School of MotionReviews of schoolofmotion.com

I have written several times in the last few weeks but aside from one answer, no one ever followed up. I registered for the After Effects course as part of my government work here in Canada and my team lead recommended you. We have two options at this point: you either refund me the sum from the course or I follow up with BBB. Due to prior car accidents, the harsh winter here in Ottawa had me in severe pains and I had to pursue chiro/massage and osteo appointments. I wrote to explain this situation but I never received confirmation of enrollment. At this point in time, I am very displeased with the lack of professionalism and I no longer wish to pursue this course with you. I tried four times to discuss with you but since you do not seem to care to respond, then I simply want a refund of my payment. Due to your lack of professionalism, I am also sad to say that I do not feel comfortable recommending you to anyone else. I received an email about upcoming registration but absolutely no one wrote back for an entire month now. Please respond or refund within 48 hours, if not, I will put in a complaint with BBB to receive my refund that way.

I had a teacher with school of motion that was not very encouraging to my creative journey. My teacher offered a lot of critique with very little positive notes. Obviously, I want to be challenged and critiqued in a course to become a better artist, but he certainly could have done a better job of highlighting my strong points and effective and compelling parts of my animations. As well as being more sensitive and thoughtful about how he was communicating feedback. The course content was very excellent, as well as the additional add-ons such as podcasts with big industry professionals. I loved the lessons with the insights they provided on excelling in animation. All in all, this receives a middle of the road review, because the information was superb and very solid, but the person I was working with was unfortunately very poor.

Great experience getting real time feedback!

Animation Bootcamp is of course exhaustive (and exhausting!). It's a great foundational jumpstart and really forced me to practice the principals I was being taught. Aside from that fact that it doesn't seem they've updated the course for almost a decade (AE has a lot of new features, yet you're learning older more inefficient workflows, like dealing with track mattes), my main problem is the inconsistency in quality of the TAs. You can clearly see the feedback every student gets from their TA; some of them give very pointed specific feedback. Mine almost exclusively gave me generic positive feedback rather than prodding me toward better improvements. In short, I wanted to be challenged by my TA, but I wasn't. And other students appeared to be getting that challenge. AB: please update this wonderful and challenging course (references to "recent updates in the 2014 version of AE") so that your students can be prepared for a modern career in motion graphics. Thanks!

The School of Motion is the best school to teach you basics but also advanced techniques used in animation. Constant support from teachers and the community is great! What is very important from my personal standpoint is that I feel more confident in using the software (After Effect) right, as everything was quite clear and friendly presented during all the classes and exercises. I would highly recommend taking any class with the SOM.

This was an intense but jam-packed course. Highly recommend. Not for the casual student.

I really enjoyed the class curriculum SOM provided. Granted I have a background in motion graphics, I still learned quite a bit and gained a bunch of skills to take with me in my career. The online experience was seamless, despite not being in class in-person, didn’t seem to affect the learning experience. Melissa was a top notch teacher aid who provided the right amount of support, nurturing, and criticism required for growth. In the future I would really enjoy taking more courses. Thanks so much to Mark and all responsible for making this a rewarding experience.

The method of teaching and pacing is really good and the types of project will really immerse the student to the basics of After Effects.