Using machine learning techniques, artists at Digital Domain aged David Beckham thirty years for a Ridley Scott Creative Group short about putting an end to malaria
In Malaria Must Die — So Millions Can Live, David Beckham (currently 45) is shown delivering a speech well into his seventies on the day malaria is eradicated from the planet once and for all before returning to his present day self to deliver an impassioned plea for more support to combat the current ongoing threat.
The digital Beckham was created by VFX house Digital Domain, whose pioneering work in digital humans, including ageing and de-ageing, won an Oscar for .
“I’ve worked with Malaria No More UK for over a decade and their campaigns always use great innovation and creativity to attract attention to the issue of this disease. It was really interesting working with the teams at Digital Domain and Ridley Scott Creative Group, using tech in a meaningful way to highlight and raise awareness for such an important cause.”
David Beckham
Digital Domain, whose ageing and de-ageing credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: End Game took clips of Beckham and an older stand-in delivering the speech on a London theatre stage and used its own Charlatan face-swapping technology to blend the nuance of the the two performances. Artists then did more detailed work on skin and hair to finish the job.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter