Chapter 6
Scene Construction
Once a few shots have been assembled, the scene, whatever it is, starts to take shape, and you’re the first person to see it.
In this chapter, we widen our field of view even further as I concentrate on the overall shape of a scene rather than the individual elements of specific parts.
What I mean by this is that even though it is technically okay to cut a scene in an endless succession of MCUs as two people have a meal together, it would be mind-numbingly boring for a viewer (all right, unless you want to make a point).
Here I will suggest ways you might tackle the construction of a scene so that the end product ...
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