Full Screen Video with Text Overlay

full-screen-video-with-text-overlay.markdown

Full Screen Video with Text Overlay

A Pen by Lisa Catalano on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<header class="video-header">

  <video src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1QmPm1EdHE0yLepVKu8FqqpPxmNKSxwnC" autoplay loop playsinline muted></video>

  <div class="header-text">
    <h1>
      Exploring
      <span>The Sea</span>
    </h1>
  </div>
  <div class="description">
    <p>This is an example of a full screen video being shown as a background at any screen size. 
      This is accomplished with giving video absolute positioning, full viewport width and height, and using 'object-fit: cover;'
    </p>
    <p class="credit">Video credit: Taryn Elliot on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/video/colorful-fish-swimming-among-seaweed-5548030/">pexels.com.</a></p>
  </div>
</header>

style.css

html, body {
  font-family: 'Raleway', sans-serif;
  background-color: teal;
}
video {
  width: 100dvw;
  min-height: 100dvh;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  object-fit: cover; 
}
.header-text {
  position: absolute;
  color: white;
  display: flex; 
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  transform: translateY(-5rem);
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;  
}
.header-text h1 {
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 1.75rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  line-height: 1;
}
.header-text span {
  display: block;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: 6rem;
}
.description {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0; 
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  margin: auto;
  color: white;
  background-color: hsl(181deg 50% 20% / 70%);
  padding: 2rem; 
}
.description p {
  max-width: 40rem;
  margin-inline: auto;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.credit {
  font-size: .75rem;
}
.credit a {
  color: white; 
  text-underline-offset: 2px;
}