{"id":235636,"date":"2021-04-26T14:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-robert-zemeckis-can-teach-us-about-the-moving-master-shot\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:16:52","slug":"what-robert-zemeckis-can-teach-us-about-the-moving-master-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-robert-zemeckis-can-teach-us-about-the-moving-master-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Robert Zemeckis Can Teach Us About the Moving Master Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599ef8a766\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599ef8a766\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-robert-zemeckis-can-teach-us-about-the-moving-master-shot\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-robert-zemeckis-can-teach-us-about-the-moving-master-shot\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What Robert Zemeckis Can Teach Us About the Moving Master Shot<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay about how director Robert Zemeckis is the master of the moving master shot.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest, long takes get all the glory. And, to be fair, there is something delightfully audacious about a well-executed oner: the intense staging, the impossibly fluid camera, all the different moving parts. Continuous shots are difficult to pull off, which is, in part, why they drum up so much praise and hype. Heck, there are even full, feature-length films entirely structured around the spectacle of a single shot (or the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance thereof): <em>Rope <\/em>(1948), <em>Russian Ark\u00a0<\/em>(2002),\u00a0<em>Birdman<\/em> (2014), and <em>1917\u00a0<\/em>(2019), to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>But did you know that continuous shots have a sneakier, more practical cousin? That\u2019s right, it\u2019s time to talk about\u00a0<strong>the moving master shot<\/strong>. What is the moving master? Well, it\u2019s exactly what it sounds like: <strong>a master shot<\/strong> (a.k.a. a long shot that captures all or most of the action in a scene) that moves around a lot. The benefit of the moving master is that you are able to obtain a lot of\u00a0<strong>coverage<\/strong> without a scene feeling too static. Effectively, by just moving the camera and the performers around, you can achieve a multitude of coverage with far fewer <strong>set-ups<\/strong> (a.k.a. the positioning of the camera and lights for a specific shot). As you can imagine, this saves a lot of time. And on a professional film set, saving time means saving money.<\/p>\n<p>One of the masters of the moving master is <strong><em>Back to the Future <\/em><\/strong>director <strong>Robert Zemeckis<\/strong>. The video essay below looks to Zemeckis\u2019 filmography to demonstrate both the practical and storytelling benefits of using this technique.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">Watch \u201c<strong>Shooting Moving Masters Zemeckis Style<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">\u201c:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shooting Moving Masters Zemeckis Style\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhyV097_Q-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video essay about Robert Zemeckis and the moving master shot is by writer, director, and video essayist <strong>David F. Sandberg<\/strong>\u00a0(of\u00a0<em>Shazam!\u00a0<\/em>fame). His output includes no-budget horror films shot in his own house, starring his wife and frequent collaborator <strong>Lotta Losten<\/strong>. You can follow Sandberg\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ponysmasher\">on Vimeo\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ponysmasher\">on Twitter<\/a>. 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