Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Digital Media - Motion Design Concentration

In Digital Media, students learn to tell compelling stories through Animation, Game & Entertainment Design, and Motion Design. Otis students acquire real-world skills from leading designers, artists, and entrepreneurs. With a fundamental understanding of digital tools and their creative applications, graduates meet the demands of a diverse and expanding job market in visual storytelling for film, television, video games, apps, and the Web. Recent employers include Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks, WETA, ILM, Sony Image works, Nickelodeon, Electronic Arts, Blind, Brand New School, Imaginary Forces, Troika, Zoic, Sony Online Entertainment, and Blizzard. Motion Design: Motion Design combines typography, graphics, filmmaking, video, images, and sound to communicate ideas. Dynamic visuals for commercials, title design for feature films, TV shows, and websites, and the new and growing field of motion sequences in films and games—all are examples of Motion Design, in which students develop arresting time-based visual imagery that can be applied in a wide range of entertainment fields. Digital Media Careers: By providing a fundamental understanding of digital tools and their creative applications, Digital Media prepares students to meet the demands of a diverse and expanding job market. Through lectures and hands-on sessions, leaders from the film, television, broadcast advertising, visual effects and video gaming industries guide students in their development. Entry-Level Positions: Motion Graphics (Concept Artist / Storyboard Artist / Designer / Modeler / Animator), 2D Animation (Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Layout Artist / Background Painter / Storyboard Artist / In-Betweener / Animator), 3D Animation (Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Storyboard Artist / Layout Artist / Background Painter / Pre-visualization Designer / Modeler / Rigger / Texture Artist / Animator / Lighter), Visual Effects (Storyboard Artist / Animatic Design & Production / Rotoscope Artist / Background Artist / Match Mover / Modeler / Animator / Effects Animator / Compositor), Electronic Gaming (Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Background Artist / Modeler / Rigger / Texture Artist / Animator / Lighter), Web (Designer / After Effects Animator / Flash Animator), Film/Television Production (Production Assistant / Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Storyboard Artist / Pre-visualization Design & Production), Television Commercial Production (Production Assistant / Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Storyboard Artist / Pre-visualization Design & Production / Assistant to the Director / Modeler / Rigger / Texture Artist / Animator / Lighter).