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The Making of Gay Byrne Digital Switch

05/11/2019
Production Company
Dublin, Ireland
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Tribute To An Irish Iconic - RIP Gay Byrne


Gay Byrne was one of Ireland’s most extraordinary broadcasters, with a career in radio and television spanning over decades. A master of his craft, Gay touched the hearts of the nation, keeping them entertained each step of the way.

Piranha Bar had the pleasure of working with Gay over the years, most notably during the 'Digital Switchover' a few years ago. Gay's extensive career in broadcast was a rich source of inspiration and archive footag, which could be digitally recreated to enable Gay tell the audience about the switchover from the distance past. A feat of digital time travel Piranha Bar relished.

After lighting & shooting Gay to match the target archive shot (carefully chosen to match any body movement to the new dialogue), his new delivery was stabilised and ''de-aged''. Meanwhile, strong existing expressions were erased from the archive clip before a 3D patch of the new footage was tracked in, then blended and graded into the older face.


An Irish icon, Rest In Peace Gay Byrne.



About Piranha Bar

Piranha Bar is both a Production Company and a full service Post Facility.

Our roster of directors and our studio of animators, 3D genii, flame artists and production elves all share a passion for effective storytelling.
From live-action to animation, high-end VFX to origami and lots in between, every executional technique supports ‘The Story’. This results in engaging, beautifully crafted work that speaks, sometimes whispers and occasionally screams with one singular creative voice.

Whatever the project demands, from inception to execution, Piranha Bar encourages a collaborative approach to the creative process and looks to workshop concepts, techniques and media options with our clients.

In addition to the traditional production company workflow, Piranha Bar offers a more collective approach, where every pre-production, production and post solution is explored and delivered in-house, under one elegant Georgian studio roof.

As the world rapidly shifts focus from one medium to another and across multiple communication platforms, we seek to explore the kinds of concepts and executional techniques that result in true originality.

Piranha Bar is primarily a place to come and work with talented people, to challenge norms, to innovate and to create the very best work.