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We all love a little Rube Goldberg craziness every now and then,
but You Tube’s  favorite band, Ok Go, have taken
it to a whole new level with the video for their single ‘This
Too Shall Pass’. Involving a team of eight
handling design and building, 12 part-time workers, and six weeks
of work – this [...]
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Rube Goldberg music video
Check out this excellently-executed Rube Goldberg machine, featured
in this OK Go music video. When the rock band OK Go, famous for
their viral videos including the spectacular and award winning
"treadmills video", wanted to feature a 4-minute long Rube Goldberg
Machine in an upcoming video, they tapped Syyn Labs to build it.
The requirements were that it had to be interesting, not
"overbuilt" or too technology-heavy, and easy to follow. The
machine also had to be built on a shoestring budget, synchronize
with beats and lyrics in the music and end on time over a 3.5
minute song, play a part of the song, and be filmed in one shot. To
make things more challenging still, the space chosen was divided
into two floors and the machine would use both. Read more |
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OK Go Rube Goldberg machine interactive floor plan
The OK Go Rube Goldberg machine folks write: Many of you have asked
for some more behind-the-scenes details on how our Rube Goldberg
Machine video for This Too Shall Pass was made. We are more than
happy to deliver. The interactive floor plan includes photos,
videos, a detailed map of the warehouse, and some interesting facts
about the build. We hope you enjoy it. And don't forget to check
out our interview with some of the makers involved in the project!
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By popular demand: the OK Go Rube Goldberg machine
We’ve received many tips regarding the OK Go video that
features a Rube Goldberg machine. If you haven’t seen it yet,
check out their video after the break. This is the rare instance
when a YouTube video features an audio track with the full
endorsement of the artists that recorded it. Our first thought when
watching [...]
Rube Goldberg FTW
This video was on its way to a links post until we saw the game of
chess right in the middle of it (bishop to H5). [Tom] and [Ben] put
their Master of Manufacturing Engineering degrees to use by
jam-packing every conveyance method possible into a Rube Goldberg
machine. There’s violin bows, a polo mallet, [...]
Rockers 'OK Go' Deliver Another Viral Music Video- Rube Goldberg Style
With an impressive series of viral music videos to their name, it
is no surprise that the latest video from indie rockers OK Go is
another hit. The video is directed by James Frost, in collaboration
with Syyn La...
