Saturday, May 1, 2010

Mouse Trap!!!

Actually the game "Mouse Trap" is a "Rube Goldberg Machine". Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist whom invented those crazy, ever-flowing contraptions that sometimes serve no purpose except to amaze and delight. Ugh, it's too difficult to explain--just watch this music video if you want to see one a RMB in action and one of the coolest inventions/machines/videos mankind has ever made. And it was all done in one continuous shot!

OK Go--"This Too Shall Pass"

In case you are wondering...it is all done in a single, unbroken camera shot. It took over 60 takes try to get it right. If the machine failed, it took 30 people over a hour to reset it. The people seen cheering at the end are some of the 55 workers that built the machine.
If you are interested, check out another one of OK Go's nifty videos here:Link.

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