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'''Multiple camera vs. single camera'''
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==Basic definitions==
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Provide a definition of these terms and describe how/if it is used in the ''Sopranos'' excerpt.
  
#What is the difference between the two modes of production?
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http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Sopranos.php
#*What is it about [http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/as-the-world-turns-scene/ this scene from ''As The World Turns''] (password: telestylistics) that marks it as a multiple-camera production? From 1 February 2008.
 
#**Compare it with the ''All My Children'' scene in ''Television'': [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/index.php/chapter07?page=5 frame grabs] and [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AllMyChildren.htm QuickTime clip].
 
#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of the scene that mark it as multiple-camera.
 
#*What is it about this ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) that marks it as a multiple-camera production?. [http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/the-new-adventures-of-old-christine-scene/ See video clip.]
 
#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the ''ATWT'' scene that it shares with the ''AMC'' example.
 
#In which situations is single camera preferred? In which is multiple camera preferred?
 
#*'''All Groups:''' List at least two examples of each.
 
#'''All Groups:''' List four single-camera TV shows and four multiple-camera shows, but don't use the examples in the textbook.
 
#*'''Group 2''':
 
#**Single camera: ''Modern Family'', ''The Office''
 
#**Multiple camera: ''Two and a Half Men'', ''The Big Bang Theory''
 
#*'''Group 4''':
 
#**Single camera: ''Breaking Bad'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', ''ER''
 
#**Multiple camera: ''Ellen'', ''Family Feud'', ''Roseanne'', ''Golden Girls''
 
  
'''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992'''
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''' Group 1 '''
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#Establishing shot
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#*Re-establishing shot
  
*Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and map out the camera positions [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf for this scene].
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'''Group 2'''
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#The shot-counter shot editing pattern (also known as "shot-reverse shot")
  
{{Gallery
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'''Group 3'''
|title=''Seinfeld'' set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon].
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#Match cut
|width=400
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#*Match-on-action
|lines=1
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#*Eyeline match
|align=center
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#Jump cut
|File:SeinfeldSetMiniature.jpg|alt1=Set miniature.|Set miniature.
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}}
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'''Group 4'''
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#180° rule (see [http://tvcrit.com/find/180degreerule Peter John Ross example])
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#*Screen direction
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#*How/when might this rule be broken in a TV program?
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==Decoupage exercise==
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*Do a sample ''decoupage''--as explained on pp. 299-308--of shots 33-44 from [http://tvcrit.com/find/chevroletvideo this Chevrolet commercial].
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**''Each student'' should start by drawing an overhead view similar to [http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-09/ ShotCounterShot Figure 9.5].
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**Each student should be prepared to answer the following decoupage questions from the textbook (p. 311), although you may talk about them in your group:
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*#How is the scene’s space, the area in which the action takes place (i.e., the car), introduced to the viewer? Does an establishing shot occur at the start of the scene (or later in it)?
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*#Skip.
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*#Do these angles adhere to the 180° rule? Is screen direction maintained? If not, why is the viewer not disoriented? Or if the space is ambiguous, what narrative purpose does that serve?
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*#Skip.
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*#Is an alternating editing pattern used? Is shot-reverse shot used?
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*#How does the camera relate to the character’s perspective? Are there point-of-view or subjective shots? If so, how are those shots cued or marked? That is, what tells us that they are subjective or point-ofview shots?
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*#Is match-on-action used? Are there jump cuts?
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*#How does the last shot of the scene bring it to a conclusion?
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*#Skip.
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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#[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-09/ ''Television'', chapter 9 illustrations]
 
#[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples]
 
#[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples]
#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SeinfeldSceneBreakdown.php ''Seinfeld'' scene breakdown materials]
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T112/classicism/index.php#editing Classical Editing Examples]
  
 
[[Category:TCF311]]
 
[[Category:TCF311]]
 
[[Category:TCF311 Discussion]]
 
[[Category:TCF311 Discussion]]

Revision as of 19:25, 8 November 2012

Basic definitions

Provide a definition of these terms and describe how/if it is used in the Sopranos excerpt.

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Sopranos.php

Group 1

  1. Establishing shot
    • Re-establishing shot

Group 2

  1. The shot-counter shot editing pattern (also known as "shot-reverse shot")

Group 3

  1. Match cut
    • Match-on-action
    • Eyeline match
  2. Jump cut

Group 4

  1. 180° rule (see Peter John Ross example)
    • Screen direction
    • How/when might this rule be broken in a TV program?

Decoupage exercise

  • Do a sample decoupage--as explained on pp. 299-308--of shots 33-44 from this Chevrolet commercial.
    • Each student should start by drawing an overhead view similar to ShotCounterShot Figure 9.5.
    • Each student should be prepared to answer the following decoupage questions from the textbook (p. 311), although you may talk about them in your group:
    1. How is the scene’s space, the area in which the action takes place (i.e., the car), introduced to the viewer? Does an establishing shot occur at the start of the scene (or later in it)?
    2. Skip.
    3. Do these angles adhere to the 180° rule? Is screen direction maintained? If not, why is the viewer not disoriented? Or if the space is ambiguous, what narrative purpose does that serve?
    4. Skip.
    5. Is an alternating editing pattern used? Is shot-reverse shot used?
    6. How does the camera relate to the character’s perspective? Are there point-of-view or subjective shots? If so, how are those shots cued or marked? That is, what tells us that they are subjective or point-ofview shots?
    7. Is match-on-action used? Are there jump cuts?
    8. How does the last shot of the scene bring it to a conclusion?
    9. Skip.

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. New York: Routledge, 2012.

External links

  1. Television, chapter 9 illustrations
  2. Television Style video examples
  3. Classical Editing Examples