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Thursday, October 25, 2018
Daredevil Season 3’s One-Take Prison Fight Scene, Explained
www.vulture.com: At this year’s New York Comic Con, Daredevil’s new showrunner, Erik Oleson, made a daring boast. “Remember the hallway fight?” he told the huddled crowd at his show’s official panel. “Yeah, we top that.”
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Emma Reichard
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The biggest reason, I think, one shots are so cool is that not only are they hard, but completely unnecessary. Basically the only reason to do a sequence like this is to say you did it. Because, as the article mentions, due to CGI and modern editing software, producers can create the visual effect of everything looking like one shot without actually having to do it. So the fact that the Daredevil team chose to do it anyway was specifically so that they could brag that they did. And some may call that a waste of resources, but honestly, I don’t think it is. What’s the point of entertainment if not to do cool stuff? Not only does it keep the crew challenged, but I can’t even imagine the sense of accomplishment and pride once that shot was finished. There’s another viral video going around of the ‘oner’ for the tv show Kidding, and it’s super cool to watch. The crew is very focused and quiet, then at the end they call cut and everyone starts cheering. I imagine those are the moments that make the rest of the job-related headaches worth it.
I have found myself often reading as many articles as I can about fight choreography and stunt people and all that goes into making those fights on the screen look so good and so real. I’m not sure why I have found such an interest in this, but I think it might be because this is something that I have previously known nothing about and have had a hard time finding places to learn about it. This article, especially, I found very interesting because I could really tell how excited and proud of themselves everyone who was working on this scene was, which makes me very excited for them. While reading the article I just kept thinking about how the swap the stunt doubles in, and then they talked about the Texas switches, which I cannot imagine how hard those all must have been in a single take. The amount of skill and planning that sounds like it went into this scene is remarkable and I have so much respect for these people who worked so hard to produce something that they were so passionate about producing which, like Emma said, was completely unnecessary with modern movie technology.
Wow, a shot like this is awe-inspiring. For some reason, as I read this article, I am reminded of a Rube Goldberger machine. Everything has to be perfectly timed and all it takes is one thing to mess up the rest of the sequence. Although, when done successfully, you can create a pretty spectacular moment. This is especially true for a show like Daredevil that has multiple moving parts which only adds a level of complexity to the process. This may be a naive comment, but I don’t see the point in doing a shot like this in one take aside from the coolness factor. I have seen many examples of a one-take shot, and don’t get me wrong they are all imposing to watch from behind the scenes, but to the viewer, it is very difficult to distinguish between multiple v single shot. I would have to talk to someone that has more experience with film and television, but I would be interested to know exactly what is being achieved with this technique.
I agree with Emma and Chris in their notion that “oners” are completely uneccesary but still are really cool. Marvel movies and TV shows are known for their intricate, exciting, and mind-blowing fight scenes. Whenever I go see a Marvel film, I am completely drawn into the effort and seamlessness of the fight choreography. Throughout my high school years, I was lucky enough to have a fight choreographer come in and teach us the basics of stage combat. While it isn’t quite on the same level as the incredible stunt performers, it gave me a peek into a world that I had no idea about. The amount of training and pain that goes into it is brutal but after reading articles like this, I see why people do it. With development in movie technology, this could easily have been done through a computer. But with Marvel’s reputation on both sides, I can see why the satisfaction was worth it to them.
I was actually having a conversation with a friend who watches Daredevil about their one-shot fight sequences last night, so it's really cool to see this article on the blog. The fact that they were able to make this one take scene last over twelve pages of the script is crazy, and takes a really high level of coordination. It is even more impressive to me that they were on such a time crunch and were able to get the shot on only the third try. When Geoff came in to speak to our professional prep class about working in film and TV he mentioned that there are a lot of days with very tight turn arounds, and you have to make sure to get the shot that day or there are significant financial consequences. This article mentioned that there was a backup plan to use CCTV style shots, but I am very happy that they didn't have to use it.
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The biggest reason, I think, one shots are so cool is that not only are they hard, but completely unnecessary. Basically the only reason to do a sequence like this is to say you did it. Because, as the article mentions, due to CGI and modern editing software, producers can create the visual effect of everything looking like one shot without actually having to do it. So the fact that the Daredevil team chose to do it anyway was specifically so that they could brag that they did. And some may call that a waste of resources, but honestly, I don’t think it is. What’s the point of entertainment if not to do cool stuff? Not only does it keep the crew challenged, but I can’t even imagine the sense of accomplishment and pride once that shot was finished. There’s another viral video going around of the ‘oner’ for the tv show Kidding, and it’s super cool to watch. The crew is very focused and quiet, then at the end they call cut and everyone starts cheering. I imagine those are the moments that make the rest of the job-related headaches worth it.
I have found myself often reading as many articles as I can about fight choreography and stunt people and all that goes into making those fights on the screen look so good and so real. I’m not sure why I have found such an interest in this, but I think it might be because this is something that I have previously known nothing about and have had a hard time finding places to learn about it. This article, especially, I found very interesting because I could really tell how excited and proud of themselves everyone who was working on this scene was, which makes me very excited for them. While reading the article I just kept thinking about how the swap the stunt doubles in, and then they talked about the Texas switches, which I cannot imagine how hard those all must have been in a single take. The amount of skill and planning that sounds like it went into this scene is remarkable and I have so much respect for these people who worked so hard to produce something that they were so passionate about producing which, like Emma said, was completely unnecessary with modern movie technology.
Wow, a shot like this is awe-inspiring. For some reason, as I read this article, I am reminded of a Rube Goldberger machine. Everything has to be perfectly timed and all it takes is one thing to mess up the rest of the sequence. Although, when done successfully, you can create a pretty spectacular moment. This is especially true for a show like Daredevil that has multiple moving parts which only adds a level of complexity to the process.
This may be a naive comment, but I don’t see the point in doing a shot like this in one take aside from the coolness factor. I have seen many examples of a one-take shot, and don’t get me wrong they are all imposing to watch from behind the scenes, but to the viewer, it is very difficult to distinguish between multiple v single shot. I would have to talk to someone that has more experience with film and television, but I would be interested to know exactly what is being achieved with this technique.
I agree with Emma and Chris in their notion that “oners” are completely uneccesary but still are really cool. Marvel movies and TV shows are known for their intricate, exciting, and mind-blowing fight scenes. Whenever I go see a Marvel film, I am completely drawn into the effort and seamlessness of the fight choreography. Throughout my high school years, I was lucky enough to have a fight choreographer come in and teach us the basics of stage combat. While it isn’t quite on the same level as the incredible stunt performers, it gave me a peek into a world that I had no idea about. The amount of training and pain that goes into it is brutal but after reading articles like this, I see why people do it. With development in movie technology, this could easily have been done through a computer. But with Marvel’s reputation on both sides, I can see why the satisfaction was worth it to them.
I was actually having a conversation with a friend who watches Daredevil about their one-shot fight sequences last night, so it's really cool to see this article on the blog. The fact that they were able to make this one take scene last over twelve pages of the script is crazy, and takes a really high level of coordination. It is even more impressive to me that they were on such a time crunch and were able to get the shot on only the third try. When Geoff came in to speak to our professional prep class about working in film and TV he mentioned that there are a lot of days with very tight turn arounds, and you have to make sure to get the shot that day or there are significant financial consequences. This article mentioned that there was a backup plan to use CCTV style shots, but I am very happy that they didn't have to use it.
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