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152:(also the fact that the former came right after Nausicaa)... I've been doing some digging and it seems like the main theme, the "Requiem", as Hisaishi called it, was based off of a Sarabande by Georg Friedrich Handel, but that's only the chord structure from what I can remember of the piece, perhaps that's where you might have remembered it? idek I'm sorry i can't quite remember either eeuughh 410:) - is gone. With a virtual camera, which can perform supernatural feats of motion and has complete flexibility to change its optical characteristics, one could "film" a whole movie (with the usual scene structure) and have the camera writhe around to completely remove all the "cuts". That seems to be exactly what the director of the forthcoming 507:. Also useful would be the Long take article (linked by Shantavira, above), which includes a list of directors who use this technique. Note also that while films might use the technique, they are rarely actually filmed in this way, but instead rely on clever editing to give the appearence of a single shot. 443:
is a CGI sequence with fragments of human performance composited into it. In the final film it's a single "shot", because there aren't any "camera" jumps ("cuts"). But it wasn't really shot with a camera, and film wasn't
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is an audacious and unprecedented film. The DVD commentary mentions that they were more worried about the camera lens fogging as they went outdoors then they were about any mistakes by the actors. The opening sequence of
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I'm trying to identify a children's cartoon series about a flying dog, possibly named Wujek Fido (Uncle Fido), which was on Polish television 30 years or so ago. It long predated the German
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I'm very interested in a response for this question. I honestly don't know the answer tbh but it sounds more like a melody which would be played on a trumpet, so
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film? I just watched the film for the first time today, yet that sounded very familiar... I'm half-remembering it being used by spirits in a later film... maybe
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i saw gravity (film) the other day and was rather impressed by the tracking shot at the beginning, and did some research and found that there is a film called
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which is literally one shot. Are there other artsy-style movies like this out there and is there a list of them? thank
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with flatbed editor. So it's a "shot" in the artistic sense, but not in the production sense. --
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Yeah, with CGI and digital compositing, the relationship between a take and a shot - which was
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one, following many characters across the huge Castle Black set during a battle.
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who was occasionally shown flying by spinning his tail like a propeller.) --
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Does anybody know if the "la, la, la la la la la la" vocalizations in
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are filmed in one single take." There is an impressive long take in
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275:.  We have a related article that might be of interest: 354:Just to point out that this discussion is about 439:I mention this because the opening "shot" of 8: 402:1:1, bar some clever fades and wipes (e.g. 217:Wujek Fido the Flying Dog -- Polish TV show 49: 36: 269:The most famous example is Hitchcock's 65: 43: 505:Children of Men#Single-shot sequences 200:= "I don't even know", perhaps? -- 7: 337:has an extraordinary tracking shot. 223:Vipo: Adventures of the Flying Dog 129:... but I can't quite remember. — 116:Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 106:Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 32: 297:Not mentioned in that article is 1: 148:is probably more likely than 33: 366:article also mentions that " 