rockerseven well they did explain that the ‘chairs’ they used cant be used under rain

@@kwyite nah

김테리 they did, trust me

@@kwyite plz.. that's just joke

김테리 sorry lol, didnt realize that

I also thought the same thing🫠

Better than Michael Jackson back in the day? ;)

This is how you do great advertisement. They used something as part of an "ad", but it still works as an art piece on its own merit. They didn't compromise their integrity, and it wholly adds to the experience.

Skyscrapers.

Treadmills...

im guessing LOTS of practice and order and patience

1) It's called "mass games". google it, It's pretty neat 2)Yes. 3) I don't think it was sponsored, I think it was just "with support" from Honda. 4) Damian said in BTS (can't remember which) that it was filmed in an abandoned parking lot.

1. I would guess that they use a computer to draw the images as a grid where each i, j position is either on or off. It's complicated looking at it overall, but each person just has to know the sequence for their position. Off off on off off on off etc. Every person doing their own sequence gets you the desired image.

this comment is from four years ago but man is it still a mood 😭😭😭

If I had to direct this I would too use a computer program to generate some sort of pixelated/color coded video. I'd then get a device for each person which would display an individualized track of OPEN/CLOSE sequences for each person. This way nobody would have to remember any timing, and just follow the devices instructions under the umbrella. If they can afford this many honda chairs, they should be able to afford that kind of tech as well. This would eliminate the cost of everyone practicing their choreo for months. People would just be playing "Umbrella Hero".

Still not buying it. If anything this makes me more skeptical, I have a hard time believing they really got hundreds of those things. They could have cgi'd this as well.

You ever seen bands perform during half time shows at football games? It's the same concept. Not that it makes this video any less impressive.

Thats a lot of effort and money to CG people in a 'making of' video that not many people will watch. I think you're being skeptical for the sake of being skeptical at this point.

you can see around at 4:20 the yellow group trying to get into position it kind of amused me haha

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+Ziggonat No CGI at all. One take, reguardless of how many takes it took, still one take. They used a program to show what it would look like but everything was executed by real people in real time. Only sped up so everything looked nicer in the video

That is really impressive even by OK GO's standards.

+Ziggonat I literally thought the same thing... I usually just leave the behind the scenes to videos as movie magic but I had to know... and they are

127 takes :O

toys and me

Wait what happened in the original take?

Sepharig Gaming with "the original take" i just mean this one but in original speed...i'm very interested to see how everyone acted with the slow music in the background :)

Oh okay sorry I was confused. I wanna see that too as well as all the different camera angles like they did for "The Writing's on the Wall."

If you download the VLC player (free), you can slow down the footage yourself. Where the little bar moves across the screen, there are arrows that you can click.

***** You can do that in KZfaq, also. Click on the little gear and change the video speed.

Same. They weren't even mentioned here though! Everybody probably thinks they're just part of the filming crew.

Truly incredible stuff!

Go on the video in google chrome, play at 0.5 speed, it's strange but accurate enough

Actual umbrellas. They played in half-time over the speakers to make it easier for everyone to coordinate properly

It's all real umbrellas, folks. The entire video is exactly as it appears. They could afford all of those mobile-chairs and things cuz of their partnership with Honda. It's thanks to that that videos like this and Needing/Getting are possible.

Garrett Randall I can see the central dozen but 3000+ scooters at (I'm guessing from segway pricing) 10 grand a pop...even to borrow, I don't think there are that many. When I see more camera angles I'll believe it.

frollard They have said the people at the end didn't have Uni-Cubs...

***** It's fair what they say, but you can't see leg shadows when they are still relatively zoomed in -- they all just glide into place.

Not all of them, only the girls towards the beginning.