Impressive Music Video with Element 3D!

April 3rd, 2013

Here is a really cool music video made by a talented guy named Thorsten Hary. The video features some impressive visual effects and stylized treatments done in After Effects. You can also see how much hard work was put into the video by watching the behind the scenes.

It was also fun to see that he used Element 3D for a lot of the FX too and even our Metropolitan City Pack.

And to top it off the song is pretty good too. Not too shabby!

Andrew Kramer

POSTED:

12 years ago

106 Comments

Camille

12 years ago

Really cool! I have the metropolitan pack but can't figure out how to stick a singer like in your video on top without my person floating off into the air. Did you use a null or something??
Please help me. THANKS!!

Anas Rajab

10 years ago

Drop shadow

å¾é€µCN

12 years ago

好??西 AK?????????偶???！

Johan

12 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOSmR0q0xo8 I think this music video also uses Metropolitan pack.

Keenan

12 years ago

Great use of Element and Optical Flares! Crazy how much can be done in just After Effects!

12 years ago

They had me with them up until the point they decided to show wireframes...
Great visual style by the way

lejo

12 years ago

its jst great.

sank

12 years ago

Thorsten Hary just finished work on the new Star Trek film Into Darkness!
I wonder if some VCP goodness will emerge

Deekay

12 years ago

Big ups to Thorsten Hary for making use of his talent n creativity and Bigger ups to Andrew Kramer n his team for providing us the opportunity to dream Bigger

Elfedelazik

12 years ago

Thank you Andrew Kramer !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7NUs99LCUI

You didn't provided the music. neither than the clown BUR to enahnce them:... music pack, metropolitan (directly within AE or through 3D programs, optical flares etc..
I'm a beginner, started 2 years ago with AE, a big big fan of yours and I don't where I can tell this for now

Cheers from France.

David

12 years ago

i have a question: will you make tutorials for this MV?

, that's awsome..

Fortune

12 years ago

That video rocked. It really is basically an Element 3D advertisement haha. Great job Andrew for making products that looks amazing and make our lives easier.

alex

12 years ago

this is to show you how Andrew Kramer is really the Copilot we all need. Thanks to you 1000s of people everywhere in the world are getting better at VFX/production task and 1000s can pay they rent only because of the existence of videocopilot. Andrew you're the MAN!!! Tools to Achieve great results!! nice work guys!!
Greeting from HAITI!!

FAEZEH

12 years ago

very goooooooooooooooooooooood am meysam in the iran and love you

John

12 years ago

how to make this cool flying up lights effect???? HELP LEAS!!

Joachim Sohn

12 years ago

Looks like they summed up all of your recent tuts

but yeah, really well done!

Steve

12 years ago

Kinda makes the Demon Cam promo look real shabby now!! Demo Cam 2, be great to see those girls again!!!

herrschobel

12 years ago

seriously ? that´s is a little bit too much of everything...vfx overkill.....kramers tools are superb...out of the question... but that video is pretty lame

DVJ Durgesh

12 years ago

Nice Work.... Thanks

Mano

12 years ago

-yeah very very nice visual effects orgy without any concept of story, or thought, or meaning. Does anybody remember what the word HOKUM mean?

Deepesh

12 years ago

Plzz tell how you created that drummer one particle splitting effect...

Houssam

12 years ago

Hi !!

!! I'm Houssam ( i'm an arabian = from morocco ) i'm a big fan of you !!

( i'm 14 years old !! :/ ) . So my dream is to be like U !! ( thanx For the product ) !! i'm Using AE Cs6 ( with All of your plugins xD' ) !! but i want to study the C4D and Maya & Auto desk 3Ds !! so i want more tutos from U ! To know about them ( Thank U ) !! T_______T !!

Matt

12 years ago

Wow, seriously impressive video. Though it does feel at times like a tutorial compilation and not a video with a narrative. My favourite effect was the particles that moved with the person. The part at the end. Is that trapcode form?

MJose P.

12 years ago

Wow..All i could say to myself was..."Look what I can DO! Think BiG!

jantcano

12 years ago

I wonder if the video was fully made in AE? Or does it has some Cinema 4D or Davinci Cc

George Laird

12 years ago

Great video, real talent, I hope Andrew gets recognised for his contribution to the film making art by his Video Copilot products, he has helped raise the game for everyone. Video Copilot gives anyone the chance to make incredible stuff on a small budget.

Vlada

12 years ago

But Andrew would use some color correction...

