Motion Graphics

Operating at the intersection of design and creative technologies this Motion Graphics BA Hons course offers a diverse and engaging ideas led curriculum where you will be challenged to think broadly, combining technology, creative thinking, and graphic design fundamentals to test, craft, and shape your individual identity as a motion-based thinker and designer.

Working independently, collaboratively and alongside industry you will acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding to fully embrace the expanding possibilities of this exciting industry and will graduate with a distinct showreel of practice that aligns to your future goals and ambitions.

On our BA (Hons) Motion Graphics course you will work across multiple platforms such as UX/UI, web and app design, VR and AR, and coding, through the lens of a motion designer. This course has a module structure that facilitates and celebrates exploration, personalisation and interdisciplinary collaboration with peers and industry partners. Industry engagement is integrated throughout the course with a range of exciting activities including live projects, guest lectures, portfolio reviews, and mentoring. Specialist practical, theoretical, and technical workshops will develop and enhance your professional skill set for the future. In your final year, you’ll have the opportunity to negotiate and select project briefs that align with your future goals resulting in a distinct showcase of personal practice aligned to your future career ambitions.

NTU is in the UK’s Top 15 for Art & Design in the Complete University Guide 2024 (Ranked 11th).

Careers and employability
You’ll graduate with a bespoke professional showcase of motion[1]based project work that demonstrates your abilities as an agile independent creative thinker and problem solver. You’ll be equipped with the distinctive intellectual, technical, and professional knowledge and skill set required to undertake a wide variety of roles within the creative industries. Areas include broadcast design, exhibition and brand experience, music and entertainment, brand creation, advertising, information design, UX/UI, web and app design, VR/AR/XR, gaming, VFX design and compositing, art direction, creative direction and production design.

Your space to create at NTU
We’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more.

We are also proud to be launching the new Design & Digital Arts building to prepare our graduates for success in professional, technical and commercial careers in the growing cultural and creative industries.
This landmark building will place Nottingham as a UK hub for film, television, animation, UX design, games design, graphic design and more.

Facilities include:

Collaborative studio spaces for each discipline
Digital Innovation Lab and VR/Mixed Reality Studio
Exhibition spaces
TV and Film Studio
Black Box studio
Film Production editing suites
Screen printing room
Sound studios
Stop Motion Studio
Café

Our students’ work – ‘We Are Creatives’
Explore our online showcase ‘We Are Creatives’ - celebrating the work of the School of Art & Design students. You will find a sneak peak of some of our students’ work and gain a real insight into what it’s like to be part of the NTU creative community at wearecreativesntu.art

[Year one]:
The Fundamentals of Graphic Design (100 credit points)
Design in Context (20 credit points)
[Year two]:
Exploring Motion Graphics (60 credit points)
Motion Graphics in Context (20 credit points)
CoLab Research, Exploration and Risk-Taking (20 credit points)
Optional Module
You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:
Model Making: Object and Narrative
Publishing: Experimental Formats
Typography: Use and Expression
Telling Stories
Ethical Design (online and in person)
Digital Marketing and Communication
Exploring Creative Coding
Music Video
[Year three]:
Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*
We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]
Developing a personal showcase (100 credit points)
Motion Graphics Dissertation (20 credit points)

People excel in different ways, and we want everybody to have the best possible chance of success. On this course you will be assessed on a range of individual and group presentations, and your final year project.

Your work in Year Two accounts for 20% of your final degree mark, and your work in your final year accounts for the other 80%.

Year 1: coursework (100%)
Year 2: coursework (100%)
Year 3: coursework (100%)