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so now I'm going to

restage uh and redirect this scene which

is of course pivotal in the frost Nixon

story but I'm I'm going to apply a

logistical pressure let's assume that

this is an indie movie there's not a lot

of money uh the day has gotten away from

us this is the last scene we have to

shoot it's an important scene but we

only have like a half hour to do it 45

minutes very little time to rehearse

very little time to get it and yet it's

got to be good uh you know there's no

money to get back here uh to this

location for another day and this is one

of those moments where everybody just

has to dig down deep and make it happen

perhaps I had a plan a shot list that

involved steady cams or involved

handheld following them all around and

plenty of coverage but that plan is no

longer going to work so guys come on in

here's what we got to go for a couple of

things I'm now going to dictate the

staging because I don't have time to do

what I did last time which is to hear

your ideas out so

basically we'll only do one rehearsal

but essentially you come in we're going

to use this desk because this is uh so

instead of having two places to go we're

just one so you're going to come here

it's still a good spot for us because

it's lit we're going to shoot our

masters and our coverage that way back

toward the garage door because that way

we naturally have some backlight that

that uh it doesn't take much time but it

gives a little kick it looks a little

bit better uh if we had to shoot back

this way the director photography would

have to try to find ways to create some

sort of contrast some kick some

highlights and things like that you'd

have to manufacture it that's a much

quicker uh you know more interesting way

to go right away so if you come in here

and if you guys start and gather around

we're going to play it through so you

can be here for for a while then you can

sort of turn and then the place when you

used to leave to go outside you just

start to go a step or two and then come

back and say wait a minut you're saying

talk show host so it all happens in here

which interestingly is the way it when

we first rehearsed it this morning uh

that's actually what happened so but

instead of going all the way out there

we're just going to he's just going to

turn and you guys will turn and face him

cool right and then he'll exit out that

way okay okay okay so we're going to do

one quick rehearsal and while we do that

we're going to use the wide shot as a

way to kind of rehearse it so instead of

doing interesting camera moves and

trying to press in and be very specific

about it we're going to set up a very

wide camera and we're going to set up a

medium camera these are our group shots

right and we'll watch you get to watch

one rehearsal and see how it plays let's

start uh off camera right off off her

camera okay right great which is another

change and go right in on action this

time don't wait to hold the dialogue

everybody's entering this way all right

and let's just do one quick rehearsal

and see how we're doing and you make

sure we're going to I'm going to watch

for to you guys need to try to find the

lens a little bit if you can I know

they're two cameras don't worry about

finding it for the wide it's more about

this one which is the medium okay ready

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 now that's not how I

remember it what I remember is people

protesting peacefully and legitimately

you swap sides okay so you come in here

good right good and legitimately people

protesting peacefully and legitimately

about the Vietnam War that's how I

remember it 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 what

about any of it frankly come on this

right I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you

nuts do I have to tell you how bad

things were

today after we finished taping okay I've

got a little problem here because with

this reverse I don't want to go into

here so I need you to not go that far

okay split the difference now where were

you I had just turned like this like I

don't know yeah okay so we need you to

kind of be in sort of like this so that

my my my shot back and Gavin is that way

right cool okay good good good and you

can be a little closer tuck in a little

closer right there good good carry on

now you can be over here that's pretty

good 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 of the

crew members say they never voted for

him when they had the chance and that if

he were to run again stop for one second

I want him this time what I'm doing is

I'm having you shift from this position

over here because when I get a reaction

shot instead of two shots which I you

know takes that much more time I want

one twoot so if you can find your way

over into a twoot so you two guys are

together that's going to be a lot more

efficient for me okay and okay so just

take it from right there so I thought

today was a huge

Improvement I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you

nuts let me tell you how bad things were

and one thing because we're little stagy

we're a little stuck here since you were

over here if you say are you nuts and

Pace a little bit and put a little Pace

into this cool cool today was terrible

it was such and such and so and so and

then press in really close so that you

get in on them and that the other thing

is is and you're is that we're going to

really need to pick up the cues yeah

because we don't have a lot of visual

energy going on here it's all about you

guys and I had one other idea um we've

been talking playing around with it a

little bit but again since we're sort of

locked into a place let's go with um a

little deep a little further with the

idea of the sort of false bravado that

you really think is fantastic and you

guys are silly okay you know about so

that you have further to go and anyway

okay good so um so then you're going to

finish up here right

yeah you want me just to finish up do

yeah just finish up and now you get

