What are the advantages
and disadvantages of single camera
production?
Advantages
The
advantages of single camera production is that it allows you to film one shot
with one camera, also with a single camera, close-ups, long shots and wide
shots are generally used to show relationship between characters. Furthermore, single
cameras are used for productions that are on a budget as only one camera
needs to be purchased or hired, and is also an easier way to organise shooting.
Documentaries are shot with single cameras as they have become more useful.
Single camera production (or techniques) are used for small spaces and is
better to scout for locations. Another advantage is that the final sequence of scenes are
always arranged when editing that scenes, and do not have to be shot in a
sequence.
Disadvantages
The
disadvantages of single camera production is that when shooting, you are only able
to shoot at one angle at a time. This means that more time will be spent in the
editing room which leads to more money being spent if the production is on a
budget. Due to all of the footage being filmed on one camera, all of the
mistakes and out takes will have to be sorted out which wastes time, only two
actors/characters can be filmed with a single camera. Lastly, the quality of
the camera wouldn't be that clear or pragmatic.
Advantages
The
advantages of multi camera production is that it uses uses more than the one
camera. It allows people to cover more area (and location) because there are
multiple cameras and many other different shots can be used for each camera; so
emotion and reaction can be seen with different angles. It is quicker to film
as the scenes do not have to be repeated to get every piece of footage. The alteration from one character to another
will be effortless as it will be filmed together rather than one character
being filmed at a time and having to repeat the process. Lastly, with multi
camera production, it is possible to light unfamiliar shots with different
cameras and angles.
Disadvantages
The
disadvantages of multi camera production is that it takes a very long time to
set up cameras due to there being a wide amount of equipment. Lastly, the cost
for multiple cameras are more than single cameras because there will be more
than 2 cameras being used for filming.
Genres
Documentary
– (Civilisation)
Drama
– (Game of Thrones)
Comedy
– (Friends)
Soaps
– (EastEnders)
Thriller - (Utopia)
Thriller - (Utopia)
Format
What
is a Series?
Series
(also known as television programme). A series is always aired on TV or online
and consists of up to 13 episodes per season. For example, Pretty Little Liars
has 6 seasons (and counting) with 20-25 episodes in each season and new
episodes are aired once every week.
What
is a Serial?
Serials
is a television program such as a miniseries, a soap opera or a telenovela.
Serials have very few episodes and a storyline that starts and ends within
these episodes. They are usually advertised during program breaks. An example
of a serial is Breaking Bad.
What
is a Single Drama?
Single
Dramas is a one off story for TV or a TV film, the stories are usually based on
topical or real issues. Due to different types of camera productions being out,
single dramas are rare as they are hardly shown on TV anymore. An example of a
Single Drama is BBC Three's 'Murdered by My Boyfriend'.
Narrative
Structure
What
is a Linear Narrative?
A
linear narrative, which is also known as a 3 act structure, is when event are
portrayed in chronological order, the film Up uses 3 act structure as it builds
up emotion and shows the main characters’ past all the way to his present. The
purpose for a Linear Narrative is to create sympathy from the audience and to
also show the character’s life.
What
is an Episodic Narrative?
An
episodic narrative is used by having a cliff hanger at the end of each episode.
This gives the show a new story or problem to deal with in the next episode.
The purpose is to create a wider audience with the use of cliff hangers as it
gives the viewer something to look forward to in the next episode.
What
are Open and Closed Narrative?
An
open narrative usually have many characters and no foreseeable ending. Soap
operas such as EastEnders and Holy City are multi-stranded and are in
chronological order or real time. The purpose of this is to show the audience
it in real time.
Closed
narrative films usually have a ‘tight’ reading as they’re usually 2 hours and
has an end to the story. The film, About Time compresses around 20 years into
just over 2 hours and has an end. The purpose of this is to let the movie have
an ending and a finish.
What
are Realist and Anti-Realist Narrative?
A
realist narrative is a believable story that might be based on a true story.
Realist narratives are used by displaying believable scenarios for example, a
middle season or a man living in the city. The purpose for this is that it can
cause the audience to feel emotions towards the film as they feel as if it
could happen in real life.
An
anti-realist narrative is an advert that is not real so it can have anything in
the advert such as cartoon characters and other thigs that are not real. For
example, two M&M’s talking, in reality, which would never happen so it’s
not real. The purpose of this is to make the audience laugh so more people will
remember the advert and talk about it to others.
What
is a Multi-Stranded Narrative?
A
multi-stranded narrative is when there are several narratives running at the
same time. For example, in many soap operas. It focuses on one family and so
does everyone in the series on each scene and documentaries. A popular narrative
device is the enigma. The plot constructs a puzzle that the audience is asked
to solve while the characters act out the story.
