How to film a conversation

How to film a coversation

Why does it matter to know how to film a conversation? Each director is at their on devices on how to film any scene within their film, however there are certain guidelines in which its strongly avdviced to follow. These maybe  seen in any film you wish to watch amd enjoy.

The 180 degree; Its a rule which has been refered to before in the past during "How to film someone walking". The rule here is simple; DO NOT CROSS THE LINE. Crossing the line will achieve disorientation for the audience on which side our subjects who are having the conversation are on. If the line is crossed, it may appear that subject 1 appear to be on the right first, then flip to the left once the line was crossed. This being said, may films do succeed in successfully crossing the line as disorientation and confusion maybe key in a perticular scene. Usually found in Horrors or Thrillers. Here is a clip to help explain the 180 degree rule further.





The Mastur Shot will always be identifided in any scene scene within a film. The mastur shot shall be refered to, to always reference where and who  is in the scene and location. This will avoid disorientation and confusion to the consumer. The masture shot will always be recognisable within the scene.  

I think one of the main key elements in filming a conversation is shot variety. It holds the attention of your target audience and emerses them within the scene. So this being said, when planning a story board for filming a conversation to involve as many different shot is necessary. For example birds eye to caputere a moment like grabbing something from a table, , medium and long shots to enphisise who is talking or in the scene, close ups to capure the expression on the characters face ect


ECU's are shot pick ups. When filming a conversation the key scspeaking scenes are filmed first, and them the little shots imbetween like walking towards a door, or picking up a gun. The conversation might not be filmed in order, however that does not matter as it is part of the editors job to put the scenes all together.

When filming a conversation, the amout of cameras  the director had available depends on how it is going to be filmed.

One camers:
1. masture shot
2. lead character (character 1)
3. Other character within the scene (character 2)
4. pick ups

Two cameras:
1. Masture shot and pick ups 
2. Characters 1 & 2