3D animation plane

Today's project was inspired by BBC the today programme and the idea of the moving through a 3D plane. Before doing anything in After Effects I sketched out a quote and some visual relating to what I wished to animate. I then proceeded to scan the sketch in and made Photoshop layers of each individual aspect I wanted to animate. Doing this ahead of time makes the process run smoother when transferred over to After effects.

Within the Adobe software you can alter your view to the composition from a horizontal setting. This allows you to then alter objects on a 3D plane. Given the extra option of depth and layers this allows you to explore more cinematic styles of Ae animation. The method we used can be a good way to give a sense of dynamic movement through space.

The diagram below depicts the 3D layout plain and the lines indicate objects within the composition. The further away an object is from the camera source (red triangle) the more in the background it becomes in the composition. This allows you to be able to use cameras to travel the 3D space.

The example I worked on is below:

Text in a 3D plane from Sophie Wales on Vimeo.

I feel this method should be explored more by me as my piece could be stronger. I wish to make a more space themed cinematic as it will be more fitting than the work I did and give me more scope to explore.