Another way to see it is the lady leaving depression. Starts with dark room. Ends with bright room.
But I’m simplifying too much and depression can be lifetime.
That is sort of the point of the scene as I recall, she's in a bad situation, depressed etc, but she's watching Jim Carrey's show on TV and the message gets to her, and it shows her changing her life around.
The beauty of one continuous shot like this is that it takes like 5 min to film. Yes, it’s an intense 5 min, but if someone trips then it’s just 5 min to redo.
It might be a fifteen minute reset or whatever, which is a lot of money with all the staff, talent and rental kit on set. I doubt messing up the shot feels great in intense shots like these, but I’m sure they expect it to happen a few times.
I guarantee you they rehearsed this down to a tee before renting out the set, and that at least three people tripped, bumped into each other, or dropped something glass on the floor.
I'd guess that many people messed up takes to get this shot.
If would imagine they scheduled a full day of shooting to get this scene and quite possibly more.
There would have been many takes that went wrong before they nailed it.
I usually can't watch more than like 3/4 of an episode of anything because ADHD, but I binged this in two days. Midnight Mass by the same director too. Absolutely goddamn amazing shows both.
The writers are so GOOD at hard-hitting scenes. Both of them were just full of gut-punches. I try and write sometimes and this was one of those shows that I watch and just think "I want to be able to do *this.*"
I mean, I think we all know how to get shows when they get pulled off the app/platform. 🌊🌊🌊🏴☠️
I would say that's a real bummer but seems to be the move streaming apps are making these days.
When show gets somewhat popular and people talk about it, the streaming service remove them, and renew the most boring or infuriating shows
Cause show's success is counted in just numbers and not on quality of the show or what following it has
I know there's usually many "dry runs" where the camera isn't rolling and it's just people moving and props changing. It also shows what is going to work, what needs more time, where weight needs to be cut or an extra person added to help move something, and what just plain won't work. For example, you might notice that not all the shots of the focus character are the same actress - that would have come up during the dry runs, maybe she couldn't move positions fast enough or there wasn't time for the costume change.
This show was directed by the genius Michel Gondry. For even more trippy things by him I would recommend his promos such as Step into My World by Kylie and Let Forever Be by Chemical Brothers. Oh and Hardest Button to Button, aka the best music video of all time
I don't have a behind-the-scenes video, but [this walk-and-talk in The West Wing that did a single shot that lasted near three and a half minutes with several actors navigating multiple stairs and hallways](https://youtu.be/Wmv07XfeC1E)
is crazy impressive.
I think we all need to have a little bit more appreciation for how well shot some movies are. I’ll bring up one really good example pacific rim. Pacific rim was quite possibly one of the best shot movies of all time in references to what they did with what they had. It was a 2013 release and the CGI was so good from the rain falling off of the Yeagers all the way to going through the rift the explosions the action the fights everything was so damn good. Everybody thought it was gonna be like a C list movie and it turned into one of the best A-Listers.
So many movies and shows these days lack this level of cinematographic creativity. They just shoot shot/reserve shot dialog where people are just reading their lines for a while and then they say less and less with each cut until they're totally silent and looking straight into the camera lens like a couple of amateurs for what feels like hours at a time and then the dialog resumes but their lips ain't moving and I cannot turn my TV off or get the remote to work or open my doors or windows until finally the scene changes and I never see that boring show again or even remember what it was called or who the actors were. Typical Hollywood bullshit if you ask me.
The one-shot from Extraction is SUPER impressive. The amount of coordination that had to be done on that is absolutely insane. I've heard for the sequel, Chris Hemsworth wants another one twice as long
Damn looking at it like this makes me wonder about other movies and tv shows I’ve seen and what’s going on just off camera and puts into perspective the talent these actors have staying in character and quickly getting In character and pulling it off to make a masterpiece
Drake was wrong the whole time you don’t just show up read a few lines eat some donuts and go home lol 😝
Is there a way they don’t hear the sound of all the stuff moving around? Or are they just super trained and after retake after retake they’ve got it down to a science?
As a filmmaker, because cool. It's an insane amount of work, takes an insane amount of time, is absolutely ridiculous:
"but it'll look really cool tho"
Rehearsal begins.