Impaczus

12 years ago

probably the best use of the point cloud feature I have ever seen! super clever!.. Andrew, you think you could do twice as better? xP jk bro

charly

12 years ago

the thing really important here is how to match the colors with the characters and the background when added with the green screen
this is very difficult
i don't think there is any tutorial for that just some ideas
in the video it's amazing ...
seems the man is part of the footage and there is no green screen at all

L A Webley

12 years ago

I've placed the link to this video in the appropriate part of the forum (Production/Gear) but in case anyone misses this I thought I'd post it here too. It's a new form of steadicam that to my eye gets great results with little apparent effort. I've no idea about the price but the video really impressed me.

http://vimeo.com/63357898

sank

12 years ago

THANK YOU

Aleksei

12 years ago

Wow! Nice work!
I am pretty sure that they used Bokeh and flare overlay effects I am selling on stock

http://videohive.net/item/bokeh-and-flare-overlay/3972260

Very cool to see it in such hi-end works!

Sandy

12 years ago

Learned AE here...tracking n everything...here's Gangnam Style Tracking i made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzSl26acopY

Heavy D.SIL

12 years ago

In the "behind the scenes" @ 02:18 where or what is that data we're looking at?

Peter

12 years ago

SUPER!
This is the result when creative people with a vision have great tools in their hands!
This is simple amazing!

charly

12 years ago

very f.. good video it seems we don"t have to move from our house to make a video just a greenscreen and tons of hours of learning ae and we're ready to go

on the other side and from my own opinion the song sucks there is no melody no style no nothing just a couple of young peoples yelling and screaming all the time but hey it's just me...

niveki79

12 years ago

great jobs !!!

très beaux travail encore une fois

Eraj

12 years ago

It's really cool! how do you think how much should I work to be able to do so? a year?

Nozim-Studio

12 years ago

Hello

Erik

12 years ago

Here is a commercial I did using the metropolitan pack. feel free to post it if you wish

https://vimeo.com/61606320

here is also a behind the scenes:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTMwMDM4NDMy.html

James

12 years ago

Some amazing stuff,I have still yet to buy Element 3D,I know what my next instalment of my student loan is going on

Miloud Djarloul

12 years ago

Thank's to Andrew of course. im adapting the novel "The Old Man and the Sea" into a short film right now, and im trying to use element 3D as much as possible. No one actually knows about element 3d in my university, so my short film will commercialize this product, this is all what i can do Andrew, because i could buy Element from you, so i got a cracked version, we dont have credit cards. Sorry for that.

vahid faghihi

12 years ago

Creativity
Creativity
Creativity

Finish

Joel

12 years ago

I feel like I just watched every internet tutorial ever made crammed into 4 and a half minutes.

Amin

12 years ago

AwsooooooMe...i LOVE Element :X

Karthi

12 years ago

its awsome work....and very Impressive in element 3D

Gustavo_Osiel

12 years ago

Awesome. I would Like to learn someone like this.

Julio CÃ©sar

12 years ago

Amazing Work, this Plug-in is a must have and great think is that is not Expensive so we can buy it instead of finding the crack etc...

12 years ago

Andrew Kramer ,i like e3d so much,how to see aecs7andCINEWARE

mookie

12 years ago

It was cool to see that each band member was a different layer, placed in 3D space on that building. I would have never thought of that!

alejandro Jijon

12 years ago

congratulations very good job, is very real

Megaman

12 years ago

What does andrew kramer think about MAXON CINEWARE in the new After Effects? How does it compare to element 3d?

Wezhira

12 years ago

Wow this is pretty cool, Andrew people who know the program at this level should just get a refund lol... The dude did a great job.

HD_DK

12 years ago

You are the Exellent Andrew.what a great work looks real.

Dan

12 years ago

I'm impressed.

Bocki

12 years ago

It's really awesome. Element 3D Rocks! I'm so excited!

jegan

12 years ago

nice song & super vfx

JRstudioo

12 years ago

How to make that nice effect like this point cloud drummer?? Is any special effect in AE for this?

Chris

12 years ago

It's probably Trapcode Form...

AmmannM

12 years ago

I'm wondering that too! What effect or which tool he has used for the 3D view at point: 02:16?

keef300

12 years ago

also was wondering this

Lunga Shezi

12 years ago

This could be it! http://maltaannon.com/articles/after-effects/milg5-form-face/

Todd VanSlyck

12 years ago

That's like a VCP commercial. Nice use of some great tools (including trapcode plugs). Cool song too. I think it's time for a music video cameo!

JRstudioo

12 years ago

REALY AMAZING MUSIC VIDEO! Great use of ELEMENT 3D and Action Essentials 2.... RATE: 11/10!

Nuno

12 years ago

Amaaaaazing Stuff!

But there's one information still lacking in many posts like this...

