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TheSingleCameraFormat

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Singlecamerasetups

AreawayofshootingfilmandTV CanbeusedforVideoorFilmproduction Arewhereeachshot/cameraangleina

productionistakenwiththesamecamerabut

thecameraismoved

Oftencaptureshotsoutoforderandthenassemblethemintoorderlater(Mademucheasierwithnonlinearediting,alittlemoredifficultwithfilm)

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Singlecamerasetups

Allowforthereconstructionofeventsinadifferentorderthantheymayhaveoccurred

Forexample;thisallowsformanyshotsatdifferenttimesofthedaytobe

takenatonescene(location1).Thenextdayshotsmaybetakenataseparatescene(location2)andthenthetwocanbeeditedtogethertocreateastorywheretheactor/sinlocation1appeartotraveltolocation2andthenreturntolocation1severaltimesinadaythistechniqueisespeciallyusefulwherescenesarealongwayapart,difficulttogettoorareveryexpensivetoassemble.AnexamplewouldbeTheLordOfTheRingswheremountainrangeshotswithhundredsofextraswouldhave

beenclumpedtogether.Allshotsfromthatlocationdonetogetheravoidingrevisitstothelocation.

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Singlecamerasetups

Areusedbyfilmproducersnearlyallthetime. ArenotalwaysusedinTVproductionmulti

camerasetupsarecommoninsoaps,talk

showsandinterviewsetc

AreusedonTVforpopvideos,adverts&primetimeTVdramasetc.

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Whenusingonecamera;Technical

Mastershotisawide,allinclusiveshotofascenethatestablishesmajorelements.Often

insinglecamera,filmstyleproduction,action

anddialoguearetapedfromthemastershotperspectivebeforethecloserinsertshotsare

done

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Whenusingonecamera;Technical

TheShotReverseShotconventioniswhereasinglecameraisusedtoshootactionthatis

performedseveraltimes.Eachtimetheaction

willbeshotfromadifferentangleinordertocapturethereactionofoneactortoanother

ortohelpcreateacoherentsenseofspace.(ThistechniqueisoftenusedinTVdocumentarywhereacameraman

triestocapturewhatshappeninginrealtimebypanningandwalkingaroundwiththecameratogetdifferentanglesontheaction)

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Whenusingonecamera;Technical

Thecameranormallyneedstobewhitebalancedineachenvironmentinwhicha

sceneisshotinordertomaintaincolor

continuitythroughouttheproductionexceptionsdoexist

(somecamerasattempttodothisautomaticallyandfilters&lightingcan

artificiallycreatecolourbalance)

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Whenusingonecamera;Technical

Changesinlightingbetweenshotscanruinaproductionbutcanalsomakeit!Lightingand

colourbalancecreatemoodandaddflavour

tonarrative.Theuseoffiltersisalsoawelltriedandtestedwayofcreatingmoodwithin

productionsandmanycamerascomewith

somebuiltinfiltereffects

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Whenusingonecamera;Technical

Manycamerasofferarangeofpicturesizeformatsfromtraditional4:3ratioto

widescreenfilmformatsetcthechoicehas

aneffectonaudienceperceptions

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ExamplesOfSingleCameraTV

HappyDays(Fonzy) MASH Bewitched(Samatha) TheMunstersCameratechniquesallowforspecialeffectsin

someoftheaboveshowsandcanalsobe

usedforcomicvaluethemselves.