I’ve been working on this for about 9 months and finally finished
I did all the CG alone, and had to give up a lot of planned details, but I don’t think it’s missing that much…
No cheating - everything was modeled, no texture planes (except floor), no HDRi’s, every part has its geometry rendered and lighted 
Made using Cinema 4D and After Effects (Premiere for draft, before CG)
Cinema 4D R16
Physical Render
of frames: more than 4500
Render Time: About 160 Hours (only C4D, not counting post in AE)
Skip to 4:50 for CG