Single Shot Cinema ?

Shaneuk

Shaneuk

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Hello, I've recently heard about something called Single-Shot cinema. I've looked at some videos of it, but the don't really make sense. Can someone please explain the concept to me.

Thanks.
 
Unless i'm misunderstanding you, it's simply the act of shooting an entire scene in one shot. In other words, there is only one camera that shoots the scene in it's entirety, all the way through without any cuts. In most cases tor prevent this from being uninteresting the camera will move around the scene. A great example of this would be the car scene in Children of Men. If you have never seen it, definitely rent the film as it includes the best example of long takes in modern cinema (in my opinion at least). Here's a video about the making of Children of Men http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55xTYXMpI the second half of the video focuses on how they made the car scene.
 
It's been a while since I've seen either, but I remember The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable having some good examples of long shots that worked very well to emphasize the building tension in the scenes.
 
I'm guessing it's shooting an entire film in one continous shot. Albert Pyun shot an entire feature in one continous shot a couple of years ago (shot it in one long night). The premise was an alien invasion and as recorded from the dashcam of a police cruiser in the desert.
 
Children of Men shot by Emmanuel Luzbecki whom many consider amongst the greatest DP's of all time if I'm not mistaken, yes that single shot car scene was amazing.
I was reading about how it was done, they had to rig the car so that the seats fold down so that when actors are not in the shot they go down and seat collapses so that they can have room to rotate the camera around and such. Also the camera controller was possibly on the roof of the car if I'm not mistaken ...

Lambert: Russian Ark is also another award winning film shot entirely in 1 take. Hour and a half long take, something like that, incredible movie for anyone that's seen it ... shot on digital as well I believe
 
jghenderson said:
Unless i'm misunderstanding you, it's simply the act of shooting an entire scene in one shot. In other words, there is only one camera that shoots the scene in it's entirety, all the way through without any cuts. In most cases tor prevent this from being uninteresting the camera will move around the scene. A great example of this would be the car scene in Children of Men. If you have never seen it, definitely rent the film as it includes the best example of long takes in modern cinema (in my opinion at least). Here's a video about the making of Children of Men http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55xTYXMpI the second half of the video focuses on how they made the car scene.
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Thanks, this is what I thought it was I just needed to make sure I was right.
 
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