Eliot Lee Hazel
This is Yeasayer‘s video for ‘Silly Me‘, taken from the band’s recently released fourth studio album ‘Amen & Goodbye‘.
It’s the work of director Mike Anderson and is being presented as a prequel to ‘I Am Chemistry‘.
“We use a pretty unique approach, pretty much everything in every frame is handmade and hand-painted,” Anderson explains. “We then 3D scan all of it, bringing it into the computer so it’s entirely recreated digitally. We record motion-capture of performers and apply the data to the characters for the animation.”
“The lighting is all done in the computer. So while the final product is ostensibly CGI, nearly everything you’re seeing is a digital record of something we directed or fabricated in real-life. Best of all worlds.”
Yeasayer are currently on tour in the States and will be at Shaky Beats in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend.