109:song: la, la, la la la la la 533: 517:14:46, 3 August 2014 (UTC) 489:08:20, 31 July 2014 (UTC) 459:08:13, 30 July 2014 (UTC) 427:08:07, 30 July 2014 (UTC) 390:07:35, 30 July 2014 (UTC) 346:17:26, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 313:20:50, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 289:17:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 263:16:57, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 234:15:22, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 209:20:48, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 186:16:29, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 168:16:09, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 139:15:03, 29 July 2014 (UTC) 475:The Watchers on the Wall 416:film will be doing. -- 362:is quite different. The 18:Knowledge:Reference desk 87:current reference desk 172:I don't think it's 119:has been used in a 38:Entertainment desk 196:HelicopterLlama, 93: 92: 73: 72: 524: 495:The director of 258: 253: 204: 163: 158: 75: 34: 532: 531: 527: 526: 525: 523: 522: 521: 471:Game of Thrones 450:Finlay McWalter 418:Finlay McWalter 256: 251: 241: 219: 202: 161: 156: 111: 101: 30: 29: 28: 12: 11: 5: 530: 528: 520: 519: 501:Alfonso Cuarón 492: 491: 466: 465: 464: 463: 462: 461: 432: 431: 430: 429: 393: 392: 351: 350: 349: 348: 322: 321: 320: 319: 318: 317: 316: 315: 240: 237: 218: 215: 214: 213: 212: 211: 191: 190: 189: 188: 110: 102: 100: 97: 95: 91: 90: 82: 81: 71: 70: 64: 48: 41: 40: 31: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 529: 518: 514: 510: 506: 502: 498: 494: 493: 490: 487: 484: 480: 476: 472: 468: 467: 460: 457: 454: 451: 447: 442: 438: 437: 436: 435: 434: 433: 428: 425: 422: 419: 415: 414: 409: 405: 401: 397: 396: 395: 394: 391: 388: 385: 381: 380:The Number 23 377: 373: 369: 365: 361: 360:tracking shot 357: 353: 352: 347: 344: 340: 336: 335: 334:Touch of Evil 329: 326: 325: 324: 323: 314: 310: 306: 305:50.100.189.29 302: 301: 296: 295: 294: 293: 292: 291: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 273: 268: 267: 266: 264: 261: 260: 259: 254: 246: 239:Tracking shot 238: 236: 235: 232: 228: 224: 216: 210: 207: 205: 199: 195: 194: 193: 192: 187: 183: 179: 175: 171: 170: 169: 166: 165: 164: 159: 151: 147: 143: 142: 141: 140: 136: 132: 128: 127: 126:Mononoke Hime 122: 121:Studio Ghibli 118: 117: 108: 107: 103: 98: 96: 88: 84: 83: 80: 77: 76: 68: 61: 57: 53: 47: 42: 39: 35: 27: 26:Entertainment 23: 19: 496: 483:InedibleHulk 479:"...good..." 470: 452: 445: 440: 420: 411: 407: 404:Citizen Kane 403: 399: 376:La casa muda 332: 299: 281:71.20.250.51 270: 249: 248: 244: 242: 220: 197: 173: 154: 153: 149: 145: 124: 114: 112: 104: 94: 78: 328:Russian Ark 272:Rope (film) 252:~Helicopter 245:Russian Ark 178:Crisco 1492 157:~Helicopter 131:Crisco 1492 384:Shantavira 356:long takes 300:The Player 203:Jack of Oz 509:Astronaut 473:episode " 364:long take 339:MarnetteD 277:Long take 50:<< 477:" had a 408:Serenity 368:Timecode 150:Mononoke 24:‎ | 22:Archives 20:‎ | 497:Gravity 441:Gravity 413:Birdman 227:Muttley 99:July 29 89:pages. 67:July 30 46:July 28 486:(talk) 400:mostly 279:.   — 257:Llama~ 174:Laputa 162:Llama~ 146:Laputa 372:PVC-1 69:: --> 63:: --> 62:: --> 44:< 16:< 513:talk 469:The 456:Talk 424:Talk 374:and 358:; a 343:Talk 309:talk 285:talk 198:idek 182:talk 135:talk 56:July 446:cut 231:ToE 60:Aug 52:Jun 515:) 499:, 406:, 370:, 311:) 287:) 265:s 184:) 137:) 58:| 54:| 511:( 453:ᚠ 421:ᚠ 386:| 341:| 307:( 283:( 180:( 133:(

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Knowledge:Reference desk
Archives
Entertainment
Entertainment desk
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July
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current reference desk
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Studio Ghibli
Mononoke Hime
Crisco 1492
talk
15:03, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
~Helicopter
Llama~
16:09, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Crisco 1492
talk
16:29, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Jack of Oz

20:48, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Vipo: Adventures of the Flying Dog
Muttley
ToE
15:22, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

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