Shooting
Shooting of Stop Making Sense spanned three live shows at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Demme has stated that one night of shooting was dedicated almost entirely to wide shots from a distance, to minimize the intrusion of cameras on stage. Demme had considered additional shooting on a soundstage made to recreate the Pantages Theater, but the band declined to do this, as they thought the lack of audience response would have hindered the energy of their performance.
This shooting practice has led to a number of interesting continuity errors, including Tina Weymouth's bass changing from a teal Veillette-Citron bass to a brown Höfner bass between shots, and a beach ball thrown toward stage that is never seen landing in the following shot. Others include minor instances of mismatched image and audio (notably, on "Found A Job," a cymbal is heard even though Chris Frantz is not seen hitting one; a few bars later, he hits a cymbal, but no cymbal is heard).
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