# What do the pinned public-domain screen manuals (Esenwein & Leeds 1919 revised, Phillips 1914, Munsterberg 1916) say about staging and covering a two-person scene, and what are they silent on?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T17:02:42.153Z
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Searched whole-file, all three texts are silent on reverse shot, over-the-shoulder, the 180-degree line, screen direction, eyelines, cutting points and master shot (0 hits each, regex list in findings). What they do offer: Esenwein & Leeds describe shooting every scene of a set before moving the camera, taking wide-angle scenes first and the close-up series after, and writing close-ups as separate numbered scenes that isolate one character; they define cut-ins as the sub-titles carrying spoken words. Phillips says the photoplay is no place for conversations and treats a spoken line as an insert timed to the utterance. Munsterberg notes a long-distance conversation can alternate between the two speakers 'a score of times' and treats the close-up as objectified attention.

Searched whole-file, all three texts are silent on reverse shot, over-the-shoulder, the 180-degree line, screen direction, eyelines, cutting points and master shot (0 hits each, regex list in findings). What they do offer: Esenwein & Leeds describe shooting every scene of a set before moving the camera, taking wide-angle scenes first and the close-up series after, and writing close-ups as separate numbered scenes that isolate one character; they define cut-ins as the sub-titles carrying spoken words. Phillips says the photoplay is no place for conversations and treats a spoken line as an insert timed to the utterance. Munsterberg notes a long-distance conversation can alternate between the two speakers 'a score of times' and treats the close-up as objectified attention.

Curator qualifications: Three early manuals (Esenwein 1919, Phillips, Munsterberg) contain none of reverse shot, over-the-shoulder, 180-degree line, screen direction, eyeline, master shot (lead and producer greps).

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Searched whole-file, all three texts are silent on reverse shot, over-the-shoulder, the 180-degree line, screen direction, eyelines, cutting points and master shot (0 hits each, regex list in findings). What they do offer: Esenwein & Leeds describe shooting every scene of a set before moving the camera, taking wide-angle scenes first and the close-up series after, and writing close-ups as separate numbered scenes that isolate one character; they define cut-ins as the sub-titles carrying spoken words. Phillips says the photoplay is no place for conversations and treats a spoken line as an insert timed to the utterance. Munsterberg notes a long-distance conversation can alternate between the two speakers 'a score of times' and treats the close-up as objectified attention. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17903

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