ABSTRACT
The dialog sequence is one of the least imaginatively treated types of sequences, although
this has started to change. The editor must understand what is most important in a dialog
sequence. Generally, a director can opt to film a dialog sequence in a two-shot or in a series of midshots from over the shoulder of each of the participants. Most dialogs proceed as two-
character dialogs; occasionally, more than two characters interact in a dialog sequence.
Margo’s party for Biull in All About Eve (1950) is a good example of the latter type of dialog sequence.
