New OK GO Video!

[Bob Schroeck]

You guys remember this band?� They did the video with the treadmills a year or two back?

This time they've done an amazing Rube Goldberg machine -- this video
is all one continuous shot!� (Although given the band's
condition at the start and what happens at the end, it's pretty clear
it's not the first take.) Check it out!� (High Def version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w.)


(Oh, and an article about it from the UK's Daily Mail can be read http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... storm.html)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Norgarth]

The thought of what it would take to set that rig up again over and over ... O_O

Not to mention the fact thatthey destroyed at least one TV per run...
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[jpub]

As I recall, there are 2 cuts in the video. It's hard to detect them.

[Bob Schroeck]

Huh. I'll have to rewatch later, after my interview today, and see if I can spot them.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

Okay, I didn't wait. I think I spotted one of them -- when the camera goes through the curtains below the water feature and follows the silver ball past the Japanese-style artwork on silk. But I couldn't spot the second.

Not to mention the fact thatthey destroyed at least one TV per run...

And one piano, as well.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Ebony]

Okay, I didn't wait. I think I spotted one of them -- when the camera goes through the curtains below the water feature and follows the silver ball past the Japanese-style artwork on silk. But I couldn't spot the second.

Not to mention the fact thatthey destroyed at least one TV per run...

And one piano, as well.

In that, they're in good company:


Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[Bob Schroeck]

That's one of my favorite Art of Noise (20th-21st Century incarnation) tracks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Acyl]

After watching the higher quality HD of that Rube Goldberg video...yeah, I can spot the cut points, or potential cut points, more easily. But it's even more hilarious. Especially all the signs that they had earlier unsuccessful trial runs, like the pile of broken TVs, as has already been pointed out. =D

EDIT: Ok Go posted a couple of related videos on how this was made -
Video Crew Q&A

Behind the Scenes

Making Of 1
Making Of 2
Making Of 3
Making Of 4  
-- Acyl