feature · 20191h 59mUS
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
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ARRI/Zeiss Master Prime lenses were used on 1917 (2019), with a Panavision T1 27mm as the wide standard.
Roger Deakins shot 1917 (2019) using ARRI Alexa Mini LF cameras for the continuous-take design.
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Distribution
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Locations
Scotland · United Kingdom · 55.865, -4.322
River Lys sequence
Wiltshire · United Kingdom · 51.192, -1.815
Trench warfare exteriors
Surrey · United Kingdom · 51.407, -0.460
Interior + practical sets
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Lighting
Per-scene lighting plots: fixture role (key / fill / back / practical), color temperature, diffusion stack, and motivation notes from cited supervisor interviews.
Roger Deakins's most-discussed setup of the production: the entire night sequence motivated solely by the burning ruined-village flares. Practical fires + hand-held flare units provided the working illumination; no fixed key.
The single-take perception meant the flares had to be timed to the actor's blocking; Deakins's gaffer rigged a propane-bar timing system to ignite each flare at a calibrated frame.
Color
Camera color science → IDT → working space → ODT → deliverable. Production-wide default first; scenes that diverge below.
Deakins worked closely with colourist Stefan Sonnenfeld on a unified day-to-night-to-flare grade that had to read continuous across the perceived single-take edit — there is no traditional reel-by-reel grade structure.
Stunts
Sequence-level rigging detail — pole-cats, decelerators, picture-car modifications, named coordinators, and the SAG-AFTRA / BSR safety bulletins observed on set. Click through for the full breakdown.
Stunts
The stunt department on this production: credited crew, actor-double pairings, and the companies whose members brought them onto the show. Click any name to jump to their full filmography + doubling history.
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Production
Caught in the Act: Behind the Scenes at the Centre Film Festival 2021 - Episode 2
Behind the ScenesCentre Film Festival / 1:40
1917 Directed by Sam Mendes - One Continuous Shot Featurette
Director InterviewThe HMC Network / 4:15
Production
Salisbury Plain, UK
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