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We'll see about the editing/cutting of the sequence. My feeling is that if I can't get it right the first time, it wasn't legit to begin with.
Oh boy. I guess you have no idea of how video/TV/movie production is done.
You do multiple takes until you get it right. From different angles, even. And not necessarily even in sequence. Then you edit it together.
I think he (Draco) is trying to go for more of an on-the-spot interview kind of thing, but considering it's not live, you should definitely be doing multiple takes until it's done right. You have the benefit of editing - this isn't live television! Redoing scenes and using the best takes will
guarenteed improve the quality of both the performance and delivery (which is why a script comes in handy). The best actors can read from a script and make it sound natural and fluid, while still keeping the delivery precise, even with a bit of improvisation. In fact, a lot of the best moments and lines come from improving off of a script!
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And doing a single take non-stop from beginning to end is called a "long take" (or maybe a "sequence shot"), and requires a LOT -no, an AWFUL LOT- of skill and luck to accomplish properly. Watch Alfred Hitchcock's "The rope" for an example (although it's not truly a "long take", the cuts between takes are cleverly masked so that they appear to be a single take). So, I really wouldn't recommend you to keep doing it that way.
That's a good point to bring up. I wasn't certain if you did all of the talking segments in one take, but if you are doing so, it would be best to rehearse and plan ahead on this. Like machf mentioned in reference to "The Rope", you
can do a long take, but cutting it cleverly to LOOK like one take is a much safer and more realistic way to do it. That way, you can do multiple takes and piece together the best bits from each. You have the benefit of the cutaways to the Trespasser segments - these would be the perfect time to cut.
