Um, hi, I just wanted to ask your thought about the way Dean and Cas are positioned in the 10×09 promo? Like, don’t people usually sit opposite side of each other when they are presented with small table+ 4chair combination? I think I never saw Sam&Dean sitting shoulder to shoulder like that. Is it to hide swapping food easier? Idk, it’s just a small thing but it seemed a bit odd so I thought I might ask you x)

s-cornelius:

In thinking about how to answer you, I ended up thinking a lot about seating arrangements both from a cinematography and compositional angle as well as from a character angle.

Let’s start with the technical issues of shooting and framing:

When shooting a dialogue between two people in TV or film, it is common to employ a two shot (two people in the frame) where the camera looks over the shoulder of one character, as in this scene from 10×07 Girls, Girls, Girls.

In the above screencap, the camera looks over Sam’s shoulder during Dean’s lines. In the one below, the camera looks over Dean’s shoulder during Sam’s lines.

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