One-Shot Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

The Blaine Brothers Revisit a Seismic Family Event to Inspire Single-Take Comedy Drama ‘Undeletable’

The Blaine Brothers revisit the exact spot of a supremely awkward family revelation to capture their single-take voicemail short starring Sophia Di Martino.

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Live Action, Premiere

tao/s Present a Raw Portrait of Family Turmoil Born of Mental Illness in Personal Short ‘Very Still, Very Quiet’

tao/s explain why the one-shot was the most authentic way to capture the emotional chaos of a family trying to cope with their mom's mental health disorder.

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Live Action, Premiere

A First Date Gets Awkward When a Debate Over Eurocentrism in Food Arises in Werner Vivier’s ‘Fine Dining’

Werner Vivier explains the use of a voyeuristic one-shot framing device to subtly examine the theme of racism in food culture in his awkward first date short.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Cursed Man’s Mounting Misfortune Plays Out for All to See in Maxwell Hughes Klaiber & Jordan Moran’s ‘JOB’

Maxwell Hughes Klaiber discusses the highly effective voyeuristic perspective he & Jordan Moran took in their short capturing the worst day of a man’s life.

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Live Action, Premiere

Colby Day Traverses the Archetypal Romantic Journey of a New Relationship in Dance Short ‘Lead/Follow’

Colby Day explains how he practically translated his intimate play, about a couple experiencing new love, into a free-flowing dance short.

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Live Action

Craig Bingham’s Yorkshire-Set Fight Pit Short ‘IRONSTONE’ Is a Brooding Look at a Battle for Survival

Craig Bingham breaks down the physical and emotional intensity of shooting the long one-shot takes required for his engrossing fight pit short.

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Live Action

An Immigrant Couple in 70s London Navigate the Law and Each Other in Roxy Rezvany’s Short ‘Photo Booth’

Roxy Rezvany divulges how she sought to subtly unpack immigrant prejudice through the setup of her single-shot short drama.

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Live Action

Old Friends Face a Difficult Moral Quandary in Mauritz Brekke Solberg’s Gripping Summer Drama ‘Juli.’

Mauritz Brekke Solberg breaks down the construction of the lengthy single-take behind the pivotal tonal switch in his riveting ensemble drama.

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Live Action, Premiere

Nicole Rixon & Ryan Goodman’s ‘Portrayed’ Captures the Relentless Scrutiny Placed on Women in Politics

Nicole Rixon & Ryan Goodman talk about marrying shooting medium with concept for their uncomfortable one-shot drama about skewed gender dynamics.

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Music Video

A Couple Are Trapped in a Violent Embrace in Andrew Jim Gannon’s ‘United (Why Can’t We Say Enough)’

Andrew Jim Gannon deconstructs the purpose of the ever-evolving frame mask in his precise and psychological single-shot music video.

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Music Video

Ben Galster’s Crafts an Immersive One-Shot Experience for Marie Bothmer in ‘Kugelsicher’

Using epic anamorphic lenses and flowing Steadicam movements, Ben Galster takes DN inside the precise planning of his thrilling one-shot music video.

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Peru48

Music Video

Slow Cinema Meets Rap Music in Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Brutally Compelling Tektonika Project ‘Peru48’

Krzysztof Skonieczny talks through deploying flowing Steadicam shots and black & white cinematography in a bleak evocation of a man's personal purgatory.

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