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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 these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as a multiple-camera production
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#*What is it about these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as multiple-camera productions?
 
#**[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/atwt20080201.mp4 ''As the World Turns''] (see ''Television'')  
 
#**[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/atwt20080201.mp4 ''As the World Turns''] (see ''Television'')  
 
#***[https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10/ Online screenshots].
 
#***[https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10/ Online screenshots].
 
#**[https://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AllMyChildren.php ''All My Children''].
 
#**[https://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AllMyChildren.php ''All My Children''].
 
#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them as multiple-camera.
 
#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them 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] (password: telestylistics).
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#*Similarly, how can you tell that this ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom?
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#**[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/the-new-adventures-of-old-christine-scene/ See video clip] (password: telestylistics).
 
#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the ''As the World Turns'' example.
 
#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the ''As the World Turns'' 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?

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  1. What is the difference between the two modes of production?
    • What is it about these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as multiple-camera productions?
    • Similarly, how can you tell that this The New Adventures of Old Christine episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom?
      • See video clip (password: telestylistics).
      • All Groups: List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the As the World Turns 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.
    • 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. Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot?

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Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. New York: Routledge, 2018.

External links

  1. Television Style video examples
  2. Seinfeld scene breakdown materials
  3. Video clip
  4. Hybrid mode of production in How I Met Your Mother