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
Project 1
Moving Poster
Description
Design a moving poster for a real, future event that preferably is happening on campus or around campus. The design must retain the formal elements of a poster, communicate using the traditional rhetoric of a poster, and must scale to fit the portrait format (1080x1920). The choice of movement should feel natural and not distract from the content of the poster. The movement should emphasize the message of the poster not confuse the message.
The final poster will be printed and we will use the Artivive app to help with the AR version.
Requirements
- Each poster moves for the amount of time it needs to move
- Information for the event is clearly displayed
- Portrait format at 1080x1920 pixels
- Loops seamlessly
- Printed version at 15” x 26 2/3”
- AR version using Artivive
- The motion does not have to be complex technically to seem complex visually.
- The poster still needs to act like a poster.
- Build skills in After Effects
- Start to think in motion
- Turned in on time
- All requirements met
- Printed version in class
- Video file and flat PDF uploaded to Canvas