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Arena staging — Brian Friedman on the camera angle
By Brian Friedman · February 14, 2026
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How a choreographer thinks about the camera before the audience. Brian walks through one chorus from a 2018 arena show: where the formation goes, where the moving camera goes, and how the choreography rotates so the screen never sees a back. Useful for anyone choreographing for film.