Watch this video from Every Frame A Painting, talking about Spielberg’s invisible one shots, then we’ll talk after.
Now watch this innocuous scene from an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine.
As I say in that tweet, it’s remarkable in that Alan JW Bell was shooting these setups constantly in a TV sitcom. Watch any episode at random, and you’ll see at least one, if not many, examples.
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For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…
Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…