ready to and forget about the trivia

David who cares whether the Nixon took

the White House bed with him to Europe

when he traveled AR well it's irrelevant

it's don't go outside right yeah just

it's just the sort of Bal anecdote that

would distract

a distract or

what say it go on you're going to say

talk your host yeah I

was look it's useless great now we don't

have time to rehearse the whole scene

and I know you guys know it so that's

the final blocking okay right and it's

much simpler uh do you guys remember it

yeah okay we're going to we get to

practice it in a wide it's very

forgiving we'll do one or two takes that

way then we'll pin it down that'll give

me the director a chance to further

refine how to use the multiple cameras

to quickly get the coverage cool okay

great here we go

right

great and action what Revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claim the

country was in a state it was in a state

of Revolution with protesters bombing

and assaulting police officers now

that's that's not how I remember it what

I remember is people protesting

peacefully and legitimately against

camera rolling I'm going to have take

out this let's do it one more time let's

move this so that you can get in around

here so he can see you okay

okay don't stop we're losing the

light it's back to one here we

go okay and action what Revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claim that

the country was in a state of Revolution

with protesters with

protesters uh bombing bom with

protesters bombing and and then what

sorry when protesters bombing and it's

assaulting okay you

just uh all right we should start again

start again sorry let me just acting

Under

Pressure here we go

got it did did you get a chance to check

the line uh let me just make sure take a

moment how's your master working is that

is that are they getting blocked or they

he's getting blocked okay okay can you

can you open up a little bit okay great

okay you guys ready y good here we go

and

action what Revolution

David you you just let Richard Nixon

claim that the the country was in a

state of Revolution with protesters

bombing and assaulting police officers

now that's not how I remember it what I

remember is

protesters peacefully and

legitimately peacefully and legitimately

uh uh protest peacefully and

legitimately against the Vietnam War

that's how I remember it 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 if you

this way but I simply cannot show your

view about what about any of it

frankly I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you

nuts

pacing let me tell you how bad things

were

today I overheard two members of the

crew after we finished shooting say that

they never voted for for him when they

had the chance but if he ran for office

again today he'd have their support you

made him look presidential for Christ's

sake and enough with the trivia David

who cares whether or not Nixon took the

White House bed with him when he

traveled Europe I do well it's

irrelevant and it's just the sort of Bal

anecdote that would distract

a distract a

what no go and say

it you're about to say talko

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 this ridiculous self flatulation is

in my view well it's depressing and it's

threatening to derail the whole

Enterprise if any one of you hold right

there if we were you know back up just a

little bit you back up just a little bit

that helps that composition a little bit

finding that lens there we go continue

if anyone of you really believes we are

going going to fail may leave

now it'll infect everyone

else no

one that's pretty good right

good now then I suggest instead of

festering around the hotel for the next

5 days we go our separate ways over

Easter uh but before we go Caroline and

I would like you to join us for a little

um celebratory dinner at Patrick ter in

place celebrate to celebrate what David

the fact that we'll all be working at

Burger King what are we

celebrating my

birthday it's my birthday

Bob I'd like to celebrate it with a few

friends great not bad not bad now you

know if we were if we were shooting this

I'd probably do one more take of this

since that was really shooting the

rehearsal but uh we got the sense of

that for our purposes today so so now

let's press in with the two cameras and

let me just get a quick blocking

rehearsal so if I can see you guys at

the desk here your position number

one great so we have let's get one

camera in tight here right and then the

other the other one let's hold on these

two guys yeah got it okay and then let's

see what's going to happen so in a

moment when you shift around what

happens just uh walk through your

positions yeah in the beginning I throw

my music line out here right which is

great by the way make sure you clear

don't get blocked behind him right

that's great okay that worked very well

yeah and then I come back you come back

now have you if you are you still

holding a two here I'm still holding a

two good hold that two good yeah that's

good maybe you don't come quite that far

okay good and then what and then me are

you nuts are you nuts do I have to tell

you how bad things were today right and

I come in here and you can yeah you come

over now I'm going to cheat your a

little bit don't come quite that far

okay go to about there okay right so he

can get a look at you and you've got

good 50/50 right yeah I got and try to

yeah good it'll stay in there yeah good

and you can press in a little bit

tighter if you

can great and for our purposes here for

in order to really make this be a two

shot I think you have to come further

down you know you stay where you were

but instead of being here you're getting

blocked by everything kind of come down

into here

and you guys can both look is it

distracting to be in their no it's not

it's not it's it's it's good okay all

right should we shoot it okay here we

go okay okay

yeah ready yeah 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 about 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 am sorry you feel this

