Drawing inspiration from OK Go’s music videos, we wanted to try out the one-shot filming technique. In the context of vlog reviews, one-shots would show the overview of a specific place, giving people a better idea of the place as a whole, especially since there are no cuts in between.

This idea required some planning beforehand, such as how we were to walk around the area or shoot it such that all the information needed gets in the video. We tried walking around but didn’t quite like it as it wasn’t very smooth; perhaps it would have been better if we had a monopod. We then resulted to staying at one position to take the entire shot of the area, which is also the second video in this blog post.

We did this sketch with the urge to experiment in mind, as this is a very different filming technique compared to regular video reviews. Making a good one-shot would require plenty of planning, and although it could be an interesting take, this might defeat the whole idea of spontaneity in vlog reviews.