AH! The motion class is so exciting! Colin & Cody from DK came in to talk about the industry piece they recently did for the Sundance Film Festival. They broke it down starting with from their inspiration, story boards, and went through how it was put together with animatics, 3d stuff, building things out in photoshop, and going into After Effects. It was great being able to see the whole process sort of laid out there, it made it a lot clearer how things are put together. It’s sort of like watching that “Movie Magic” show or something, except right there in the room with you.
It’s always kinda weird meeting the people who make the things you like. I don’t know, I feel like a weird groupie or something. Cause all the people I think are amazing are really pretty normal folks, which obviously makes sense, but still sort of an odd feeling.
Also what I’ve realized, especially after tonight, is that my Photoshop skills are WEAK. Or at least I somehow managed to never learn some apparently basic and useful things. Like the ability to use masks and alpha layeres and adjustment layers. I also never understood what curves did.
Anyways, those three hours totally made up for the fact that the rest of my day just felt like one long drawn out chunk after the next, with no real resting point. So cool!
It’s hard to really convey how excited I’m getting about this stuff in just a typed out post… maybe you’ll get a picture later. It’s just weird cause I feel like it’s something that really keeps me interested and excited. And when I think about all the different things I could get into when I graduate I just keep coming back to thinking about how cool it would be to work in motion design and how much I want it.
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So what, exactly, is motion design?
Motion design is mixing design with animation and music. basicly graphic design that moves. Mostly stuff done for film or broadcast, but it the actual work is pretty varied. Check out http://www.motionographer.com The “Cream of the Crop” on the left has some good examples.