Diorama Case Study

Background Information

Dioramas are replicas of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Instead of making a 3D diorama we were asked to make a diorama in 3D space within After Effects.

The Idea

Choosing a topic is always a tough choice, especially if you’re free to pick any topic you can think of. For the diorama I chose an Asian theme. The goal of this assignment was to understand the basics and concepts of After Effects to create movement and flow in the diorama.

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The Challenge

The challenge of this assignment was animating the movements how I pictured them to be. Some of the ideas I had come up with proved to be too challenging, to the point where I needed to bring in new ideas. The start of the scene originally was going to have cherry blossoms spinning and then have a cherry blossom tree push the flowers to the side.

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My Solution

How did you approach the challenge?

Approaching this challenge there were a few different routes I could’ve gone. The route I chose was parenting the flowers to sliding doors which then opens and closes the scene. Doing so created flow and continuity in the animation where it has a seamless opening and closing.

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