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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: Castle, Boardwalk Empire, SVU, The Office, Hell on Wheels | + | #**Single camera: Castle, Boardwalk Empire, SVU, The Office, Hell on Wheels, Modern Family, It's Always Sunny in Phil. |
#**Multiple camera: Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Roseanne, The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond | #**Multiple camera: Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Roseanne, The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond | ||
#*'''Group 3 and 4''': | #*'''Group 3 and 4''': | ||
− | #**Single camera: Andy Griffith Show, Leave It to Beaver, 24, Breaking Bad | + | #**Single camera: Andy Griffith Show, Leave It to Beaver, 24, Breaking Bad, Pretty Little Liars, |
− | #**Multiple camera: Boy Meets World, | + | #**Multiple camera: Boy Meets World, I Love Lucy, Dick van Dyke, Big Bang Theory |
'''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' | '''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' |
Revision as of 21:04, 13 November 2012
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: 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.
- 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: Castle, Boardwalk Empire, SVU, The Office, Hell on Wheels, Modern Family, It's Always Sunny in Phil.
- Multiple camera: Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Roseanne, The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond
- Group 3 and 4:
- Single camera: Andy Griffith Show, Leave It to Beaver, 24, Breaking Bad, Pretty Little Liars,
- Multiple camera: Boy Meets World, I Love Lucy, Dick van Dyke, Big Bang Theory
- 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.