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  • Todd Mcmullen

    May 4, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    Mathew,
    I did not look at this clip but in this situation it might be best to do a couple of different angles
    of a wide shot and then let your camera operator go in an cover it free form. Your operator should know what your actors are doing by then and be able to cover the action. After a few of those passes pick up the moments and dialogue you have missed and you should have a pretty interesting scene. IMO to stage each shot with all these people will turn into a boring scene.

    Todd McMullen
    Flip Flop Films
    Austin
    http://www.toddmcmullen.com

  • Rick Amundson

    May 4, 2008 at 6:56 pm

    And don’t forget to use your coverage to support the story. Try to find angles hat not only cover the dialog, but put people and objects in an interesting relationship to each other. Notice in this scene that Alec Baldwin is always shot from a low angle making him look big and menacing. I believe the camera gets lower as the scene progresses. When you see other characters from his POV you are always looking down on them. It shows his dominance.

    There is no magic formula to create a shot list, it’s up to your creativity. That’s the art of our business.

    Rick Amundson
    Producer/Director/DP
    Screenscape Studios
    Bravo Romeo Entertainment
    http://www.screenscapestudios.com
    http://www.bravoromeo.com
    http://www.indeliblemovie.com

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