OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out

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OK Go's music video for Upside Down & Inside Out, shot during parabolic flights so the band and props float in weightlessness. The video is built around single continuous takes.

HN keeps it as the standard example of a clever one-take music video made with real physics rather than effects.

“And that’s how you make a one take music video”
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@bjkchoy2022 · in “Weightless: Parabolic flight on an A310”
One of my preferred video clip ever was filmed entirely during a parabolic flight: OK Go, Upside Down & Inside Out ▶ this video
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@throw0101c2026 · in “The greatest shot in television: James Burke had one chance to nail this scene (2024)”
A number of their music videos are quite creative: * in a zero-G plane: ▶ this video * one-take (?) on electric unicycles: link * 4.2s real-time scene with the footage slowed down to 4 minutes: link * Chevrolet-sponsored video where they use a moving car as an instrument: link
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@sprkwd2021 · in “Blue Origin first human flight”
And that’s how you make a one take music video: ▶ this video
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@hathawsh2018 · in “Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space”
They fly the plane downward, matching the vertical acceleration with the acceleration caused by gravity. You owe it to yourself to see these amazing videos filmed on planes that simulate zero G: OK Go - ▶ this video Physics Girl - link Veritasium - link
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@VyseofArcadia2016 · in “Cards Against Humanity is digging a hole in the earth”
Amazing music videos for mediocre music. I like the one they did in microgravity: ▶ this video
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