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Commentaries
Once you can record your own sound you will want to record commentaries for your films. A commentary can convey so much more than sub-titles alone and it does not impede the flow of pictures.
Nevertheless, the writing and recording of a commentary present their own peculiar difficulties (p. 51). If you want to convey information in the sound track you must provide appropriate picture footage to go with it. The commentary must come to the point quickly so that the audience can study the subject — a church bell, say — you are discussing. And the picture must remain for a few seconds after your comments in order to satisfy the interest aroused.
Importance of Sequences
It takes several seconds to say anything interesting, so your church bell must be on the screen for a minimum of 10 seconds, possibly 20. A single shot of this duration is monotonous and unnecessary. For a sound film it is, therefore, essential to shoot in sequences, i.e., related shots on the same subject. In this case, you would start, as in a silent film, with a long shot showing the church. Next comes a medium shot of the bell-cot. Then, perhaps, several closeups of the bell and its mounting and finally shots of the bell being rung. In a script these types of shot are usually abbreviated to LS, MS, CU, etc.
Word your commentary so that it flows smoothly, yet follows the pictures. This sounds obvious, yet it is all too easy to end up with this sort of thing:
"During the Reformation, most of the Sanctus bells in England were destroyed.
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