Must Watch - OK Go - I Won’t Let You Down
Best ever! Ok Go never fail to surprise me.
Is this 100% real? Or is it a mix of green screen and animation?
One thing for sure, it takes a lot of practice…
…And clever/creative use of the flying camera drone.
How did they do it?
- 2328 umbrellas
- 1 camera drone (UAV)
- 1 continuous shoot
- 2.6 million YouTube views in 1 day
- 1 month rehearsal
- 4 days to film
- 44 takes / 11 complete routine / 3 takes ok
- manual and GPS-controlled
- 700m (half a mile) up in the final scene
- actual movement in slow mo, sped up in edit
- released on Oct. 27, 2014
- created in Chiba, Japan, outside of Tokyo
- Japanese director Morihiro Harano
- Multi-Copter Pilot Kenji Yasuda
- featuring J-pop band Perfume as production crew at the start
- featuring Honda scooter chairs - UNI-CUBs
- and the 4 brilliant American Ok Go talents
Adrian Lee
http://adriansjournal.blogspot.sg
Sources:
- http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ok-go-new-music-video-the-boys-are-back-with-another-crazy-clip-for-i-wont-let-you-down-9823717.html
- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/10/28/music/2328-umbrellas-four-unicubs-one-drone-ok-go-brilliance/#.VFMoUoelp5g
- http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/ok-go-is-back-with-another-viral-music-video-194045330.html
- http://www.core77.com/blog/videos/more_details_about_the_futuristic_unicycles_in_the_new_ok_go_music_video_27829.asp
- http://khon2.com/2014/10/29/how-did-they-do-that-ok-gos-music-video-in-japan-goes-viral/
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