The Long Walk Was Shot In A Way That Most Movies Aren't

While filmmaking has come a long way from the studio system heyday of the Golden Age of Hollywood, there are numerous practical techniques from the early years of cinema that are still practiced today. Perhaps the most practical technique of all is one that makes the least common sense to an outsider, which is that most movies are shot completely out of order. This is done typically because of issues of a location or set only being available for a certain amount of time during production, meaning that the filmmakers need to finish filming there first before moving on to another setting. These issues are then compounded by the schedules of the cast members — for instance, perhaps a certain actor appears near the end of a film, but is only available early in the shooting schedule. While this