School of Motion Reviews 

Learning to code expressions revealed to me that there's a whole side of After Effects that I had no idea existed. It's amazing the powerful, complex animations you can build using expression language — animations that'd be impossible to make any other way.

As a professional video producer with years of experience working with After Effects, I found this class to be incredibly informative and enjoyable. Over the 12 weeks, you build up a library of expression skills that are very applicable to real-life projects. I found the course to be challenging, but not overwhelming. It started out somewhat easy, and then ramped up toward the second half of the course. The focus weeks throughout (aka no new assignments) and flexible deadlines were also helpful for the few exceptionally challenging projects. Nol and Zack were fun and helpful instructors — though be warned, they crack a lot of really bad jokes — and the TA consistently had helpful tips and feedback.

Overall, I learned a ton from this class, and would highly recommend to any intermediate After Effects user who wants to take their skills to a new level.

Learned so much in a very short time. Very good curriculum and teachers!
Thank you very much.

I really enjoyed the course!, I wanted to improve my skills in animation and learn some principles and tools of after effects and, I think I Improve a lot!

I learned some very valuable information. I feel like it could have been more intense. I think School of Motion should look into diversity among their teachers. Overall it was a good experience and I will be taking more classes at SOM.

I really love the course. I learned more than I expected.

Thank you, School of Motion:
> For the insightful lessons - Joey Korenman, you da best!
> For giving me the vocabulary to explain motion animation
> For the CONFIDENCE to even open AE again
> For letting me meet all these wonderful people: the TAs and people who are on the same path of growth as I. Didn't think the community would be this helpful to learning, but for sure, that ball would've never bounced without the TAs and SQUARE. You guys are awesome.

This course exceeded my expectations. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to take their motion design / animation skills to the next level. The lessons are insightful, the homework / projects are well thought out and the online community is an exciting thing to be a part of.

School of Motion is a really good and intensive school, with a big effort anyone can improve their skill in animation.

School of Motion has a well-structured curriculum. I completed the After Effects Kickstart course. I came into AEK knowing some things about after effects. But every week, in every lecture, and every assignment I learned things I didn't know. I re-learned things I had an understanding of but with more context on why things work the way they do or a new way to think about those things. The assignments were great ways to put into practice what we learned in the lectures and helped establish a good workflow habit. The course was rigorous and demanding, but in a good way. It pushes you to get out of your comfort zone and pushes your brain cells to intake as much knowledge as possible.
I had a blast and will be taking many more courses in the near future.

The amount of content is massive. I learned so much! I will, likely be going back again and again to soak up more!

Oh it has been a great experience. After Effects always seemed so big and confusing to me but with a teaching assistant and Nol who took the course, big concepts feel small to me now

SOMO is one of the best online animation and motion design schools that I know and have had the privilege of enrolling with. I have now done a few of their courses and can highly recommend each and every one! They are certainly worth every cent :) Thanks again for an awesome experience!

This is by far the best online course I‘ve ever attended. Very well structured and the whole team is really supportive and helpful. Thank you so much I learned a ton!

I took my first class at SOM (design kickstart), it was great !

This course is so well designed. The lessons and homework are all brilliant. Challenging to keep up (especially if you have a day job) but worth it.

I'm very satisfied with my experience with the After Effect Kickstarter course. The lessons were thought out in a fun way to learn quite a lot of content for such a short time. I wish I wasn't working at the same time I was taking the course so I could train and explore more, but I feel like I achieved my goal of learning not just the basics but quite a lot of how the software works.

School Of Motion are the best place you can learn C4D thank you for everything ❤️

The content of the After Effects Kickstart course was thorough and there was plenty of it. I wouldn't say it was hard work as such, but you have to be prepared to put the hours in to reap the rewards. There was plenty of learning material to get through, including lessons, PDFs and podcasts and I definitely had a much better understanding of both motion graphics and After Effects upon completion of the course.

It was a brain-melting experience … in a good way! So much information that was given in digestible chunks. I had 4 pages of notes from the extra non-homework videos alone. The podcasts were another good piece of the puzzle that allowed some 'down time' to work and listen. The only thing I might change would be the assignments. While necessary, it was difficult (for me …with a full-time job and family) to really put in the time to flesh them out. Long nights were spent. :D

All said, it was excellent and I'll go to School of Motion again for my next training!