[Steve Wargo] "On your monitor, two people having a conversation will never look to the same side of the frame."
Well, that's true
only if the people having the conversation are looking
at each other... (the way people normally do when they talk).
However, in this instance, I think the conversation will be with two people both looking away in the distance at something... in that case, since the "line" is still between the two people... then
yes often the two parties
will be looking at the same side of the frame.
That's perfectly normal, you see scenes like this all the time. The most common way you see it is with two people driving in a car. The line is between the driver and passenger, perpendicular to the direction of travel. If you shoot a CU of the driver or the passenger from the same side (which is perfectly acceptible), then they are both looking at the same side of the frame. What you
wouldn't want to do is move the camera position to, say, the back seat (without some device for getting back there), as would be "crossing the line."
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
