COMOTION
WHAT IS COMOTION?
CoMotion is an annual networking event brought together by our officer team and made possible by our clubs' community growth since 2006. Every year we invite studios from around the world to join us for a weekend of festivities. During CoMotion weekend, students have the opportunity to be a part of 1-on-1 portfolio reviews with studios, listen to curated panels in which attending companies provide their insights, and a student showcase featuring the best student work that year. CoMotion is a chance to connect and network With industry professionals and other students at our school in a fun, educational, and professional setting.
RECENT COMOTION EVENTS
For the last CoMotion, we centered our design around the idea of 2.5-dimensional space. This design language embodies the essence of motion graphics through its fluid and flexible nature. Within this boundless space, we were able to reflect upon our innovative and experimental field that keeps pushing us to evolve. Join us to embrace and celebrate the limitless possibilities of what we can achieve with Motion Media. - 2022 Branding team winners Yu Xin King, Miharu Murai, Yorlie Avila
To create an identity that embodies CoMotion’s unique blend of diversity and community, the 2023 branding team began by balancing ideas that make motion design special. This year's concept ‘Into the Spotlight’ celebrates us, the motion designers through the medium we all share, light. From the discovery of fire to the invention of the camera, art and light as always been interlinked. - 2023 Branding team winners Aanvik Singh and Marly Koven.
PREVIOUS COMOTION EVENTS
2021 - Website - Title Sequence
2020 - Website - Title Sequence
2019 - Website - Title Sequence
2018 - Website - Title Sequence
2017 - Website - Title Sequence
2016 - Website - Title Sequence
2015 - Website - Title Sequence
2014 - Website - Title Sequence
2013 - Website - Missing:(
2012 - Website - Missing :(
2011 - Website - Title Sequence
2010 - Website - Title Sequence
BRANDING TEAM INFORMATION
• CREATIVE DIRECTOR •
Head of design, receives reports from Art Director and producer on progress, instructs designers and animators if needed, and gives input on design and animation.
Head of design, receives reports from Art Director and producer on progress, instructs designers and animators if needed, and gives input on design and animation.
• ART DIRECTOR •
Manages all three teams, maintains consistency in styles, helps with styleframes.
• PRODUCER •
Responsible for file organization, maintaining timeline, time management skills.
• DESIGN TEAM •
Storyboards, designs, and creates styleframes based on the director's vision and delivers to the animation team.
• GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM •
Creates promo, banners, posters, and itinerary graphics.
• ANIMATION TEAM •
Animates the title sequence, title cards, and other assets provided by the design team.
• DOCUMENTATION TEAM •
Creates the process book and takes detailed notes of the entire process and production of CoMotion.
• SYMPOSIUM TEAM •
Creates the symposium book, a compilation of attending companies and freelancers.
• SOUND DESIGN TEAM •
Conducts the title sequence audio and sound effects and other sound elements for CoMotion.
• WEBSITE TEAM •
Builds and codes a custom website for CoMotion annually.
• EXPERIENTIAL & INTERACTIVE TEAM •
Creates different interactive deliverables, AR postcards, and VR hub spaces.
WANT TO DESIGN THE NEXT COMOTION?
Students have the opportunity to submit a design pitch to the club and everyone votes on their favorite pitch. The pitch must include at minimum; A finalized logo design, two t-shirt designs, one email banner 600px x 200px with logo and decorative elements, and a written treatment. It’s recommended you include additional elements such as mood boards, sketches, styleframes, print mockups, or anything you feel would contribute to selling your idea. NO motion tests, shorts, or animations are allowed to be submitted and will not be considered during the vote.
PROCESS AND SYMPOSIUM BOOKS
PROCESS BOOKS
A comprehensive breakdown of the branding team's process in developing the look and feel of CoMotion for that year. Formal booklets began in 2019, all preceding years have a process page provided by an animator or director.
SYMPOSIUM
A collection of the studios and companies who attended CoMotion for that year. The symposium is printed and purchasable for attendees and students. This was begun during CoMotion 2022.