Anamorphic Stakeholder Alignment

Overview

A visual metaphor for a public engagement process. Six flat colored circles (stakeholders) are fixed at different depths with small lateral offsets. The camera moves from an oblique scattered view to a head-on aligned view, revealing that their projections overlap at a shared core. The animation demonstrates that common ground is always present but requires the right perspective to be seen.

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Phases

#	Phase Name	Duration	Description
1	Intro – Scattered View	~0.6s	Open on the scattered view with camera phi ≈ 72° and theta chosen to keep all circles in frame. Hold this view. Core glow and alignment label are invisible.
2	Move to Aligned View	~3.0s	Camera sweeps phi to ≈ 4°, theta by 60°, using smooth rate function. Circles foreshorten into flat circles and their projections converge near the origin. A soft white luminous core fades in as alignment completes.
3	Hold on Aligned View	~2.0s	Hold the head-on view. Core glow at full brightness. The label “ALIGNMENT” fades in over the glowing center.
4	Return to Scattered View	~1.8s	Camera moves back to the exact opening orientation (phi ≈ 72°, original theta) with smooth rate function. Core glow fades out, alignment label fades out. Final frame matches first frame for seamless looping.

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Layout

The entire screen is occupied by the 3D scene. Fixed-orientation labels are placed near each circle but always face the camera. A centered label appears near the end. No persistent caption or side panels.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                             │
│              3D Scene (full frame)          │
│          (discs, camera, glow, labels)      │
│                                             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Area Descriptions

Area	Content	Notes
Main	Six flat colored circles at different (x,y,z) positions. Camera animates phi and theta. Discs have fill (opacity 0.38) and stroke (opacity 1, width 2). Luminous core consisting of concentric white circles. Labels for each disc and a final “ALIGNMENT” label.	The discs never move, scale, or rotate. All visual changes are due to camera motion and updater-driven core glow/label opacity.

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Notes

• Geometry: All discs lie in the xy-plane, face positive z. Positions: disc i (i = 0..5, index based on alphabetical order A=0, B=1, etc.) is placed at angle i * 60° on a ring of radius 0.5. Coordinates: x = 0.5 * cos(angle), y = 0.5 * sin(angle), z = depth as given. Depths: A: +2.4, B: -1.6, C: +0.8, D: -2.6, E: +1.5, F: -0.6. Radii: A: 1.55, B: 0.95, C: 1.30, D: 0.80, E: 1.15, F: 1.45. Colors: A #4cc9f0, B #f72585, C #ffb703, D #80ed99, E #b388ff, F #ff7b54.
• Camera: Initial view: phi = 72°, theta chosen to keep all discs in frame (e.g., theta = 30° or manually set for best scattering). Zoom such that all discs remain fully visible throughout. move_camera used for animation.
• Disc rendering: Circle objects with set_fill(opacity=0.38), set_stroke(width=2, opacity=1). set_shade_in_3d(True) for correct depth sorting. Discs are placed by shifting center to (x,y,z).
• Core glow: Built from 3–4 concentric white circles with increasing radii, opacities 0.05–0.15, scaled and opacity controlled by an updater that maps phi near 0° to full glow, large phi to zero. The glow fades in during phase 2, holds in phase 3, fades out in phase 4.
• Labels: Use add_fixed_orientation_mobjects for disc labels (small text, e.g., “A”, “B”, etc.) that always face camera. Labels fade out as camera approaches aligned view (phi < 10°) and fade back in on return. The “ALIGNMENT” label is also fixed orientation, appears at end of phase 2, holds through phase 3, fades out in phase 4.
• Background: Deep near-black navy (#06080f).
• Looping: The animation is designed to loop seamlessly: camera returns to exact initial orientation and core glow is off.
• Output: Render to 1440x1080 (4:3 aspect ratio) using Manim Community v0.18+. Render command: manim -pqh script.py AnamorphicStakeholderAlignment (scene class name).