Photo Boxes Flipping then moving towards camera - HELP!!!

Question

Im in the middle of a project and my client wants the follow animation:
+An animation seen in many a corporate video and commercial.+
A grid of Image-boxes on the screen, something like 7 images across by 5 images down. Each box has a changing (photo) image then after a time some of the boxes will disappear to start revealing a logo behind it. Then.. the boxes (changing images) will move forward towards the camera (with motion blur) and eventually disappearing to finally reveal the whole logo (which in turn is also moving towards the camera but stops as the last of the image boxes has disappeared off the screen).
Hope this makes some kind of sense?!
Is there a plug in so that that can easily be created? if not, Can someone kindly point me to where there is a step-by-step 'Motion' tutorial for this?
Many thanks..

Answer 1

The sophistication of your project determines whether or not Neil's tutorial is valid. A video wall-replicator effects can be transformed into your log assembly with a simple dissolve to another project. Similarly, individual replicator tiles can be masked out to reveal the logo.
If I were to approach this project in After Effects, I'd storyboard it out with each of the video wall frames built and rendered out as a separate composition. Bringing them all back into a new project and scaling/position them in 3D space with motion blur and other enhancements.
ONce you begin storyboarding, you can see the amount of work involved. Once you look at the project in terms of hours of work, you can begin to deconstruct the end result and see where you can build in some shortcuts and take some liberties. Once you begin to accept taking liberties as an economic necessity, you can plan them to be hidden by the release medium's inherent limitations.
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