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What can Pulp Fiction teach you about typography?

37signals.com — Remember the scene in pulp fiction where Samuel L. Jackson shoots that guy in his apartment after yelling at him about Mr. Marseilles? Someone took the audio from that scene and animated their speech using font size, shape, color, and movement to convey emotion.

Who dugg this? Made popular Mar 8, 2007

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  • greatblackowl, on 10/12/2007, -7/+203SAY NSFW ONE MORE TIME MUTHAF*CKA.
  • Dested, on 10/12/2007, -14/+132Wow reminds me of last week....
  • rstarr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+114Say what again.
  • letdowntourist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+99I wouldn't have pegged Samuel L Jackson as a serif font.
  • ROFLance, on 10/12/2007, -4/+62This was just on the front page less than 2 weeks ago, in better quality.
    http://digg.com/videos/animation/What_does_Marsellus_Wallace_Look_Like_in_Text

    Edit: It took me like 5 minutes to find this, and in that time, smaisch beat me to it. Digg me down, unless you want a direct link: http://www.motionographermedia.com/jarrattmoody/intonation.mov
  • inspecality, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53YES they deserve to DIE!! AND I hope they burn in HELL!!!!
  • RoshanK, on 10/12/2007, -10/+56Sorry about the comment abuse but here's a link to the quicktime version for anyone that wants it:
    http://www.motionographermedia.com/jarrattmoody/intonation.mov
  • MAdaXe42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38I would have - he's big and bold, with a touch of fussy finesse.
  • LordofChaosIori, on 10/12/2007, -11/+48Seriously... why do people even bother pointing this out anymore? Nobody cares! Go away.
  • mike1630, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35I want more!
  • dynacrylic, on 10/12/2007, -10/+41Wow, it reminds me of reading a graphic novel comic book.

    Amazing!
  • DannySpace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32It's Marsellus, not Marseilles.
  • inspecality, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32English, *****, do you speak it?
  • Kahnza, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32That almost makes me want to watch Pulp Fiction again. Great movie.
  • TravisG5, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29You really do not understand digg if you complain about a dupe that has front-paged. If the story gets 245 diggs (like right now), that means 245 people don't care that it is a dupe, or have not seen the story / dugg item before.
  • Wonotch, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28@ broomett

    Lets see, because it looks and streams about 100x better than that crap flash player in the original link?

    p.s. Thats some awesome typo' work. It'd be nice though if the blog gave more info on the creator/what school he/she went to, etc...
  • dupe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24This was done by Jarrat Moody, a student of Savannah College of Art and Design, for a time-based Typography class.

    To the submitter, please do your research and give credit where it is due instead racing to get your digg rep up.
  • shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21golly gee willikers i love(d) it too.
  • dayquil, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21THANK you. Marseilles is a city in France.
  • Derrekito, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24dupe post.
  • tdogg241, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Same here. In fact, I think I'll act on that impulse. I'll be back in 2 1/2 hours.

    Hold my calls.
  • dazem, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20check out the big brain on bretttt ...

    one of my favorite parts ... that and the history of the watch story.
  • ebcreasoner, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Que?
  • kjartan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14greatblackowl - Sam Jackson would never censor himself, and nor should you. Say it with me now: "Mother *****"
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Oh man that rocks the funny. Where did you get the idea to make a clever comment using actual items from the Pulp Fiction movie? Simply comedic gold.
  • alecpriester, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I'm glad someone got the joke. Like I don't know that quote or something.
  • alecpriester, on 10/12/2007, -9/+21what?
  • UrbanVoyeur, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13We need shotguns.
  • kushed, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is The Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
  • HunterTV, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14"I've had enough of these ***** DUPES on this ***** SITE!"
  • washcapsfan37, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I could sure go for a Big Kahuna Burger and a Sprite right about now...
  • Oatmeal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Zed: Well, I guess you're gonna have to go wake him up now, won't you?
  • Ahnteis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13The beauty of no moderators--we get to see the same things over and over. Or inaccurate things. Or BOTH. :)
  • flashpointbob, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14Get your Snakes on a Plane ass OUT of the comments section!
  • Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12That... was brilliant. I want to see more.
    More movies, more famous scenes... I love it.
  • skankyBacon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13@demesisx

    Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
  • genericface, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Yes.
  • kjcdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8part of the reason i don't like having video and news sections on different parts of the site
  • ChronicColonic, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Font Fiction
  • markr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@tomi
    I didn't know digg had a ***** profanity filter. Oh, just saw it at the ***** top of the screen...
  • shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8SAY "what" ONE MORE TIME.
  • friedcalamari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"We should have shotguns for this kind of deal"
  • joshpar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Pretty nice... anyone think they can do this in GIMP?

    (GIMP's asleep ... etc. etc.)
  • improvclown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I love how the type catches the emotion of that scene. I remember seeing this design first on the AMC channel and I loved it!
  • smaisch, on 10/12/2007, -15/+22Uhh, this was on the front page of the video section with 600+ diggs already. I know everyone hates people saying "dupe" all the time, but this was less than two weeks ago.

    http://www.digg.com/videos/animation/What_does_Marsellus_Wallace_Look_Like_in_Text
  • a7bat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Viva Chiba!

    First time I heard that was in The Bodyguard with Sonny Chiba. Tarantino made good use of referring to it, but I'll always think of Chiba.
  • kurosakiIchigo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11DUPE REPLY!!!!!
  • Halbyrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6wow, somebody's bitter...

    seriously, it's just a neat trick, and people digg it because it looks cool. you don't have to be an elitist art-hole to appreciate clever design.
  • Tempest811, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11TBS does it better. they used to have these during their commercials when they featured a movie
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