way but I simply cannot share your view

about what about any of it

rightly I thought today was a huge

Improvement are you

nuts let me tell you how bad things were

today after we were done shooting I

overheard two crew members say they

never voted for him when they had the

chance and that if he were ever run for

office again today he'd have their full

support you made him look presidential

for Christ's

sake and enough with the trivia David

who cares whether or not Nixon took the

White House bed with him to Europe when

he traveled I do well it's it's

irrelevant and it's just a sort of all

anecdote that had

distracted

sorry distracted

what now go on say it you're about to

say TOA host wen't

you yeah I

was look it's useless my trying to

answer your

points frankly I don't shareing of your

pessimism or alarm and this this

ridiculous self flatulation well in my

view it's it's depressing and it's

threatening to derail the whole

Enterprise if any one of you really

believes they are going 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

go our separate ways over Easter uh but

before we go um Caroline and I would

like you to join us for a little

celebratory dinner over at Patrick ter

new

place celebrate yes to celebrate

what huh the fact the fact that we're

all going to be working at Burger King

what are we

celebrating okay let's hold right there

now what I'd like to do is let's take it

from where you crossed back over and

what I want you to do and this is an an

acting thing just to expedite you know

the process but but with if you're here

MH and and when the cross is made which

way which way did you cross this way or

this way okay good then if you could

shift over more into here okay right so

it doesn't make any sense but just drift

to your left so we get on this line okay

right yeah that's going to be better for

us just pull the look around let's just

pick it up from there

okay uh from where uh uh you're saying

forget about this trivial stuff okay

right attacking him

ready and why don't you since we're

doing another take you can you know sort

of toward the end kind of press in a

little bit more and action and forget

about the trivia David I mean who cares

whether Nixon took the White House bed

with him to Europe when he traveled I do

well it's

irrelevant and it's just the sort of Bol

anecdote that

would to trip up a trip up

a I'm say

talk show host that's what you're going

to say wasn't

it yeah it

was look it's useless my trying to

answer your points frankly I don't share

any of your sense of of pessimism or

alarm and this this

ridiculous this ridiculous self

flagellation it's just depressing and

it's threatening to derail the whole

Enterprise so if any one of you really

believes we're going to to fail leave

now or it will infect everyone

else no

one right

good now I suggest instead of festering

around the hotel for the next 5 days we

go our separate ways over Easter but

before we go um Caroline and I would

like you to join us for a little

celebratory dinner at Patrick terra's

that new

play Celebrate

celebrate what

David the fact that we're all going to

be working at Burger King what are we

celebrating my birthday it's my

birthday I'd like to celebrate it with a

few

friends great now we're going to do is a

couple little staging accommodations and

you'll tighten in right so your main job

is here going to be to get rest in over

here in you know tight all the way and

what we're going to go with with with uh

with you is uh to drift over towards the

end so when they come around to this

position see if you can get uh come over

into an over okay

great from from where we we should take

we should take it from the uh uh well

for our purposes today I think we could

just take it from when you just just

arrive just at the very beginning okay

let's take it from the top sure sure

maybe you need do you want to hold your

sides is okay I mean I mean for our

purposes we want the flow still we're

still treating it like a rehearsal yeah

yeah okay okay okay good good good you

want me to huh do you still want me to

catch him up

top um no just just follow rested

because you got that before and uh keep

the pace going keep the drive going you

know okay ready and we really have to

make it crackle because you know and

action what re David you just let

Richard Nixon claim the country was in a

state of Revolution with protesters

bombing bombing and assaulting police

officers now that's that's not how I

remember it what I remember is people

protesting peacefully and legitimately

about the Vietnam War that's what I

Remember music off please 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 your view

