I haven’t seen this show, but I read two articles in The Conversation about it –‘Adolescence’ on Neflix: A painful wake-up call about unregulated internet use for teens
It is a well done series. Can’t talk about content because of spoilers. But the single take from start of the episode to end is an amazing accomplishment-with all the camera movements.
The show is worth watching, just as a show, even if you disagree with the message. It’s unique in its presentation. The single cut style looks like it might hide some subtle cuts (I don’t think so), but it’s actually quite impressive. The topic is interesting and can spawn interesting conversations.
Every long oner has hidden cuts. These range from really simple, like something moving across the foreground to hide a wipe, to really difficult (expensive) like fully CG doubles to merge shots (probably too expensive for this TV show).
I would suspect that at least 80% of the time, when something (or more often someone) moves accross the whole frame in front of everything else, its obscuring a wipe to the next shot.There is at least one (art house) thriller done in one cut, Victoria, rather impressive for a future length movies that includes several locations and driving in a car.
He could be lying, but the cinematographer for it says each episode was a single shot
“There’s no stitching of takes together," cinematographer Matthew Lewis told Variety. “It was one entire shot, whether I wanted it to be or not.”
I dont see why he’d say that if it wasnt as he’d look pretty stupid if some else came out and contradicted him.
Seems rather poetic then factual statement - what does " whether I wanted it to be or not." in this context even mean?
