Unit Synopsis
This unit provides an intermediate guide to motion graphics and visual effects theory, principles and practices. You will learn how to use a variety of tools and techniques to apply the principles of motion graphics and visual effects to create animated infographics, explainer videos, advertisements, music videos, and title sequences. You will develop the necessary skills to produce motion graphics and visual effects works for film, television and new media using industry-standard software.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: DGTL11001 Foundations of Animation Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Practical Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Practical Assessment | 30% |
| 3. Practical Assessment | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 77.78% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 39.13% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE comments
Some of the interim assessment deadlines were unclear.
Add interim assessment deadlines to the Moodle calendar.
Interim assessment deadlines were added to the Moodle calendar, which improved the level of participation in interim feedback activities.
Source: SUTE comments
Video resources were sometimes unclear due to compression.
Remind students to use PDF resources, which contain clear screenshots of each step.
The PDF documents were emphasised as the primary tutorial resources, with students encouraged to use the videos to aid with understanding only where necessary. However, many students still used the tutorial videos as the main source of tutorial instruction, and similar complaints were raised again.
Source: Student evaluations
Video tutorials are difficult to follow both in terms of structure and due to streaming compression.
The Moodle site and resources should be restructured to ensure that students access the PDF tutorial materials in the first instance rather than the video tutorials, which are intended as additional support, not the primary resource for tutorial instructions. To make this clear, individual links to specific video content should be embedded in the PDF tutorials as a supplementary resource to illustrate specific challenging technical techniques.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- discuss the theory of motion graphics and visual effects
- define and interpret the principles of motion graphics and visual effects
- apply the principles of motion graphics and visual effects to creative works
- produce motion graphics and visual effects works using industry-standard software
Not applicable
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| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • |
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