ABSTRACT

Sequence shots can include a wide variety of shots, often combined seamlessly to create a dynamic frame that can include anything from an extreme close-up to an extreme long shot. The sequence shot’s labyrinthine camera movement also introduces the border in a way that reflects the tangled moral, ethical, legal, and cultural clashes that take place there, some of the key themes explored by this film. Sequence shots can make a powerful narrative statement that showcases a pivotal and extended set of events, preserving the integrity of time, space, and performance in the process. Sequence shots can be created with virtually any kind of equipment designed to produce a free-flowing dynamic camera move, including cranes, jibs, dollies, vehicles, hover-boards, drones, cable systems, and Steadicam or handheld rigs. The strategies for lighting a sequence shot are not dissimilar to the ones used for Steadicam and other dynamic camera shots that cover several distinct spaces.