In my experience in editing, picking a take can come between two choices. Picking for the best performance, or picking for the best camera angle that suits the emotional moment.
Sometimes though, if I want to use a master to convey certain emotion for example, I am told by others to use certain close up takes, because those ones have better acting. And there are other times I really want to use a close up, but the masters have better acting, and am advised to use them therefore.
I think the reason is, is because the mastershots were shot first, and I moved in for the OTS and close ups after. However, if I am shooting a scene where I want it to be a wide master for style, for most of the scene, should I have my actors, do the master shot takes last? Should I operate every scene shoot like this, where if there is certain types of shots you want to use for most of the scene compared to others, I should do those last, if the acting will likely better, since they would have warmed up likely?
What do you think?
Sometimes though, if I want to use a master to convey certain emotion for example, I am told by others to use certain close up takes, because those ones have better acting. And there are other times I really want to use a close up, but the masters have better acting, and am advised to use them therefore.
I think the reason is, is because the mastershots were shot first, and I moved in for the OTS and close ups after. However, if I am shooting a scene where I want it to be a wide master for style, for most of the scene, should I have my actors, do the master shot takes last? Should I operate every scene shoot like this, where if there is certain types of shots you want to use for most of the scene compared to others, I should do those last, if the acting will likely better, since they would have warmed up likely?
What do you think?
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