Radiohead - House of Cards - 3D Scan Rerendering

A rerendering of House of Cards by Radiohead.

No video input of Thom Yorke was used; instead, a 3D scan of his face gave "point cloud" data (a long list of the points where the laser scanner hit something) that is then used to reconstruct his likeness using a renderer I wrote in Processing.

It's a bit hard to explain, but the video is not a "filter " applied to a video recording of him, but can instead be thought of as a "from scratch" reconstruction given only lists of number of where the laser hit his face.

Originally, I focused on effects,and it was more glitzy and techy, but I ended up going for a slightly dreamy atmosphere, and only lightly added effects. I kept the virtual camera cuts hard and angled, mechanical, and up in his face all the time, as I wanted the focus to be on Thom Yorke's expressions as he sings and waits.

Thom's face is primarily reconstructed using overlapping circles of differing colors, sizes, and intensities, taking depth and lighting into account.

3D scan data and audio used with permission, and all that belongs to Radiohead. The rest was done by me.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Radiohead
• House
• of
• Cards
• Processing
• Rendering
• Rerendering
• Thom
• Yorke

[echofdg]

@OrangeySnicket Thanks! :)

[echofdg]

@Plugimi Wow, thanks!

[Plugimi]

Yes that's what I meant. It's great, the eyes are amazing.

[echofdg]

@Plugimi It's one interpretation of the data, at least. Rendering style, camera angles and cuts, effects etc.are not dictated by the data, so that's just down to my direction.

[Plugimi]

So that's what the data looks like when it's rendered? I just knew the point-cloud versions...

[OrangeySnicket]

Incredible!! Good work!