A video of three parkour “Light Emitting Dudes” jumping around Bangkok at night with neon lights attached to their body has hit the interwebs with popular nerd blog Gizmodo taking note.
The team of daredevils – Jason Paul from Frankfurt, Shaun Wood from Sydney, and Anan Anwar from Bangkok – was assembled by director Fank Sauer for the shoot, which proved to be a bit of a slog.
“The mix of dangerous stunts and exhaustion due to all-night shoots really tested our resolve to finish the video. Maintaining the suits in good condition was also a continual hassle,” says Sauer. “They needed to be disassembled from time to time so the batteries could be recharged, and damaged LED strips needed to be unthreaded and replaced. The schedule being what it was meant that the suits never really had time to air out. We had to work with the mild stench of men’s locker room on us the whole time. The low light conditions presented their own challenges for shooting, but did provide an opportunity to experiment with long exposure to create beautiful light stroke shots.”
Light Emitting Dudes – LED Freerunning from Frank Sauer on Vimeo.
