References to St. Sebastian and his close relationship with stringed weaponry are not new in pop culture but this video for Swedish rapper Yung Lean, by Frenzy Paris directing duo Suzie & Leo, is certainly the most visceral.

The VFX were coordinated by Paris studio Mac Guff, with VFX supervisor Thierry Onillon overseeing the merger of practical effects and CG for both the environments and the arrows in collaboration with BadClay Studio in Vietnam and VHS Entertainment in France.
 

“In post, we added 3D arrows to increase their number and enhance the impact effects in wide shots.”

 
Co-director Leo (from an interview with Dazed): “I didn’t want everything to be done in 3D, so we created a neoprene suit with built-in supports to hold the arrows. Then, we put a tracksuit over it and carefully drilled holes in it. We had a set of 100 arrows for the daytime scenes and another set of 100 reflective arrows for the night scenes.

“In post, we added 3D arrows to increase their number and enhance the impact effects in wide shots. We also scanned Yung Lean’s body in 3D, allowing us to create a digital model that ensured the arrows looked properly embedded in each shot. For the close-up impact shots, we used a practical effect with arrows stretched on nylon threads, which were integrated into the costume.”

Read the full Dazed interview here.
 
 

 
Label: World Affairs AB Records
Artist: Yung Lean

Production: Frenzy Paris
Director: Suzie & Leo
EP: Stan Bertin, Elsa Rakotoson
DOP: Erik Henriksson
Line Producer: Sarah Chayeb
Production Coordinator: Lara Torloting

Service Production: Family Production
EP: Anastasiya Bukovska, Nikita Bukowski
Producer: Alena Babenko
PM: Serghei Mardarii, Viktor Pomin, Igor Iurko
Production Coordinator : Maria Chaikovska
Editor: Edouard Mailaender
Color: Nicke Cantarelli

VFX/post: Mac Guff
Head of Post Production: Gabriel Thiebaut
VFX Supervisor: Thierry Onillon

VFX Studio: BadClay Studio
CEO: Thierry Nguyen
Producer: Khanh Le Thi Than

VFX Studio: VHS Entertainment
Flame Artist: Vivien Salvagione
VFX Coordinator: Michaël Zarifian
Compositing Lead: Maël Gaumont
Compositing Artist: Lionel Zadunaisky

Grade: Misgena Mgmt
Colorist: Nicke Cantarelli

Thanks: Hannah Corcos, Alix Demoussis, Wassila Kailali, David Lezaun (Ice Cream), Golgotha, Abel, Solal, Chloé, Rémy Solomon, Wefolk, Yann Daoudi, Cecile Heuzey, David Ohanessian, Frank Quispe Pelaez, Ophélie Lodoïsk, Mélanie Desbordes, Missato, Lux Artists, Ljudbildmedia, Robert Blom, Clément Papin, Philippe Guillemain, Fiona Madaoui, Sidney Bailly, RVZ & GOW