Empara Mí 'The Comedown' by Christopher Turner
Luke Bather - 13th Sept 2016
Chris Turner (aka Favourite Colour: Black) and Empara Mi bring us a technological first with this fantastical face-mapping video.
With no effects added in post, this video takes the facial recognition technology you might well be using to give yourself a set of dog ears on Snapchat to a whole new level. Live 3D projection mapped masks of fire and colourful swirls against a slew of coloured backgrounds beamed right onto the silhouetted face of Empara herself - it's a truly engrossing watch and technology we'd love to see more of in the future!
Empara spent time with the software creators in Japan developing animations specifically for this video - apparently the first music video to use this facial mapping technology. The video was shot using sensors to detect and track the position and orientation of the human face, then video animation was projected onto it, adjusting accordingly in real time as the face moves.
Luke Bather - 13th Sept 2016
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Christopher Turner
- Producer
- Alexander Preston
- Production Company
- Park Village
- Executive Producer
- Joe Walker
- Production Manager
- Ollie Watts
- 1st AD
- Robyn Barresi
Camera
- Director of Photography
- James Medcraft
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Maarten Alexander
Art
- Art Director
- Empara
Casting
- Lead actor
- Empara
Editorial
- Editor
- Chay Mactavish
- Editing company
- TenThree
Grading
- Colourist
- Toby Tomkins
- Colour grade company
- C
VFX
- Post production company
- TenThree
- Post Producer
- Zoe Hockings
Commission
- Label
- Sony- Rca
Other credits
Technology
Paul Lacroix
Direction
Hiroto Kuwahara
Producer
Yae Doi
AnimationDirection
Toru Takahashi
3D Modeling
Shohei Hayashi
Graphics
Army Of Few
Reflective And Water Effects
Paul Lacroix
Texture Shooting
Sohei Yanaoka
3D Print
Kenshi Art / Ijet
Disital Make Up
Hiroto Kuwahara
Hair Make Assistant
Asuka Fukuda
Production Assistant
Akari Tomita
Coordination
Alain Bosshart
Production
P.I.C.S.
Luke Bather - 13th Sept 2016