Michael Rosenblum explains that video works when it expresses ideas constructed from recognizable elements that form a language.
YOUTUBE Fa21gfBLmQk Published on Oct 17, 2016.
Five-shot method is a grammar to support story telling.
Diverges to mention Claude Shannon whom he credits for being the first to understand digitizing the world. I hasten to correct that common misconception. See Origin of Digits.
YOUTUBE l45WnPUelhQ Published on Mar 11, 2018
Chef is chopping carrots. 1. 10s of Intense close up of hands moving the knife through carrots. 2. 10s of Close up of the chef's face. 3. 10s of Wide shot. 4. 10s Over the shoulder or point of view. 5. 10s of Side shot. Don't move the camera while you're recording.