Difference between revisions of "Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion)"
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#*What is it about these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as multiple-camera productions? | #*What is it about these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as multiple-camera productions? | ||
#**[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/atwt20080201.mp4 ''As the World Turns''] (see ''Television'') | #**[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/atwt20080201.mp4 ''As the World Turns''] (see ''Television'') | ||
− | #***[https:// | + | #***[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10/ Online screenshots]. |
− | #**[https:// | + | #**[https://vimeo.com/345040068 ''All My Children'']. |
#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them as multiple-camera. | #**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them as multiple-camera. | ||
#*Similarly, how can you tell that this ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom? | #*Similarly, how can you tell that this ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom? | ||
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'''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' | '''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' | ||
− | *Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and map out the camera positions [ | + | *Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and map out the camera positions [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf for this scene]. Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot? |
''Seinfeld'' set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon]. | ''Seinfeld'' set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon]. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
#[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples] | #[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples] | ||
− | #[ | + | #[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SeinfeldSceneBreakdown.php ''Seinfeld'' scene breakdown materials] |
− | #[ | + | #[https://vimeo.com/345054833 Video clip] |
#[http://tvcrit.com/find/howimet Hybrid mode of production] in ''How I Met Your Mother'' | #[http://tvcrit.com/find/howimet Hybrid mode of production] in ''How I Met Your Mother'' | ||
#[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/multiple-camera-editing-in-soap-operas/video_view Multiple-camera editing in ''Days of Our Lives''] | #[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/multiple-camera-editing-in-soap-operas/video_view Multiple-camera editing in ''Days of Our Lives''] |
Revision as of 18:20, 30 September 2019
Multiple camera vs. single camera
Multiple-Camera Production: All My Children
- What is the difference between the two modes of production?
- What is it about these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as multiple-camera productions?
- As the World Turns (see Television)
- All My Children.
- All Groups: List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them as multiple-camera.
- Similarly, how can you tell that this The New Adventures of Old Christine episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom?
- See video clip (password: telestylistics).
- All Groups: List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the As the World Turns and All My Children examples.
- What is it about these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as multiple-camera productions?
- 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.
- Single camera:
- Multiple camera:
Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," Seinfeld, October 26, 1992
- Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and map out the camera positions for this scene. Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot?
Seinfeld set miniature by Charles Brogdon.
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. New York: Routledge, 2018.