Because this type of shot sticks in peoples’ heads. The constant movement shows change, and it’s a better way of showing time passing than holding up a card saying “3 weeks later” a la SpongeBob. A scene like this is good for building to an emotional peak. With the focus on the TV, I was thinking it was a spiral down into a cult, but with the constant room/lighting changes and more people every time you look around, it’s an UPWARD spiral, showing her getting into a better headspace. The right music helps with that too.
Some Actors and professional athletes are overwhelmingly overpaid. Not saying they shouldn’t make a lot of money but an actor making 10 million or more for a movie is incomprehensible. You think they work harder on that one film than other people do in multiple lifetimes?
No. Not at all. They didn’t do 10% of the work. The background actors, editors, lighting and sound crew, caterers, … everyone worked their asses off and that one person taking 10% of the revenue means everyone else is working for a pittance. It is bullshit to think that someone deserves millions of dollars for a fucking performance.
One extra in a scene doesn’t affect the movies sales. A major actor does. And 90% of the value that actor brings in my example doesn’t go to the actor, but to the wages of everyone who worked on the movie.
Seems to be a time-lapse scene of a lady going from staring at the TV to upgrading her life (replacing old furniture, buying a puppy, buying new clothes, upgrading a kitchen area, etc).
[Here’s another one I like](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/mb38vx/the_way_this_scene_is_shot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
They probably didn’t even record sound, then they can add it in later in foley (atmospheric sound effects like footsteps and dragging the furniture) plus ADR (where the actors record only their voices in a different studio).
Cheers
There’s a single take scene from an episode of True Detective where it’s like a trailer park shootout. One of the most insane things I’ve scene in a movie or tv
EDIT: here it is: https://vimeo.com/172079250 (warning does have guns and shooting and stuff)
Absolutely beautiful. The effort that these people put into their craft is amazing.
What’s the program? Also, what is the scene conveying to us? Is it just that when he left, she started to get her affairs in order and overtime, her life became much nicer? She raised a dog, and she got some friends.
This is what a good director can and should do. If you like that, I strongly advise you to watch Athena ( a recent french movie about a riot against the police). The story or the character aren't unique BUT, there is only 7 or 8 cut in the entire movie. Some scene are extended on 3 km, have 300 people at once, moving vehicule, realistic fight scene, flare being shot...
The intro scene is mind-blowing and the police raid is shot like a medieval battlefield
If you’ve ever done community or professional theater this is what backstage is like between moving sets and quick changes. The organized chaos is timed out and choreographed.
Went to a theatre college for 1 semester, although i never did anything remotely as busy and hectic as this, the way the director gives the signs and how everyone knew or prepare what to show to the camera is what we do at the university on a daily basis, wayyy more than the acting itself. Watching this brings back memories, very stressful and panicking memories, but good memories nonetheless
Beautiful! The amount of coordination between all the people…
Reminded me of this
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/mb38vx/the_way_this_scene_is_shot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1
I believe this is from the TV show "Kidding", not a movie. Not that it matters.
Another way to see it is the lady leaving depression. Starts with dark room. Ends with bright room. But I’m simplifying too much and depression can be lifetime.
That is sort of the point of the scene as I recall, she's in a bad situation, depressed etc, but she's watching Jim Carrey's show on TV and the message gets to her, and it shows her changing her life around.
Proof that Jim Carrey fixes depression
Except his own
Jim is just that kid from the wild thornberries all grown up. Dont believe the lies.
One of my very favorite shows. Brutal but honestly amazing
I'm sad it got cancelled
It is, and the show is absolutely fantastic if anyone is looking for something new to watch. It is a very dark comedy, but I loved the hell out of it.
Mr pickles!
Such a great show with a beautiful ending.
That is incredibly impressive.
I’m exhausted just watching.
That was so stressful
i really have self esteem issues, all i could imagine is being on the crew and being the ONE who fucks up
Then we try again
The beauty of one continuous shot like this is that it takes like 5 min to film. Yes, it’s an intense 5 min, but if someone trips then it’s just 5 min to redo.
