I'm tired of "one shot" in shows and movies

[We Ready]

I watched Adolescence and was kind of annoyed by it. I watched the first episode of the Producer and realized the episode was just a set up to suck it's own dikk by being a one shot episode with the meta of being how hard it is to shoot a one shot episode.


It's too much. It's distracting. Just give me cuts and get to the next scene. I don't need a bunch of shyt in the background as they pass by pretending to be interesting just to drive home the point. These shows are doing it just to do it now. It doesn't add anything to the show.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Depends on how it's used. Even after all these years the scene of Henry and Karen walking thru the back door of the Copacabana is one of the most incredible Goodfellas scenes. It's a great way of fully immersing you in that world. That first season episode of The Bear that's full one shot is brilliant. Appropriately heightens the tension and anxiety of the crisis going on.

This might be unpopular, but I always thought if you cut 1917 like a regular war movie, for the most part it wouldn't really change much about the movie for me.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Single camera?

 

[Ol’Otis]

Ohhh never mind
Single tracking shot

 

[Ziggiy]

Ryan Coogler uses it VERY well.

 

[wire28]

GOAT one shot scene is children of men. That’s how you do it.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Depends on how it's used. Even after all these years the scene of Henry and Karen walking thru the back door of the Copacabana is one of the most incredible Goodfellas scenes. It's a great way of fully immersing you in that world. That first season episode of The Bear that's full one shot is brilliant. Appropriately heightens the tension and anxiety of the crisis going on.

This might be unpopular, but I always thought if you cut 1917 like a regular war movie, for the most part it wouldn't really change much about the movie for me.

Scorsese was the guy who really took that steadi cam shot to the next level.... and directors have been trying to up the ante ever since. A lot of times it makes zero sense to do so. I did love it when they did it 'True Detective' Season 1. That was dope. It added to the chaotic nature of the scene.

 

[BlackXCL]

No. There a millions of normal cut shows out there, the few one shots we get are welcomed. and the action is WAY better.

Go watch Extraction 2 and tell me you're tired of one shots. GOAT action scene in that film

 

[We Ready]

GOAT one shot scene is children of men. That’s how you do it.

One that I really like is the one they did in season 1 of True Detective.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Jeez people really do complain about anything.

 

[Cool DOC]

One that I really like is the one they did in season 1 of True Detective.

Jumped in to post this. I'll turn that show on JUST to watch that one scene every now & then; gets me hype every time.

 

[UnQuantized]

Yeah I agree. It's a trend Directors will move onto something else eventually. Camera rigs are getting smaller and smaller so I guess they are just pushing the limits. It was way more impressive in the past considering how cumbersome the equipment would have been. I also prefer editing and cutting, I think it's harder to do that well and editing is unique to filmmaking.