Yeasayer ‘Longevity’ by Timothy Saccenti
Friday, 31. August 2012 - 2:22 am
Tim Saccenti’s video for Yeasayer’s Longevity is a straightforward performance video with a difference. It appears to last nearly a lifetime…
Yeasayer lay down Longevity in their recording studio with Tim cameoing as their producer himself. But singer Chris Keating undergoes a remarkable transformation during the performance, thanks to a beautifully calibrated mixture of in-camera and post effects work.
“It’s actually a combo of makeup, prosthetics, a real skull, a 3D skull, an amazing tracking an post team and a ton of flame,” Tim explains. “We were trying to keep it as practical as possible, nearly comedic in a way, which is much harder than you’d think!”
Yeasayer
Longevity
Director: Timothy Saccenti
Executive producer: Jennifer Heath
Prod co: Radical Media
Producer: Garen Barsegian
DoP: Ivan Abel
Production designer: Stephanie Barkley
SFX Make-Up: Meredith Haring
VFX specialist: Bryan Wengroff
Editor: Ryan McKenna
Director of VFX: Russell Mack
VFX designer: Niklaus Schlumpf
3D animator: Maurice Caicedo
3D tracking: Tim Conway
Producer: Garen Barsegian
Co-producer: Brooke McDaniel