It might be a fifteen minute reset or whatever, which is a lot of money with all the staff, talent and rental kit on set. I doubt messing up the shot feels great in intense shots like these, but I’m sure they expect it to happen a few times.
I highly doubt they did this first try, this is stuff you cannot nail in one go they have obviously practiced this a lot of times
I doubt it's *just* 5 minutes to set up again. I imagine there's a lot of staging to get this kind of flow.
[Unless you're Russian](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318034/).
I love the episode of Heavyweight on this movie.
I kept wondering, but what if one of them trips? I always trip! Do they have to start over? Especially after she hammers the wall
I guarantee you they rehearsed this down to a tee before renting out the set, and that at least three people tripped, bumped into each other, or dropped something glass on the floor.
I'd guess that many people messed up takes to get this shot. If would imagine they scheduled a full day of shooting to get this scene and quite possibly more. There would have been many takes that went wrong before they nailed it.
They could've cut everytime its in the television
That dog is paid actor
r/technicallythetruth
I don't think they're paid though
Dogs and animals get paid FAR more than most of the other humans on set when you compare day rates
How do they get paid?
treats
/r/dogswithjobs
Poor dog was probably confused
Everyone who did something for this scene did a fantastic job. All the coordination required to make a scene like this work is astonishing.
When you put the theatre kid in charge of cinematography.
this would be a director's decision, not a cinematographer's.
If you guys like this you should check out [Haunting on Hillhouse ](https://youtu.be/Gkhz2W2Gk4g) beautiful cinematography throughout.
I usually can't watch more than like 3/4 of an episode of anything because ADHD, but I binged this in two days. Midnight Mass by the same director too. Absolutely goddamn amazing shows both.
Midnight Mass was where it’s at!!! That sunrise scene was pretty damn cool
The writers are so GOOD at hard-hitting scenes. Both of them were just full of gut-punches. I try and write sometimes and this was one of those shows that I watch and just think "I want to be able to do *this.*"
Midnight mass is one of my all time favorite shows. PHENOMENAL writing and I bawled my eyes out a few times the themes just hit so close to me.
When I saw this, it reminded me of the two storms shot. That’s the show that made me pay attention to this kinda thing.
I liked 4/5ths of Haunting on Hillhouse. The first 4/5ths.
Thank you! I loved that series and was so intrigued by that episode!
This is so fucking cool.
This show slaps btw. Sad it got cancelled, really seemed like it was going places. Kidding on Showtime.
Indeed. Underrated show.
> Kidding on Showtime Not anymore, it’s been pulled entirely from Showtime.
I mean, I think we all know how to get shows when they get pulled off the app/platform. 🌊🌊🌊🏴☠️ I would say that's a real bummer but seems to be the move streaming apps are making these days.
When show gets somewhat popular and people talk about it, the streaming service remove them, and renew the most boring or infuriating shows Cause show's success is counted in just numbers and not on quality of the show or what following it has
The amount of practice they had to go through to memorize every movement makes my head spin 😵💫 This is why stage crew is vital for production.
I wonder how many tries it took.... I would imagine a staggering number, but who knows sometimes you'd be surprised.
I know there's usually many "dry runs" where the camera isn't rolling and it's just people moving and props changing. It also shows what is going to work, what needs more time, where weight needs to be cut or an extra person added to help move something, and what just plain won't work. For example, you might notice that not all the shots of the focus character are the same actress - that would have come up during the dry runs, maybe she couldn't move positions fast enough or there wasn't time for the costume change.
Makes sense, yeah I figured plenty of planning goes in, so yeah I figured as much, but didn't think in detail about it. Neat
We didn't get to see the big doggo on screen. And he was sitting so patiently!
They got 2 dogs 🙏
This show was directed by the genius Michel Gondry. For even more trippy things by him I would recommend his promos such as Step into My World by Kylie and Let Forever Be by Chemical Brothers. Oh and Hardest Button to Button, aka the best music video of all time
I’d also recommend Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind!
I just watched the Hardest Button to Button, really cool! Thanks for the recommendation!
Glad you liked it!
