Editing Long take (section)

{{short description|Film shot lasting much longer than conventional shots}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} In [[filmmaking]], a '''long take''' (also called a '''continuous take''', '''continuous shot''', or '''oner''') is [[Shot (filmmaking)|shot]] with a duration much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general. Significant camera movement and elaborate [[blocking (stage)|blocking]] are often elements in long takes, but not necessarily so. The term "long take" should not be confused with the term "[[Wide shot|long shot]]", which refers to the use of a [[long-focus lens]]{{cn|date=March 2025}} and not to the duration of the take. The length of a long take was originally limited to how much film the [[Camera magazine|magazine]] of a [[Movie camera|motion picture camera]] could hold, but the advent of [[digital video]] has considerably lengthened the maximum potential length of a take.