"The female lead is not tall, and when the male lead embraces her, she can't see the top of his head. Wouldn't this be more reasonable? Even if the audience noticed it, they'd think it's natural and their curiosity would be piqued."
Lawrence Winters' suggestion was entirely from the standpoint of narrative plausibility.
But the director was different.
The director paid more attention to dramatic conflict, sometimes the more absurd a scene, the more controversy it can stir.
Film and television works fear most losing attention.
Steady and safe content fails to engage the audience, and might lead them to stop watching.
Thus, the director insisted, saying, "Doing it this way would greatly decrease the audience's anticipation for later scenes; it would be boring. I find it more interesting for the female lead to personally cast magic on the male lead."
Lawrence Winters did not argue further, but simply looked at Edward Foster.