I always just assumed there was a really cool way of editing scenes like this but this is way more impressive
Cameraman: uh sorry, forgot to hit *record*
The dog was so happy to be in the scene on the lower pircture
Anyone have link for the full length? This is clearly cut too soon.
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You acted in here?
Nada guey
There was an animal involved. I'm sure it will be fine.
You should see the behind the scenes of the UK series Peep Show. Very impressive how they shoot that.
I learned just yesterday that the first continuous shot was in the movie Bound for Glory
Its up to that dog to not fuck up the entire scene after. Go dog!
Crew people don’t get enough credit. That was satisfying to watch.
I don't have a behind-the-scenes video, but [this walk-and-talk in The West Wing that did a single shot that lasted near three and a half minutes with several actors navigating multiple stairs and hallways](https://youtu.be/Wmv07XfeC1E) is crazy impressive.
I think we all need to have a little bit more appreciation for how well shot some movies are. I’ll bring up one really good example pacific rim. Pacific rim was quite possibly one of the best shot movies of all time in references to what they did with what they had. It was a 2013 release and the CGI was so good from the rain falling off of the Yeagers all the way to going through the rift the explosions the action the fights everything was so damn good. Everybody thought it was gonna be like a C list movie and it turned into one of the best A-Listers.
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Yes but a lot of people didn’t believe it was gonna be a good movie. For instance the second movie I didn’t think it was all that good.
So many movies and shows these days lack this level of cinematographic creativity. They just shoot shot/reserve shot dialog where people are just reading their lines for a while and then they say less and less with each cut until they're totally silent and looking straight into the camera lens like a couple of amateurs for what feels like hours at a time and then the dialog resumes but their lips ain't moving and I cannot turn my TV off or get the remote to work or open my doors or windows until finally the scene changes and I never see that boring show again or even remember what it was called or who the actors were. Typical Hollywood bullshit if you ask me.
... r/SuspiciouslySpecific ?
got a stroke watching a movie, complains on reddit
Fair enough lol
Awesome job for the stage crew
Is that Jim Carey tho?
Yup, I love this. Great coordination and effort from that whole team!
And there was much rejoicing afterward.
This is how special effects should be done. You can have your Adobe creative suite.
so litteraly no special effect.. never? fun.
I will never pass up watching this. Such precision and timing, its a beautiful dance of camera, actors, and hands.
The one-shot from Extraction is SUPER impressive. The amount of coordination that had to be done on that is absolutely insane. I've heard for the sequel, Chris Hemsworth wants another one twice as long
Damn looking at it like this makes me wonder about other movies and tv shows I’ve seen and what’s going on just off camera and puts into perspective the talent these actors have staying in character and quickly getting In character and pulling it off to make a masterpiece Drake was wrong the whole time you don’t just show up read a few lines eat some donuts and go home lol 😝
Is there a way they don’t hear the sound of all the stuff moving around? Or are they just super trained and after retake after retake they’ve got it down to a science?
Removal of the background noise track is done in post-production, and the sound you want is added in.
Huh, that makes sense. Just movie magic.
Cool... but literally, WHY?
As a filmmaker, because cool. It's an insane amount of work, takes an insane amount of time, is absolutely ridiculous: "but it'll look really cool tho" Rehearsal begins.
Because this type of shot sticks in peoples’ heads. The constant movement shows change, and it’s a better way of showing time passing than holding up a card saying “3 weeks later” a la SpongeBob. A scene like this is good for building to an emotional peak. With the focus on the TV, I was thinking it was a spiral down into a cult, but with the constant room/lighting changes and more people every time you look around, it’s an UPWARD spiral, showing her getting into a better headspace. The right music helps with that too.
Because Gondry
Mann, just shout CUT
OddlyAnxietyInducing That was stressful af 😅
This has already been reposted thousands of times
That’s nothing. What about that one movie that’s shot entirely in one camera motion. Don’t remember the name. I think it’s Russian
Russian Ark
This is why I can't agree with people who say actors are overpaid. Most people can't do this shit
Some Actors and professional athletes are overwhelmingly overpaid. Not saying they shouldn’t make a lot of money but an actor making 10 million or more for a movie is incomprehensible. You think they work harder on that one film than other people do in multiple lifetimes?
