7 Exercises in Limitation Storytelling on Screen
7.1 One-Take Jolly Dolly
7.1.1 An Exercise in Framing, Action and Movement with No Edits
One of filmmaking's greatest – and most unique – strengths is editing. Once the early filmmakers discovered the ability to edit their shots – cutting closer or further away, to a different angle, to a different subject, to a different plotline altogether – the true power of cinema was unleashed. Here now was an artform that did not rely on the constants of time and place – storytelling was untethered and free to explore in ways that were previously unthinkable.
So, of course, we want to take that away from a filmmaking neophyte!
Why?
Because by doing so, not only can they learn ...
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