Poll: Do you like the style of cutting 2 cameras on same interview subject?

[Mark Suszko]

I agree with Shane, it’s only that weird side-on shot I have problems with.

[Alex Elkins]

[Shane Ross] “Well, depends on if what they are saying is interesting enough…”

Shane – I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with that statement. If every interview subject was completely engaging then we wouldn’t need to cut (except for dramatic effect, as you mentioned).

Shooting an interview with two cameras is a safety net – the cut to angle 2 hides the jump in time, or more often, hides the fact that the interview is relatively uninteresting, so an editor has to add pace or emotion artificially. Sometimes it works ok, other times it makes me cringe.

Alex Elkins
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[Chris Mcelroy]

Shane – I agree with your use of 2 cameras, cutting from a wider to a closer shot. I like that very much. My post is in reference only to the use of 2 camera angles when one of them is a pretty extreme side angle view of the interview subject. I find that I don’t mind the use of such an angle when there is a true edit on the cut – but for some reason I find it objectionable when this sort of 2nd angle is used in real time.

[Shane Ross]

Yeah, the side angle/front angle thing…they started that back in the late 80s, early 90s on MTV I think. And made the side one black and white and grainy or something. Or really wide to show the whole set. Stylistic way to cut around an interview.

I dunno…I just cut a show with straight on LS and CU side view cameras. I was fine with it. Again, the CU was for dramatic emphasis.

Shane
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