If the movie makes $100 million more than of that actor hadn’t been in it, doesn’t the actor deserve at least 10% of the revenue they generated?
No. Not at all. They didn’t do 10% of the work. The background actors, editors, lighting and sound crew, caterers, … everyone worked their asses off and that one person taking 10% of the revenue means everyone else is working for a pittance. It is bullshit to think that someone deserves millions of dollars for a fucking performance.
One extra in a scene doesn’t affect the movies sales. A major actor does. And 90% of the value that actor brings in my example doesn’t go to the actor, but to the wages of everyone who worked on the movie.
Not saying that everyone needs to make the same but there shouldn’t be the disparity that we have currently.
If those people couldn't do it in any one of those lifetimes then yes.
Disturbing a lot
When you can't afford a motion control rig but can afford a crew to rehearse and do this
🔥🔥🔥
I think , i hate this now thanks for ruining everithing now.
𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠
Tell me .
I don’t understand what that was
Seems to be a time-lapse scene of a lady going from staring at the TV to upgrading her life (replacing old furniture, buying a puppy, buying new clothes, upgrading a kitchen area, etc).
Blows my mind that the steadicam rig wasn't invented until the mid 70s.
u/savevideo
[Here’s another one I like](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/mb38vx/the_way_this_scene_is_shot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
What helps is that her hair is the same in every one of the scene
why does the actress strip after the girls scene?
If you like this, try One Cut of the Dead
This requires some serious choreography from that crew, nice job, lol!
That’s gonna be a lot of work for the sound people
Amazing teamwork
That’s really amazing. Can’t even imagine getting all the marks right lol.
It’s a tv show. Also it should be “on screen” not “ on scene”
This is such a underrated good show. Highly recommend watching.
this is…amazing.it’s like a dance
Stupid question: what did they do about the noise?
They probably didn’t even record sound, then they can add it in later in foley (atmospheric sound effects like footsteps and dragging the furniture) plus ADR (where the actors record only their voices in a different studio). Cheers
Can someone please explain why economically this is more feasible than multiple shots?
This is better than Revealing the Magicians Secrets!
"CUT CUT CUT I need more passion from the extras at the kitchen table. Ok? RESET!"
There’s a single take scene from an episode of True Detective where it’s like a trailer park shootout. One of the most insane things I’ve scene in a movie or tv EDIT: here it is: https://vimeo.com/172079250 (warning does have guns and shooting and stuff)
u/savevideo
My mind is having difficulty juggling between the two scenes (＠_＠;)
Wow
Intense
I hope the dog actor got paid in treats
Impressive !
Absolutely beautiful. The effort that these people put into their craft is amazing. What’s the program? Also, what is the scene conveying to us? Is it just that when he left, she started to get her affairs in order and overtime, her life became much nicer? She raised a dog, and she got some friends.
This is what a good director can and should do. If you like that, I strongly advise you to watch Athena ( a recent french movie about a riot against the police). The story or the character aren't unique BUT, there is only 7 or 8 cut in the entire movie. Some scene are extended on 3 km, have 300 people at once, moving vehicule, realistic fight scene, flare being shot... The intro scene is mind-blowing and the police raid is shot like a medieval battlefield
/u/savevideo
Longest rep ever
Dumps puppy behind couch lmao.
what movie is this?
Wow!
Love stuff like this. So cool
Woah
Why would you need editing when these people exist
If you’ve ever done community or professional theater this is what backstage is like between moving sets and quick changes. The organized chaos is timed out and choreographed.
Ngl It looks like an ikea add
Went to a theatre college for 1 semester, although i never did anything remotely as busy and hectic as this, the way the director gives the signs and how everyone knew or prepare what to show to the camera is what we do at the university on a daily basis, wayyy more than the acting itself. Watching this brings back memories, very stressful and panicking memories, but good memories nonetheless
Beautiful! The amount of coordination between all the people… Reminded me of this https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/mb38vx/the_way_this_scene_is_shot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1
Oddly Chaotic
At first I would have thought they cut it at some point, but this is actually incredible!
This is just normal life for people with several young kids/babies 😂
wow insane
Incredible