about what about any of it frankly uh

lean in get in behind there you go and

just give me that line again about what

okay and 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 crew

members say how they never got a chance

to vote for him when they had the chance

and that if he ran for office again

today he'd have their support let's just

cheat you out this way for this shot but

there you go good pulling the look

around okay you made him look

presidential for Christ's sake and

enough with the trivia David no one

cares whether or not Nixon took the

White House bed with him to Europe when

he traveled well it's irrelevant and

it's just a sort of Bol anecdote that

would distract

a distracted

what no no no no no go on could stay

with it stay with you say

it you're about to say talk sh

H yeah I

was look it's useless me trying to

answer your points frankly I don't share

any of your your pessimism your alarm

and this ridiculous self flatulation in

my view is just depressing and it's

threaten to derail the whole Enterprise

so if any one of you really believes we

are going to

fail leave now or it will infect

everyone

else no

one right

good now I suggest instead of uh

festering around the hotel for the next

5 days we go our separate ways over

Easter PR but uh before we go Caroline

and I would like you to join us for a

little celebratory dinner over at

Patrick Terrell's new

place celebrate yes well what are we

celebrating David the fact that we all

have to work at Burger King what are we

celebrating my

birthday it's my birthday Bob and I'd

like to celebrate it with a few

friends well done good now uh one one

one last thing which is close here we

just play it from the you know from the

desk we just want to get something over

here with the window in it and then we

need a b camera uh really just making

sure that we pick up these reaction

shots between these two guys copy okay

great so starting from more or less from

the beginning from the beginning yeah

but just just walking in but let me just

let's let's let camera see you guys on

your marks you're going want to come

over here right right like that uhhuh

and but let's cheat it don't go that far

because this is where I don't want I I

don't want and you can even go in a

little bit more good so that we keep

that window in the shot right and then

when he crosses uh yeah and then then

when they when they cross over you keep

drifting okay and you keep trying to pin

reaction shots of those two guys C okay

great just stepping

out maybe start start down on the table

so and then as he comes in just tilt up

ready and action what Revolution David

you just let Richard Nixon claimed the

country was in a state of Revolution

with protesters bombing and assaulting

police officers now that now now that's

not how I remember it what I remember is

people protesting peacefully and

legitimately about the Vietnam War

that's what I Remember music off plays

music off by the end wiretapping

students and breaking into journalist's

homes was beginning to sound like a

rational response well I'm sorry if 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 shooting I

overheard two cre crew members say they

never got a chance to vote for him when

he ran the first time good and that he

if he ever ran again for office today

he'd have their full support you made

them look presidential for Christ's

sake enough with the trivia David nobody

cares about whether or not Nixon took uh

the White House bed with him to Europe

when he traveled I do well it's

irrelevant go and it's the exact sort of

Bal anecdote that would distract a

distract what no go on say

it you're about to say talk your host

it's

okay go back on D yeah I

was it's useless me trying to answer

your points frankly I don't share any of

your pessimism or alarm in this this

ridiculous uh self flatulation is in my

view L

depressing and is threatening to derail

the whole Enterprise

so if anyone of you really believes we

are going to fail leave now these two or

it will infect everyone

else no

one right

good now I suggest instead of festering

around the hotel for the next 5 days we

go our separate ways over Easter good uh

but before we go Carol and I would like

you to join us for a little celebratory

dinner at Patrick

per

celebrate celebrate what David the fact

that we're all going to have to work at

Burger King what are we celebrating good

rest my

birthday today's my

birthday like to celebrate it with a few

friends keep it rolling I just want to

get a little earlier re action just go

back for a second hold on here and just

say celebrating what Burger King okay

CH celebrate celebrate what David the

fact that we're all going to be working

at Burger King what are we

celebrating my

birthday it's my birthday today

Bob I'd like to celebrate it with a few

friends great cut good job now what we

were trying to do there with these two

cameras is not only pick up the key

coverage but go back pan over and pick

up key reaction shots so without having

to take the time to stop and and reset

and do another another cutaway I knew we

needed a couple so that's why we went

back down I got a reaction shot we

shifted around we improvised a little

bit camera operators have obviously uh

done some pretty fast work some indie

work uh and knew what I was talking

about and we were able to grab all the

pieces that we needed to be able to get

to the editing room and do a good job of

it and uh thanks guys well done fun fun

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