Motion Design
- Semester: Fall 2026
- Instructor: Michael McDermott
- Location: Art and Design Building, Room 1020
- Timing: Mondays from 1:30–4:10pm
- Office Hours: Scheduled here
Exercise 3
Poster Animation
Description
Recreate a Joseph Müller-Brockmann poster as accurately as you can in Illustrator (1080x1920) and then animate it in After Effects. The posters are generally in German so you might not be able to read all the content but I would try to find out what kind of event the poster is promoting. Knowing the event might influence the motion of the poster. Your animation should enhance and bring the poster to life. More than likely the font is Akzidenz Grotesk.
Requirements
- 1080x1920 (or dimensions close to that but keep the proportions of the original poster)
- As long as it needs to be
- As exact of a replica as you can make
- Only animate things that already exist on the poster
Things to Keep in Mind
- How can simple motion become complex?
- Ease ease ease!
Objectives
- Start working in After Effects
- Thinking about motion in a poster format
Final Submission
- Turned in on time
- All requirements met
- Video file submitted on Canvas
- Video uploaded to Vimeo and added to the class group