Dude's a major player in Hollywood now, yet he still hasn't forgotten where he came from and takes the time to make videos on his youtube channel. Respect.

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Never forget your roots Mr.Sandberg! What a great video and amazing insights! Very "Every Frame a Painting" Like.

But then there's Fincher's 15 different camera angles and 33 cuts to bring alive deposition testimony in "The Social Network" (the scene where the Winklevoss's attorney asks Zuckerberg, played by Jessie Eisenberg, whether he has his "full attention"). All of those cuts really brought what could have been a boring scene to life.

I really appreciate that a director has his own youtube channel. Literally sharing knowledge and advice that could inspire a whole new generation of directors.

As an aspiring film director, Sandberg is the kind of director I want to be one day. Humble, creative, funny, and wickedly talented. I'll forever be appreciate of him sharing his knowledge via this channel. And I seriously cant wait for my favourite DCEU film to get it's sequel; Shazam Fury of the Gods!

Damn, I wanna watch "What Lies Beneath" now

You feel David's care for his audience in his films. That, and his creative talent, drives his success. Kudos my friend

'What lies Beneath' is such an underrated gem in my view. I read that Zemeckis set out to do a Hitchcock style thriller with that one. IMO he succeeded in a lot of ways.

That was terrific!

Wow... Just wow, David. This is the definitive explanation of how to incorporate camera technique to enhance story.

Love it!! The hidden secret of these one-rs are great professional actors who understand pacing. I find that when people attempt these masters with non-pros or too little rehearsal, the pacing is super difficult to get right and creates scenes with a lot of awkward space in it, and then you can’t fix the pacing with coverage. Getting a couple of pickups at each new frame size of your moving master helps give you backups without re-doing the lighting!

Zemmekis is one of the most underrated Hollywood directors.

Man I love these videos. No annoying background music, just you, talking about shooting movies! 👏🏼🎬

Directors like Zemeckis and Spielberg are definitely familiar with the earlier era of movies, where oner's were pretty common. It's definitely always a good idea to revisit those classic films, as there are many techniques in them that filmmakers ( such as myself) can apply today.

I really miss these long takes. I’m not sure if they happen less often than they used to, but I wish we saw more of them. Especially in big budget films, allowing the scene to breathe a bit.

Right!? This way of filming is so beautiful and elegant! It’s something rather rare and when I stumble on one... Mhm...! 👌🏼

Thank you! "Death Becomes Her" is a great start to tell the character's story without words.

Not gonna lie, I had a thought today ago about where you’ve been and how you’ve been. Good to see you in the sub box bud! Hope you and your wife are holding up okay!

David, YOU "are pretty damn cool"! :) Love this film essay!

This is so insightful. And your voice is soothing and calming. Also... You're not unpleasant to look at. KZfaq premium right there.👌

I'd also recommend Joe Dante's work too. He's another master of economy when it comes to camera set-ups. You'll find beautifully blocked & choreographed one-shots in all of his movies.

I did this for the dialogue on my recent film Acéré, where we covered a good minute and a half with a moving camera for a character entering, sharing a dialogue sequence with their enemy, and then a fight beginning in just one shot. I ended up luckily covering the two close ups in between for the dialogue, as you said they are quick to do, and wow did they save me. It worked with the one shot...but in the end the performances deserved to be seen. Loving the videos as always man, such an inspiration.

These videos get me so excited about filmmaking.

I really love how creative Zemeckis' camerawork style is, and where it really does shine is in his Motion Capture movies (Well, most of them have it like The Adventures of Tintin) although I'd say that sometimes is really distracting

This channel is one of my comfort channels i just love it

I love this style! I tried something similar with my first horror short film in film school. When we had time pressure, I just did like 3 setups at once - the actress walked out of frame - I yelled "stop" - we made a quick 90 degree turn with the camera and continued the shot. In the film, it looks like 2 different setups, which it kinda was, but we filmed it as one long take (we did the same thing later in the shot as well). This saved us a lot of time, since we covered the whole scene with just 2 shots (I put in a quick second angle for editing). We did maybe 10 takes in total, but that was so much quicker than to do it with a bunch of different setups and it allowed the actress to just do the scene a few times! Fun stuff.

