1917: Faulty lighters and other problems with making one-shot films
On the surface, you might think war film 1917 would have little in common with the music video for Wannabe by the Spice Girls.Sir Sam Mendes's two-hour World War One epic is notable not just for its Oscar momentum and critical acclaim, but also for the fact it appears to have been shot in one continuous take. No cutaways, no scene changes, just a single, floating shot.
"You want to lock the audience together with the central characters, creating the feeling that they can't get out," explains Sir Sam, who has also directed American Beauty and the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre. "Never smoke, ever," Scott picks up."On anything - on stage, on screen - never use a cigarette lighter."
"There were days where we did see-saw between thinking 'why are we doing this to ourselves', and thinking 'this is the only way to work'. The feeling when you got it was so great, that you wanted to do it again. But there were some tough days."
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