One-shot film

A one-shot or continuous shot feature film is a full-length movie filmed in one long take by a single camera, or manufactured to give the impression it was.[1]

"One Take" redirects here. For the 2020 documentary film about BNK48, see One Take (film).

Use and theory

In a 2019 article, discussing the multi-nominated film 1917, Eric Grode of The New York Times wrote that very long takes were becoming popular in more mainstream films "as a sobering reminder of temporality, a virtuosic calling card, a self-issued challenge or all of the above", also citing the Academy Award-winner from several years prior, Birdman.[2]

History

Grode notes that before such films as 1917 and Birdman, the one-shot had a history of over 70 years, from 1948's Rope, which was shot in 10-minute continuous takes (the physical limit of film at the time) that appear as a one-shot. Reportedly, James Stewart, star of Rope, did not like the long takes and apparently muttered on set that the cameras were more important than the actors.[2] The director, Alfred Hitchcock, intended to shoot the film as if it were a play, and perfectly timed each 10-minute segment to allow for hidden edits behind furniture; elaborate camera and actor choreography was used. He wrote Rope this way because he felt "if time passed between cuts, the suspense of whether the body was still in the trunk would be lost".[3]

Grode also examines the 1958 film Touch of Evil as an example, though only its 3-minute opening sequence is shot in real time. However, the use of a real time ticking bomb through the single shot is seen as a standard.[2]

Examples

Actual "one shot"
Year Title Length Director Nationality Ref.
1974 Model 105 min. Kostas Sfikas Greece
1982 Macbeth 57 min. (longest shot)† Béla Tarr Hungary [4]
1998 Big Monday 74 min. Michael Rehfield United States [5]
2000 Timecode 97 min. Mike Figgis United States [6]
2002 Russian Ark 96 min. Alexander Sokurov Russia [7]
2003 Sábado, una película en tiempo real 65 min. Matías Bize Chile
2005 The Magicians 96 min. Song Il-gon South Korea
The Circle 103 min. Yuri Zeltser France
2007 PVC-1 85 min. Spiros Stathoulopoulos Colombia [8]
2008 Still Orangutans' 81 min. Gustavo Spolidero Brazil [9]
2011 21 Brothers 96 min. Michael McGuire Canada
2013 Rati Chakravyuh 102 min. Ashish Avikunthak India [10]
Fish & Cat 134 min. Shahram Mokri Iran [11]
El triste olor de la carne 87 min. Cristóbal Arteaga Spain [12]
Ana Arabia 85 min. Amos Gitai Israel [13]
2013 Somebody Marry Me 98 min. John Asher United States [14]
2013 Daikuko 98 min. Mitani Koki Japan [15]
2014 Agadam 123 min. Mohamad Issack India [16]
2015 Victoria 140 min. Sebastian Schipper Germany [17]
Anino sa likod ng buwan 120 min. Jun Lana Philippines [18]
Daksha S. Narayan India [19]
2016 Eight 81 min. Peter Blackburn Australia [20]
Immortality 145 min. Mahdi Fard Ghaderi Iran
King Dave 99 min. Podz Canada [21]
2017 Fourplay 77 min. Dean Ronalds United States [22]
The Wedding Party 119 min. Thane Economou [23]
Lost in London 100 min. Woody Harrelson
One Shot-Fear Without Cut 140 min. Haroon Rashid India [24]
Invasion 90 min. Shahram Mokri Iran
Watch The Sunset 83 min. Tristan Barr & Michael Gosden Australia [25]
2018 A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love on Election Night 89 min. Qasim Basir United States [26]
Utøya: July 22 90 min. Erik Poppe Norway [27]
Blind Spot 98 min. Tuva Novotny [28]
Tatort: Die Musik stirbt zuletzt 87 min. (Swiss German version) Dani Levy Switzerland [29]
88 min. (Standard German version) [30]
2020 Limbo 89 min. Tim Dünschede Germany [31]

†One five minute shot and the film's opening credits precede the film's 57 minute main shot.

Edited to appear as "one shot"
Year Title Length Director Nationality Ref.
1948 Rope 80 min. Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom / United States
1991 Homework 85 min. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Mexico
1997 Running Time 70 min. Josh Becker United States
2002 Irréversible 97 min. Gaspar Noé France
2009 Enter the Void 161 min.
2010 La Casa Muda 86 min. Gustavo Hernández Uruguay
2011 Silent House 87 min. Chris Kentis, Laura Lau United States
2014 Birdman 119 min. Alejandro G. Iñárritu México
2015 Hardcore Henry 96 min. Ilya Naishuller Russia [32]
2017 "eps3.4 runtime-error.r00" (Mr. Robot) 43 min. (TV episode) Sam Esmail United States [33]
Bushwick 94 min. Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott United States
2018 "Two Storms" (The Haunting of Hill House ep. 1.6) 57 min. (TV episode) Mike Flanagan United States [34][35]
2019 1917 118 min. Sam Mendes United Kingdom

Works other than film
Year Title Notes Ref.
2016 Tony Hinchcliffe: One Shot Comedy Special [36]
2018 God of War Action-adventure game [37]

See also

References
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