One shot (music video)

This is a list of one-shot music videos filmed in one long take by a single camera or manufactured to give the impression it was. One of the most famous music video directors for this genre is Michel Gondry, who has done many of his videos in this style.

Examples

Videos seemingly shot in one take

* John Fogerty – " The Old Man Down the Road", 1985
:Contains several edits disguised by dissolves, particularly when the camera is pointing down at the ground and the dissolves are less noticeable due to motion blur.
* U2 – " Numb", 1993
:The video was spliced together from two separate takes. The cut between the two happens when the camera turns away from the face of guitarist, and singer on this track, The Edge and the cut was hidden by having smoke blowing in from the side of the frame.
* Primus – "Mr. Krinkle", 1993
:One shutter camera cut at 5:26 at the end of the video
* Jamiroquai – " Virtual Insanity", 1996
:The video contains several cuts when the camera tilts down, transitioning into another shot when it tilts up again.
* The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony", 1997
:Although often cited as an example of a one shot video, it actually contains several cuts to reverse angles and close ups and is not one long take. There are in fact about 50 cuts in the video.
* U2 – "Sweetest Thing", 1998
:In a Channel 4, documentary discussing the Greatest Pop Videos of all time, the director Kevin Godley revealed that it was filmed in 3 shots, each shot transition hidden by a lens flare.
* Kylie Minogue – " Love at First Sight", 2002
:The video editing process is the same as " Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai.
* The Chemical Brothers – "Star Guitar", 2002
:The music video, directed by Michel Gondry, features a continuous shot filmed.
* Will Young – “ Leave Right Now”, 2003
: The video is seemingly one continuous shot, chaos ensues in an art gallery.
* The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army", 2003
:The video is one seemingly continuous shot through a kaleidoscopic tunnel of mirrored black, white and red triangles.
* Alanis Morissette – “ Everything”, 2004
:The video appears to be one shot but features several cuts where the camera pans upwards.
* Miley Cyrus – "Start All Over", 2007
:At the end of the video it has four cuts.
* Khalil Fong – "紅豆 (Red Beans)", 2009
: Hidden cuts during camera moves.
* MIKA – "Blame it on the Girls", 2009
: Hidden cuts from swift camera movement.
* Cheryl – "3 Words", 2009
: The video makes use of split screen cinematography and camera effects for the transition of scenes, meaning Cheryl and will.i.am do not come into physical contact.
* OK Go – " This Too Shall Pass", 2010 - Rube Goldberg Machine video
: In interviews, band member Damian Kulash and visual designer Hector Alvarez both admit to a cut at 2:27 when the curtain opens.
* Brian McFadden Featuring Kevin Rudolf – ''Just Say So'', 2010
:The video was done in one shot and lip synced backwards to allow for McFadden to still be in sync while the video goes backwards.
* LCD Soundsystem – "Drunk Girls", 2010
: The video is a long take until near the end, when a few cuts are introduced.
* Jessie J – " Who You Are", 2011
: There are several cuts at the end of this video, starting at 3 minutes.
* Kanye West – " Mercy", 2012
: The video is made of multiple long takes superimposed over one another.
* One Direction – " You & I", 2014
: The video was actually stitched from multiple takes to create the illusion of a single, continuous shot.
* Coldplay – "A Sky Full of Stars", 2014
: The video has fourteen cuts.
* Sia – "Big Girls Cry", 2014
:The video contains a black cut at 1:12.
*Ariana Grande – " One Last Time", 2015
: The video contains multiple cuts, while the screen fades to black.
* Maroon 5 – "This Summer's Gonna Hurt", 2015
: Co-director Travis Schneider stated in an interview that although the video was planned to be one shot, there is one cut in the video.
* Era Istrefi – "Bonbon", 2016
: There are several cuts in the video, starting from 2:25 to the end.
* Ok Go – " Upside Down & Inside Out", 2016
: Though the video, involving the band using parabolic flight from reduced gravity aircraft to simulate micro-gravity, is from one long 40-45 minute shot, periods when the band is not in micro-gravity were trimmed from the final product.
* OK Go – "The One Moment", 2016
: The video drastically slows down playback of about 4.2 seconds of actions that take place in real-time. However, to capture the amount of action, the band had to use multiple high-speed cameras on the same mounted system, their respective footage stitched together to compose the final video.
* Jax Jones – " You Don't Know Me", 2017
: The video contains cut at 1:35, also several cuts near the end of the video.
* Dua Lipa – " IDGAF", 2018
:The video editing process is the same as " Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai and " Love at First Sight" by Kylie Minogue.
* George Ezra – "Shotgun", 2018
:The video is one shot of George Ezra going round in circles.
* Tish –
Try to C
, 2019
:One Cut at 2:28.
* Sam Fischer – " This City", 2019
: The video is one shot recorded In 2017, released January 18, 2018 (Re-released December 13, 2019)
* Birds of Tokyo – " Two of Us", 2020
:One shutter camera cut at 0:02 in the beginning of the video
* AJR (band) – " Bang!", 2020
:The camera moves forwards 3 times and has 9 cuts on this video
* Tame Impala – " Lost in Yesterday", 2020
:One cut for each "loop" around the wedding reception.
* Billie Eilish – "Therefore I Am", 2020
:The video contains a black cut at 2:01.
* Hinatazaka46 – " Kimi Shika Katan", 2021
:Possible cuts when the camera is pointed at the ground.
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