Last Tutorial on Thursday, the class was instructed to choose a script that was written before hand and film it in two methods; the Long Take and Film to Edit. At the time I wondered why we had to shoot the same scene twice but as I am writing this now I can see how different the two types of shoots where from each other. We first decided to shoot the long take first and after a few runs of the lines, actor placement and camera movement; we started to shoot the scene. This was quite time consuming as a single mistake can ruin the entire take but in the end we got the footage we where after. Next came to shoot to edit and after we had a few test shots we commenced with the shoot. We first recorded a master shot and when that was done we recorded the scene from different shots and angles.

I came to realize how dissimilar the two types of shooting methods are from each other. The long take allowed the scene to be captured in real time and it makes for a deeply immersive experience for the viewer but that being said it takes away much of the control from the filmmaker. Being limited to real time, the filmmaker has no control over the pacing of the scene and the actual shooting of the scene is quite troublesome. On the other had the shoot to edit shoot, in my opinion resulted in the best footage being captured as this way there can be a wider variety of shots as well as different showing the same location and characters from different perspectives. Having little control over a scene is quite troublesome for a filmmaker as typically a scene is thoroughly planned and structured so relinquishing that control can make them uneasy. Personally I like watching a well directed long take but actually shooting one is quite stressful but it was a good learning experience nonetheless.