IDLES - Grace
British rock band IDLES have unveiled a surprise collaboration, bringing together the video from Coldplay’s classic song ‘Yellow’ with IDLES’ new single ‘Grace’.
To achieve this, Joyrider approached VFX specialists, Stone Dogs, to harness their flame compositing expertise. In a cyclic turn of events, Brian Carbin, senior VFX artist and co-founder of Stone Dogs who had worked on the original ‘Yellow’ video, was part of the team crafting this re-imagined iteration.
Wanting to make the video look more like Chris did over 20 years ago, the team were able to take the production to the next level and film the “real” Chris Martin in the band’s studio, singing the song at double speed (50fps) with three 4K cameras. The video was then played back and slowed down, adding an additional layer of subtlety to match the original plate. The filmed material was then Deepfaked further, helping to deliver a convincing AI performance of Chris Martin, filmed as if it actually happened in 2000.
Having extensive experience at world-renowned post facilities the founding team of Brian Carbin and Dave Kiddie set up their own studio in 2017, bringing their incredible talent to a boutique environment, enabling them to put clients first.
Their studio in the heart of Holborn puts an emphasis on the client experience, attention to detail whilst always providing the highest quality work possible.
As an independent post house, Stone Dogs is able to be flexible and adapt to our clients ever evolving needs and budgets whilst still being able to rival the quality of much larger post houses.
