While not technically a piece of cinema, the TV show ‘Mr Robot'(Dir. Sam Esmail, 2015-Present) is known for its long takes. However Season 3 Episode 5 is shot to look entirely like one long take. The  forty-two minutes of seemingly uninterrupted filming was shot by director of photography Tod Campbell. By using Clever camera and editing tricks, Campbell was able to cut without the audience realizing, achieving the illusion of  one continuous take. Campbell and Esmail cut whenever there was a possibility to do so, but even then the whole episode is only made up of 31 completely  hidden camera changes that were seamlessly stitched together to ensure that it looked like the camera was still moving. The seamless edits were done when the camera was panning quickly (e.g. past a wall to turn around) or when showing something still. Director Sam Esmail even went to the extent of destroying many parts of the office building set like walls and widows to make sure the camera would be able to move around.

While many Directors will secretly cut  when filming especially long panning camera shots, it is usually fairly obvious where the cuts would be, however, Esmail and Campbell would spend hours coming up with subtle cuts, with some even utilizing the visual effects team to make sure that each cut was essentially invisible. It was crafted so well that when the episode aired, many people genuinely thought the entire episode was shot in a single long take.