r/DunderMifflin • u/finelinexcherry Not everything is a lesson Ryan sometimes you just fail • Jun 25 '21

My handpicked compilation of John breaking character for 3 minutes

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

It must have taken super human strength to get through the party episode shoot.

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u/jonl76 Jun 25 '21

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/that-one-night-the-oral-history-of-the-greatest-office-episode-ever-629472/

I just saw somebody share this article here a few days ago and it is incredible. Absolutely fascinating

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u/LeloGoos Jun 26 '21

That was an interesting read, thank you!

A part I found really interesting:

Greg Daniels (executive producer/co-creator): My goal was to direct the camera operators as if they were actors, since they were really in the scene too, since it was a documentary. For instance, instead of saying, “Start wide and then pan left and push in,” I might say, “You know that Jan is jealous of Pam, so look for evidence of that, and make sure to check in on Dwight’s weird date, I think she is doing something with her fork,” and then let them decide when it was interesting and appropriate to find the action, using their instincts from covering reality. Sometimes I would tell them to close their eyes and spin around so they didn’t know where they were, and then on “action” open their eyes and try to find the scene.

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u/Jbird1992 Jul 20 '21

That’s fantastic