Difference between revisions of "Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion)"
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#What is the difference between the two modes of production? | #What is the difference between the two modes of production? | ||
#*What is it about [http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/as-the-world-turns-scene/ this scene from ''As The World Turns''] (password: telestylistics) that marks it as a multiple-camera production? From 1 February 2008. | #*What is it about [http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/as-the-world-turns-scene/ 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'': [http://www. | + | #**Compare it with the ''All My Children'' scene in ''Television'': [http://www.tvstylebook.com/pix/chapter1/ illustrations] and [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AllMyChildren.htm QuickTime clip]. |
#**'''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.] | ||
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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: Walking Dead, Arrested Development, The Office, 30 Rock |
| − | #**Multiple camera: | + | #**Multiple camera: Big Bang Theory, Home Improvement, Two and a Half Men, Two Broke Girls |
#*'''Group 3 and 4''': | #*'''Group 3 and 4''': | ||
| − | #**Single camera: | + | #**Single camera: Community, Scrubs, Arrow, Breaking Bad, Scandal, Orange is the New Black |
| − | #**Multiple camera: | + | #**Multiple camera: Everybody Loves Raymond, Blue Mountain State, Friends, Roseanne |
'''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' | '''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 12 November 2013
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 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: Walking Dead, Arrested Development, The Office, 30 Rock
- Multiple camera: Big Bang Theory, Home Improvement, Two and a Half Men, Two Broke Girls
- Group 3 and 4:
- Single camera: Community, Scrubs, Arrow, Breaking Bad, Scandal, Orange is the New Black
- Multiple camera: Everybody Loves Raymond, Blue Mountain State, Friends, Roseanne
- 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.
