3D Motion Tracking

Today im watching tutorials that i found last week for motion tracking in 3D.
So this process took a lot longer than i thought, and there are limitations to after effects with this technique. I wasn't able to motion track and rotate the text at the same time (which is what i was most interested in). There is a way to rotate and motion track the 3D text in After Effects, but it gets ridiculously complicated because the 3D text isn't one object - it's about 40 layers of the same text layed on top of one another and all synced together. So today was a learning experience. I probably wont use the second half of this process (the motion tracking), but learning how to make my text 3D in after effects was useful so im going to try some more things with that. I just couldn't figure out how to cast the shadow.

For homework:
Record shots for a small motion tracked project.
Import, edit, track, and prepare a presentation to show the class.