CAUTION: Lots of really pointless swearing by the narrator. Ironic, since the point of this YouTube channel is to praise brilliant directors who do nothing unnecessarily.
[The Spielberg Oner] (Viewer #415,005)
CAUTION: Lots of really pointless swearing by the narrator. Ironic, since the point of this YouTube channel is to praise brilliant directors who do nothing unnecessarily.
[The Spielberg Oner] (Viewer #415,005)
Agreed — the pointless swearing detracts heavily from this clip.
For those who wonder, he’s using the term “Oner” to refer to a movies scene (or scenes) all shot in one continuous camera take. Not edited, in other words. (Except for any added CGI.)
I don’t feel like I learned as much as I could have from a better analyst of the technique —who would really have to describe “Rope” better, or at all.
Cavils:
1. One of the narrator’s stated “rules” is “Keep it short.” Not quite sure how this meshes with the whole idea of a “oner.” Or the appeal.
2. Another rule is “get a cutaway shot in case you need it” — good advice, but then we’re no longer talking about “oners,” are we?
3. He says this technique “saves a lot of time” when he’s showing the drinking scene from “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Wrong. The director, camera operator, sound, actors, set designers, background actors, lighting folks, and just everybody standing around in the studio have to be so much more on their game when a camera is whooshing around the set for from three to ten minutes, than they do when shooting is broken up into individual shots, that it’s a quantum difference in time and preparation. If just one of those people flub just of their jobs for an instant, it’s back to the starting point for the whole shot.