Re: How would I go about creating a vid like this?

Hi,

I have to agree with Joey, that's a lot for one post.

Anyway, from what I saw of the video, most of the obvious effects work is done using a 3D program for generating the landscape plus perhaps motion control or fairly intensive match moving software to track the musicians into the 3D world.

The sand storm was probably done in a 3D program although you could get a similar effect from Trapcode's Particular.

Obviously everything ends up in a compositor program like AE down the line. Generally you don't composite in the 3D software (despite Blender's insistence that you can). It is better to use programs that are optimized for a particular task and 3D is good for creating 3D stuff, but a compositor is better at merging images and blending them to appear to be a single shot.

It's a good goal to work toward, but a video like that certainly involves many people with a lot of experience, so I wouldn't worry too much if you can't pull off something that looks like it on your first try.

Lars