School of Motion Podcast

On today’s podcast episode, we sit down with Simon Holmedal, a Motion Designer and Technical Director who spent a big chunk of his career at the legendary studio, Man vs Machine. Simon’s work is insane and there’s a good chance that you’ve drooled over his work in the past few years. Simon recently transitioned from MvM to work with some friends at a studio called Panoply. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/simon-holmedal-houdini-interview

Sergei Prokhnevskiy is a Ukrainian born MoGraph artist who was forced to leave his home as a refugee at the age of 12 along with his twin brother Vladimir. After landing in the United States, he would go on to work on MoGraph projects including the Fox Sports Robot for the Super Bowl. Recently Sergei and Vladimir quit their full-time jobs to work on Ukramedia, an online Motion Design education site. This is an inspiring episode! https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/sergei-ukramedia-interview

In this week’s podcast episode we sit down with Paul Babb to discuss his role as CEO of Maxon. Along the way we’ll get to know a little bit about Pauls background and talk about why Maxon is ‘artist first’ instead of ‘feature first’. This is one of our favorite episodes ever. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/paul-babb-interview

We understand that learning Cinema 4D can be a challenge. So we asked EJ Hassenfratz and David Ariew to Answer common Cinema 4D questions from the School of Motion community. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/cinema-4d-questions-ej-hassenfratz-david-ariew

Mitch Meyers is an art director, Motion Designer, and artistic celebrity in the Motion Design world. Mitch has done work for Universal, GoPro, the NFL, and Southwest Airlines.  On this podcast episode, Mitch talks about your worth and value as a Motion Designer, how to build a strong brand, and why consistency is important to aspiring MoGraph artists. Get your notepad out. You’re going to want to take a lot of notes. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/mitch-meyers-interview

In today's episode we sit down with Carey Smith the creative mastermind behind Division 05. Carey is arguably the best tutorial creator in the world and a huge advocate for learning Motion Design the 'right' way, with an emphasis on essential skills like composition, art-direction, and inspiration.  https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/carey-smith-division-05

Monica Kim left her home at age 14 to pursue her dreams without a clear career objective. Over time her hard-work and determination have led her to work in amazing places like Google in New York City.   Her incredible career has spanned two continents and her lifestyle crazy fascinating. In the podcast, we'll talk about everything from meditation to her love of birds. We're stoked for this one. Enjoy!

Terra Henderson is a freelance Motion Designer who has lived in Texas, New York, and Georgia. Despite growing up in a small Texas town, Terra pursued her dream of becoming a Motion Designer by moving away. After completing school at SCAD she took the ultimate professional leap and moved to New York City. Over time Terra has learned valuable lessons in networking, specializing, and the freedom of being freelance.  https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/terra-henderson-interview

Yeah Haus's fun and colorful style is certainly a reflection of owners Michelle and Chad. In this podcast episode, Michelle Ouellette talks about the process of creating and maintaining the studio in Detroit. Along the way, we'll learn about Michelle's background in Graphic Design and Illustration. You're going to love this one.  https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/growing-mograph-studio-michelle-ouellette

In today’s episode, we talk with Angie Feret, a pioneering MoGraph artist, who uses her hobbies to rejuvenate her 3D work. Angie’ background in modeling (the real-life kind) and motorcycles led her to become a unique 3D artist and even a presenter for Maxon. We promise you’ve never met a 3D artist like Angie. This is a really fun episode.  https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/angie-feret-interview

What's it take to be a master of hand-drawn animation? In this interview we sit down with Rachel Reid, one of the best animators in the Motion Design world. Her animation work has been staff picked by Vimeo, picked-up on Motionographer, and we frequently talk about her work here on School of Motion. In the podcast Rachel get’s into all of the details about her equipment and process. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/rachel-reid-animator-interview

From online bootcamps to tutorials, the need for brick-and-mortar schools is slowly fading. You can thank this trend, in some part, to today’s guest, Michael Jones.   Michael is the founder and CEO of MoGraph Mentor an online education platform that is designed to help Motion Designer’s grow their skills and become hirable in the modern era of freelance. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/michael-jones-mograph-mentor

In this weeks podcast we sit down with Andy Contiguglia for the second time to finish our two part series on legal questions for Motion Design. This week we’re talking about legal entities and it is fascinating. Get your pen and paper out. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/the-best-way-to-form-a-motion-design-business

Andy Contiguglia is lawyer with years of experience representing small businesses and freelancers in legal affairs around the US. Andy was kind enough to come on the podcast and answer our burning legal questions. His brain has more legal knowledge than we knew how to handle so we broke this episode up into 2 parts. In part one Andy talks about contracts for Motion Design work. You owe it to yourself and your business to listen to this one.  https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/contracts-for-motion

We sat down with Brett Morris to talk about his career in the industry, including his time at Capacity. Brett has recently partnered up with his friend Steve Panicara to start their own studio, Ranger and Fox, out in Los Angeles. Brett's passion for Motion Design is intoxicating. This is definitely worth a listen. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/podcast/brett-morris-interview