Motion Graphics

If you’re a fan of the show Mad Men or have seen the opening, then you’ve seen a motion graphic.

Motion graphics were all the rage in the 1960s (hence the look for the Mad Men series set in the advertising field of the 1960s) and were popular in movies, TV show openings and commercials.
You’ve seen plenty of them, now that you’ve put the graphic with the term. They’re once again on TV, commercials, movies, web sites and any other visual medium.
Is it that they are retro? Do they bring back a feeling of simpler days? Are they just visually pleasing and that’s why they have been discovered again? Some people will say that they never went away and that’s true but they are hot again and a specialized talent is needed to create them.
If you’ve wondered how it’s done and how you can get involved in creating these projects, here are examples and hints from some experts in the field.

The whole article is here and has great examples


Inspiration

And some more inspiration

Interactive Motion Scripting

In interactive motion scripting we focused on making a game in flash. A flash game arcade. The course used flash game university to teach us how to use flash for game design. My final was a game I called Roq Star. I made a word scramble game. I used rock star related words. I used this tutorial to make the stage lights move.

 see my pinterest boards 

Other tutorials that helped me create my game:
Sound
Flash animations move along a curve path
Shiny starbursts
Star

Other game tutorials
Gold Miner
Plants vs Zombies
35+ Flash Game Development Tutorials & FLA Files
Point and click

The Next 3 Weeks!!!!

It was a very hard quarter because so much happened in my life during the past 11 weeks while I was trying to go to school and maintain my GPA. It is now time for my summer vacation to start! 3 weeks off!!! Then the summer session starts. Here are my summer classes:

Summer Session2011

7/11/2011 to 9/24/2011
Course Title
IMD323 Interactive Motion Scripting
IMD330 E-Learning Design
IMD331 Des. for Dynamic Websites


IMD323 Interactive Motion Scripting
An advanced course that applies motion
graphics as an integrated interactive solution;
students will script interaction, sequencing,
and motion for interactive projects.
Optimization is a critical consideration in the
creation of the user-centered experience.

IMD330 E-Learning Design
This course will introduce students to the
principles of instructional design as applied
to e-learning. Skill development will include
goal analysis, performance objective writing,
instructional strategies, and instructional
materials creation.

IMD331 Designing for Dynamic Websites
Students will apply user-centered design
principles, database structures and server
side scripting to create dynamic Web sites.
Particular attention will be paid to design
issues relating to the display of dynamic
content on the screen and how that dynamic
content will be delivered.