OK Go
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3:54 · 78M views · Mar 2, 2010
OK Go's music video for This Too Shall Pass, featuring a huge Rube Goldberg machine built in a warehouse in Los Angeles with Syyn Labs. The band interacts with the contraption in one continuous take.
HN points to it as an example of ambitious, practical-effects creativity in music videos, made without CGI.
7 comments from Hacker News
That was OK, Go ( [LINK] ) . The song is "WTF?" They're famous for quirky video clips (original for this song is at [LINK] ). You should watch this video . You'll like it. Trust me.
Not really. Stop-motion music videos have been done quite a bit, especially 10 years ago and more. There was a time before CGI when artists shot "videos" on film and computers weren't capable of the things they are today. Consider the Peter Gabriel videos: [LINK] [LINK] both of which feature various types of stop-motion animation as well as other effects. Also consider the works of Bruce Bickford whom Frank Zappa hired to work on several videos. This guy is a genius/savant, I don't know which. Zappa saw the genius and funded some incredible work. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] You also might want to check out: this video and their other videos, which aren't stop-motion but are incredible videos made without CGI. There's tons more out there to find if you look.
Reminds me a bit of Ok Go's latest video: this video Seems like something Michel Gondry or Spike Jonze ( [LINK] ) would do. I think it is abstract, but I like it a whole lot nonetheless. It's creative and cute and whimsical. Kudos!
Reminds me of the 3 minute rube Goldberg machine in "this too shall pass" by Ok Go. this video I thought they really did it all in one cut but there are at least two. Still a great music video and song.
OK Go really do make some amazing music videos. The Rube Goldberg machine [0] one is particularily impressive. It even got its own TED talk [1]. 0: this video 1: [LINK]