All language subtitles for MasterClass Ron Howard Teaches Directing - 122 - Frost Nixon Feature Staging For Coverage

what I want to do now is crash in and

start to design some coverage okay let's

do a sort of a reverse uh Master let's

uh maybe let you do this now B camera be

on this side um keep wide stay fairly

wide and uh let's go in with David okay

and let's we'll we'll plot this and

we'll we'll make a few decisions as to

you know where they should go frame uh I

would just I would just start I would

let him come into frame and then follow

him and then let the others uh sort of

drift in also around you okay let's take

it from the top now let's see what do we

want to do with a camera at this point

we've got to watch out that we don't um

get you

in uh so let's put

a

camera

H where can we get you at this

point I think I wonder if can you could

you do

um kind of a profile

thing something like this and stay out

of his shot try to get into a you know I

don't know what you're going to get we I

think we're just going to to let you

sort of improvise um what something a

little tighter uh what were you on there

maybe go to like a 40 or something like

that

okay so let's try it

again you

good

and and action what Revolution David you

just let Richard Nixon claim the country

was in a state of Revolution with

protesters bombing and assaulting police

officers that's not how I remember it

what I remember was people protesting

peacefully and legitimately against the

Vietnam War that's what I Remember music

off please music off by the end

wiretapping students and breaking into

journalist homes was beginning to sound

like a rational response I'm sorry you

feel this way but I simply cannot share

your view about what about any of it

frankly I thought today was a huge

Improvement let's see you're get let's

hang on so on that spot I think you're

gonna want to come this way age right so

you get kind of a group great so we we'd

wind up with a frame something like that

okay go I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you

nuts let me tell you how bad things were

today after the taping finished I

overheard two members of the crew say

they never voted for him when they had

the chance but if he ran again today

he'd have their support you're making

him look presidential for Christ's sake

a and forget about the trivia David who

cares whether Nixon took the White House

bed to Europe when he traveled well it's

irrelevant who got okay good uh if you

can we'll do one more and maybe you

could go with him and and walk back and

get a tighter over the shoulder so you

keep him in the foreground and then he

uh you know and then throw throw the

focus deep okay okay let's try one more

good why don't you uh this time as an

alternate because you you sort of got

that wide group shot this time why don't

you try to come in and when they when

they're here at the desk so to get a

loose 50/50 okay okay

okay are we

good from the top from the top thank

you

okay you can give you could you could

start a little further over here I think

probably yeah yeah that's actually not

bad Pan um let da let David go through

um and since we're over here I think

this might be a nice opportunity let

David go through and then uh oh you're

following all the way aren't you yeah

why don't you pan with David just as an

alternate tuck in here and just just pan

him over there great okay good and

action what Revolution David you just

let Richard Nixon claim the country was

in a state of Revolution with protesters

bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it what I

remember was people protesting

peacefully and legitimately against the

Vietnam War that's what I Remember music

off please music off by the end

wiretapping students and breaking into

journalist's homes was beginning to

sound like a rational response I'm sorry

you feel this way but I simply cannot

share your view about what go go

frankly I thought today was a huge

Improvement

good are you nuts get this 50/50 let me

tell you how bad things were today after

the taping finished I overheard two

members of the crew say they never voted

for him when they had the chance but if

he ran again today for office he'd have

their support you're making him look

presidential for Christ's sake and who

cares about the trivia David who cares

whether Nixon took the White House bed

to Europe when he traveled well it's

irrelevant and it's just the sort of Bal

anecdote that would distract

a perfect what press

thatone go

on say it great get the other guy you're

about to say talk show

H yeah I

was look it's useless me trying to

answer your points frankly I don't share

any of your sense of pessimism or alarm

and this ridiculous self flagellation in

my view is just it's depressing now

excellent in the same position I would

wind up also just tightening in and and

would just would just carry on but I

would get that as well so we might as

well just get an example of that so just

carry on from there you're threatening

to derail the whole

Enterprise any of you believe we are

going to fail you'd better leave right

now or it'll infect everyone

else no

one right

good now I suggest instead of festering

around the hotel for the next 5 days we

all go our separate ways over Easter but

before we go Caroline and I would like

you to join us for a little celebratory

dinner over at Patrick Tero Place

celebrate celebrate what David the fact

that we're all going to be working at

Burger King I mean what are we

celebrating my

birthday it's my birthday

Bob i' like to celebrate it with a few

friends that's great so that's a that's

