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Could You Live Forever?

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WATCH the trailer for Penny Dreadful! https://youtu.be/3YdeSNcAWos

Twitter: http://twitter.com/vsaucethree
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***READ***

The Scent of Disease
http://pss.sagepub.com/cont...

Qin Shi Huang's quest for immortality
http://www.vision.org/visio...

Interesting book on Qin Shi Huang
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr...

Vampirism: Literary Tropes of Decadence and Entropy
http://www.amazon.com/Vampi...

Epic of Gilgamesh
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll0...

Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How it Drives Humanity
http://www.amazon.com/exec/...

Guns, Germs & Steel
http://www.amazon.com/Guns-...

Forever Young: The Science of Aging
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pr...

Mummies
http://io9.com/the-science-...

***CREDITS***

Written, directed, edited, and hosted by Jake Roper

VFX and cinematography by Eric Langlay

Dead Body played by Matt Harvey

Line Producer: Lorraine O'Connor
Production Manager: Jamie Deasy
Production Coordinator: Steven Daly
Vsauce Production Coordinator: Samantha Friedman
PA: Sinead Lillis

Costume Designer: Gabriella Pescucci

Hair: Ferdinando Merolla
Hair Assistant: Suzie Redmond
Make Up: Claire Lamb
Make Up Assistant: Ciara Scannell

Props: Dermot Blighe

1st AD: David Kennedy
2nd AD: Mairead Campbell
Trainee ADs: Eamonn Cawley & Laurel Graham

Camera Op: Ciaran Kavanagh
1st AC: Alan Butler
Camera Trainee: Luke Gilligan
DIT: Donal Murphy

Sound Recordist: Brendan Deasy
Sound Designer: Jay Pellizzi

Gaffer: Barry Conroy
Grips: Philip Murphy, Darrell Murphy, Martin Kelly
Best Boy: Paul McNulty
Genny Operator: Niall Manyon
Electrician: Ian Carney, Paddy Ryder, Tom Keys, Robert Ryder.

Special thanks to Marcelo Guerra & Erin Joyce from Showtime for letting me do this weird idea, everyone at Ardmore Studios, and all of the Penny Dreadful team.

*This video and trip was a collaboration and was co-sponsored by Showtime. I was NOT paid to make it. Thanks again for letting me use your amazing sets and crew!*

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