Pride of place in the filmmaker's toolkit is the one-shot sequence, also known as a one-er. Whenever a director and their crew pulls off one of these elaborately orchestrated sequences, it usually ...

Long takes have taken over TV, but it's been a uniquely cinematic trick for decades. Few cinematic tools are used as often — and as badly — as the oner. Also known as a long take or a one shot, a oner ...

Any discussion about the genius of Orson Welles' career inevitably turns to his complete mastery of the camera. He insisted on his films being truly cutting edge in his use of angles and deep focus, ...

The writer and director Ryan Coogler narrates a sequence from his film. By Mekado Murphy In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their movies.