Directing actors

And that was one of your wide shots there. As Henry walks over to reveal the room, you get... Yes, and that was discovered as a matter of necessity in just getting the coverage and following the blocking, all of which we discovered with the actors, how everybody was composed in the scene. The wide master presented itself rather than us adhering to it. And it occurred much more organically. And as a result, we never shot the whole scene in a wide master, which is what you tend to do. And then you only use...

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off in a room very nearby and communicating constantly with the actors, which was ultimately incredibly useful because it taught them actual radio technique and the immersion that they felt was amplified hugely. It would be good if you could talk about what was going on in that room. What was the vibe like? Was it always just tense the whole time? Well, we ran a two-day comms course along with the boot camp, so they learned the ground up from radio fundamentals.

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