Advanced Visual Storytelling – 9 Week Intensive Mentorship

Description

Advanced Visual Storytelling – 9 Week Intensive Mentorship

We have decided to re-work Art Direction & Creative Execution and Advanced Visual Storytelling
and create new Learning Paths which include our full range of courses.

We are a small team of passionate artists actively working on new mentorship experiences and on-demand training to best serve our motion design community. We believe our new approach will help us better serve the diversity of styles and career paths that exist in our industry.

Our learning paths will start with our flagship mentorship class, “Introduction To Design & Animation”. This is our foundational mentorship class and is designed to teach you the fundamental principles you need to continue your growth into the industry. Instead of moving on to Art Direction & Creative Execution or Advanced Visual Storytelling, we encourage you to take one of our other, more specific workshops. Motion Design is a broad industry and we want students to pursue the portfolio that makes sense for them and their career goals.

We are also announcing new 9 week mentorships, including an intensive Cinema 4D introductory course.
As we make changes to our curriculum we will keep you in the loop!

Michael Jones – CEO at MoGraph Mentor

Highlighted Features
Curriculum Based Mentorship

Through video training, live mentorship, projects and community we want to push you for 9 weeks to master the process of Visual Storytelling. You’ll also make industry connections and improve your portfolio with original projects.
Project based learning
Weekly Video Training

Original training that teaches you the concepts and terms you need to know to engage in visual storytelling at a high level. This means story, editing, visual metaphor and commercial considerations for your artwork.
Live critique sessions
Weekly Live Mentorship

A weekly 2-hour live session with training from our mentor team. Covering visual storytelling theory, production pipeline overviews and project case studies. Mentors alternate hosting the weekly live session.
On-demand training
Weekly Written Critique

Each week you’ll receive detailed, written critique via the Frame.io media review platform. This way you can store notes and catalog the process of creating your original works.

Weekly Syllabus
9 Week Mentorship Overview

A 9 week online motion design program will let you build your portfolio and improve your skills. Receive meaningful feedback from your mentor and share your ideas with your classmates.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9

Abstract Vs Narrative
Commercial Considerations
AV Scripts & Thumbnails
Abstract Creative Process
Project Research
Project Goals

Week 1
Introduction To Visual Storytelling
How do we most effectively tell stories with sight & sound?

We start this class with a distinction between narrative visual storytelling using traditional filmmaking techniques, and abstract visual storytelling using a different creative process. On the one hand, storyboarding, writing and editing, versus discovery, generative art and experimentation.

During week one you will:

Watch Week 1 Videos
Attend Livestream W/ Abstract Visual Storytelling Focus
Turn In Your Assignment By End Of Thursday
Receive Written Feedback By End Of Saturday

We encourage all beginners to start with Introduction To Design & Animation mentorship before taking this course, unless you are more experienced.
Busting my ass in the course and you guys sharing my work has been phenomenal. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have been put in touch with Lucas via Mograph Mentor. I had always admired his work, but I got to know him as a person and talk about what he was up to and establish a real relationship.
Travis Krause
Travis KrauseKansas, USA
What’s great about this program is no one is sitting here holding my hand teaching me how to use a piece of software that may or may not be irrelevant 5-10 years from now. Mograph Mentor is changing the way I think and the way I approach projects.
Remington McElhaney
Remington McElhaneyCalifornia, USA
Mograph Mentor is just the best. I was very unsure about my work and process in general. Now I know what to do and how to do it. I’m proud and very motivated. Thank you mentors!
Luka Rebello
Luka RebelloBrazil
Getting critique from a trained professional, really helps to find what kind of things to focus on. I’ve had a lot of, “Aha” moments when the mentor pointed things out to me.
Wolfram Friele
Wolfram FrieleNetherland
If you’re tired of regular tutorials and want to really improve your craft, then MographMentor is what you really want to be doing!
Charle Moniere
Charle MoniereCanada
I have far more confidence in my abilities as a motion designer than three months ago. The thought process I have now for starting a project has completely changed and I feel I have a more diverse skill set because of the program.

