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Recommends DonHopkins · 2020-04 · on “Jarrett Heather presents: Word Crimes (2014)”

Jarrett Heather is the artist behind Weird Al's "Word Crimes" video released in 2014 (at 48.4 million views now). Word Crimes: [this video] "Word Crimes" is Weird Al's spot-on parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" with T.I. and Pharrell Williams. I think Weird Al's version is better and more educational than the original -- smart and catchy like a modern Schoolhouse Rock. Blurred Lines: [LINK] Weird Al contacted Jarrett Heather after being impressed by "Shop Vac", his previous work with kinetic text (typographic animation), which he made using animation tools like AfterEffects. Shop Vac: [LINK] This page on Jarrett Heather's web site tells the story and shows the art and technology behind the

Cites DonHopkins · 2020-04 · on “Jarrett Heather presents: Word Crimes (2014)”

Jarrett Heather is the artist behind Weird Al's "Word Crimes" video released in 2014 (at 48.4 million views now). Word Crimes: [this video] Weird Al's spot-on parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" with T.I. and Pharrell Williams: [LINK] Weird Al contacted him after being impressed by "Shop Vac", his previous work with kinetic text (typographic animation), which he made using animation tools like AfterEffects. Shop Vac: [LINK] This page on Jarrett Heather's web site tells the story and shows the art and technology behind the "Word Crimes" video. He's also published the Animatic storyboard-in-motion that took about 100 hours, to Weird Al's original home-made demo of the song! It's fascinating to

Cites DonHopkins · 2023-05 · on “Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of””

Speaking of heroes who I could care less about: Jarrett Heather presents: Word Crimes (2014) (jarrettheather.com) Archive: [LINK] "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes: [this video] >The Completed Music Video: In November 2013, "Weird Al" Yankovic asked me to direct an animated video for "Word Crimes", a parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" about the supposed abuse of proper language. >The result of 500 hours of work in After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere goes by in 3 minutes, 44 seconds. I hope you find each one of them entertaining. Word Crimes Animatic: [LINK] >This storyboard-in-motion took about 100 hours. Al signed off on this design on January 25th, 2014, only 3 weeks after

Cites DonHopkins · 2024-01 · on “Why Prince Changed His Name to an Symbol 30 Years Ago, and What Happened Next”

[LINK] [LINK] [this video] [LINK] [LINK] jcl on April 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jarrett Heather presents: Word Crimes (2014) Love the song and video -- great to see the behind-the-scenes and in-jokes. One thing I'm still curious about is the lyric: "You should never / write words using numbers / unless you're seven / or your name is Prince" -- particularly, whether it was an intentional reference to the movie "Se7en". If it was, it seems like a missed opportunity in the video. DonHopkins on April 9, 2020 | prev [–] Funny, I thought the symbol for The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was informally pronounced and spelled "BRUCE", which is less cumbersome to speak and spell than th