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Sequence Shot- A long take that usually employs sophisticated camera movement. It also referred to by the French term "plan-sequence". Examples to look up are the opening sequence in Orson Well's "Touch of Evil" (1958); Martin Scorcese's "Goodfellas"(1990) sequence when Ray Liotta takes his date from the street outside the club and through the restaurant kitchen to a special dining table in the club; the opening sequence in Robert Altman's "The Player"(1993); or Quenton Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"(1994) where he follows Bruce Willis from his car, past an apartment building (where someone’s radio mentions Jack Rabbit Slim’s), and through an empty lot to his apartment.