Intercut Shots
There are occasions when one presents the audience with a shot, and invites them to look around it, choosing their own centres of interest. But more often, we want them to look at certain aspects of the scene. We want to persuade them to concentrate on particular features of the subjects to watch the chemical process, not the person operating the equipment.
Guiding the audience
During most productions, the director is continually guiding the viewer’s attention … taking their interest from one aspect of the scene to another… showing different features of the subject … introducing the viewer to new subjects.
The most obvious way of redirecting their concentration is to reframe the shot, or zoom in, or move the camera around ...
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