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Motion Design

Project 1: Moving Poster

Description

Working with time is, most likely, a new dimension to consider while designing. Before making things move, we want to make sure we have a plan for that movement. Pick a simple task and thoroughly document that task through photographs. Perform the same task multiple times taking photos from different angles and at different times. Now, translate that documentation into a storyboard and design concept boards for key frames. The storyboard will give you an idea of pacing and narrative while the concept boards will show the visual language of the finished sequence. The fictional, final sequence would have a title slide with the name of the sequence, have around 5–15 seconds of action, and have ending credits.

The storyboards and concept boards do not need to be a one to one recreation of the task you documented. The task was your starting point and the storyboards and concept boards are where you can start to bring make that task more interesting. The storyboards can introduce different cuts or settings for the task to help build the narrative and the visual direction can influence the mood of the story. Figure out a way to make a mundane task exciting and able to keep the viewers attention.

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