The first music video in zero gravity

The emergence of the idea
Members of the musical group OK GO, nurtured, and cherished a plan to shoot a music video in zero gravity for a long 10 years. The guys managed to realize his dream into reality in Russia on the basis of the cosmonaut training center. Before you begin shooting the clips, to undergo a thorough medical examination of each member of the group. The whole process was controlled by professional instructors. The mission participants had to prepare for flight in the shortest possible time. For one flight the participants of the clip was held for 15 periods of weightlessness. That the survey was conducted from the desired location after the captured fragment, everyone had to remain seated. After the climb, and zero gravity, the shooting continued in the same mode.

Interesting facts from the event
To shoot the clip, the members of the crew and the musicians themselves had to be zero-gravity – 2 hours 15 minutes.
The shooting took place three weeks
21 time it took to take off, to remove the clip
The project involved 15 instructors and 70 person staff
The video was filmed 2 gymnasts
For transportation of scenery required – 2 KAMAZ
About 200 liters of paint was used the last take
During the flight used about 2 thousand balls
A little about the plane
In the shooting were involved in a unique aircraft – the Il-76 MDK. In order to simulate the weightlessness, the aircraft must move in a parabolic trajectory. The Il-76 MDK is raised to an angle of 45 degrees to the right height and has sharply gone down, just in time for a steep descent and comes weightlessness, which lasts about 30 seconds. Similar feelings You can experience, going down in a trailer down on a roller coaster.
Impressions of participants
Their impressions about the first flight and weightlessness expressed gymnasts who were integral participants in the video – Anastasiya Burdina Martynov and Tatiana. Girls are overjoyed and happy that they first managed to shoot a full clip in weightlessness. The most difficult, according to the gymnasts, was the first flight when they did not understand, where is the top and where the bottom and had no idea how to control their movements, and just flew through the course.

His impressions were shared by the head of cosmonaut training center named. Gagarin, Zabrouskov Anatoly, who said that it was nice to see how the participants with each new mission, all feel more confident in zero gravity.

And producer Vladimir Sigalov, with a wealth of experience, had to completely rethink the whole filming process. It was necessary to take into account the thousands of nuances during the filming, to succeed at the highest level. No difficulties have arisen, and it turned out gorgeous clip, which continues to gain popularity in the network.