Videos Mistaken For One Shot
- 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.
- 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.
- OK Go - This Too Shall Pass, 2010 - Rube Goldberg Machine video
- The Rube Goldberg Machine was filmed as three continuous takes which were spliced together in post production. In interviews, band member Damian Kulash and Machine Builder Hector Alvarez both admit to a cut at 2:27 when a curtain opens. This was done because each of the three shots was marred, by the camera in the wrong position or crew members being visible in shot.
- Coldplay - Christmas Lights, 2010
- While it might have been filmed with a single camera fans knew that the video was shot several hours and many takes went into the video. Whether this means the finished product is a mix of many clips seamlessly stitched together is unknown.
- LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls, 2010
- There are several cuts at the end of this video, starting at 3 minutes.
- Kanye West - Mercy), 2012
- The video features a long take of the rappers saying their verses while walking around a parking garage. Editing was made for the video to make it appear as if the artists were doubling, appearing or disappearing behind walls.
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