What is Single Shot Cinema?

Talk

WHEN February 8, 2012
6:30-8:30 PM WHERE NYUAD Downtown Campus, Abu Dhabi WHO NYU Abu Dhabi Institute Open to the Public

In the past, the creativity and freedom of camera movement in shooting films was limited by the size and weight of the camera, which often had to be moved on a dolly or crane. Movements were carefully planned and scripted, reducing the camera's role in the language of film. Using clips from his own films, award-winning documentary filmmaker Leonard Rettel Helmrich explores what possibilities exist in film as professional cameras become smaller and lighter and limitations on film language disappear.

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