This is a text only piece corresponding to the audio Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, The Tell-Tale Heart. Text is utilized to demonstrate movement, layering, shape, size, and colour. In this short story, the narrator tries to convince the audience of his sanity while also explaining how he murdered an old man. This short story was originally published in 1843, however this version is voiced over by Christopher Lee. Text is played with in a variety of ways to give a sense of feeling towards the narrator.
This piece was created in After Effects to create the variations and modifications of text. Text was rotated and enlarged to produce an atmosphere of madness. A scrabble like effect was also used to reveal sentences to help give off an eerie feeling. Through the distorting of text, the viewers can visually perceive that the narrator is describing an eerie story. Two fonts are used in this piece to reflect the short story. A typewriter font is used predominantly, on top of a parchment paper background to create the illusion of how Edgar Allen Poe would have originally written this story in the 1800s. A scratched like font is also used on certain words that the narrator exaggerates.
This piece provides the visual aspect to the narrator’s thoughts and feelings. For instance, text is enlarged when the narrator yells. It is a small portion of the short story, which will be linked with others works to then provide the full version. Each person’s piece is given to show individual creativity and personal style. The difference in style can be seen once the pieces are conjoined.
This is a text-only piece corresponding to the audio of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, The Tell-Tale Heart. Text is utilized to demonstrate movement, layering, shape, size, and colour. In this short story, the narrator tries to convince the audience of his sanity while also explaining how he murdered an old man. This short story was originally published in 1843, however, this version is voiced over by Christopher Lee. Text is played with in a variety of ways to give a sense of feeling towards the narrator. This piece was created in After Effects to create the variations and modifications of text. The text was rotated and enlarged to produce an atmosphere of madness. A scrabble-like effect was also used to reveal sentences to help give off an eerie feeling. Through the distorting of text, the viewers can visually perceive that the narrator is describing an eerie story. Two fonts are used in this piece to reflect the short story. A typewriter font is used predominantly, on top of a parchment paper background to create the illusion of how Edgar Allen Poe would have originally written this story in the 1800s. A scratched-like font is also used on certain words that the narrator exaggerates. This piece provides the visual aspect of the narrator’s thoughts and feelings. For instance, the text is enlarged when the narrator yells. It is a small portion of the short story, which will be linked with others’ works to then provide the full version. Each person’s piece is given to show individual creativity and personal style. The difference in style can be seen once the pieces are conjoined.