Journal #10

This was a fun website to visit, and the videos are very informative. All of these videos kept my interest, (even the boring topics) because they were so easy to understand. I learned from these videos that keeping everything simple and clear would be a good way to start our project, because try to be too complex sometimes, and I always end up finding that it doesn't work. I didn't find a ton of videos with good typography, but I got the idea across from all of the videos that a successful video is a clear video.
Also, I felt that the background music was very important in holding my interest to these videos. Of course, the videos still are interesting and informative without music, (otherwise they would not be successful) but I think the perfect music or sound effects choice sets the mood for the animation, and helps to keep the viewers attention.
I really like the hidden cost of war video. The typography is interesting to watch, and is more than just words... they provide imagery and text guidance. Some of the text in this video is complex, or is on screen very quickly, but I noticed that when this happens, the text is repeated quickly, so the viewer is able to understand what the words say from the repetition of the words. I noticed that color of the text broke up what would otherwise be a confusing mess of words.