 Robert Legato and Rick Berman spent forty minutes on the telephone with Shearer during the strike . While she refused to write the lines during the strike , Berman suggested dialogue and Shearer would give opinions with Legato taking down handwritten notes . Legato decided on the directing notes himself , and used a whip pan shot instead of an effects shot to film the three Datas as director Robert Becker had never used effects shots previously . Shearer wasn 't happy with the final result , saying " we were writing the most romantic episode in the world " but that " it was toned down 75 % " . 
 Robert Legato and Rick Berman spent forty minutes on the telephone with Shearer during the strike . While she refused to write the lines during the strike , Berman suggested dialogue and Shearer would give opinions with Legato taking down handwritten notes . Legato decided on the directing <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>notes</mark></a> himself , and used a whip pan shot instead of an effects shot to film the three Datas as director Robert Becker <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> never used effects <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>shots</mark></a> previously . Shearer wasn 't happy with the final result , saying " we <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> writing the most romantic episode in the world " but that " it was toned down 75 % " . 
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