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It's a Loooong shot!
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4 2011-07-04 04:07:02 (edited by redxavier 2011-07-04 04:08:18)
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Re: It's a Loooong shot!
I'm a fan of the long take, and a fan of Hitchcock's Rope too. It can be a very powerful tool to hold on an action or reaction for longer than normal. I agree that not all long takes are equal.
The Atonement clip works far better, putting you admist the action, than the Warrior King clip, which is a following shot. But then the two shots are out to achieve different things. Warrior King's is a demonstration of prowess and skill, a storm being unleashed upon some bad people by an emotionally unbalanced hero in search of his friend. It doesn't relent, doesn't breathe. He's unstoppable. Meanwhile, Atonement's is about the scene of chaos on the beach of Dunkirk, we feel like we're walking through this almost alien landscape following a man who wants to be somewhere else. He's with all these people, but somehow he's alone. Really powerful sense of isolation.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan
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The behind the scenes about that shot from Tom-Yum-Goong/The Protector is crazy. It's four minutes long because that's how much film they could fit in the camera, and in one of the earlier takes they ran out of film just as Tony was getting up the last stairs. Once more with faster 
I don't know what Zarban is talking about it being dull. It's like watching an impressive performance at a circus. There are no breaks or pauses or cuts around flubs; what you see is what was performed on set. Damn impressive.
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Yeah thats true 35mm Film itself is not cheep, but with the digital revolution upon us, that really shouldn't be an excuse.
7 2011-07-05 09:33:20 (edited by paulou 2011-07-05 09:34:25)
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A film crew (dozens to hundreds of people, all getting paid) can take days, weeks, whatever, to choreograph, build, light, block, rig, produce, and make a single scene happen. Locations, equipment, sets, lights, cranes, talent, whatever. Big productions aren't cheap. A longer take on a bigger set with more people just takes even longer, so costs more money.
So then you get into the actual logistics of a shot, where if something goes wrong, you have to reset and do it again. It's high risk. More time, more money.
There's a lot more to the cost of making a movie than the acquisition format.
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...what are you talking about? Life through one persons view must be like heaven. A lifetime permanently bonded to one viewpoint, no cuts, no timeshifts, no tricks. That's exactly what's so awesome about both of those performance styles.
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Pffft. Cinema IS editing.
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And not editing is also editing.
Something something 4' 33".
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