unit 22: Single Camera Techniques

single cam- used for one production on set.
- an advantage of using single cam would be using less money to pay less crew members.

- a disadvantage of only using one camera could be that if the camera man makes a mistake the they would have to restart unlike using multiple cameras.
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multi cam - using several cams  for example a studio.
-advantages of using a multi cam would be lighting and also faster to set it up.

-an advantage of using a multi cam would be saving time of editing and recording because of the amount of people working on it.

- a disadvantage of using multi cam would be using a lot of money based on the amount of crew needed.

- an advantage of using multi cam would allow you to get the best angles from using several cameras.

- multi cam is filmed in real time which is an advantage


-Different camera angles can allow us to see diffrent perspectives.

-framing involves two elements which are the shot size and the camera angle.
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format-
series
serial

Series-

Single drama

Crime drama genre

Soap Opera genre

Sitcom/Comedy

Linear narrative

Nonlinear narrative

Multistrand narrative

Open ending narrative

Closed ending narrative

Realist narrative

Anti-realist narrative

camera movement 

• pan -  pan pivots left to right horizontal  and used in a fighting scene or to capture the setting
• tracking 
• arch shot- creates a sense of confusion 
• tilt- the camera pivots up and down vertically  and used to indicate the importance of a character 
• the boom and the crane are used specially to film fighting scenes 
• lens movement- used for zooms 
• deep focus framing