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Coverage

An argument

Two people who disagree, and the balance of power shifts.

Start your film to use it

Cover it like a dialogue, but use angle and size to show who is winning. Low angle and tighter sizes on the one with power; high angle and looser sizes on the one losing it. When the balance flips, flip the angles. Dirty singles keep the other person present as a threat at the edge.

Watch out. Do the loud take last. Voices do not come back.

The 180-degree line. All cameras stay on one side.
WS Two-shot · Eye level · Static

Master. Distance between them tells the story.

MCU Over the shoulder · Low angle · Static

Over the weaker onto the stronger, low angle.

MCU Over the shoulder · High angle · Static

Over the stronger onto the weaker, high angle.

CU Single · Eye level · Push in

Push in on the one who turns the argument.

CU Single · Eye level · Static

Dirty single on the other, listening.

ECU Insert · High angle · Static

Insert: hands, a fist, a held object.