Motion Graphic Design, 3rd Edition

13	motion graphics sequencing synthesizing the content

 

“The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.”

—Francis Ford Coppola

The process of sequencing in motion graphics can provide visual rhythm, enhance narrative, create emotions, and enable you to construct and restructure time and space. Time can be dramatically condensed from a period of several weeks into minutes or seconds. Space can be radically altered, jolting viewers between different environments to empower them and give them a sense of omnipresence. Further, sequencing can lend new meaning to the subject being portrayed, making ...