Camera movement when necessary but, otherwise, try to let actors play the frame, even to extreme frames. Try not to adjust frames during a shot unless the shot requires it. Play the space not the subject.

Blockage is good as is foreground. Dirty frames whenever possible, even if it’s an element in the room and extreme angles as well when it tells the story.

A ways back, an op that I was mentoring through Local 600 asked me if I could make a list of things I think about when operating. I started to jot things down and, over time, have added to it as I think of things. What I realized is that, much like driving a car since I was 16, having operated for 30 years, there are all sorts of things that I do and have learned that I don't think about.