As it follows a car planted with a bomb, it not only introduced the protagonist, but demonstrated that there are more then one way to tell a story and create a sense of fluid storytelling. Talk about an explosive opening scene that blew audiences away in more then one way! This shot from the Orson Wells’ film noir classic is considered one of the greatest examples of an uninterrupted shot in cinematic history. This one is reported to have taken eight takes to nail, and effectivelyt depicts the level of power and access the crime world can open up. A scene called the “Copa Sequence”, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus painstakingly followed Ray Liota and Lorraine Bracco into the legendary nightclub, from the backdoor all the way to their seats. Videogames can only aspire to be this frantic and well organized! What’s most impressive is that it was all accomplished in a single take…Ĭonsidered one of the most famous long continuous shots ever, is this one is from Martin Scorsese’s crime classic. If there’s any cheat, it’s the use of through slo-mo to help us catch our breath. That’s a whole lot of gunplay, special effects and timing involved, all to take us from the hallway to the elevator and up to a completely different floor. In it, two cops take two floors of a hospital packed with baddies in only one take. Thanks to the choreographic efforts of action director John Woo, this is considered one of the best action sequences ever filmed. #5: Hospital Shootout “Hard Boiled” (1992) Thankfully the crew ignored his call to cut the scene when blood hit the lens! Incredibly, the take took 12 days to stage and execute, and only the last take was used, which was almost interrupted by the director. Created with a specially designed car-mounted camera rig capable of 360-degree movements, the ambush shot in one take creates a tense scene that makes the viewer feel like passengers in the car themselves.
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#7: Staircase Fight “The Protector” A.K.A “Tom Yung Gong” (2005)Īction scenes are tricky enough, but imagine having a prolonged action sequence take the fight up a series of staircases without being able to make a single mistake! Here Tony Jaa takes on countless stunt actors in search of his stolen baby elephants! This scene is so intense we can’t help but feel for even the cameraman whose is struggling to keep up and on time! We’ll take this over shaky cam any day.Įasily the most memorable scene from this dystopian flick, this all in one scene featured an attack on a moving car carrying the film’s protagonist. Macy on New Year’s Eve as he navigates a house party to find his cheating wife before snapping and going for a double murder and a suicide. Think that’s a crazy cinematic feat of timing and cues? Check out the film’s second attempt as it follows William H. This statement making technique was attempted by director Paul Thomas Anderson’s team for the very first shot! Depicting the nightlife of the 70s, this 3 minute scene worked to introduce us to Burt Reynolds’ porn director as he enters the club, before following the owner working the floor and connecting back to Reynolds and his soon to be star Mark Wahlberg. #8: Nightclub and Double Murder “Boogie Nights” (1997) When his search for answers leads to a confrontation against a mob in a hallway, the camera takes a profile view of the agonizing one against many brawl, until finally and painstakingly reaching it’s climax. In this original adaptation of the South Korean mystery thriller, the story follows a man who has been locked up in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing why. The atmosphere is punctuated by the sound of the big-wheel trike as it rolls from bare floors to carpet. Building a sense of suspense, the lack of cuts worked to instill a sense of dread that the next corner could hold something terrifying, not to the feeling that he’s being followed. Getting things moving are the two uninterrupted steady shots from Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece that follow Danny as he explores the vast empty spaces of the Overlook Hotel. Just to be clear, we’re focusing in on the incredible and well-executed scenes from film that are done in one uninterrupted shot, as in not a single cut took place.
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Welcome to and today we’ll be counting down the top 10 continuous movie scenes. Just imagine not being able to make a single mistake.