Following the workshop, I began looking at examples of one shot videos, remembering one of my favorite songs by Radiohead, No Surprises.
Tom Yorke is being filmed over a single shot in a space suit, singing, as it is slowly being filled with water.
It’s an intense 3 minutes, a close-up of his face with varying light changes.
Next, I looked up ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan from his documara of his tour of England, ‘Don’t Look Back’, 1967.
This video is quietly recognised as one of the first ever music videos. Dylan stands holding up cue cards with lyrics from his song, filmed in the back alleys of the Savoy hotel, London.
Third on the list is ‘Here is Comes Again’ by Ok Go.
We’ve all no doubt seen this video in one form or another.
The most recognizable aspect to the clip is the synchronized dancing with the use of treadmills.
Ok Go are the kings of creative and inventive ways of using the single shot technique and this video is what kicked it all off.