We tried to squeeze everything a motion designer creates into one episode, but we touch so many things that we’re splitting it into two.

In Part I, we’ll discuss movie titles, TV titles, title cards, commercials, Network branding and promos, music videos, episodics, in-app branding, and award show packages (like MTV Video Music Awards and the Oscars), and logo animations.

What comes to mind when you think of each of these areas of Motion Design? Austin and Erin will highlight some of their favorites – from Motion Design studios to individual designers, going back decades. From Ozark to the Brady Bunch, MTV’s moon and flag treatment, to Green Day, Led Zeppelin, Netflix, Microsoft, and Google – join us for a sometimes nostalgic and always inspiring look at all the work motion designers create.

Discussion Points:

• Movie Titles – Birds of Prey, Psycho & Saul Bass, Thomas Crown Affair, Se7en, Bond films
• TV Titles - Peacemaker, The Morning Show, True Detective, The Brady Bunch, Golden Girls
• Title Cards - Ozark, The Killing
• Events - Oscars, Emmys, MTV, Independent Spirit Awards
• Conference Titles - Not often talked about, a chance to really experiment
• Commercials – Nike Air Max, the Kraken, Bombay Sapphire
• Network Promos and Branding - F/x American Horror Story, Simpsons
• Austin’s work for Pharrell, Anthropologie, Ralph Lauren
• Music Videos - A-Ha, White Stripes, They Might Be Giants
• Episodics - Another area not often talked about - Adult Swim, Julia Pott
• Motion Branding - TV networks, Netflix, Hulu
• In-App Branding - Microsoft, Stephen Kelleher
• Award Show Packages – MTV, Studio Moross
• Logo Animation - MTV Moon Man

Resources:

Sarofsky

Austin Shaw