Motion Design Fundamentals

In this course, students will be introduced to fundamentals of motion design and digital workflow. The necessary skills to be able to create basic animated graphics for Film/TV, branding, web, social media platforms etc. will be covered.The course starts with foundational training in different raster- and vector graphic software as well as 2D animation software, and the workflow used between them.

Based on this the students will plan and produce a short motion design piece by creating a storyboard and production ready digital graphical assets/illustrations with different effects and motion applied.Finally, the animation is presented as a rendered sequence.

Restricted to students at the Bachelor studies in CG art and Animation, Games and Entertainment Technology, Film and TV production and connected study programs at our international partner institutions

On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

Knowledge

Develop a motion design piece from an idea, brief or pitch.
Create a storyboard for a digital production
Adhere to an appropriate digital workflow to stay efficient and organised.

Skills

Adopt a digital workflow for compatibility between different software
Render and output a sequence in appropriate format
Create graphical elements in a vector/raster graphic based software
Animate graphical elements to create visually interesting content

General Competence

Plan an animated sequence
Use a proper file-structure and adhere to naming conventions

Collaborate with others to give and receive feedback

None

Mandatory

Lectures, Lab work on assignments.

Evaluation using mid-term and final surveys. Students are also encouraged to participate in the central quality surveys.

Portfolio

Grade: Pass or Fail

None

Motion Design Fundamentals

Kristian Rostad Egge