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Design and Motion Image Major

There is as much going on behind the lens as there is in front of it. Pre- to post-production, students in Motion Image take on all of the conceptual and technical challenges of working with a medium that moves. 

Your Career

Motion Image graduates create moving messages that teach, motivate, and persuade – communication that lasts. Producer, director, editor, shooter, post-production wizard: the careers are as varied as the list of credits at the end of a production. The industry offers opportunities in production houses, media companies, broadcasting, or through independent contracts on short- and long-term productions. Your job title might not be static, but neither is your medium. The Motion Image program gives you the versatility to build a career that moves.

Some Job Titles
Here are some common job titles that might help you research careers in the field of Design & Motion Image:

Camera operator
Camera assistant
Sound recordist
Production assistant
Grip
Lighting grip
Editor (short form)
Junior graphic designer
Junior motion graphic designer
Audio-post recordist
DVD production assistant
Director of photography
Director
Lighting director
Key grip
Editing supervisor
Audio post supervisor
Graphic design supervisor
Producer
DVD authoring/production specialist

What Would I Do?
The projects a designer is involved with can vary greatly, but here’s what some of our grads are doing:

Shooting and lighting digital video including broadcast quality high definition video
Sound recording
Editing, motion graphics, and titling
Producing, directing, shooting, and editing music videos and short dramas
Dynamic motion graphics
Image compositing
Image adjustment – effects
Multi-cam editing
Green screening