Unless I misunderstood the closing credits, which are in German, the production had a second unit. How can that be on a film shot in one take?
shareNot sure. Possible ideas: a) crew members took turns. b) people involved in the two earlier "discarded" shots of the film thus got a mention.
shareOr the footage recorded for the news they watch in the hotel perhaps
bingo. The TV news footage of the robbery/ apartment siege seen in the hotel room would have been shot by a second unit - it contains no principal actors and for scheduling reasons was likely shot as a breakaway unit while the main unit continued with the getaway. All the cop actors and cop props were on hand that day. As difficult as this movie was to rehearse, the actual shoot was not several weeks like most films. I'm guessing the budget was relatively low for that reason.
shareThe scene when Victoria and Sonne get a cab I was wondering how they accomplished the camera getting inside the car in one shot without opening the door.
I'm assuming there was another camera man that they did a hand off with or something because that and one other part I can't remember would be impossible to NOT have two camera men.
Awesome movie though. And masterfully directed.
There was an article about Victoria in last months American Cinematographer, and it was all the same camera operator (who was also the DP). He mentioned using a composite sky for one of the scenes (on the rooftop I think?) so I would guess the second unit shot the sky that was used.
shareI read about that somewhere, apparently they had someone hidden in the rear seating who grabbed hold of the camera as it was passed through the open window, he then passed it on. He was pretty much disguised as a car seat.
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