Film Of The Year: “Cog”

Wanna see something that will absolutely blow your mind? Make sure Flash6 is loaded on your computer and go here. This astounding two-minute film entitled “Cog” took over 600 takes with no computer graphics tricks to get it right in one continuous shot. It left me in slack-jawed amazement. Read about the madmen who did this instant classic in the Daily Record, the Oregonian, and the Daily Telegraph.

2 thoughts on “Film Of The Year: “Cog””

  1. That is amazing.

    It makes me feel digging out my old copy of Return of The Incredible Machine and setting up some Rube Goldberg machines of my own. (If you’re not familiar, you can download a demo here … it’s a very well-written game/simulation for building these types of systems, and for solving puzzles by arranging various objects in a complex fashion to meet a goal at the end.)

    I can’t even begin to imagine doing it in the real-world, though!

  2. Actually, it was two shots. The Daily Record article says:

    The full advert is divided in two – because the studio couldn’t fit in all the kit at once.
    Just one second of computer generation is used to link the two halves – when an exhaust pipe rolls across the floor.

    Still it’s impressive nonetheless. When I first saw it, I thought it was all computer-generated.

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