原创 Two amazing Heath Robinson / Rube Goldberg videos

Cog Advert. A lot of folks thought that this was CGI (Computer Generated Imagery), but this really is real-world physical components. The amazing thing is that it is (or at least it appears to be) a single continuous shot – goodness only knows how long it took to get this all to work so perfectly.

A couple of things to note are (a) when the wheels roll UP the ramp this is because they were weighted on their leading edge, (b) when the fan pulls itself along the floor observe how it's motion is perfectly timed to only just touch its target, and (c) the windshield wiper sequence which just looks so ... weird (almost like a sequence from the end of the first Terminator film).

The second film is a video by OK Go, a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. Unlike the Honda advert, I believe this video did have a number of cuts, but that doesn't make it any the less impressive (well, I suppose it does, but it's still an amazing video).

Quite apart from anything else, I really like the accompanying music – which is a bit silly of me to say, because the entire video is actually the complement to the track as opposed to being the other way round.

There are so many cool things about this video – but I particularly like the end where we finally discover how/why the band members are covered in paint.

All in all I think these videos are amazing. I would have loved to have been involved in their creation, and I can watch them time and time again...