a good example um before we go from the

top again let me just get a little quick

sense of what we would do in terms of

coverage here I would we already did the

tighter shot on you let's just get a

shot here of zelck here is a single

reacting and let's get the B camera over

here on

bird because we want want him as well

overhearing all of this let's take it

back from where you enter okay but just

let let them go through and hold on your

on your

guys okay so you're going to go with uh

zelck over here to the wall and cheat

over a little bit again so we don't wind

up shooting too much into the wall and

then you'll get something on bird okay

and sort of can sort of press in a

little bit on them you know as as it's

going ready

okay be bits of coverage I would want

for you know for cutaways because uh and

also for emphasis to extend a moment you

know create an uncomfortable moment

either extend or tighten up the scene so

getting these singles is always very

important not only does it give us

insight into all the characters in the

scene but it also gives us a cutaway and

cutaways is you know those are the ways

that directors have some control later

in terms of the Rhythm and also in case

you want to actually edit dialogue out

there's no better way than to cut to a

character you care about one of the

other characters and then come back to

the dialogue you know in the uh you know

with the edit in place so we're going to

get that kind of coverage now so we'll

just do it as a pickup from where you

enter and action I do well it's

irrelevant and it's just a sort of Bol

anecdote that would distract

it come forward come forward a little

more there we go so let's get a single

there we go great what and cheat this

way so that your shot can be we're going

to cheat all this a little bit so we get

that depth because we don't want to be

shooting zelck into the wall so we want

to keep you guys on the camera left side

but since you're off camera you're going

to pinch up against this wall cool great

good carry on go on now say it you're

about to say talk

show yeah I

was look it's useless me trying to

answer your points frankly I don't share

any of your sense of pessimism or alarm

and this ridiculous self flatulation in

my view is just depressing I'm

threatening to derail a whole

Enterprise there is anyone here who

thinks we are going to fail they'd best

leave now you going it'll infect

everyone

else get her

two no

one right good that's good now I suggest

instead of festering around the hotel

for the next 5 days we all go our

separate ways over Easter but before we

go Caroline and I would like you to join

us for a little celebratory dinner

over celebrate to celebrate what David

the fact that we're all going to be

working at Burger King I mean what are

we celebrating it's my birthday

Bob like to celebrate it with a few of

my

friends and

Reston

great excellent and that's where we

would probably use that big wide shot

and of course first we owe two sizes

back on David Frost so this is just a

one camera situation I think we just use

a camera uh and uh let's just let you

enter David you know you come pushing in

get uh that sort of loose over the

shoulder what were you on that first

Master uh when you when you did it you

were like yeah so we'll get one that's

roughly the same about a 32 and then

we'll do that little tighter one and

then we would we would have covered this

part okay and ready yeah

and action I do well it's irrelevant and

it's just a sort of Bol anecdote that

would distract

him what come on say it you're about to

say talk show

host yeah I

was look it's useless me trying to

answer your points frankly I don't share

any of your sense of pessimism or alarm

and this ridiculous self flagellation is

just depressing and threatening to

derail the whole Enterprise if any of

you believe we are about to fail leave

now or it'll infect everyone

else no

one right

good now I suggest instead of festering

around the hotel for the next 5 days we

all go our separate ways over Easter but

before we go Caroline and I would like

you to join us for a little celebratory

dinner over at Terror has no place

celebrate to celebrate what David the

fact that we're all going to be working

at Burger King and what are we

celebrating my

birthday it's my birthday

Bob and uh I'd like to celebrate it with

a few

friend he's going to go too good great

now L I just had an idea let's get uh

the A and B cameras and let's let's get

one back here

um W you know kind of

long uh a little bit tight past these

guys to David but sort of a waist or so

on David and then why don't you tuck in

here and and be over Bert now we're not

going to worry about screen Direction uh

because we're in a we're in a controlled

space here and I think that for in my

opinion the walls give us this the sort

of the geography that we need for screen

Direction so in fact you know Bert

probably should be looking you know

he should be looking camera right to him

but then we'd be cheating Bert all the

way over to this side and I don't think

it would it it's necessary plus we get a

better composition here if we get

something you know over Bert's uh right

shoulder with these guys framed here so

I'd like to frame it so that he when

he's talking to the group we were

getting everything you know we get the

relationship and you have to make sure

that you don't get too lined up and

blocked so cheat yourself probably a

little bit out that way and so you'll be

a little further into the set than

normal okay sense so we'll just take it

from that spot where you come walking in

