Or would most audiences like? When I edit conversations between actors, there are two ways I can think of doing it. I could edit for storytelling, which is where I decide ideally, who the camera should be on, at what point of the conversation, for conveying something.
Or I could edit for performance, in which case, I choose my cuts based on where the actors give the best performances. This results in more cutting back and forth, but also quicker and more sudden cutting though, and I often have to cut in mid sentence, to get the best parts of the performances, from the certain sections of those takes. So this might not feel as smooth, as the former, but definitely has more of quantity range of best moments throughout.
So is it better cutting for storytelling smoothness, and not as much mid sentence, or performance, which results in cutting to meet the right moment of the right take alot? I find try to go for both if I can, but have ended up choosing the latter more so far. Good?
Or I could edit for performance, in which case, I choose my cuts based on where the actors give the best performances. This results in more cutting back and forth, but also quicker and more sudden cutting though, and I often have to cut in mid sentence, to get the best parts of the performances, from the certain sections of those takes. So this might not feel as smooth, as the former, but definitely has more of quantity range of best moments throughout.
So is it better cutting for storytelling smoothness, and not as much mid sentence, or performance, which results in cutting to meet the right moment of the right take alot? I find try to go for both if I can, but have ended up choosing the latter more so far. Good?