DESIGN MOTION THAT COMMUNICATES
Develop motion graphics skills for digital applications through focused training in typography, logo animation, and visual storytelling.
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This course develops your ability to create motion graphics for diverse digital applications. Over eight weeks, you'll gain practical experience in the specific techniques that businesses and content creators need for visual communication.
You'll learn to animate typography that enhances messaging, create logo animations that strengthen brand identity, and design explainer videos that clarify complex information. These skills apply across marketing, social media, broadcast, and digital content creation.
The program emphasizes portfolio development through varied project types. You'll complete work that demonstrates your range as a motion designer, showing potential clients or employers what you can create for their specific needs.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- • Kinetic typography animation techniques
- • Logo animation and brand motion design
- • Explainer video creation and pacing
- • Broadcast design and lower thirds
- • Motion design tool proficiency
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
- • Diverse portfolio of motion pieces
- • Client communication understanding
- • Project scoping and planning skills
- • Design brief interpretation ability
- • Presentation and revision practices
When Static Design Needs Movement
You might have graphic design skills but find that many client projects now require motion components. Social media content demands eye-catching animation. Brand identities need animated logos. Websites expect motion design elements. The market increasingly asks for designers who can add the dimension of time to their work.
Learning motion graphics independently often means struggling with technical execution while trying to develop design sense simultaneously. Typography that works statically might feel wrong when animated. Timing decisions lack the intuition that comes from experience. Software tutorials teach tools but not design thinking.
Many designers also find the transition from client-facing graphic design work to motion projects challenging. Motion graphics projects involve different scoping considerations, revision processes, and delivery requirements than static design work.
This course addresses both the creative and practical aspects of motion graphics work. You'll develop animation techniques alongside the project management understanding that helps you work effectively with clients and meet their expectations.
Project-Based Learning Across Applications
We structure this course around the types of motion graphics projects you'll encounter professionally. Each week focuses on a specific application area, teaching both the technical execution and the design considerations unique to that format.
You'll work through kinetic typography for social media, logo animations for brand packages, explainer video sequences for corporate communication, and broadcast design elements for video content. This variety builds your capability across multiple motion graphics specialties.
The curriculum emphasizes the relationship between motion design and client needs. You'll learn to interpret design briefs, make choices that serve communication goals, and present work in ways that help clients understand your creative decisions.
Eight-Week Curriculum
Kinetic Typography Fundamentals
Text animation principles, timing for readability, and typography in motion. Creating engaging text-based content for digital platforms.
Logo Animation & Brand Motion
Animating brand identities, transition design, and visual consistency. Creating motion that enhances brand recognition and recall.
Explainer Video Techniques
Visual storytelling for complex information, pacing for comprehension, and narrative structure. Clarifying concepts through motion design.
Broadcast Design & Portfolio
Lower thirds, transitions, and on-screen graphics. Finalizing portfolio pieces and presentation materials.
Creating Motion Graphics Week by Week
The program runs twice weekly over eight weeks, with two-and-a-half-hour sessions designed around active project work. Classes combine technique demonstration with hands-on creation, allowing you to develop skills while producing portfolio pieces.
Between sessions, you'll refine current projects and begin planning upcoming ones. This rhythm of creation and revision mirrors professional motion graphics workflows where projects move through multiple iterations based on feedback.
Instructor guidance focuses on design decisions and technical efficiency. You'll learn to evaluate whether motion serves communication goals effectively and how to achieve your intended results with appropriate techniques rather than overcomplicated approaches.
IN-CLASS FOCUS
- Technique demonstrations for each project type
- Design brief analysis and interpretation
- Work-in-progress critique sessions
- Problem-solving for technical challenges
INDEPENDENT WORK
- Project refinement and iteration
- Conceptual development for new pieces
- Portfolio presentation preparation
- Technique practice and experimentation
Your Investment in Motion Design Skills
¥158,000
Complete 8-week motion graphics program
Course Components
This program suits individuals with basic animation understanding and design skills. If you're new to animation entirely, consider starting with our Animation Principles course, or if you're interested in character work, our 2D Digital Animation Production program might better match your goals.
The focused eight-week format allows you to develop motion graphics capabilities without an extensive time commitment. You'll gain practical skills and portfolio work that opens opportunities in marketing, content creation, and digital media production.
Payment options include full program tuition or split payment arrangements. Reach out to discuss which approach works for your situation.
Building Diverse Motion Graphics Capabilities
Motion graphics skill development happens through creating varied project types. Each format presents unique design challenges that build your problem-solving capabilities and technical range.
Progress shows in your growing ability to analyze communication goals and make appropriate motion design choices. Early projects focus on mastering specific techniques, while later work integrates multiple skills in more complex pieces.
We evaluate development through completed portfolio work rather than abstract assessments. Your projects demonstrate not just technical execution but your understanding of how motion serves communication purposes in different contexts.
Your Skill Growth Path
Typography in Motion
Learning text animation fundamentals. Creating kinetic typography pieces that maintain readability while engaging viewers.
Brand Motion Design
Animating brand elements and logos. Understanding how motion can strengthen brand identity and recognition.
Visual Storytelling
Creating explainer video sequences. Pacing information effectively and clarifying complex concepts through motion.
Broadcast & Portfolio
Designing broadcast elements. Finalizing diverse portfolio pieces that demonstrate your range as a motion designer.
Learning Motion Graphics With Support
We recognize that investing in motion graphics education involves both time and financial resources. Our approach emphasizes transparency about what the course covers and what you can expect to achieve through focused practice.
Before enrolling, we encourage you to discuss your background and goals with us. This conversation helps ensure the course matches your current skills and that motion graphics aligns with your creative direction.
Should you find during the initial sessions that the course content or pacing doesn't suit your needs, we'll work with you to address concerns or explore alternative educational paths that better serve your situation.
Clear Curriculum
Detailed information about techniques covered and projects you'll create.
Design Feedback
Constructive critique on your work with guidance for improving both technique and creative choices.
Flexible Learning
Understanding that creative development happens at different paces for different people.
Starting Your Motion Graphics Journey
Beginning this course starts with a conversation about your current skills and what you hope to achieve with motion graphics capabilities. This helps us ensure the program matches your situation and creative goals.
The enrollment process involves discussing your background, reviewing course expectations, and confirming you understand the time commitment for project work. The next session begins in late November 2025, with enrollment closing November 20th.
Four Simple Steps
Reach Out
Submit an inquiry through our contact form with information about your design background and interest in motion graphics.
Discuss Your Goals
We'll schedule a conversation about your creative objectives and whether motion graphics training aligns with your path.
Review Program Details
Learn about course structure, project types, and technical requirements to ensure they suit your needs.
Begin Creating
Attend your first session and start developing motion graphics skills through hands-on project work.
Create Motion Graphics That Communicate
Get in touch to learn more about the Motion Graphics for Digital Media course and how it can expand your creative capabilities.
Begin Your PathSessions begin late November 2025 • Enrollment closes November 20th
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