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Year 3 - Motion Design specialisation

Training Multimedia Graphic Design: Formation Design Graphique accessible après un Bac en école de design graphique à Montpellier et Toulouse.

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  • Duration and location

    1 year, classroom-based
    Toulouse

  • HOURS OF LESSONS/YEAR

    +500 hours of teaching

  • Assessment

    Continuous assessment: assessment of individual and group work

  • Certificate assessment

    Case studies and work situations Oral presentations of work and projects in front of professionals

  • Prerequisite

    Level 5 qualification in applied arts or communications

  • Work-study

    From September 2025, the 3rd year will be offered as an initial course or apprenticeship

Year 3

professional multimedia graphic design course

Specialisation
Motion Design

Halfway between graphic design and animation, the Motion Design specialisation trains students in techniques that are as cutting-edge as they are emerging.

From creative ideation to the production process, hone your skills to serve the communication media of today and tomorrow.

At ESMA we take
success seriously.

  • 95% Success rate (2022)

  • 73% Overall job entry rate at 6 months (2022)

  • 84% Average rate of entry into target occupations after 6 months (2022)

What does the specialisation in MOTION DESIGN involve?

The home stretch
to make your dreams come true.

The professional year in Motion Design gives you both artistic and technical skills.

Produce motion design projects combining 2D, 3D and sound, and hone your skills to become an excellent Art Director, Motion Designer or Computer Graphics Artist.

In France or abroad, in an advertising agency, digital design studio or corporate communications department. There’s no limit to the career options available to you. What will yours be?

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Objectives

  • Design, produce and distribute a motion design project
  • Use professional motion design software
  • Manage a motion design project as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Our teachings

  • Motion design culture

    Build a field of reference and develop curiosity. Understand the major interactions between technology and culture.

  • English

    Professional English, CVs, interview preparation, project presentations

  • Creative workshop and artistic direction

    Workshops to help with strategic projects

  • Motion Graphic Design

    Exercises on software such as: After Effect, Première, Ciné4D

  • Workshops

    Workshops on various themes related to and complementary to motion graphic design:

    • Scriptwriting, Storyboarding
    • still image shooting and real images
    • Various events : Filming / Professional conferences / Festivals / Real projects...
    • Preparing for the world of work modules

Internship & Work-study

Your future career is waiting for you!

Because there's no better way to learn a trade than to practise it, you have the option of doing this final year as an initial course or an apprenticeship!

It's a great opportunity to put the knowledge you've acquired into practice, gain practical experience, build up your network and position yourself on the job market.

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Validation of the training by a Professional Certification

Level 6 RNCP39117 Plurimedia Graphic Designer, registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles on 31/05/2024.

Certifying bodies: ETPA-Ecoles Créatives, Ecoles Créatives Montpellier.

Professional certification is obtained byvalidating blocks of skills 1 to 3 + 1 optional block 4 or 5:

  • Block 1: Qualifying and assessing a graphic design request
  • Block 2: Designing a graphic design project
  • Block 3 : Promoting your activity as a graphic designer
  • Block 4 (Digital Communication Option) : Deploy a digital communication system

OR

  • Block 5 (Motion design option) : Producing a motion design project

And the student must have completed at least 4 months’ work experience (500 hours).

The certification is also accessible by VAE.

The teaching and assessment methods may be adapted to compensate for any disability, in compliance with the RNCP reference framework.

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The achievements
of students

Creative excellence is their leitmotiv

Discover all the projects

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The curriculum

Multimedia Graphic Design

A 3-year course, validated by a Level 6 RNCP qualification (equivalent to Bac+3/4)

  • Year 1 Acquisition of
    fundamentals     Discover
  • Year 2 Strengthening
    technical skills     Discover
  • Year 3 Year of
    specialisation
  • Year 1 Acquisition of
    fundamentals     Discover
  • Year 2 Strengthening
    technical skills     Discover
  • Year 3 Year of
    specialisation