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Watched the first ep last night, gripping. The single shot stuff is so impressive, I note someone above posted some behind the scenes vids but I'm avoiding spoilers so will skip them for now. Dumb question though, is the whole episode filmed in a single take? Like no breaks? So if they get right to the end and someone stuffs a line up they have to start again? There are likely points in the show where they could cut, when the camera moves behind a wall or something but it's so well done its hard to tell.
 
Vandle said:
Watched the first ep last night, gripping. The single shot stuff is so impressive, I note someone above posted some behind the scenes vids but I'm avoiding spoilers so will skip them for now. Dumb question though, is the whole episode filmed in a single take? Like no breaks? So if they get right to the end and someone stuffs a line up they have to start again? There are likely points in the show where they could cut, when the camera moves behind a wall or something but it's so well done its hard to tell.
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One of the actors was on Jonathan Ross and he said they could easily go through it ten times before they had a take.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
One of the actors was on Jonathan Ross and he said they could easily go through it ten times before they had a take.
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As impressive as it is it does seem like it would take so much longer to make. Suppose they allow for that in the planning.
 
Vandle said:
Watched the first ep last night, gripping. The single shot stuff is so impressive, I note someone above posted some behind the scenes vids but I'm avoiding spoilers so will skip them for now. Dumb question though, is the whole episode filmed in a single take? Like no breaks? So if they get right to the end and someone stuffs a line up they have to start again? There are likely points in the show where they could cut, when the camera moves behind a wall or something but it's so well done its hard to tell.
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honesly i watched so hard, and i could not see a single point in any episode other than when the camera went through a closed window. so it's hard to know. when you look for it, you can see the points when a "single shot" cuts between shots, it becomes obvious when you really focus on just this, but this show had none of that. in fact it felt like at times it purposefully went out it's way to show you that this is a single take because they could have done a swipe action between rooms to allow them to cut 2 shots together, but they just don't, well other than that one window scene which throws me off.

yes if someone fluffs their line, laughs etc, they have to restart from scratch. i think i heard them say they have about 10 attempts per day, and 1 episode was done on the second try of the day, 1 done on the last attempt.
 
Yeah it is very well done. They would have to switch between different cameras though wouldn’t they? Like in the first episode where what I assume is a drone is following the police cars at the start. Then later on the camera is in a small bedroom or the office in the station and it's circling the actors with what must be very, very close proximity. Must be a bit off putting too.
 
Vandle said:
Yeah it is very well done. They would have to switch between different cameras though wouldn’t they? Like in the first episode where what I assume is a drone is following the police cars at the start. Then later on the camera is in a small bedroom or the office in the station and it's circling the actors with what must be very, very close proximity. Must be a bit off putting too.
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in the making of there's a scene they show where they attach the camera to a drone and then take it off.
 
Also let's not forget that this series is about Andrew Tate and his wicked thoughts and ideas and how young children are being affected.
Even my bosses 11 year old son came home one day asking about him and she had no idea so she asked me.
 
arknor said:
kids were running around with knives and stabbing each other long before anyone heard the name andrew tate.
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i think it's fair to add that it's noticed now because tate's incel message reaches kids that come from houses with more money. but really this chat is for another thread
Fubsy said:
He's the new GTA.
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there's a difference between a game made for fun, and someone who posts videos as though he's some sort of teacher.
 
arknor said:
kids were running around with knives and stabbing each other long before anyone heard the name andrew tate.
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Yes they were but you missed the bit in the series where they mention Andrew Tate twice and 'Incel' beliefs and also the bloke from the series who was on Morning TV today discussing why it was made, it was nothing to do with a normal stabbing over territory, drugs etc.
It was over 80% females will only fancy 20% males so you have to fight for them (Tate preaching).
 
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unwashed potato! said:
i think it's fair to add that it's noticed now because tate's incel message reaches kids that come from houses with more money. but really this chat is for another thread

there's a difference between a game made for fun, and someone who posts videos as though he's some sort of teacher.
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It's the new GTA more in the way that Heavy Metal, violent movies and video games in general are used as 'catch all' reasons for the way children do horrendous things.

Edit: children shouldn't be watching his crap, but who's that on? People aren't understanding Tate and what he preaches (as pointed out in this show) and no positive counter arguments are really cutting through to the kids. All we get is talk of banning him and his content, which feeds into his narrative and reinforces it to the victims he's infecting.
 
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I haven't watched this yet - but sounds like I should. As for all the questions about the episodes being single takes, it seems Netflix are leaning into this very heavily and explaining how they did it in detail. Numerous posts on Instagram and BTS explanations. So I believe they were all one take. E.g.
unwashed potato! said:
honesly i watched so hard, and i could not see a single point in any episode other than when the camera went through a closed window.
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Just popped up on my Insta feed from Netflix that the window is VFX and the camera was simply passed to an operator crouching outside. Easy, really.
 
Hard pass from me.

Looks politically motivated, placing the blame on far-right boogie men online and toxic masculinity. Psychologists know that violence is rooted in trauma, not masculinity. Masculinity does not need to be defined by violence or any other negative framing, they do so because they have an agenda.

I hear Andrew Tate is mentioned directly which is crazy, not a fan but he shouldn't have been mentioned.
 
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Enjoyed it, not pleasant content obviously. Similar to that ITV show about kids swapped at birth.

Loved the behind the scenes of the drone shot too. Think I preferred the Boiling Point one though.
 
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