all

right ready you guys

good and action I do well it's

irrelevant and it's just a sort of Bol

anecdote that would distract

a

what go on say it talk show

host yeah

look it's useless me trying to answer

your points frankly I don't share any of

your pessimism or alarm in this this

ridiculous self flatulation it's just

depressing in my view and threatening to

derail the whole

Enterprise if any one of you believes

we're about to fail leave now or it'll

infect everyone

else no

one right

good now I suggest instead of festering

around the hotel for the next 5 days we

all go our separate ways over Easter but

before we go Caroline and I would like

to invite you to join us for a little

celebratory dinner over at Patrick

tera's Place celebrate to celebrate what

David the fact that we're all going to

be working at Burger King what are we

celebrating my

birthday can you wind back a little bit

more and like to celebrate try to get

the other guy in

cool okay

great so now we need tighter for both of

you guys so I think it's it's it's it's

about staying with um you know just we

need to just clean up the basically

clean up the scene uh so why don't you

how do you think it's going to work best

if you if you stay with h David okay

yeah okay and um and if the other

camera right uh just kind of if he's

going with David into here you know kind

of into that kind of territory then you

know you should just try to get

whoever's talking whoever's talking to

David and then we'll get a couple of

reaction shots again what kind of size

pretty tight I mean um You probably I

mean because his handeld you don't want

to go too long but what like what do you

think 50 40 something like that yeah

okay great I'm leading him at the start

uh yes

yes you can sort of start out of his way

at the beginning because he's going to

lead him in and then what do you think

for this one 50 60 yeah 50 something

like try that see if that works for you

oh

yeah you guys feel okay yeah all right

all right let keep the pace up of it

overlaps you can come in a little bit

tighter by the way on that on that uh uh

you don't have to wait so long for his

reaction okay just as soon as he's

starting to cross cool you know drive

your line in okay and action what

Revolution David you just let Richard

Nixon claim the country was in a state

of Revolution with with protesters

bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it what I

remember was people protesting

peacefully and legitimately against the

Vietnam War okay let let's work that out

again uh so two things one is at the

beginning instead of being so agitated

you know we're on we're close on you

it's like these guys are panicking it be

a little cockier coming in so if you're

going to come in here you should

probably bring

him and probably let him maybe exit Okay

and pick up

uh Reston okay right and and then maybe

maybe what you should do is then uh kind

of sneak in from the side once he's done

that uh and then get in on uh get in on

and you pick up David right and so then

you stay with Reston cool so that make

sense let's try

that because they're doing

great ready y okay action what

Revolution David you just let Richard

Nixon claim the country was in a state

of Revolution with protesters bombing

and assaulting police officers that

that's not how I remember it what I

remember was people protesting

peacefully and legitimately against the

Vietnam War that's what I Remember music

off please music off by the end

wiretapping students and breaking into

journalist homes was beginning to sound

like a rational response yeah I'm sorry

feel this way but I simply cannot share

your view about what about any of it

frankly I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you nuts let me tell you

how bad things were today after we

finished taping I overheard two members

of the crew say they never voted for him

when they had the chance but if he ran

for office again today he'd get their

support you're making him look

presidential for Christ's sake and

forget about the trivia David I mean who

who cares whether Nixon took the White

House bed to Europe when he traveled

well it's irrelevant

and it's just a sort of Bol anecdote

that okay good now that worked pretty

well the one the uh the one thing let me

just see you guys when you first come in

because we've got to work something out

specifically for that moment uh so you

you come up to here and where are you uh

in the last shot I was probably a little

bit kind of in there okay great so we

need to work something out and I think

it's probably just a one camera panning

him in and it's coming into David and

the ground here if you're doing that

maybe you could be picking up Reston

from here okay uh and we want up getting

a good shot of resting back this way and

you got a good Frost at the table right

so uh we'll do that and then we owe a

couple of pickups so we get this we need

to reverse back on David uh did you get

David that time uh I did uh when he was

when he was when he looked

back yeah yeah okay all right

good so this is going to be a pan in

we'll take it from the beginning can I

get the second Mark real quick just to

them in there uh when you're looking

this way that's an over good something

like that uhuh okay good great thanks

guys good great next one and do you want

to keep Focus uh shallow or deep uh I

think you want to keep it on David here

yeah okay yeah until if he turns and

looks then if you can throw throw to him

great got that Andre okay here we go

uh good and action what Revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claim the

