Santacon : Desaturated Santa

[SuZySueSuzyQ]

LoVe ***Desaturated*** Santa lady! And you too, "regular" Santa's!

[Jaki143]

Cool! Great make-up! When you watch this video in highest resolution and fullscreen you can see at the beginning and at 0:09 that the gloves are actually off-white and when she opens the mouth you can see the teeth are too, you also see a little red from the mouth's inside. But at first glance one might think it's some effect.

[mythmanjay]

So How Much Free Food did it take to bring people to 'the conference'?

[chepito20]

i hate this video!!!

[brammichielsen]

0:24 Hello, Santa Cleavage! Merry Christmas to you too!

[bugout429]

That girl is an incredible make-up artist and actually did her face and hair and body in greyscale herself. You can find photos of her on Flickr that actually show flesh tone where the make up started to rub off on her collar towards the end of the day. No video effects here. I can vouch for that.

[Jaki143]

@bugout429 Do you have a link?

[DCoffey2388]

It seems that you're using Final Cut Studio to de-saturate and Motion to track. That effect is interesting, but the editing and shots of facial expressions are fantastic. It's clear that people react very differently to a DSLR than to a video camera, and they seem to think that you are shooting still shots. I love the transitions to and from "the shot," it gives a "vogue" feeling to the entire piece.

Your other recent videos show a real change in editing approach. Thanks for sharing.

[MarkDayComedy]

@DCoffey2388 As noted elsewhere in the comments it's actually "just" someone in a gray Santa Suit and make-up. This is probably one of the first video where I've asked a lot of people to pose, rather than just shoot them (other than my Day of the Dead video) and as you've noted, yup, it creates that moment where they hold still for you....

[lordofthescooby]

Not sure why people can't believe that's makeup I've seen some people with pretty convincing body paint before. That being said, it's tripping me out. It's like Pleasantville or something.

[Furiouss06]

oh wow. how did you do that? make up?

[EL90291]

Why the middle finger = bunch of looser

[suntea17]

@EL90291 Mark sometimes asks people to give him the finger to see who will do it. More then likely this is one of those times.

[jellymelly829]

lol what's with the random middle finger i watched that bit 8 times so funny lol

[Relyt22]

Desaturated Santa posted pictures of herself on reddit, and the people on reddit all seemed to enjoy the concept. She actually wears a special kind of make-up and a wig to appear as black-and-white as her outfit.

[cragnog]

i saw a pic of tht girl on cracked. so awesome

[TheCreativeJournal]

This is so cool Mark!

[downhill240]

How did he do that?! LOL

[sjaffe]

@downhill240 i think he's a she...

[ZackScott]

That's a cool effect! What program did you use?

[MarkDayComedy]

@ZackScott Mostly beer, wich applied an interesting tint to the proceedings as the afternoon went on.....

[crazycow33]

@ZackScott

that isn't an effect.

[MarkDayComedy]

@crazycow33 Zack is just being an ass. WHich may come as a surprise to people who think of him as being Mister Nice Guy.

[ratuse]

OMG! Good times!! I wanna attend this damnit!

[BobBX542]

Oh my god, that is so weird. Like a good, cool weird. Well done.

[pslgreg]

That's what Santa looked like before color TV. :p

[Editor02Channel]

clever desaturatedness :D

[fateforgotten]

Can't Wait!

[roadkill1984]

Whats the plural of Santa Clause? Santa Claui?

[sfincks3000]

@roadkill1984 santa clauses....