The Interview

A large percentage of our film will consist of a static shot of an interview between our two main characters. This will actually be one of the easier shots to film as once the scene is set up, nothing needs to be changed in terms of camera and lighting.

A good example I have found of a similar static shot is featured in Hunger.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986233/

This 2008 film, directed by visual artist Steve McQueen, is set in the infamous Long Kesh Maze Prison, and it follows Bobby Sand's (Michael Fassbender) hunger strike. There is minimal dialogue throughout the film, but there is one highly impressive twenty minute sequence between Bobby & a Priest (Liam Cunningham).













The scene consists of wide shot of the two characters sitting on either side of the table, and the camera remains stationary for the entire sequence. I think the reason this scene succeeds is because it is so well shot and lit. If our film is to use a stationary shot for the interview, then I think this is a perfect example of how to shoot it.