diff --git a/manimlib/camera/camera.py b/manimlib/camera/camera.py
index b319f812..f5d44e9d 100644
--- a/manimlib/camera/camera.py
+++ b/manimlib/camera/camera.py
@@ -211,26 +211,16 @@ class Camera(object):
 
     # Rendering
     def capture(self, *mobjects, **kwargs):
-        shader_infos = it.chain(*[
-            mob.get_shader_info_list()
-            for mob in mobjects
-        ])
-        # TODO, batching works well when the mobjects are already organized,
-        # but can we somehow use z-buffering to better effect here?
-        batches = batch_by_property(shader_infos, shader_info_to_id)
-
-        for info_group, sid in batches:
-            shader = self.get_shader(sid)
-            data = np.hstack([info["data"] for info in info_group])
-            render_primative = int(info_group[0]["render_primative"])
-            self.render_from_shader(shader, data, render_primative)
+        for mobject in mobjects:
+            mobject.render(camera=self)
 
     # Shaders
     def init_shaders(self):
         # Initialize with the null id going to None
         self.id_to_shader = {"": None}
 
-    def get_shader(self, sid):
+    def get_shader(self, shader_info):
+        sid = shader_info_to_id(shader_info)
         if sid not in self.id_to_shader:
             info = shader_id_to_info(sid)
             shader = self.ctx.program(
@@ -288,10 +278,3 @@ class Camera(object):
             texture.use(location=tid)
             self.path_to_texture_id[path] = tid
         return self.path_to_texture_id[path]
-
-    def render_from_shader(self, shader, data, render_primative):
-        if data is None or shader is None or len(data) == 0:
-            return
-        vbo = self.ctx.buffer(data.tobytes())
-        vao = self.ctx.simple_vertex_array(shader, vbo, *data.dtype.names)
-        vao.render(render_primative)
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
index fa698a07..0479d28b 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class Mobject(Container):
             self.name = self.__class__.__name__
         self.updaters = []
         self.updating_suspended = False
+        self.vbo = None
+        self.shader_data_is_locked = False
 
         self.reset_points()
         self.init_points()
@@ -1152,6 +1154,14 @@ class Mobject(Container):
             return new_arr
         return arr
 
+    def lock_shader_data(self):
+        self.shader_data_is_locked = False
+        self.saved_shader_info_list = self.get_shader_info_list()
+        self.shader_data_is_locked = True
+
+    def unlock_shader_data(self):
+        self.shader_data_is_locked = False
+
     def get_shader_info_list(self):
         shader_infos = it.chain(
             [self.get_shader_info()],
@@ -1185,6 +1195,32 @@ class Mobject(Container):
         # Must return a structured numpy array
         return self.shader_data
 
+    def get_vbo(self, ctx, data):
+        d_bytes = data.tobytes()
+        if self.vbo is None or self.vbo.size != len(d_bytes):
+            self.vbo = ctx.buffer(d_bytes)
+        else:
+            self.vbo.write(d_bytes)
+        return self.vbo
+
+    def render(self, camera):
+        if self.shader_data_is_locked:
+            info_list = self.saved_shader_info_list
+        else:
+            info_list = self.get_shader_info_list()
+
+        for shader_info in info_list:
+            data = shader_info["data"]
+            if data is None or len(data) == 0:
+                continue
+            shader = camera.get_shader(shader_info)
+            if shader is None:
+                continue
+            render_primative = int(shader_info["render_primative"])
+            vbo = self.get_vbo(camera.ctx, data)
+            vao = camera.ctx.simple_vertex_array(shader, vbo, *data.dtype.names)
+            vao.render(render_primative)
+
     # Errors
     def throw_error_if_no_points(self):
         if self.has_no_points():
diff --git a/manimlib/scene/scene.py b/manimlib/scene/scene.py
index c91e35d7..e5f7f43d 100644
--- a/manimlib/scene/scene.py
+++ b/manimlib/scene/scene.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import inspect
 import random
 import warnings
 import platform
+import itertools as it
 
 from tqdm import tqdm as ProgressDisplay
 import numpy as np
@@ -389,6 +390,18 @@ class Scene(Container):
             self.num_plays += 1
         return wrapper
 
+    def lock_static_mobjects(self, animations):
+        movers = list(it.chain(*[
+            anim.mobject.get_family()
+            for anim in animations
+        ]))
+        for mobject in self.mobjects:
+            if mobject in movers:
+                continue
+            if mobject.get_family_updaters():
+                continue
+            mobject.lock_shader_data()
+
     def begin_animations(self, animations):
         curr_mobjects = self.get_mobject_family_members()
         for animation in animations:
@@ -420,6 +433,8 @@ class Scene(Container):
         self.mobjects_from_last_animation = [
             anim.mobject for anim in animations
         ]
+        for mobject in self.mobjects:
+            mobject.unlock_shader_data()
         if self.skip_animations:
             # TODO, run this call in for each animation?
             self.update_mobjects(self.get_run_time(animations))
@@ -432,6 +447,7 @@ class Scene(Container):
             warnings.warn("Called Scene.play with no animations")
             return
         animations = self.anims_from_play_args(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.lock_static_mobjects(animations)
         self.begin_animations(animations)
         self.progress_through_animations(animations)
         self.finish_animations(animations)