What machine was used to render the work and how long did it take to render.

This would be a valuable information for those who want to work professionally in this area.

frank Ippolito

12 years ago

nice. I can def see element's usage here. but also other 3D apps - all nicely integrated. version 1.6 has only been out a short while, but I can see places where thorsten must have used it. particularly the placement of the band on the rooftop.

Daluz

12 years ago

Maxon just released news about its "new" integration with Cinema 4d and After Effects: http://landingpage.maxon.net/
But whats is new? Are they kidding? They really never heard about ELEMENT 3D?

White

12 years ago

Cinema 4d Lite will be bundled with AFX CS7.
"But whats is new? Are they kidding?" Maybe this is news to you but in C4D you can actually model things and create more than text. Also real reflections and refractions are possible. It won't replace element 3d because it is different kind of tool really and it's slow as hell it seems.

keef300

12 years ago

interesting. i wonder what andrew kramer has to say about Cinema 4D's new advancements. Some of their text examples using Cineware even look like obvious rip offs of Element too!!!!

Chris

12 years ago

Well, competition makes the world go around...

David

12 years ago

Downside of cineware you still need CPU power (raytrace) to work smoothly, plus is lite version with Ae already. Upside of Element you need just good GeForce card (OpenGL)which is more affordable then high power x-core machine. For me as C4D user is Cineware much faster way to composite w/out rendering every pass and changes again. For basic stuff E3D still faster and cheaper way. So it depends on users specs.

Dude

12 years ago

Pretty nice. Kind of the same idea here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ4BAnsF2rE

Jairo

12 years ago

Great job! The lights can be so better, but well done.

Artem

12 years ago

nicely done))))))))))))))

rodrigo

12 years ago

Andrew, do you know how to make the last effect? Body emitting particles looks like a very nice effect to be tutorialized. Greetings from Brazil!

Arthur Bizkit

12 years ago

Awe-&?#$%^!-some. Amazing things are happening.

Marcelo

12 years ago

Great Job, Very inspiring. I Feel so good that there are so many talented people out there and people like Andrew and his team who create such amazing plugin. thanks for share!

klaus brandenburg

12 years ago

Yes this is a well done video but I wish it wouldn't look like a blatant best of 2012's tutorials and plugins. Just too much, too obvious.

IMRAN KHAN

12 years ago

So Cool! Realy Super Work!

Ahmed Akmal

12 years ago

This is COOOL...
Very nice use of element+optical flares+action essentials...
Also, I noticed the inside airplane shot from one of Andrew's tutorials, even the grain on the side window is there

Thorsten Hary surely was able to make use of all the different jewels around VC !
Great work, really impressive

findo

12 years ago

Ahmed Akmal indonesia and thailand's so amateur. not technique no cretive idea no visual eye so sorry this is right!

Monproduction

12 years ago

findo you right!

Bernard Pearson

12 years ago

Hi Guys,
Does anybody know how he's done the effect with the drummer (1:28)?

Monproduction

12 years ago

with trapcode

Prax

12 years ago

I am too, wondering the same thing. I'm guessing is trapcode but does anyone know of a tutorial that approaches a similar or approximate effect?

Bader Ahmed

12 years ago

Great ! It is because of you ANDREW

Monproduction

12 years ago

really good but if i to will made another "impressive music videos" with element 3d will i should to write about vc and e3d in my video??I mean I would do this or no?
(sorry for bad english guys)

Jay

12 years ago

It made me happy whilst watching it!

Jairo

12 years ago

Realmente impresionante!!! Es alucinante lo que se puede hacer con estas fantásticas herramientas. Congratulations!!

jan jaap

12 years ago

The guy is very creative for sure. To bad about the lack of shadows on/off the building. It really should't be so hard to add that to Element. It will run a bit slower perhaps but that's a choice...

Aleem

12 years ago

Beautiful work, really enjoyed watching it.

Farshad

12 years ago

very very very Nice !!!

trick

12 years ago

very good video,
reminds me of the other pop promo breakdown you put up,
good work

reza irani

12 years ago

wow wow wooooooooooooooow!who are you Andrew Kramer?!

Greg

12 years ago

Hi
Nice to see how AK's tutorials and technics were greatly applied...
Andrew must be proud of how people become more and more efficient thanks to him and his website...
For example this video would have never existed without videocopilot tips and plugs...
Thanx for that million times!!!

Farshad

12 years ago

Like !

shorey

12 years ago

It's a great work I'm enjoyed

Chris

12 years ago

Well, that just ruined my self-esteem, lol.

