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.

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