Difference between revisions of "Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion)"

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#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of the scene that mark it as multiple-camera.
 
#**'''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.]
 
#*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.
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#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the ''AMC'' example.
 
#In which situations is single camera preferred? In which is multiple camera preferred?
 
#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 at least two examples of each.

Revision as of 19:59, 13 November 2012

Multiple camera vs. single camera

  1. 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: frame grabs and 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?. See video clip.
      • All Groups: List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the AMC example.
  2. In which situations is single camera preferred? In which is multiple camera preferred?
    • All Groups: List at least two examples of each.
  3. 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:
      • Multiple camera:
    • Group 3 and 4:
      • 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.

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Bibliography

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

External links

  1. Television Style video examples
  2. Seinfeld scene breakdown materials
  3. Video clip