C300: Victoria

Eric Coughlin

Eric Coughlin

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2 hr 18 minute movie shot in one take, with 20+ locations, and lots of action. Lots of low light night scenes, long run time needed for media and batteries, small form factor for easily getting in and out of cars. Camera of choice, Canon C300. Is there really any better camera out there for that type of shoot? Thoughts?

86 so far on Metacritic and 8.2 stars on IMDB.

I think I'll watch it if it makes it to local theaters.

 
When I try to comprehend this film and think about another camera that could pull this off, I come up blank. And the film looks good in both content and image.

But people will day, "There is no slow motion in the C300". Well, to me, high frame rate is the possibility of making something that is not, interesting. It's the new crutch of poor film making.
 
Couldn't agree more. Slow motion is way overused by almost everyone these days. Like any other effect, if it's use is motivated by the script or visual story, it can be the coolest thing you've ever seen but if it is just used all of the time (especially speed ramps), it gets really old, really quick. Since I shoot a lot with my C100, I definitely have high frame rate envy, since this camera doesn't have that function but when I do have cameras that can shoot high frame rate, I rarely use it, unless the scene or shot would be truly enhanced by it.
 
I saw this movie last week and was utterly surprised, I wasn't able to spot any cuts, this is bizar and truly unique, has this been done before?
 
Birdman had several often obvious cuts while using transitions to pretend as if it was one take. Russian Ark is probably the best known one take movie that was really done in one take. Victoria seems to be a lot more complex than Russian Ark because there's intense acting scenes, lots of actions, and lots of locations, while Russian Ark was one building and just going through different rooms in the buildings on a Steadicam and is kind of documentary in terms that there isn't much acting in it.

Victoria is also reported to, like Russian Ark, truly be done in one take, with no hidden cuts. I read they did three takes to get it right and spent two months rehearsing.

Here's a list I just found that an IMDB user posted of one take movies, including movies with hidden cuts such as Birdman.

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls052175866/
 
Amazing! Releases October 9, don't know if in the US. Looks like it will be available on Blu Ray from Germany December 31.
 
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Hitchcock's "Rope" from 1948 is the grand daddy of this type of movie of course.

This does look amazing though - and shows what a bargain those cheap C300's showing up on ebay now are.
 
Victoria sounds like its the most accomplished single shot films so far but here's a couple of others of varying quality. Invasion directed by Albert Pyun (probably a film to sdkip). Pvc-1 (a Columbian bomb strapped to victims neck Steadicam film. LA casa muda (Uruguay horror film that received a Hollywood remake silent house.) Lots of found footage gopro films floating around. I thought Russian ark actually had three cuts.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
Birdman had several often obvious cuts while using transitions to pretend as if it was one take. Russian Ark is probably the best known one take movie that was really done in one take. Victoria seems to be a lot more complex than Russian Ark because there's intense acting scenes, lots of actions, and lots of locations, while Russian Ark was one building and just going through different rooms in the buildings on a Steadicam and is kind of documentary in terms that there isn't much acting in it.

Victoria is also reported to, like Russian Ark, truly be done in one take, with no hidden cuts. I read they did three takes to get it right and spent two months rehearsing.

Here's a list I just found that an IMDB user posted of one take movies, including movies with hidden cuts such as Birdman.

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls052175866/
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AH okay my apologies, I took the question as movies that appear to be one long take. Instead of actually being one long take.
 
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