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I think it is some kind of directorial or camera direction, and I don't recognize it as a standard one. If it is what I think it means, you are directing, and wasting a line (which counts as time i...
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2019-12-19T22:13:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T07:46:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
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I think it is some kind of directorial or camera direction, and I don't recognize it as a standard one. If it is what I think it means, you are directing, and wasting a line (which counts as **time** in a script, and costs you a line of dialogue for example). I say "wasting" because what else could happen? How is this different than what the director will imagine anyway? And if it **is** different, the director will go with **their** visual imagination over yours, anyway. Are you talking about a [Graphic Match Cut?](https://sites.google.com/a/colgate.edu/fmst-terminology/graphic-match) (Or Action Match Cut.) That would still be a directorial prerogative, but you could mention it to note to the director such a match exists. Panning away or focusing on something else or some standard camera direction should be left to the director, none of them should be mentioned.
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2018-01-27T12:55:07Z (almost 7 years ago)
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