Shoot a scene in one single shot
Leonard Retel Helmrich shows you his invention
Single Shot Cinema movie wall
Select a sections to watch the scenes
Symbolic scenes
Scenes that reveal in a visual and poetic way the essence of a conflict.
Scenes with animals
Stories are everywhere, also in the interaction of animals and in the interaction of animals with human beings.
Scene Transitions
In scene transitions you can create visual poetical marriage between different scenes. It becomes a glue that makes scenes become inseparable.
Opening Scenes
Nice opening scenes and opening shots can be very helpful to get the audience in the right mindset for the entire film.
Human Interaction scenes
Shooting human interaction in a observational documentary it is important to be a participant instead of an outsider. Doing so you, as director/camera operator can become invisible.
Action Scenes
Don’t do this at home! Facing your fear can sometimes be valuable to shoot scenes in where your own fear is carried on in the shots. But you should be very careful. Never do it when you have even a little bit of doubt.
Single Shot Scenes
That’s what it is all about. Actually every scene should be a single shot scene. Only in the editing it is being devices into more shots (clips). But that is only necessary when the scene is too long for the film and in relation with the other scenes of the film.
Collective shot by multiple operators
When shooting Single Shot Cinema you will be able to shoot your shots by following your intuition
Instructions
Tips on how to research, to prepare for a shoot and how to edit Single Shot Cinema footage.
