Here’s a wonderful filmmaking video essay from the YouTube channel Every Frame a Painting, and this one focuses on the sustained Two-Shot. For those of you who are aspiring filmmakers, there are some things to be learned here.
The video came with the following note: “What do you do when you’ve got two actors, a bunch of dialogue, and only enough time to get one camera angle? Consider one of the oldest tools in the filmmaking toolbox: the sustained two-shot.”
This filmmaking essay channel is launching a limited series that will explore the history, strengths, and weaknesses of the sustained two-shot, which is a film perspective where two characters stay in a single scene for a long time.
Enjoy the video!
