It’s just stunning. The single take episodes in one way are a bit of a distraction, as it is hard not to be taken out of it wondering how they did it. But mostly it deepens the storytelling, and it is almost like watching 4 one hour plays. I wonder what it would have been like to use takes where there were a few flubs? And I too was totally obsessed with how they got all those background teenagers to hit their marks.
Most of the actors are superb, and I agree Owen Cooper is amazing (I read he was not a professional actor), but, maybe because I am a father, I was most deeply effected by Stephen Graham (also co-creator and co-writer). Graham is always attention getting in his previous work, but I never dreamed he was capable of this depth of subtlety and complexity. This is the kind of show that if you don’t have a Netflix subscription you should get one for a single month just to watch this (and then maybe a couple of seasons of “Is it Cake”). Sent from Gmail Mobile On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 at 3:45 AM Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > I've now seen this miniseries, and it's truly exceptional. Magnificent > acting from everyone, especially the young kid, Owen Cooper, who's making > his screen debut as the subject of the whole series. The second episode set > in a school is a technical tour de force with hundreds of school kids as > extras being moved around classrooms and playgrounds, and it examines some > very relevant aspects of society. The third is the simplest of the four > episodes, yet is easily the most powerful, essentially being a remarkable > two-hander. > > Highly recommended. > > There's also a bit more floating around about how this series was actually > made. As I mentioned, each episode really was done in a single shot. And > yes, they attached the camera to a drone at the end of episode two to get > the flight over to the car park. Netflix has posted a video showing how it > was achieved: https://x.com/NetflixUK/status/1901617851192033326 > > Each episode was first carefully rehearsed in short segments until they'd > put together the full hour. Then they had multiple attempts at filming the > whole episode. I believe the idea was they have five filming days for the > episode with one take in the morning and a second in the afternoon. But in > reality, fluffs and mess-ups meant more than 10 takes for many episodes. > According to Netflix the takes used were: > > Ep 1 - Take 2 - shot on shoot day 1 of 5 > Ep 2 - Take 13 - shot on shoot day 5 of 5 > Ep 3 - Take 11 - shot on shoot day 5 of 5 > Ep 4 - Take 16 - shot on shoot day 5 of 5 > > > > Adam > > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM Doug Eastick <east...@eastick.ca> wrote: > >> Fascinating. >> >> Well near the end of episode two there must be a camera handoff from a >> steadicam support to a drone or chopper for a high altitude flyover >> transition from one plot area to another plot area. >> >> >> >> /Doug >> east...@mcd.on.ca >> >> On Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 02:35 Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> The episodes are indeed all "one-ers" as they call them. Each episode >>> was rehearsed for two weeks before they shot it in a single take. I don't >>> believe any trickery was used to hide edits. >>> >>> The director has worked before with actor/creator Stephen Graham, in >>> this style on the movie Boiling Point, set behind the scenes at a >>> restaurant. That too was a single take. (The spin-off TV series did not use >>> the same technique). >>> >>> That all said, I've still to watch Adolescence, although >>> writer/co-creator Jack Thorne has an incredible resume, including >>> everything from Toxic Town on Netflix to the Harry Potter stage show. >>> >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 01:36 Doug Eastick <east...@eastick.ca> wrote: >>> >>>> British cop show about an adolescent murder. I'm only two episodes in. >>>> >>>> Interesting characters and mystery. Also kinda nice to see a different >>>> justice system rather than referring to Miranda or amendments :). >>>> >>>> The cinematography seems to use one long steady continuous steadicam >>>> shot for a whole episode. I'm starting, I think, to see where they make >>>> either cuts (panning walls, passersby ) or digital fades). 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