Hi Shawn,
My first thought as usual, why do everything in one take. (I know everyone knows editing, but I do not see it here so often, so as we are in a forum with lots of different levels of experiences, let me fill a few lines about it :o) I see it only too often that animation becomes difficult only based on the fact that it has to be done in one step. To showcase something means to be efficient in the presentation of the information that the audience need to get. Since good editing is normally not notice, it appears often as one “take”.
Often in Feature films the average cut frequency is ~3 seconds+/-, in advertisement even faster. If something is understood, 2-3 papers flying in, it become predictable, cut, camera is now showing the whole stack and get already an idea that the machine will suck it in [anticipation, based on a light goes on or something changes], and it happens in that moment. I guess that is half the time of the whole “full animation cycle”. Which leaves room for more information and the whole audience time is used more efficiently. Again, I know everyone knows about editing, if done well, it is invisible - if not used for artistic purposes, e.g., intentional jump-cuts.
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The simplest version to do that, would be based on a MoGraph Selection. Selecting the top three pages, of any amount. Then place a Plain Effector with a Y Falloff (very tiny) and have the selection included, as well the amount it needs to be pulled into. Perhaps you have a little deformer there so the paper becomes a little bit deformed—to sho a reaction to this treatment. See scene file.
If that is not what you need, please tell what isn’t working and I look into something else, e.g., a Modify Clone version perhaps.
All the best
