The Royal Castle

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Source: Stash, An online video library of animation, VFX, and motion design

This animation starts with a line drawing of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. The line drawing becomes a rotating 3D model. As the model rotates, the years go by and the viewer watches as the castle is damaged, then destroyed in war, and, eventually, money is raised to reconstruct the castle. It is now home to salvaged castle art. The entire video is done in black and white graphics with the exception of the damaging forces which are portrayed in bloody red. Occasionally, years are posted which clearly identify the era of the building's demise. I found the most visual visual indicator of time, though, was the constant rotation of the platform.
One small detail that I noticed is when the artwork is being saved from the bombed building, a truck passes by carrying the artwork and one of the paintings briefly turns to color. This seemed to me to be a beacon pointing out the importance of the Castle and the artwork to the people and why they worked so hard to restore it.