# OkGo drones on... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544 "2014-11-03T19:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/1 "2014-11-03T19:00:54Z")
New video from the band-[_I Won’t Let You Down_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZB_rGFyeU) Starts off with the band dancing on motorized stools then goes outside where the rest of the video is shot from overhead by a drone. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/2 "2014-11-03T19:57:42Z")
Wow, very cool. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/3 "2014-11-03T21:09:04Z")
The choreography with the umbrellas creating that computer-matrix effect is staggeringly awesome. As usual, another amazing video by them. I also liked how they filmed it at half-speed, then dialed up the playback to double-speed to create that zippy effect. Looks like they needed the extra time too so everybody could hit their marks and timing. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/4 "2014-11-03T21:24:57Z")
Here is the [Behind the Scenes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwzaTPARtU). I was wondering if they performed some computer cleanup to get the movements so crisp, until I saw the bit about filming it at half-speed–clever. It also looks like they did some compositing at the end, but everything was done without CGI. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/5 "2014-11-03T21:33:26Z")
As always, super cool video. The spinning portion made me a bit dizzy. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/6 "2014-11-03T21:50:37Z")
I counted the rows and columns of umbrella girls, and just the 4-color portion was 1,728 people (32x54). That’s not counting the white ticker-tape portion, which was more dense column-wise. So probably 2,500 people. That’s gonna make for one hell of a craft services call. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/7 "2014-11-03T21:57:58Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > As usual, another amazing video by them. I also liked how they filmed it at half-speed, then dialed up the playback to double-speed to create that zippy effect. This is what impresses me about their videos. Even when the filming speed is slow or fast, they maintain both lip sync and movements with the music. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/8 "2014-11-03T22:03:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > This is what impresses me about their videos. Even when the filming speed is slow or fast, they maintain both lip sync and movements with the music. That’s because they play the song at half speed over a sound system, and the director/choreographer is shouting out cues as well (along with weeks of rehearsal, I’m sure). I only guessed this was the case at first, but now that I watched the Behind the Scenes vid, it confirms it. It’s kinda funny, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/9 "2014-11-03T22:11:19Z")
Agree that the video is very cool. I gotta say, though: The song sucks. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/10 "2014-11-03T22:18:45Z")
I just paused on the storyboard and it says that was the 127th take. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/11 "2014-11-04T01:25:34Z")
Meh, the North Koreans have been doing [this sort of thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHM5qTpKQUo)for years… ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/12 "2014-11-04T01:30:54Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Meh, the North Koreans have been doing [this sort of thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHM5qTpKQUo)for years… Not as long as [Busby Berkeley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIO9y1xMPIA)… ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/13 "2014-11-04T01:42:35Z")
Now\* that\* was awesome. Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/14 "2014-11-04T01:51:54Z")
Fantastic. Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drones-on/703544/15 "2014-11-04T09:24:39Z")
Cool!