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George Mackay plays Lance Corporal Schofield in 1917

On The Surface , you might think, the war film of 1917 had little in common with The Music video for Wannabe by the Spice Girls

But you'd be wrong.

Sir Sam Mendes , two-hour World War II epic is remarkable only for its Oscar-dynamics and applause, But also for the fact that it was apparently shot in a continuous. No cutaways, no scene is missed, only a single, flowing shot.

The camera follows Lance Corporal Schofield and Blake (played by George Mackay and Dean-Charles Chapman), as they risk their lives by crossing enemy lines. The couple must provide in order to quit, a crucial message for their comrades to walk into a deadly trap.

your mission is a bit more dangerous than The One recorded in 1996 by the Spice Girls , followed by a single camera from room to room, as they caused chaos in a London hotel, But The Principle is the same.

"you want to lock The Audience , along with the protagonist, creating The Feeling that you can't get it," said Sir Sam, who also directed "American Beauty " and the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre.

"But if we don't, The First preview screening, you could feel that visceral sense, The Audience , from moment to moment, and I think that is something to do with the One Shot , and the fact that you can feel, as time goes on. "

Sir Sam Mendes , also only a single shot for the opening sequence of Spectre

But this treatment is not without its problems.

Perhaps The Most problematic was most the moment of reception of 1917 , the Sir Sam as a "simple" gate" - a scene where a faulty support meant re-shooting the entire sequence.

"Andrew, in his only scene, more mistakes are made than anyone else," the Director lovingly jokes, based on Fleabag star Andrew Scott , who was required to light a cigarette during his brief appearance in the film.

"Never smoked, never," Scott takes. "In everything - On Stage , on the Screen - never use a lighter. "

Sir Sam expands: "you have seven minutes of magic, And Then , when someone stumbles, or a lighter doesn't work, or if an actor forgets a half-line, it means that none of them is usable, and you have to start again. "

Scott felt particularly bad, he plays a minor character, pointed out: "you need to work in addition to the camera team and the extras, But the big challenge is to not have that you want it nasty, because they are only in it for Five Minutes , you don't want the Guy . "

The cigarette behind Andrew Scott 's ear, caused all kinds of problems during the filming of work

""There were days where we did see-saw between thinking 'why are we doing this to ourselves', and 'think this is the only way to work"" Sir Sam said. "The Feeling when you got it, was so great that she wanted to do it again. But there were some hard days. "

While only very few movies and music videos are trapped in a single, a bit of camera Tricks and clever editing it as you were.

As anyone who watched the recent BBC drama The Capture over know, something like a bus, the front of the camera is a clever way to make a cut or stitch together two takes, without The Audience noticing the transition.

The finished product makes it possible to feel The Audience as you go on a long and continuous journey with the Characters and it is a tactic that a lot in film and television.

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Veteran cinematographer Roger Deakins , reminds take: "[Mendes] sent me The Script , and on the title page it was called 'this is called a single-shot', and I said To My wife, 'this must be a mistake'. We have many samples and a lot of Tests. it was not until a few days before the shoot that we felt it was makeable. "

you can Pull out of such a high-wire act, has paid for the film as early as 1917 and the beginning of This Week .

So, how many different shots were involved, just for you, sewn together to make the film seamless're looking for?

"That's a secret!", Deakins laughs. "But you can probably Work It out. We shot for about 65 days, and the longest lasts for around nine minutes, so you could do the math.

Sir , Sam said there were some "tough days" on set trying the technique perfectly

"The biggest difficulty," he continues, "was always about the terrain, and some of these really intense, sensitive scenes, and make it all feel of a piece.

"So you're with a lot of Techniques - anti-roll-bar systems, wire-cameras - But I think for me the trick was to try and make it as a camera all the time. That was the biggest challenge. The and The Weather . "

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