Comments on: Watch: The Amazing Full 6-Minute Tracking Shot From ‘True Detective’

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

Neither tv shows 24, Homeland or any other show can compare to True Detectives…this is probably close to reality and realism of an actual sect of detectives that have indeed "gone off the books," whether in decades ago police regimes or currently (which is much harder with today's technology such as video surveillance, etc). I can attest to this and to see what's going on is very creepy, becasue as a law man you know it's wrong and you can get caught any minute.

Unlike Homeland, which was a good show up until the last season, became so fake. It was a shame because it had a good plot, but unfortunatley the writers let this get away with twists that I don't believe worked, causing the show to lose steam. Killing off Brody pretty much ended the intrigue. You can try to continue the show like a Law and Order type premise with different scenarios around national security, but having an unstable government employee that continues to get fired and work isn't believable. You're better off creating a new show leading up to 9/11 and fictionalizing the failures of national security with captivating characters.

Going back on topic, it's refreshing to see two of today's best actors together on (Matt & Woody) on True Detective and Kudos to the directors and staff because I don't think anything like this could happen again (Matt losing weight) and Woody's unstableness portraying the actual haunts that plauge modern day law enforcement officers (divorce, drug use, family issues). We all have skeletons in our closets…

By: fs

fs — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

This might be spliced som places. Still impressive though

By: fs

fs — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

This might be spliced som places. Still impressive though

By: DG

DG — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

This type of cinematography is on par with Alfonso Cuaron and Tarkovsky. Best I've ever seen on a series.

By: Chaws

Chaws — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

As I was watching this episode, halfway through this shot, I found myself wondering "has this all been one shot?" As soon as it ended, I rewound it, re-watched it and was in awe of it trying to figure out where they put in a trick edit, or how they did that shot over the fence. It's truly a feat. I've watched it several times now and it only gets more impressive each time I watch it. True Detective is gonna be a force to be reckoned with come next awards season. Can't wait to see the back half.

By: Jbryce

Jbryce — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

not as impressive as the full take scene in Hard Boiled

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

It's worth noting the cinematographer on the series, as he is just as instrumental as Fukunaga in the show's look and it's Adam Arkapaw, doing brilliant work in both film and television, especially after last year's Top of the Lake.

By: Theoc

Theoc — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

Flip, this is by far the best thing on TV and possibly the best thing on TV ever. Am i overselling it?? I love this show. I'd argue Rust Cohle is the most complex ambiguous character ever committed to a TV screen or any screen i love this show.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

Great flamin show, best thing since House of Cards and Sapranos!

By: TheoC

TheoC — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

Glass, I agree with your statement, and perhaps i was being hyperbolic, but I honestly think this TV show is something special, it's just that good. This isn't homeland or 24 it's not a twitter show it's smart TV, it's Red Riding meets Zodiac, it's like a novel on TV, and to me personally I think it's brilliant. I agree with your hype issues but watch the show, see does it live up to it for YOU, for me it's killing it.

By: Sonn P. Scherbatsky

Sonn P. Scherbatsky — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

True Detective SECOND SEASON, first details

http://thecircular.org/true-detective-first-details-of-second-season/

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

All these comments about the show is kind of embarrassing. It's a good show but not as good as everyone is saying. Personally, Mad Men is a million times more thrilling and satisfying than this show. Hell, I'd even go with something like Hannibal, even though it's one season old.

By: nathaniel222

nathaniel222 — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

That was Perfect

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

Madmen….seriously? It's about business executives….you must be boring. You must like watching 2 broke girls too….

It's sad what's on tv nowadays.

By: A.L.

A.L. — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

I'm not sure it IS a single take — there appear to be match-dissolves in several places, and the one at 4:51 when the camera tracks alongside a dark wall (and everything is SO dark that it hides most trickery) seems particularly blatant.

In any case, where are Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh?

By: adrian

adrian — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

too self conscious and too soon in the series. Would have liked to have known more about the characters to get really into it.

By: john martineau

john martineau — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

This is a series of shots blended together .. it is an old Hitchcock trick you use walls to cut and large objects .. rapid movement and flashes. If you look at the opening scene of Snake Eyes you will think this is one take also but it is not. It is a series of shots cut were large objects such as wall pillars the backs of peoples heads. I know this because I am a cinematographer and I know the man who shot it. The most noticeable edit in this is near the end when they go toward the fence it goes from handheld to a crane shot back to handheld. its an art and not easy to do but this is not one take. Most scenes that you believe are one take are not. If you look for the edits you can see them. We do this all day everyday.

By: Devin

Devin — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

I think there's a cut around 2:58 when it pans up to the helicopter and the night sky and pans down and they are in different location.

By: Terry Thomas / Atlanta

Terry Thomas / Atlanta — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:08:42 +0000

Yes, there were several noticeable cuts. Probably more that were less so.

As for the over-the-fence footage it reminds me of the test footage done when the Canon 1DC came out: one cinematographer simply handed the camera off to another one. If that is not how it was done, another possibility would be for the cinematographer to be wearing a harness with a steel loop. Then as he approached the fence an AC hooked a cable to the loop then a crane lifted the cinematographer up and over the fence whereupon a second AC unsnapped the hook.

Kudos to the whole production crew.