BREAKING BAD - Motivated Camera Movement

This is short, and brilliant.

First posted: 18 May 2014

The longest single shot in Raiders of the Lost Ark

Vashi Nedomansky is a film editor, born in Czechoslovakia, who defected with his parents at the age of four. He grew up in Toronto and Detroit before settling in Los Angeles. He is known as the editor of Sharknado 2: The Second One and An American Carol. Vashi was a professional hockey player for 10 years. He says,

This 101-second shot from Raiders of the Lost Ark is the single longest shot from the film. Using motivated camera movement, staging actors in different layers of depth and then altering the actor closest to camera... Steven Spielberg and DP Douglas Slocombe crafted an emotional scene with no cuts whatsoever.

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BREAKING BAD - Motivated Camera Movement

I don't know how long this will remain available on Vimeo; it has already been pulled off YouTube by Sony for copyright violation. In the meantime, take a look. It is short, and brilliant.