Motion Graphics: Motion Graphic Examples

Psycho, Saul Bass, 1960
Early motion graphic style used in Movie title sequence.
Saul Bass is considered king of animated titles
This motion graphic is visualizing urban paranoia and broken Psyche (letters slide on the screen and fracture)





Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Yellow Submarine, George Dunning, 1968
Developed by an experimental artist
Early form of the music video
Rotoscope was used to from old movie clips of Fred Astaire dancing with Ginger Rogers
Those images were painted with out concern for continuity . This creates a magical fluid effect as the character move through color





Pencil Dance, Chris Cassidy, 1989
Experimental Animation
notice the simple color scheme:Greyscale
Creative usage of simple shapes
Nice examples of leading the eye around the screen but always leading us back to near center. Music matches the fun motion on screen, Nice use of line weight to create the illusion of depth and distance as object come towards the screen
and pass by.




Monocodes, Alexander Rutterford, 2000
Nice Motion Graphic example that utilizes sound, color, light effects in a technique similar to the paint on Film techniques of norm McLaren.
Notice the intense use of blur and glows to create a futuristic visual display that excites the senses. Designing with digital light and sound.
Notice the perfect sync with audio track.
Notice limited use of screen space but visually powerful because of color and motion.



Bleip: No, Pleix, 2001
Very modern looking Motion Graphic with sound. Notice the design and the creative use of time to move in sync with the music. Watch for the use of background colors as text colors. Its' a nice layering effect and a simplified 3-4 color palette. Also, notice how there is contrasting colors, Grey on bright green, that creates emphasis and focal point. Notice how there are simple silhouetted shapes that "orbit" around the anchor point and basically have simple motion.





Down With Love, Ron Diamond (Acme Film Works)2003
Great example of Saul Bass influenced motion graphics. Notice the color and modern styling s, and The way that all the scenes connect to each other. Lots of symbols that are related to the theme of the movie, music and color treatments within the film itself.