Animation Study

This animation is one that I want to study in order to bring me closer to one that I wish to pursue. In here, the camera and the blue object are the objects that move throughout the rest of the objects. I want to use this to study what it would be like to move everything else within the animation to make it look as though the blue block is moving. I want to look out how lighting, and shadow should be used in order to make this possible as well as whether or not I may have to move the camera to invoke some type of movement.