October 1998
Beginner
192 pages
3h 52m
English
The ‘one interviewer, two guest’ scenario has the same basic rules as the one plus one, but with a couple of variations. The interviewer can either be put between the guests, or to one side.
This is the easier arrangement to shoot, particularly if you have only two cameras.
The interviewer has his own camera (Cam 1). This can get either a single (MCU or MS) of the interviewer, or it can crab slightly around to the right and get a 3-shot.
Camera 2 gets the single of either guest, a 2-shot of ‘A’ and ‘B’, or a 3-shot.
In this situation you need to throw in a lot of reaction shots from camera 1 while camera 2 reframes.
Now it becomes straightforward.
The interviewer works to camera ...
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