Mad respect man, thanks for continuing to make these videos for us to get a glimpse of what it's like to turn your passion into your career!

This is pure gold. I actually studied your work in my Film class in University! My lecturer recommended we watch and subscribe to your channel!

I am so happy you got a new video out man ! Sure hope you feel like making a few more in the near future, keep us posted. It's always a pleasure to watch.

You are such an inspiration to all aspiring film makers. We appreciate your content and your movies.

Despite your movie career you stay so humble and never forget your roots. Respect.

I've been in my head a lot when it comes to filming and getting things moving, in general, which has been causing stress and frustration. Your videos have been helping me calm down, focus, and let go of the stress. Thank you.

A moving master that picks up coverage at the same time is just an incredible technique everyone should worry about.

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Indeed, Zemeckis has some brilliant and thrilling shots! Thanks for this essay, David!

I’ve been making short films for years, and I think it’s pretty wild how the longer I’ve been doing this, the more inclined I’ve become to limit coverage. Not only does it feel like I’m challenging myself, but it’s I undeniably more productive. Thanks David, for an awesome video. Looking forward to your next project.

Glad to see you uploading again. You’ve probably been busy, so this is much appreciated.

really wish to see you around here more often, great to see you back, and thanks for sharing!

Your videos are a masterclass. Thank you for posting this.

Dude your videos just make my day. Total work the long waits between them.

I rewatched "What lies beneath" just last year and I didn't even notice that there were so many one-shots. I have always appreciated Zemeckis for his diverse style of filmmaking. always trying new things and genres. Comedy, action, thriller, horror, drama, Science fiction. he has used motion capture suits, animation (both 2D and 3D) Stereoscopic 3D. No matter what, though, he always puts the story first. Wonderful filmmaker that really doesn't get the appreciation he deserves. Really great video.

Love your channel and your insider vision from Hollywood!

You are by far my favorite film maker I love your movie breakdowns in your short Films I would love to volunteer one day just a learn from you I live in Garden Grove California so if you’re ever in the area shooting some thing let me know.

Plus they're so much more pleasurable to watch than constant cuts.

So informative. I always look forward to your videos! Big thank you for not forgetting about your KZfaq channel!

Great to see some love for What Lies Beneath. It's an excellent spooky film, and one written by Agent Phil Coulson himself (Clark Gregg).

Your back! And its a great comeback!

Whew, glad he posted again, was beginning to worry. haha! Excited for the next film!

One of my favorite oners has to to from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" It's the scene where Eddie Valiant goes home after a long day, sits at his desk and reminiscences about his brother. The way the camera goes from Eddie to his brother's desk, the dusty photographs and newspaper clippings, before finally coming back to Eddie passed out after another booze filled night is perfect!

brilliant KZfaq content as always. About to shoot my next horror film in November and your content is always relevant and helpful.

Love it. Great food for thought for the filmmaker. I’ll use it for sure.

Thank you so much, wonderful demonstration and examples, like always...

Ahh man, this is great! We've been practicing reducing our shot list by stitching together shot types for a while now. Instead of cutting, move the camera or move the actor. It's great to see it's a technique achieved by the greats and appreciated & practiced by the new generation. You're an inspiration to us all, ponysmasher!

Fantastic, straight to the point as always. Love your stuff!

I love that you did this video. I'm a huge fan of moving masters or fluid masters (the term I was taught). There are so many good ones and Zemekis did some of the best. The opening of 'Back to the Future' with the clocks is an amazing oner that sets up the movie, Doc Brown's history, and foreshadows the climax of the film in just one shot.

Outstanding film commentary. I look forward to more.

