Ok, I thought of something kind of related to the stand-in concept - what if I get a person to play me in all of the scenes, then I take a digital camera and record (at a bare minimum res) exactly how I want the shot to be. I could then show this to my camera man so that he can actually
see teh movement and framing of the shot. Knowing my actors, they won't have a problem spending an hour or two conducting this exercise.
I won't do this on the day that we're shooting as it would take some time, but i'll do it as part of the pre production phase.
How does that sound?
Oh and as for the fight scene issue, I think i'll follow Richard's advice on it, but would that technique work for a fight scene with the same pacing and angles as this one? -
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