Close-up - making some dialogue section more intimate
Make use of an effective 'close-up' - in the middle of
a stretch of dialogue.
You could bring your two characters (best with two) nearer the microphone
- into position number 2 - for a 'close-up shot'.
Look for script that needs these CLOSE-UPS - and if there is none in
a scene which could benefit from this, then RE-DRAFT and put this 'close-up'
dialogue into the scene.
Make use of an effective 'close-up' - near the end of
a scene.
You could bring your two characters (best with two) nearer the microphone
- into position number 2, and so the last phrase of the dialogue is intimate
- closer to the audience, and a 'close-up' shot.
You can even bring the characters (best with two) into position number
2 for longer, and place them further away again, at position number 3.
See - Filmic - styles of radio drama directing
and post-production which creatively relate to film
See - Filmic - Perspective explained
by film shot analogy
See microphone positions
BENEFIT OF 'CLOSE-UP'
This prevents 'stand and deliver' acting, and enables you to bring more
subtlety and variation into a dialogue scene.
Look for script that needs these CLOSE-UPS.
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