Take One
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Coverage

Someone enters

A door opens and a new person changes the scene.

Start your film to use it

An entrance has three views: the door, the person already inside, and what the newcomer sees. Shoot all three and the edit can choose whose scene it is. The reaction shot of the person inside is usually the most important one.

Watch out. Shoot the door opening from both sides. You will want the reverse.

EST Single · Eye level · Static

Establishing shot: the corridor or the outside.

WS Single · Eye level · Static

Wide on the door. It opens, the newcomer enters.

CU Single · Eye level · Static

Reaction of the person already inside.

WS Point of view · Eye level · Static

POV from the doorway: the room as the newcomer sees it.

MS Single · Low angle · Static

The newcomer steps in. Slight low angle.

MWS Two-shot · Eye level · Static

Two-shot as they meet.