Unit 22 Assignment 1 single camera production update Dans

Do you know what single camera production is? Well let me tell you a single camera production is the type of production involving only one camera to produce an entire show. The reason why they use single camera is because the budget for one camera instead of multiple cameras so that is why some productions uses one camera. Also another reason why some productions uses single camera is because it is easier to to gather all the shots together as they are all on one camera and the size of the crew is quite good as there is only one camera so you don't need a lot of crew only a minimum crew.

Here is an example of a single camera production The Inbetweeners the inbetweeners is a single camera production because they only use a single camera to produce a TV series also they use a single because with a single camera you can film in all different section and the whole production of inbetweeners are famous for single camera shots like pans.

Here is an examples of a multiple camera production News and Talk show because they have more than one camera so it is a multi camera production also it is inside a studio or live outside. Also the reason why news, talk shows and films uses multi camera production is because they can various of good angle to films like on one camera it can be straight in the middle the second and third camera can be at the side to get a side shots of the producers and with multi camera you can do zoom in or pan in to the presenter and the third camera can just stay where it is and have a normal shot. So who ever is in the vision mixer booth they can swap between these camera to make it good. Also with single camera and multi camera they might have to edit the footage live.

There are many formats for single camera production here are some examples of some formats in single camera production there are serial which are drama that runs for like 3 or 4 nights here is a example of a serial drama The agent of S.H.I.E.L.D the agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a drama that runs for 3 times a week. Series is a one off drama and here is a example of a one of drama The white horse the white horses is a series drama because it is planned a long time ago so they several time to choose the right camera angle to film the program and it is future events or the performance. There are genre which is drama,comedy,horror etc. Here is a TV show that is a genre of a horror and that is The walking dead, for the genre of a TV comedy Big Bang Theory, big bang theory is a comedy genre because they do funny stuff that makes the audience laugh and it is a single camera so they take a couple of shots to see where is the best angle for the program , for the genre of a TV drama  Breaking bad braking bad is a crime drama so the genre is drama but it has only been going on for 5 seasons Breaking bad is a multi camera production and the reason why it is a multi camera production is that they can afford to buy more camera to make the program look good and they have various shots to make the program looks good and there is many more genre TV show.

Also there is also one- which is a one off film and here is an example of a one off film DareDevil is a one off film because the producer has not made another film about the dare devil  so there has only been one dare devil film. The reason why these format fits a single camera production is because some of the formats like series and one off films are like one off so they will not make the same storyline for the films or serials it is a cliff hanger that makes the audience wants to see more but the genre of a TV or film and serial that go's on with the some change on the story line.

There are lots of narrative structure here are the examples of narrative structure The first one is analysing film and TV, Sequential and Linear as a form of a line, in order and starts at the begin and ends at the end here are some examples, Non Liner starts in the middle, Flashback are exposition and they are like a back story, Realist is what happens in real life, Anti realist is that it is not real and ending is a open or closed ending here are some example for a liner and a non liner I have chosen a non linear narrative TV show and it is called how i net your mother and for a linear TV show i have chosen
Also there are lots of TV programme and movie that has flashback here are some examples of some Tv programme and movie that has flashback for the move men in black 2 has a flashback in the middle of the film so that makes the audience understand the film a bit more and for the flashback for the TV programme flash back. Flash back is a programme that just a bunch of flashback back that makes a back story. There are others narrative structure like realist and the example for that is a documentary called Impostor. Impostor is a real life documentary of a crime scene about 12 years ago in the US here are example of linear film that starts from the start and ends at the end spiderman is Sequential as it is in order because it starts at the beginning and ends at the end. For the Non linear James bond is a non linear as it starts in the middle of the film and that is something new for the audience to watch. For the narrative structure Anti- real Star Wars is not real as it is a space opera and they are in space so it is not real  and finally the last narrative structure is ending and Eastender is  a ending as the story has no apparent beginning middle or ends in term of actual event.

Many film maker have their own story telling through different techniques to make a film here are some example of techniques sound, editing, light, camera, genre etc. If they are making a horror film like saw the techniques for a horror film will be like the sound will be slow with a haunting tune that will make the audience terrified the Light in a horror film is a low Key lighting etc. But if they are making a comedy film the music will be a jolly and catchy tune the lighting will be bright so for different genre have their own technique.

A single camera production can be easily be linear as well as non linear as the scene are normally filmed in sections rather than flowing which is what multi camera production do.
The difference between single camera and multi camera is that single camera can only get one shot of angle when they are filming but multi camera is where there are various of angle the camera can go and you can get great shot from various angle.


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Low Key Lighting 

Here is an example of a low key lightning, the reason why horror movie uses this technique is because they want to create tension in the movie. Low Key Lighting is where they black out all the scene in the background and only have a single light or multiple light on someone face and that gives out the tension in the audience. Some actors uses facial action to create terror  to audience so they audience can be terrified. It is not just films that use low key lighting, Photography uses low key lighting and Television uses Low key lighting as well, It is not just Horror films that uses low key lighting, Action films uses a lot of low key lighting,   

Here is an example where they use Low key Lighting in a film    

Insidious is a great film where they uses low key lighting because it is a horror film and mainly all the horror stuff is in at night time/ when it is dark. In the video at the time off 1:26-1:28 you can see that it is night time/ in a dark place and the female actor only have a lamp and the lamp is only shining on her face, so the audience can see the tension in her face and can be terrified when she gets attacked or something scary might happen.