country was in a state of Revolution

with protesters bombing and assaulting

police officers that's not how I

remember it what I remember was people

protesting peacefully and legitimately

against the Vietnam War that's what I

Remember music off please music off by

the end wiretapping students and

breaking into journalist homes was

beginning to sound like a

response well I'm sorry you feel this

way but I simply don't share your view

about what about any of it

frankly I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you

nuts let me tell you how bad things were

today after the taping finished I

overheard two members of the crew say

they never voted for him when they had

the chance but if he ran for office

again today he'd have their support

let's just stop for one second by the

way when you're staging a scene it's

helpful to have a things like Windows

cinematographers and production

designers like Windows and the way I

want the reason I wanted this moment to

land over here instead of over there is

because it's a it's a much it's just a

much much more visual um uh spot also it

gave you more real estate to cover for

your exit so there was kind of a reason

I wanted this to land over here and and

it's uh because of this shot so carry on

nice okay

and action I overheard two members of

the crew say they never voted for him

when they had the chance but if he ran

again for office today he'd have their

support you're making him look

presidential for Christ sake and forget

about the trivia David who who cares

whether Nixon took the White House bed

with him to Europe when he traveled well

it's

irrelevant and it's just the sort of Bol

that great now uh we we now we have a

couple of quick pickups which is one of

David looking here did you look you you

I did on that last one I I did I turned

here I didn't look here but I looked

here okay great let's get one camera

this way and the other camera sort of

over I guess right that's probably good

great all right okay good all right

we'll just get that first part

okay I'm trying to get you I'm not going

to do this for you know every time we do

the scene by the way the complete

coverage but I just wanted to kind of

get it for this okay so take it from

where you just enter in uh you probably

have to take it from the top in order to

get the the right flow sure okay and

action what Revolution David you just

let Richard Nixon claim the country was

in a state of Revolution with protesters

bombing and assaulting police officers

that's not how I remember it what I

remember is people protesting peacefully

and legitimately against the Vietnam War

that's what I remember but music off

please music off by the end wiretapping

students and breaking into journalist

homes was beginning to sound like a

rational

response I'm sorry you feel let's do

that again sorry so now we for camera

don't go quite that far because we want

to stay over your shoulder got got got

great so let's just do that one more

time

okay ready and action what Revolution

David you just let Richard Nixon claim

the country was in a state of Revolution

with protesters bombing and assaulting

police officers that that's not how I

remember it what I remember is people

protesting peacefully and legitimately

against the Vietnam War that's what I

Remember music off please music off by

the end wiretapping students and

breaking into journalist homes was

beginning to sound like a rational

response well I'm sorry you feel this

way but I simply cannot share out you

about what about any of it frankly great

cut very good now so we got the about

what which was very good now what I

really need is a shot here of uh Bert so

let's come around this way tight now

excluding uh David so we'll be in here

like this and uh and I also need another

shot here uh on uh on zelck okay so

let's just see what kind of where where

are you during that time I'm around here

so if you're over here getting

him um this is uh and and here you're

pacing around a bit you know maybe you

could tuck in here and get something

like this uh good when he's ping yeah

just stay with keep camera out you know

so you might have to shift a little bit

with it but okay all right great so

let's just take it from that that moment

when when you cross over to the desk

doing this in

pickups some actors are better at

pickups than others you guys are doing

great sometimes you have to almost

always go to the beginning particularly

with a scene like this with a lot of

energy because uh you know you need to

get that flow going but you're you you

you guys are you know in control of the

scene enough now that we can do this you

know in in bits and pieces and

Pickups great and action by the end

wiretapping students and breaking into

journalist homes was beginning to sound

like a rational

response I'm sorry you feel this way but

I I cannot share that view about what

about any of it

frankly I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you

nuts let me tell you how bad things were

today

after we finished taping I overheard two

members of the crew say they never voted

for him when they had the chance but if

you ran again today for office he'd have

their support you're making him look

presidential for Christ's

sake and David who cares about the

trivia who cares whether Nixon took the

White House bed to Europe when he

traveled well it's irrelevant and it's

just the sort of Bol okay so well done

we did that scene we might want to take

a short break here