Ninety seconds.
One unbroken take.
A cast, a camera and a room, moving together.
A shared rhythm
Carpe Diem was built as a ninety-second sequence with no cuts. Actors, camera movement, focus and changes within the set had to meet in the same rhythm.
In a conversation with VideoMakers.net, I spoke about the teamwork behind that movement and the mysterious, dreamlike atmosphere of the film, with references to noir and Twin Peaks.
It remains a useful way to think about a scene: every department participates in what the camera reveals.
