While researching Scorsese's long take from Goodfellas, I found information about the film 'Rope'. The whole film was made up of a series of 8-10 minute shots all seamlessly cut together to make it seem like the same shot. According to IMDB, 'there are only 2 intentionally visible cuts during the main body of the film' This was the first notable film to use long unedited takes to tell a story and has inspired many directors e.g. Scorsese, to use this technique.Hitchcock, on the other extreme, also made the film 'The Birds' which has 1,360 edits.
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Kill Bill
-Another great example of a long take. This one isn't quite as well known or quite as long as the other but I really do think it's an amazing technique. The way the directors make it seem so easy when in fact, it would be extremely difficult to do. It makes the audience feel like they're really there, inside the film and part of the action, instead of making the audience feel like an outsider.
-Another great example of a long take. This one isn't quite as well known or quite as long as the other but I really do think it's an amazing technique. The way the directors make it seem so easy when in fact, it would be extremely difficult to do. It makes the audience feel like they're really there, inside the film and part of the action, instead of making the audience feel like an outsider.
- Long takes can be used to create the effect of claustrophobia on the audience and negatively can cause the audience to wait for the actor to make a mistake rather than paying attention to the plot. It can also bore the audience so they loose intrest in the film.
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