# Movies shot in order
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 28, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000 "2005-08-28T18:29:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/1 "2005-08-28T18:29:42Z")
Easy Rider- the film itself shows us the actual road trip the crew took. Cool!
Russian Arc- 90 minute? film shows us the longest one-shot ever, er, filmed? (on digital, of course), so it’s all in order. Any other one-shots will be in order.
What other movies have been shot in order of the scenes we see?
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/2 "2005-08-28T19:55:22Z")
I’ve heard that E.T. was shot mostly in order to help the young actors maintain the proper arc for their performances.
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### Author:  [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/3 "2005-08-28T20:29:18Z")
I read somewhere that Peter Weir shot _Dead Poets Society_ in order, to capture better chemistry between Robin Williams and the group of boys.
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### Author:  [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/4 "2005-08-28T21:23:47Z")
How 'bout\* **The Blair Witch Project** \* ? Oh, and _ **Open Water** _?
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### Author:  [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/5 "2005-08-28T21:31:32Z")
Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **Rope** _.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/6 "2005-08-28T21:42:20Z")
**Three Men and a Baby**.
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/7 "2005-08-28T21:48:26Z")
WAG: Twelve Angry Men. I’d be shocked if it weren’t. Can anyone confirm?
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### Author:  [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/8 "2005-08-28T22:02:34Z")
I watched a documentary about Steven Spielberg where Ron Howard discussed _American Graffitti_ being shot in sequence. He said that Speilberg wanted the actors to look worn out at the end of the movie.
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### Author:  [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/9 "2005-08-28T22:57:37Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t a documentary on George Lucas?
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### Author:  [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/10 "2005-08-29T11:08:10Z")
[A Beautiful Mind](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/trivia):
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> The film was shot in sequence in order to help Russell Crowe develop a consistently progressing manner of behavior.
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/11 "2005-08-29T11:19:37Z")
**El Mariachi** was shot in sequence, just to save money and to make the editing easier.
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### Author:  [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/12 "2005-08-29T11:32:09Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#):
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> Are you sure it wasn’t a documentary on George Lucas?
Ouch! Of course, you’re right.
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### Author:  [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/13 "2005-08-29T13:35:14Z")
[**Sixth Sense**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/trivia) was shot in sequence.
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/14 "2005-08-30T05:57:12Z")
Even a big movie like _Gone With the Wind_ was shot more or less in order. The most notable exceptions were the Burning of the Atlanta Depot scenes, which were shot first; and the opening scenes with Scarlett and the Tarleton boys, which were shot five times over eight months.
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### Author:  [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/15 "2005-08-30T12:53:45Z")
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> Sixth Sense was shot in sequence.
IIRC, there are flashbacks, so do we think this means in chronological sequence or scene sequence?
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### Author:  [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/16 "2005-08-30T14:27:03Z")
> [@Quercus](#):
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> IIRC, there are flashbacks, so do we think this means in chronological sequence or scene sequence?
Good question. When they say “shot in sequence”, I always think it’s in sequence with the script and since flashbacks are in the middle of the movie, they shot them after the scene before it (or rather, the scene the flashback occurs in the middle of).
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/17 "2005-09-02T02:29:01Z")
> [@Walloon](#):
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> Even a big movie like Gone With the Wind was shot more or less in order.
Are you implying that most films are shot mostly in order? 😕 Obviously not if the movie involves moving to different countries/diverse locales, but normally they shoot as much in order as they can?
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/18 "2005-09-02T02:45:34Z")
Correct.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/19 "2005-09-02T16:29:32Z")
> [@Askia](#):
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> WAG: Twelve Angry Men. I’d be shocked if it weren’t. Can anyone confirm?
Actually, no, not really. Most of the close-ups that appear throughout the film of each juror (which constitute a large % of the film–either in speeches or reaction shots) were shot at the same time. Because of the nature of the play/film, they could do long run-throughs over and over, but that’s not the same as shooting everything in sequence.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shot-in-order/319000/20 "2005-09-02T16:40:49Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#):
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> Are you implying that most films are shot mostly in order? 😕 Obviously not if the movie involves moving to different countries/diverse locales, but normally they shoot as much in order as they can?
“Mostly” is a rather large qualifier. I have (in my job) pored over quite a large volume of feature film dailies and/or continuity scripts, and I never ran into one that was shot in order. Though there might be some general similarity to the flow of the narrative, there are countless exceptions based on logistical realities.
If you have a film where eight different scenes happen in the main character’s apartment, they’re going to be shot together, instead of coming back to the same set/location over and over. It’s a matter of common sense and fiscal discipline. Although it might’ve been easier to shoot in sequence in the older days when whole films were shot on the studio lot, commitment of resources still precluded it from being typical (or practical).
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