This two-round boxing match from Creed is shot in a single continuous take. From the glove touch all the way to the final count.
Consider the demands placed on everybody involved here. The camerman who needs to simultaneously move in-and-out of the action without impeding any of it. The cinematographer who needs to make sure that it is all properly set up before, during, and after every movement. The choreographers who need to make every contact look real without any of the usual camera-trick assistance.
Gabriel Rosado is a real-life boxer who plays Leo "The Lion" Sporino and he needs to master the rehearsal and repetition of all movements instead of the ever-evolving improvisation of an actual match. Michael B. Jordan needs to handle both the physicality of the movements and also the retention of dialogue and emotion when the camera is on him for nearly the entire four minutes.
Any errors, any mistakes, and it needs to start all over again from the beginning. But they do it.
