Do you want to bring designs to life? Motion Design transforms static graphic designs and illustrations by giving them movement. It makes otherwise still objects or images shift, animate, or transform — like bars rising in a graph or text spinning on a screen.

Motion Design not only brings statistical data to life and simplifies complex ideas, making your message more engaging and entertaining, but it also emphasises the emotional aspects of storytelling. It allows for creativity, artistic expression, and emotional narratives, helping to establish a deeper connection with your target audience. Videos, and movement in general, lead to better engagement, traffic, and conversions.

Moving images have become the new standard of communication. From advertising to entertainment and social media, people seek dynamic content above all else. A degree in Motion Design draws on graphic design, 2D animation, 3D animation, compositing, and sound integration to create powerful audiovisual messages that captivate attention and inspire imagination.

Elective Options for Motion Design

• 3D Visualisation
• Illustration
• Photography
• Makers Lab
• Creative Coding

These additional courses are tailored to complement your primary field of study and offer the opportunity to tackle complex problems creatively, fostering your ability to analyse, innovate, and apply solutions through experimentation.

Career opportunities

With a degree in Motion Design, you can become a sought-after specialist in one or more of the following areas:

• Motion Graphic Design
• Augmented Reality Productions
• Moving Media Creation for Corporates or Commercials
• Architectural Visualisation
• Virtual Reality Production
• 3D Animation
• Special Effects and Compositing for Film and Television

What do our Motion Design students say

“The lecturers are exceptional at what they do and offer a great balance of help, guidance and resources, yet still leave you with enough room for extra research and experimentation with projects and concepts.”

“Best design course Cape Town has to offer and prepares you for the industry.”

Lodi Paul Inga / programme coordinator: motion design

Lodi is the programme coordinator of the Motion Design degree at CTCA. Lodi’s wide-ranging technical skillset is complemented by his passion for fostering creative innovation in students. He brings a dynamic understanding of visual communication to the classroom, with expertise across design, animation, film, and 3D visualisation.

Lodi’s excellence in education has been widely recognised, earning him the Top Lecturer Award at Inscape Education Group in 2020, 2021, and 2023, as well as the prestigious Vuvuzela Award for academic contribution. Lodi is also an award-winning filmmaker, with his 2023 experimental multimedia short film, “The Last Train”, garnering seven local and international awards at film festivals. In his spare time, Lodi is a talented musician, songwriter, composer, and master storyteller.

Jarrod Hasenjäger / Course Coordinator: 3D Visualisation

Jarrod is the course coordinator for 3D Visualisation and Animation at CTCA. With over a decade of professional experience in the industry, he has worked on everything from blockbuster live-action films such as The Avengers to acclaimed animated projects like The Highway Rat, as well as numerous TV series and commercials. His expertise spans modelling, texturing, look development, and compositing, with a speciality in creating both character and hard surface models for film and VFX. An award-winning educator, he has been recognised as the top-ranked lecturer by The Loeries in 2021, 2023, and 2024, and achieved a second-place ranking in 2022. His teaching is driven by a passion for innovation in the classroom and a genuine commitment to inspiring students, fostering their growth by sharing his own enthusiasm for the craft. Beyond the classroom, he continues to find success and growth working on personal projects while being a cat-dad to two demanding little furballs.

Jarrod placed first in the 2024 Loeries lecturer rankings for Africa and the Middle East.