How Many Shots Does a Scene Need?

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A scene can be one shot or it can be a hundred. What you shoot on the day decides what the edit is allowed to do. Subscribe to StudioBinder Academy ►► https://bit.ly/sb-ad StudioBinder Blog ►► http://bit.ly/sb-bl Try Higgsfield ►► https://higgsfield.ai/ ───────────────────── Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:45 - Scene Coverage Explained 02:53 - No Coverage 05:00 - Locked Single Take 06:58 - Dynamic Single Take 09:22 - Minimal Coverage 10:45 - Standard Coverage 11:57 - Extra Coverage 13:26 - Deep Dive 16:03 - Final Thoughts ───────────────────── What is coverage in film? Coverage is the set of shots captured for a scene that an editor can then assemble into a finished sequence. It is one of the few decisions on a film set that is simultaneously creative, logistical and financial — and it is the decision that quietly determines what the movie can become in post. The guiding question is simple: how many different ways can the editor construct this scene? In episode 20 of The Shot

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