Robert Zemeckis have directed some of my favourite movies: Contact, Back to the Future, Cast Away, Romancing the Stone.. I never noticed the things you mentioned but will look for them during next re-watch 🙂

Since your channel has been recommended to me by the german podcast "Zwei wie Pech und Schwafel" I can't get enough of your videos and I will definetly enrich my movie collection with your films.

Thanks for keeping on with the awesome KZfaq content David. Greetings from Finland as well!

My favorite use of the Zemeckis style is “I Flip You Off for Four Hours”. Cinematic masterpiece.

Nice nod to every frame a painting. I occasionally watch a video from them, just because they are that good. Pretty much like this channel. Thank you for making these. :)

Love your channel, lots of tips for the people from the industry, but as engaging for casual film buffs!

Love the youtube videos! Going to watch your big studio videos someday soon!

Favourite channel, best dude!

Thanks for the reminders. Love it.

It's moviemaking inside scoop goldmine! Love it!

my eyes open, look back and study more about how the films were made, mainly to perform! For us, mere mortals, this will be more palpable at the time of execution, mainly because it does not have so many resources. Mr. David, please continue to inspire us. 🇧🇷

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i've learned a lot because of you, i love your work and even your way to see life, keep going

I think blocking is very important, that is what makes these kind off shots good.

You're the man, David.

Good luck with your new movie, looking forward to seeing it in the cinema!

Love the literal ending!

Awesome you still put out content like this and don’t forget about us little guys! 👏

Thank you for making these videos!

man u are so humble and down to earth,luv from India

Glad to hear you again!!

You are simply the biggest inspiration I kow on youtube. Would love to have the same career path as you man :D

great video!! i also like this style is elegant, immersive and efficient, thank your sir!

was literally on a binge of your videos for the last hour, was going to go to bed - and this just popped up lol

Wow! I always learn something new from you sir!

I LOVE Robert Zemeckis! Especially those 'unnecessary' visual effects shots he does, like with the camera moving underneath the woman lying on the wooden floor, in What Lies Beneath.

Ponysmaher, you're a gift to all of us up-and-coming filmmakers. BTW, Death Becomes Her is freaking AWESOME!

I love your channel! Best reggards from Brazil.

I was confused for like a second when you said "or in Shazam, where I reshot the whole [...]" but then I remembered whose channel I was watching :D after that, I liked it even more (: it's great to have someone who's working in the industry explain or shed light onto some filmmaking techniques that are probably overlooked by most of the viewers

David .. u r also pretty damn cool director. So inspirational. Keep up the good work.

Awesome views as always!

Great explanation as always. !

Its reminded me 'the talking scene with active camera movement' in Spielberg's film "The Last Crusade", when Walter Donovan explain to Indy about the mission he has to accept in his condominium.

I love oners! In my short I did two. I did find it a nightmare though. Very low budget using, shall we say, ‘rickety’ grip gear meant it took ages to get one of them right. But, once we got them they are my favourite bits of the film. And what you said about leaving your horror to the end is correct. I did that because I’m an idiot.

Really good. More please :D

Moving masters is one thing I really love about older movies. I was binging noir films a couple months ago, and it blew my mind how "oners" weren't this flashy ordeal, it was just how movies were made. Steven Spielberg definitely elevates them to a new level, the Jaws ferry scene is so fun to watch, but it's so silly to call it a Spielberg Oner

More vids like this pls this is awesome

Great video. Made it so easy to understand .

Reason why I love him👏🏻👏🏻🔥

Great video, this was so informative.

just watched Death Becomes Her last night, so great timing on this vid. found myself noticing how long some of the shots were without, like you say, showing off about being a long shot. to my shame I haven't seen many of Zemeckis' films, so it's good to hear his others have a similar style - will have to check them out

Thanks David, your videos are helping me a Lot, i really wish be a great filmaker in the future. Greetings from argentina!

Loved this