ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the use of a controlled handheld camera and how it can supply a visual style that supports the tone of certain types of stories by supplying a fluidity of camera movement. The job of the narrative scene is to offer a "platform" for Wanda to act in a manner that neither she, nor Mr. Dennis, nor we, believe possible. It offers Wanda an opportunity to save the day— at least temporarily. All staging is dictated by the action of the scene, because both Wanda's and Mr. Dennis's current emotional states are clear to the audience from the previous scene, and the actions committed in this scene are clearly wedded to the characters' scene wants and to the job at hand. The most significant piece of staging is the physical struggle that occurs between Mr. Anderson and Mr. Dennis and the challenge this presents to Wanda.
