A release stream would probably be a shot of an empty-looking office, with the occasional empty chair being jostled whenever one of the employees bumps into it while finally catching up on some sleep under their desk. Maybe some ambient snoring sounds in the background.
^ This. Sad to say that almost all indy devs who self-publish invariably end up working under these conditions up to go live. Whereas big fish like EA/Activision/Vivendi/etc prob just have serfs & peons doing the last day scramble in shifts, like lemmings walking to the release cliff.