, it’s one of the things that made me take an instant dislike to the show.”

Why do you hate it?

Sometimes in Fringe the text is static, floating still in space. Others they actually pan the camera through the text, which is really nice.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:20:58 +0000

When the typographical singularity happens this is what the world will look like. And it will be great.

By: Jason Scott

Jason Scott — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:10:12 +0000

Also Grand Theft Auto IV. And the groundbreaking demoscene demo “Debris” (2007).

By: Andy Baio

Andy Baio — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:46:47 +0000

Reminds me of the artist Wayne White, who hand-paints text onto the landscapes in thrift store paintings. I wrote about him on Waxy a few years back.

By: MacDara

MacDara — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:35:57 +0000

I have to say, I hate the way that titling is done in Cringe. Sorry, Fringe. In fact, it’s one of the things that made me take an instant dislike to the show.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:46:48 +0000

Softening us up for AR.