typography on youtube

For the most part, YouTube is what happens when people have too much time on their hands, but sometimes, you come across some really interesting home-made videos. A while back I read a blog (it might be by Empire magazine) on these odd videos that depict great scenes from films using only typography. As a graphic design student I absolutely loathed my typography classes, but I'm amazed at how creative some of these videos are. Some of my favourites:

Quentin Tarantino's films lend themselves very well to this sort of thing:


'Shouty Al' Pacino in the Devil's Advocate:


One of the great speeches from Patton:


All in all, Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me was utterly forgettable, except for this bit of dialogue:


Edit: original article which inspired this blog, alwayswatching.com's Great Scenes from TV and Film, Told Using Only Typography (and Sound)