From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing

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Utilizing rolling takes

Utilizing rolling takes

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Utilizing rolling takes

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- Film directors yelling, "Action!" and "Cut!" are almost as iconic as cinema itself. We'll talk in detail about the workflow of calling shots in the next training series about working on set, but here I wanna talk about a new exception to this gold standard. In times past the cost of film was one of the things that made filmmaking so out of reach for most independent filmmakers. Every second that cameras recorded used up film, which costs money, so filmmakers with smaller budgets were usually really judicious with takes because they had to be, financially. But now in the days of video, recording video doesn't really cost anything. You can do take after take while the cameras keep recording instead of calling, "Cut!". Here's what that looked like on The Assurance. Back to one, back to one, back to one! Keep rolling, keep rolling! - [Young Girl] Hello! - Okay, do that again, keep rolling, and then go back to one. Notice that I often my notes by yelling, "Still rolling", so that camera…

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