Introduction To One Shot Project

Having recently started my one shot project, i decided to have a look at examples of one shot parts within films or examples of films which have been totally shot using one shot filming. At our first seminar we were shown examples of one shot films by our tutor, most of which were old B&W films since one shot filming is rarely used in modern day to produce movies.

Having looked at one shot examples i did a bit of research and found a modern example of one shot being used within a martial arts film called "Ong Bak" which features a part during a large fight scene which the camera follows the leading actor Tony Jaa up long set of spiralling staircases within a enemy building.

The one shot camera follows the main actor Tony Jaa whilst keeping distance so the viewer can see the martial arts with ease and often zooms up and back out to capture the action if it departs from the area in which he is filming.

Here is a the one shot clip from Youtube.

Ong Bak features stunts and Muay Thai martial arts performed by Thai boxer and actor Tony Jaa and is set in Thailand and Australia, for those who are interested, the film is really good and features stunts and fighting displays that would even shock those of you who like voilence !

Ong Bak 2 has also recently been released though i have not watched it yet, i may try to get hold of it too see whether it also includes a One Shot scene.