Our Discussion Forum- Motion Design's Identity Crisis

We have been given our discussion forum for the Identity of Motion Design to research into the aspects of Motion Design and why there is confusion as to how it is defined and recognised in certain areas.
Rachel and I have discussed that firsthand we personally feel we have to discuss and explain what we are studying to other people as when presenting that we study Motion Design to the general public they don't understand what we mean by it, therefore we find we have to compare ourselves to graphic designers and animators in order to elaborate on our course and get them to understand. Therefore we'd like to start discussion on how we compare ourselves to other designers and where the lines between them are.
We've looked into what classes as Motion Design, and how this is different from Visual Effects and Animation.


The Language of Motion

"Adding motion to the mix doesn't simply broaden the skillset of graphic designers, it redefines it. Photography becomes cinematography. Illustration becomes animation. Even the essential skill of layout morphs into something else, something more akin to understanding the rhythmic structures of music than the solid forms of print. Motion design is, in other words, a new language. And designers have only just begun to test the limits of its expressive power."

(http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/discover-language-motion-design-11410269)