Re:I Was at the Clapperboard for Orson Welles' Drunk Wine Co...
by TRyanMooney on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:59PM
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The Director and Director of Photography would immediately reposition them. It would look very awkward.
What does happen often is impactful news will be delivered causing the foreground actor to turn to camera and contemplate as they rack focus from the background actor to the foreground. See also, a door slamming or an event happening just off camera.
It’s an easy way to get a nice little two shot of both actors faces
In the video, it was suggested that Caine would get in the back of other actors scenes. Of course the extent of it in the video is obviously parody.
But is there anything to it? I imagine an actor could, for example, cheat a bit in the two shots; look right at the camera while they are the speaker, then just shift a little bit while the other actor is speaking, not enough to be obvious, but just enough to catch the camera with a little bit more of their face…