Filming a convo with one mic

Ok so now another dilema has hit me.

I have one mic, I wish to shoot 2 people talking A and B. When the scene is acted out I wish to have the scene shot one angle over the shoulder of A and again with B so when I edit I can cut between the two. The thing is do I move the boom back and fourth to whoever is talking or stay in the midle of the conversation.

I want to keep the audio levels the same really.

This maybe a simple obvious answer but I want to get it right.

---This is a edit, however i thought id leave this topic here still for any hother opinions.
I found this site that more or less explains what I was trying to find out, hope its right.

http://www.jorenclark.com/whitepapers/sounddialog.html
 
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You move the mic to the speaking actor. It is a directional mic, meaning you need to aim it, it has a narrow pick-up pattern.
 
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