Difference between revisions of "Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion)"
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#'''All Groups:''' List four single-camera TV shows and four multiple-camera shows, but don't use the examples in the textbook. | #'''All Groups:''' List four single-camera TV shows and four multiple-camera shows, but don't use the examples in the textbook. | ||
#*'''Groups 1 and 2''': | #*'''Groups 1 and 2''': | ||
− | #**Single camera: | + | #**Single camera: ''House'', ''Breaking Bad'', ''Walking Dead'', ''Twin Peaks'' |
− | #**Multiple camera: | + | #**Multiple camera: ''The Voice'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''Frasier'', "Big Bang Theory'' |
#*'''Group 3 and 4''': | #*'''Group 3 and 4''': | ||
− | #**Single camera: | + | #**Single camera: ''Lost'', ''Person of Interest'', ''30 Rock'', ''Sherlock'' |
− | #**Multiple camera: | + | #**Multiple camera: ''Full House'', ''Home Improvement'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''Suite Life of Zack and Cody'' |
'''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' | '''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' |
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Multiple camera vs. single camera
- What is the difference between the two modes of production?
- What is it about 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: illustrations and video 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?. See video clip.
- All Groups: List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the AMC example.
- What is it about this scene from As The World Turns (password: telestylistics) that marks it as a multiple-camera production? From 1 February 2008.
- 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.
- Groups 1 and 2:
- Single camera: House, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Twin Peaks
- Multiple camera: The Voice, How I Met Your Mother, Frasier, "Big Bang Theory
- Group 3 and 4:
- Single camera: Lost, Person of Interest, 30 Rock, Sherlock
- Multiple camera: Full House, Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Groups 1 and 2:
Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," Seinfeld, October 26, 1992
- Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and map out the camera positions for this scene.
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. New York: Routledge, 2012.
External links
- Television Style video examples
- Seinfeld scene breakdown materials
- Video clip
- Hybrid mode of production in How I Met Your Mother