Buildup to a Breakout Gagné studies the results as gaffer Ken Shibata works on the practical fixture above the Mitchells' dining room table. comprised a series of long takes. This includes the opening shot: an elaborate oner that in fact required four locations, 15 digital stitches, and 17 shots collected 40 over a span of seven months in order to create the illusion of a seamless nineminute tracking shot that follows Sweat on a dry run of the escape route. The oner was inspired by a 20-minute video made days after the escape by an investigator with a GoPro rigged to his head as he traversed the entirety of Matt and Sweat's path out of the prison. Preparation for the shot included storyboards, previs, and practice sessions for camera operator Matthew Pebler. Throughout production, when Gagné could get by with only one camera, Pebler would break away with the second camera and a cadre of grips to rehearse the shot's moves. At various points over the course of the shot, the camera was rigged to everything from Technocranes to jibs to gimbals. One piece of the shot required a grip to hand-hold a Tilta Gravity 3-Axis Gimbal System while sitting on the back of a speeding scooter that tracked with Sweat as he sprinted through an underground tunnel in Pittsburgh. Pebler operated this portion on a set of wheels from a monitor stationed at thehttp://filmousa.com