One Take

About

One-Take is a genre of online videos produced in a single “long take,” typically featuring an action sequence or a performance routine that is shown continuously without any cuts in between.

Origin

OK Go’s video for “Here It Goes Again” has also been a highly successful one-take, spawning many recreations and imitations:

One of the defining one-takes, which is simultaneously a lip-dub, is the Flagpole Sitta office video, created by a company called Connected Ventures; together, they are responsible for some of the bread and butter of the internet: CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, Vimeo, and Defunker.

Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.

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