Sequence shot is a film technique which involves a long take and usually requires sophisticated camera movement. Sometimes called by the French term plan-séquence. Jean Renoir's movie La Grande Illusion illustrates the use of the sequence shot effectively throughout the film. The use of the sequence shot allows for realistic and dramatically significant background and middle ground activity. Actors range about the set transacting their business while the camera shifts focus from one plane of depth to another and back again. Significant off-frame action is often followed with a moving camera, characteristically through a series of pans within a single continuous shot.
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