"Winston's pitch earlier this year was simple but intriguing: What if they took the one-shot approach that helped make Netflix's "Adolescence" such a sensation and used it to film a performance by Sheeran - not simply onstage but as he goes on a journey somewhere? And instead of getting a director "kind of like the guy who shot 'Adolescence,'" as Winston recalls putting it, "Why don't we just ask the guy who shot 'Adolescence'?""
"Now Netflix has just released "One Shot with Ed Sheeran," in which a camera trails the 34-year-old singer as he roams New York City, acoustic guitar in hand, between soundcheck and a gig at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The hourlong result, which true to its title presents the roving performance in a single unbroken shot with no edits, can of course be seen as a piece of high-toned promo ahead of next month's launch of a world tour behind Sheeran's latest album, 'Play.'"
Ed Sheeran initially declined typical concert-special pitches because they felt familiar. Ben Winston proposed using a one-shot approach similar to Netflix's Adolescence to film a roaming performance. Winston reached out to director Philip Barantini, who agreed to direct. Sheeran accepted the concept and was filmed walking through New York City with an acoustic guitar between soundcheck and a Hammerstein Ballroom gig. The special, titled One Shot with Ed Sheeran, runs about an hour as a single uninterrupted take. The presentation doubles as a high-toned promotional lead-in to Sheeran's Play album world tour.
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