Michael Wentworth-Bell

12 years ago

Really impressive, I was surprised to see that all the 3D shots, especially the car and plane, were done with Element - not a dedicated 3d app!

akash

12 years ago

mind freaking work. I likesss

Hamza

12 years ago

GOOD USE OF ELEMENT >>BEST OF LUCK

Tobi

12 years ago

Very Very Cool !
This Film show the limit of element 3d => no limit

I love this Plug-in

Chris Francis

12 years ago

hi andrew when will you make movie under videocopilot production with sam loya? it would be fun seeing you both on screen...

Eyalster

12 years ago

This is truly amazing.
It stun me twice, because I have just finished a music video using the exact same models (metropolitan and the airbus plane) and it looks like sh*t compare to this video

I think that the vfx guy had done excellent job in hiding the weak spots, and illuminating the strong ones (great use of motion blur,camera DOF,lighting,glows etc)

Barry Barrera

12 years ago

WOW!!! 10 thumbs up!

Paul

12 years ago

A new outlook of Element 3d ,maybe in the future it can boost our work more.A good example of using metropolitan and element 3d.

Bob K

12 years ago

Freakin' awesome! If anyone had limitations in their minds about the utility of ELEMENT before this (which I'd find amazing within itself), this should remove all doubts.
This is really inspiring ... ! ! !

Steve Thompson

12 years ago

Before seeing the video I was interested in seeing the how Element 3D was used but after hearing the song I'm hoping this group has some major success. I think both video and music complement each other very well.

pixelos

12 years ago

Very inspirational! Thanks for sharing Kramer!

roger justin

12 years ago

wowowoow this was well made great job guys

Radar

12 years ago

WOW! I remeber this video from Revision 2013 party about 4 days ago! I really surprising to see this video again here, it's a small world after all

Dhano

12 years ago

Nice work. Appreciate that some thought and planing was put into it and they just didn't rely on using the plug-ins.

Chris

12 years ago

An impressive example for clever filmmaking. But the expierence of a movie director can not be replaced by special effects. For example the excessive use of elements wireframe effect in the video is way too much and destroys the illusion. Anyway its still impressive what can be done in AE, the movie makers should just follow one advice in the future. Sometimes less is more.

Grant

12 years ago

Thorsten Hary must be so very happy right now.

viin

12 years ago

Very #%&!ing cool!! amazing what you can do in E3d!

David Adams

12 years ago

Amazing and beautiful. Great plugin.

Chris

12 years ago

I love ending part. Really interested in seeing how that was put together a bit more in depth.

Michael ghuniem

12 years ago

im not real sure but one way to do it is to use the kinnect ( motion capture device that comes with xbox) maybe use 2 of them is better , then u get the depth information and create a 3d mesh,, after that u can apply form to it

Mark

12 years ago

Wow, its very inspiring what one can do with just green screen, an amazing set of tools and one wild imagination. I loved the opening birds eye view shot of the city, dunno if that was layers upon layers or just an aerial stock video. After watching this, im very inspired to use what i have and go out there and go above and beyond. Thanks for sharing this VCP, without you guys, no idea what we (the community) would have done.
Cheers,
-Mark

Paul

12 years ago

One thing Element 3D can't do though is improve a bad song. (Although it can distract wonderfully).

rami

12 years ago

@Paul best comment here ... but the vfx work is really nice

Tobi

12 years ago

@Paul absolut best comment

Marc

12 years ago

PAUL! Totally with you!

Eric

12 years ago

@Paul
Amen to that!

mystic7

12 years ago

@Paul and everybody who agrees with him. Good to know there are others who don't fall for over produced garbage. More effects on that song than in the video. But of course, you can't expect Andrew to say "Ignore this lousy song while checking out the amazing things they've done with our products!"

Bilal

12 years ago

That looks great! I am very surprised of what Element 3D could do.

WesleyPS

12 years ago

very very nice! .. !

jeremy mayhew

12 years ago

the effects were really well integrated, setting the bar pretty high. and yeah, the song was actually really good too! big thanks for making a bts as well, those are uber helpful to newbies like me.

LordEdington

12 years ago

Very impressive work!

Eric

12 years ago

It might as well be a commercial for Element 3D! A testiment to your products. Cogradulations! And the video looks great and the music isn't bad either. LOL

Andrew Kramer

12 years ago

I know right! Great to see creative people using the tools.

Nozim-Studio

12 years ago

Hi! My Name Is Nozim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3DNg8zIZrY

monproduction

12 years ago

an old footage

..3ds max 2008 very old

Harun

12 years ago

I expect this song on VEVO

visit my channel Element 3D tests https://www.youtube.com/user/harunlisiclisko

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