Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Lights No, Cameras No, Lazers Yes, Maths Hell Yes!!

The video for Radiohead's new single House of Cards is a live action video created with no cameras. Rather, a spinning laser thing and a bunch of sensors were used to capture Thom Yorke crooning along as a bunch of actors play out the songs story of adultery and fishbowls.

The data captured by the laser sensors was then graphed as a 3D model, hey presto out pops an innovative film clip.

You can also watch the making of here, eager fans with a hidden talent for maths can download the data set and plot there own 3D models, then results can be shared on the House of Cards YouTube channel.

If you are less interested in maths and 3D rendering of large data sets you can have a point and click play with the data here.
Forget about your house of cards,
and I'll do math

1 comment:

Bawley said...

I (heart) 3D rendering and large sets of data. Seriously, I do .