Camaleon Cine Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 SequenceShoot: The great Orson Welles used to say :”A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.” And as usual, the master was totally right. Thanks to movies such as “Children of men”, “Gravity” or “Birdman” (and a lot more) the sequence shots are once again very popular and with the help of digital cinema that removed several limitations we previously had (such for instance the time limitation of 10 minutes due to the size of 35mm film magazines), this kind of shot has become RELATIVELY easier (or at least possible even for small and medium-sized productions). The capital letters are on purpose, since shooting a one-shot sequence is still an extremely complicated thing to do, the longer the harder. Last week, a friend and DoP offered me the chance to pull focus on a short movie which would be shot on a single shot of approximately 1 minutes length, in a studio with 9 actors. The camera would be the whole time on a J.L. Fisher dolly with rubber wheels to not disturb the actors with tracks and... More info here. Fabio Giolitti - Focus Puller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Hutchinson Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 Oh, cool, men! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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