The weird, invisible world of infrared

What would the world look like if you could see beyond the the rainbow? Filmed using an infrared camera, this is London as you’ve never seen it before.

This is how the Dune 2 team got the epic Harkonnen arena fight scene on Arrakis to look so incredible—Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler) isn’t really that pale, but filming in IR increases the pallor and smoothness of skin, as you can see if you watch the video. Kudos to director Denis Villeneuve for bringing IR to the cinematic mainstream as something other than a night-vision effect!

# Written and narrated by
Dr Andrew Steele

# Produced by
Tom Fuller
Andrew Steele
Maya Evans

# Thanks to
Dr Tran Nguyen

# Music
Tom Fuller

[RDinternet]

2:26
It's true that IR travels slightly deeper into skin, look at the veins on the arms!

[MetroAndroid]

I feel like it's important to mention that infrared wouldn't necessarily "look white, " and the white vs dark is just a way of visualizing the contrast between high and low infrared in a way that humans can actually observe. So trees wouldn't look like winter in infrared but probably more like a bright bloody redder than red color that doesn't exist in visible light.

[MedlifeCrisis]

And to think I ended up here due to a tweet about toxic megacolon

[oscarfeatherstone]

That bit when the tube pulls into the station was awesome.

[davidamadore]

Now do exactly the same in the (near) ultraviolet, please!

[ElectricalSwift]

This is an amazingly well made video! Awesome stuff :)

[Scudmaster]

Alot of infrared videos are only thermal infrared not infrared light... this is the type of videos they should be

[durgeshpradhan]

Amazing video!
It really took me into a new world! Thanks @Andrew and team

I'd love to see a whole movie filmed in near infrared!
No fake colors, just black-and-white!

[eyeinvisible]

Love the transitions in this video, especially the one beginning at 0:16 as you pan past the tree! :)
Which IR filter did you shoot this with? 720nm? Also, how did you rig up the 2 cameras side-by-side?

[cameronpearce]

You know what they should do. An Aliens movie in Infrared. Imagine using lighting like this for a Xenomorph homeworld

[randomprettysecret]

Feels like an otherworldly dream. Outstanding 😮

[brianhale]

Only thing to make it better would be to show the helicopter footage on a hazy day in visible light vs infrared. As an infrared photographer I know how well IR cuts thru but it wasn't shown here, only mentioned.

[Askjerry]

Very entertaining video. Hard to believe your channel is sub 1K subscribers... with videos like this that will change quickly! Subscribed.

[Makatea]

There are also certain garments, made of synthetic fiber, which are IR-transparent.
Might make a good followup-video with the potential to go viral, depending on how you aproach it ;-)

[j.m]

heard you on talk radio with katherine boyle last night (8-9/2/19). sounded too intriguing not to have a gander. glad i did. cheers.

[andreirodriguez]

Mysterious and beautiful at the same. It looks like from another planet. No wonder why Dune chose to film a scene using this technique

[peterlightowler]

Do you know if there is a particular IR wavelength, such as 590nm that can see through tinted windows?

[itsanumolu]

What camera are you guys using to record in infrared?

[olmocuaron]

Being a londoner, colorless infrared London looks more colorful than actual London