Editing and Coverage

Less is more.

I used to think that more coverage was better, because it gives you more
freedom with editing etc... However, I now know that this is not true, this
seems to be a myth created by either inexperienced filmmakers or by
know-it-all editors.

In Film every second you are shooting is very expensive, so you want to
relay as much information in the least amount of time, and shots. I spoke
about this before but I'm going into a little more detail now. Studying
"Terminator" actually helped me with this concept a lot. James Cameron has
this stylistic method of showing two actions with one shot. Something
happens in the foreground and something else happens in the background.
Watch the film again and you will see it all the time.

Also studying "Final Destination 2" a movie which I assume is heavily
storyboarded, taught me more about the cinematic language of storytelling (I
know its a cheesy teeny-bopper movie, but I think the suspense worked). I
would recommend this film for studying. I will write more on what I learned
from "Final Destination 2" later. In FD2 I saw that there was only the
exact number of shots needed to tell a story and no more. So my new rule is
less is more. Try to tell it with less and you will end up being more
creative.