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The first films to move from single shots to successive scenes began around the turn of the 20th century. Due to the loss of many early films, a conclusive shift from static singular shots to a series of scenes can be hard to determine.
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- Gravity - Opening Scene (17 Minutes) Alfonso Cuarón considered his six-minute long take in Children of Men and decided to push even further with his 2013 science fiction thriller film Gravity.
- Hunger - Standoff Between Bobby & Dominic (16 Minutes) Hunger is an intense movie, which anyone can tell by watching the standoff scene between Bobby, played by Michael Fassbender, and Dominic, played by Liam Cunningham.
- Birdman - Opening Scene (15 Minutes) Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2015, and the film's use of a 15-minute long take to open the movie undoubtedly contributed to the hype surrounding it.
- Extraction - Chris Hemsworth's Chase Scene (12 Minutes) Given how successful the 12-minute long take is in Netflix's Extraction, it's a wonder why not as many action films use this shot.
Jan 22, 2020 · One April morning in 2014, Schipper and his crew assembled in the Kreuzberg neighbourhood of Berlin for their third stab at nailing the single 140-minute shot that would stand as the longest ever attempted.
Dec 30, 2019 · Why Sam Mendes made 1917 look like it was shot in a single, continuous take. The director wanted his World War I drama to feel more like “a ticking-clock thriller” than a war movie.
Jul 5, 2020 · But knowing it wasn't actually a single take only begs another question: how did they film 1917? In fact, Mendes had known from the inception of 1917 that it would take place in real time and be filmed to appear as one shot.
Jan 10, 2020 · Golden Globe-winning "1917" was filmed to like one continuous shot. Cinematographer Roger Deakins explains how him and director Sam Mendes did it.
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Jun 18, 2024 · Movies like 1917 and Birdman use editing to give the illusion of one long take, while Russian Ark and Boiling Point were actually made in one shot. This technique is more than just another...
