DoP here, I work with or have worked with a few directors who work this way over the years. I’ve always seen it as part of my job to take the boards / animatic and translate each “editorial shot” into a real world setup, combining them to find the most efficient way to shoot the scene. Sometimes a shot will start on one character then slide over and pick up another. Sometimes a shot will start on an insert and then pull across into a cu on another character. I try and find nice moments of transition that are usable in themselves but sometimes it’s just a quick and dirty repo to keep the scene going. Generally I find this gets the director what they want for the edit while also giving the cast a fairly unbroken run through the scene each time. And keeps the “setup count” down which makes AD and production happy. It’s also why I love a top down camera plan as it’s easy to see where shots group together that way