I caught the opportunity last weekend I went out with my friends to shoot the music narrative vlog movie. As the combination from the last assignment and the element from activity, music and strong movement, this is kind a new try for me. Because the place was spacious, so I took a lot of full-length shots and with a lot of movement.

Long shot refers to the continuous performance of a moving picture for a long time (Guanghua 2008). The theory is opposite to the traditional montage theory, it not only brings a “new wave” in the film industry but also opens up a new field of film and television research. In the narrative perspective, the lens has different characteristics from the decomposable montage. At the same time, it also has its own characteristics of space-time structure (Guanghua 2008).

It’s inspired me that I want to do a day non-stop recording within one hour. The character could be my mom, the rare female entrepreneur in China. As an entrepreneur, she meets 90% or more males than females, but she shows the chance that women can also do the high standard job and even better than men.

The full length shot is a difficult try because the prepared plot needs to play with no NG, some of the shot is documentary kind, just recording people’s movement, that’s what I want to do.

All above are what makes full length shot difficult and unique, I think that is why a successful long shot is called a classical shot. Since I am using iPhone to shoot, I have to charge my phone for a whole day and without a hand up my phone. This is also a huge challenge for me, and I hope I can find some previous examples of this kind of film.

Guanghua, Z 2008, ‘Full-length shot’, Science, education and culture collection, No.31,  viewed 10 September 2021, <http://www.cqvip.com/Main/Detail.aspx?id=28686993>