Joren Kandel Provides some tips for Cinema 4D as well as After Effects Camera work showing how to use null objects to have cameras behave as expected when animating. For more free models, training and motion graphic resources, check out Joren at the Pixel Lab.
In this Cinema 4D and After Effects tutorial for beginners I’ll show you a couple very quick tips for dealing with cameras. Hopefully these will point you in the right direction if you’re just starting out with animation
Typically, a good rule of thumb for 3D would be a) if it needs to have animation, create a control for it, and b) create hierarchal controls to separate different types of animation if possible. As an example have a seperate control for rotation than you would for transformations or positional changes.
