As Birdman has just won best picture, I think it is appropriate to comment on an interesting aspect of the movie; its use of the long take. After watching the behind the scenes of Children of Men, it is obvious the amount of preparation and precision that is needed to pull a scene like this off. This scene however was only 4 minutes. Birdman was filmed over 90 minutes with what seemed to be one long take.  According to an article, however, while there were very long takes used, the director was able to use tricks to make it seem like there were no cuts throughout the entirety of the movie. For example, they would cut in the middle of a pan, which made the scene look seamless to the viewer. I thought this was a very cool and unique aspect that really added to the movie. http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a30653/birdman-movie-tracking-shot/