What Happens to Your Story when You Block the Same Exact Scene Differently?

We already know that blocking is an essential component of storytelling, but what we may not know is how powerful it can be in changing the tone, even meaning of a scene.

The latest video from John P. Hess of Filmmaker IQ demonstrates just that. In it, he runs an "experiment" that tests how different staging changes the emotional impact of a particular scene — the scene in this case is a simple, even boilerplate exchange between a detective and a police captain about details of a case. Watch and see how even with the same lighting and dialog the atmosphere and meaning of the scene changes based on how Hess chose to block it.

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