How One YouTube Star Has Mastered the One-Take Music Video

Artist, producer, and filmmaker Kurt Hugo Schneider combined his music and filmmaking skills to get "Huge on The Tube" (#HOTT). He crafted an epic one-take Bruno Mars medley starring Max Schneider and Victoria Justice. Eighteen million views and almost 30,000 comments later, Kurt gives a behind-the-scenes look into the intricate method of creating his one-take classic.
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Artist, producer, and filmmaker Kurt Hugo Schneider combined his music and filmmaking skills to get "Huge on The Tube" (#HOTT). He crafted an epic one-take Bruno Mars medley starring Max Schneider and Victoria Justice. Eighteen million views and almost 30,000 comments later, Kurt gives a behind-the-scenes look into the intricate method of creating his one-take classic.

"I literally drew out the path that each person would have to take, because once the camera leaves a person, once a person gets off-frame, they literally gotta run to their next spot."

The most popular comment on the original video? It comes from people who think the video is fake (i.e., not in one unedited take). Not surprising -- everything on the Internet is considered fake if it's in any way creative. This article is probably fake!

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