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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, Modern Family, It's Always Sunny in Phil.
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#**Single camera:  
#**Multiple camera: Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Roseanne, The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond
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#**Multiple camera:  
 
#*'''Group 3 and 4''':  
 
#*'''Group 3 and 4''':  
#**Single camera: Andy Griffith Show, Leave It to Beaver, 24, Breaking Bad, Pretty Little Liars,
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#**Single camera:  
#**Multiple camera: Boy Meets World,  I Love Lucy, Dick van Dyke, Big Bang Theory
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#**Multiple camera:  
  
 
'''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

  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