Andrew Chevrier
Andrew ChevrierChina
It really felt like a team atmosphere where we were all helping each other get better and better.
Austin Saylor
Austin SaylorNorth Carolina, USA
The insight and direction from my mentor has been amazing and being in class with other designers from across the globe has definitely broadened my perspective and approach to design. I have grown leaps & bounds since being part of this program.
Curtis Burris-White
Curtis Burris-WhiteDetroit, USA
This program isn’t just a bunch of tutorials you consume – it’s basically a real learning experience!
Joseph Mathai
Joseph Mathai Kenya
I love the access we have to such great designers; the interaction I have with them has inspired me so much and I feel like I’m becoming part of their community. The cherry on the pie for me was the attention I had from my mentor and my admissions counselor, Christal.
Victor Silvia
Victor SilviaBrazil
The community is a huge part of the program. There is a lot of interaction and its a great resource for technical questions or just sharing inspiration.
Roald Seeliger
Roald SeeligerGermany
The mentors helped so much with great creative feedback, that would force you to think critically instead of giving you the answer to a design or animation problem.
Kyle Predki
Kyle PredkiMassachusetts, USA
I think the strongest point in the program is really the learning by doing, plus having an industry professional giving you feedback step by step to make your project even better is just incredible. I can’t think of a better way of teaching this area to people.
Cristiano Gonçalves
Cristiano GonçalvesPortugal
I think everyone needs a mentor, no matter how much or how little experience you have. Someone to push you & someone to encourage you. Someone to make you think. And someone that truly cares about making you better. I know I got that and more through Mograph Mentor, and I highly recommend it. I could not be more pleased.
John Fischer
John FischerWisconsin, USA
Busting my ass in the course and you guys sharing my work has been phenomenal. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have been put in touch with Lucas via Mograph Mentor. I had always admired his work, but I got to know him as a person and talk about what he was up to and establish a real relationship.
Travis Krause
Travis KrauseKansas, USA
What’s great about this program is no one is sitting here holding my hand teaching me how to use a piece of software that may or may not be irrelevant 5-10 years from now. Mograph Mentor is changing the way I think and the way I approach projects.
Remington McElhaney
Remington McElhaneyCalifornia, USA
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Testimonials
What students say about the program

This program has helped hundreds of motion designers launch their careers and improve as artists. We’ve got years worth of happy students who found this program to be the breakthrough they were looking for.

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Class Project
Beautiful stories built from creative constraints
The Brief Book is available to students of this mentorship. This provides a directory of briefs to use as a starting point.

Become a more polished filmmaker and visual storyteller through this 9 week intensive mentorship. Make your own original film while learning from some of the best in our industry.

Through video training, live mentorship, projects and community we want to push you for 9 weeks to master the art of filmmaking.
Borana L.
Kyle Predki
Ben Buchanan
Katerina Schoenfeld
Diego, Remington & Daniel
Marko Nakić
Julie Mullins
Gabi Fang
Jonathan Burroughs
Marko Nakic
Andy Martin
Nicole Finateri

Tools
Stay engaged while you learn

Through these 9 weeks, you’ll interact with a set of tools that will help you stay engaged and keep in contact with your mentors and fellow students.
Live session with Zoom

We use Zoom for our live class sessions. You do not need to make an account to be able to attend a meeting. Class links will be sent to you via Discord or email. Just click the meeting link to join!
Chat with mentors in Discord
To help make each session more engaging, we use the instant message application, Discord. Using free accounts we can set-up a common chat, as well as private channels and private groups for each class.
Written critique on Frame.io
Each week you’ll receive detailed, written critique via the Frame.io media review platform. This way you can store notes and catalog the process of creating your original works.
Upload your project in Dropbox

We use Dropbox as this program’s server. You will turn in your weekly deliverables as well as share scene files through dropbox. Install the free 2gb account, which will be plenty of space.
Community Illustration

Community
Join a supportive community

When the live session ends, the conversation continues on our Discord Server. This platform allows us to engage with you while you’re working throughout the week.

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