Motion Graphics- new media art

The new media are not just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but new languages with new and unique powers of expression." ~ Marshall McLuhan

New Media designers combine cross-media, interdisciplinary skills to develop original content, design and produce creative, practical communications. Majoring in New Media results in a portfolio demonstrating extensive skill sets and experience in some areas of study e.g motion graphics.
here are some examples of what you can do with motion graphics especially in film.
http://www.cybmotion.com/projects/index.html

I did further research to see how much a motion graphic artist would make. not as much as I thought.
this career would pay 50,000-70,000
0r 35/hr for freelance work.