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I am using this final project as an opportunity to get started on my animated short. This project will be the very start to the short, where the camera travels towards one point in the center of the screen. Since this is just a part of a short, there will not be much of a story behind it, and no agenda that I am trying to push. It could provoke thoughts and ideas, or leave people wondering what they just watched. My mind is occupied with the technical side. I am planning on using After Effects, and the 3d camera. The ideal way for this to work is if I am able to create the entire sequence on separate planes and fly the camera through from beginning to end. Realistically, I will probably have to break the animation up into small sections and attach them seamlessly. For some parts, I am using After Effects as a simple Maya, other parts will be two dimensional planes. I am creating a 3D room for the air duct.

Here is a link to how I am going about creating the Earth: Earth Zoom


I am going to use this general idea for quite a bit of the animation, putting layers inside of layers. This will make it look like I am shrinking the camera as it goes from the visible world to the microscopic, and back.