“Utøya: July 22” 72 minutes, the result of a shocking one-shot shoot

What does the long take method bring?

Going back in history, in Hitchcock's `` The Rope '' (1948), in order to maintain the atmosphere of progress in real time, he used close-ups of the backs of the characters and connected the images, making it appear as if the whole story was connected. created.

Other movies that come to mind include ` `The Player '' (1992), `` Snake Eyes '' (1998), `` Children of Men '' (2006), `` Atonement '' (2007), and ``Birdman.' ' Some of them, such as ` `The Miracle That Never Happened' ' (14), skillfully connect images, while others are truly shot in one shot.

In addition, the German film `` Victoria '' (15) attracted attention for its 140-minute long run, and the way `` Son of Saul '' (15) depicts the situation in the Jewish concentration camp in a long take shocked the audience. Gave. Also, last year, ``One Cut of the Dead'' became a big hit, and it seems that long takes, which were previously a technique only known to those in the know, have become commonplace.

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I think that in many cases these techniques create a kind of vivid sense of presence by seamlessly photographing every moment in progress. In one cut, the audience is placed on an equal footing with the protagonist. In this vividness, we witness and experience everything that is currently going on at the same time as the main character and the camera. Everything is a one-shot match. It is similar to a ``one-time'' life where repeating the same thing doesn't work.

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