Friday 12 March 2021

We Have All Seen Videos,

taken with a drone,


but I have never seen one with such unbelievable piloting skills as this one,

taken by Jay Christensen of Rally Studios, the footage is evidence of both how far technology has advanced in recent years and the adept piloting skills required,

the drone starts outside of a bowling alley and zooms inside following balls into the workings of the alley and its restaurants and visitors, the alley filmed is the Bryant Lake Bowl in this fast-paced clip that rolls through the classic Minneapolis venue, and here is the thing, it was all taken in one take! what piloting skills indeed, speaking of this video being made in one take I immediately thought of another master piece that we watched many years ago,

 Russian Ark, the word masterpiece does not give justice to this film, I will copy and paste this from the storyline, 'an unseen man regains consciousness, not knowing who or where he is, no one seems to be able to see him, except the mysterious man dressed in black', you are the unseen man,

it is if you are walking through the halls and rooms of the Winter Palace of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, being ignored, not seen except by the mysterious man, as you walk through each room time changes, in one room you are in the 1700s, next some young modern day sailors are being addresses by the man in black in the next room as you walk in you are in the early 1900s, stunning cinematography, it is all of course in Russian but with English subtitles, but what a film!

think on this, 2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE, yes no director yelling 'cut', all in one take, all 99 minuets of it, the preparation for this unforgettable night took almost four years, it was seamless, if you have not watched the film for myself I would highly recommend it.


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