“If I can play a scene in a master shot, I always prefer it. And the actors always prefer it.
“If I can play a scene in a master shot, I always prefer it. And the actors always prefer it. It’s fun to look at on the screen, the actors get a chance to sink their teeth into something substantial, and it’s economically helpful. You don’t have to spend a lot of time with unnecessary coverage. And the poor actors don’t have to do the scene 50 times from every angle. So if I can shoot a master, it makes a lot of sense for me. But there are certain scenes that just don’t work in masters because you need up-and-back cutting for them to work. That’s the only reason that I do it. A certain film might come along where, coincidentally, there are many scenes that just won’t work in masters. Then another script will come along where most of the script will work in master shots. But I’d always prefer a master shot if I can do it.”Woody Allen (pictured on the set of Midnight in Paris) -- source link
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