Music videos that appear to be shot entirely in one take.

yeah but it seemed to be all one take. probably 2 or 3 cameras running at once??

I can’t for the life of me remember the group or the song, but I recall a video where the band members walk through multiple sets along a soundstage, then the camera pans to the other side of the soundstage, in the process showing the track the camera is mounted on, then goes back along the track once more following the band along various sets. I recall it being metal-ish or gothy, with the lead singer being a baldheaded creepy sort of guy. I want to say Staind or Disturbed, but neither one seems correct. Anyone got a clue?

The Spike Jonze-directed video for “California” by Wax.

The video for Goldfrapp’s “Happiness” appears to be shot in one take even though it really wasn’t. (As a game, see how many times you can spot lead singer Alison Goldfrapp.)

That wouldn’t be the video for “Allison Road” by the Gin Blossoms?

Or maybe it was the video for “The Underdog” by Spoon?

…“Sophie” by Goodshirt. Fantastically funny!

Mr. Krinkle by Primus.

That is it, indeed. :slight_smile: You’re good.

Back Door Lover by Du Jour (from the special features on the Josie and the Pussycats DVD). :smiley:

Someday by MLTR appears to be shot in a single take.
Ah, 90s nostalgia. I was younger then, and my musical tastes were a lot less evolved. This song still makes me strangely nostalgic, though.

“March of the Pigs” by NiN
“Bittersweet Symphony” by the verve
“No Surprises” by Radiohead

Beatles - Free as a Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D196-oXw2k

Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore They even have a shot of the dolly track in the middle to show how they did it.

This one is not only performed in one take, but they performed the whole thing backwards in one take. Impressive. I wonder how many takes it took them?

J.

Janet Jackson’s “When I think of you” appears to be one take, but they use the same kind of “Rope” trick of zooming in on people’s backs and such to hide the cuts.

If you go to 3:18, you can see that the background (especially that group of sailors) has completely changed from before and after the flashbulb goes off, making the cut fairly conspicuous.

Gondry is fond of sequences that either are or appear to be one take. One video where it’s obviously impossible for it to have been done in one take is his video for Kylie Minogue, but the appearance of seamlessness is what makes it so cool.