Presentation: Deconstructing Motion Design

For this presentation, you and a partner will select an example of computer-based motion design (including interactive works) to share with the class. You’ll have 15 minutes to present the work and discuss its design strategies and significance.

Of course, whatever you choose should have relevance to the concepts covered in this course, but you’re especially encouraged to look for examples that expand beyond the kind of work we’ve look at so far. So, you could choose an example of motion design in advertising or feature films; an interactive DVD; a web game or online nonlinear story; or something else you’ve come across.

Show us the work (or an excerpt, and then tell us about it).

In presenting the work, be sure to address the following points (as applicable):

• Title, creator, year of work
• Where you found it
• What graphic design principles does it use (think Non-Designer’s Design Book)? What motion design principles does it use (animation, motion/depth perception)?
• What are the key visual elements used in this piece? Does it use found original footage?
• To what end are these principles used? What is the meaning or significance of this work?
• If it’s interactive, how is its navigation or functionality designed?
• How is this work innovative? How is it using design in an interesting way?
• Are there aspects of this work that are not effective? Why not?
• What can we learn from this work?

In addition, you and your partner will turn in a single typed sheet with the following information:

• Title, creator, and year of work
• Location of work (URL, DVD, installation space, etc.)
• Genre/mode (narrative, documentary, experimental, animation, etc.)
• Short paragraph that describes the work
• Any links/sources you used in researching this work

Presentations should be ready to go on Tuesday, November 10th, but will take place on both Tuesday and Thursday of that week.

Each team member will receive the same grade, based on content and quality of speaking/presentation.

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