Single-Camera Webisode & Thriller Sequence

Single Camera Techniques Practical Assignment (Task A)

Single Camera Techniques Practical Assignment

Task A: SCT video tutorial guide

Shot types
Midshot: A Midshot is a shot which is waist and above which is a common shot which is used in most films.
Extreme Close Up: An Extreme close up is used to show relevance ad facial expressions to crucial characters in a sequence.
Wide Shot: A wide shot is used to establish the background and associates the relationship with his or hers surroundings.
Pan: It is used to follow a character, which can be used dramatically in thriller and/or horror movies.
Zoom: Zoom is usually arranged before filming , its unprofessional to zoom while filming because it looks amateur.
Tilt: It's used to show detail to the character and their area.

Rule of 3rd

It’s to make photos more interesting and dynamic as the use of grid lines to focus on each characters.

180 deg rule

Imaginary straight line drawn between a subject and the item or a person they are interacting with. It establish action lines and keep all shots within the 180 degree.

Master Shot
A film recording of an scene (start to finish), it's often a long shot. It's the foundation of camera coverage. It also can be a wide angle.

Depth of Field
It's the distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in sharp focus. It's to use to focus on objects.



Match on Action
An editing technique for editing in which one shot cuts to another shot showing the action of the subject in the first shot.

Shot/Reverse Shot
A film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and the other character is shown looking back at the first character (Over the shoulder).



Building a sequence of shots
It's when you're putting many shots together to build a move sequence. It can be similar to 'Match on Action' but it often show important information.

Blocking
Placing characters to show relationship or position.



Head Room
The space between the top of the subject's head and the top of the frame.

Lead Room
A space in front and in the direction of moving or stationary subjects. For example, moving objects such as cars need lead room as the viewer can see it has someplace to go.



High Angle
Shots that is filmed above the subject, these shots can make the subject seem vulnerable, weak, powerless etc.

Low Angle
Shots that is captured from the camera below the actor eyes, these shots can make the subject seem strong and powerful etc.

Format and Narrative Report (Task B)

Format and Narrative Report Script

Task B: Blog Report on Single Camera Techniques

Single Camera

Single camera productions is a single camera for all of the various shots as it films the action with just one camera. It is commonly used to focus on the character/story.

Advantages: 

Using a single camera techniques is a lot more cheaper than using multi camera techniques as using single-camera, you will only need one camera, one camera operator and three lights. Whereas multi-camera, you'll need a lots of cameras and cameras operators, a TV studio, gallery and full lighting rig which will cost a lot of £££. Using SCT is a lot easier with a small crew and small budget which is very useful for music videos, adverts & sitcoms etc. You get to take time to setup the perfect shot as you don't have to worry about other camera operators being in shot.

Disadvantages:

As SCP only have one camera, they can only film the actors from one angles, so if they want to get a different shot, they will need to film the scene again from a different angle, this takes more time than MCP as it's quicker with multi cameras and they'll will have to move and relight as they re-film the scene from a different angle. SCP spent more time in the editing studio as they shoot one angle at a time which mean sorting out different angles in the right order, this leads to wasting time and wasting money especially when they are on a budget.


Multi Camera

Multi camera productions films the action with multiple/several cameras, all at the same. It is commonly used for live shows (football, news, talk show etc).

Advantages:

Using a multi camera techniques can save you a lot of time as it's quicker than SCP because it film the action with multiple cameras at the same time rather than just one camera, it allows us to capture the action from different angles in one take which can shows emotion and reaction in several angles. They get a variety of different angle shots to use which will save time in the editing studio and make a better production. MCP allows you to film scenes that do not have to be repeated to get every footage you need.

Disadvantages:

Using MCP will cost a lot of money as you'll need more than two cameras and camera operators, a TV studio, a Gallery and a full lighting rig. This show that MCP may not be for those people who are on budget as it'll be a lot of money gone and they may need that money for something else. Setting up cameras can takes a very long time which can be wasting time as there's a lot of equipment.


Genres:

Documentary - "Lionel Messi: The Record Breaker"


Drama - "Empire"




Comedy - "How I Met Your Mother"



Soap - "Hollyoaks"




Thriller - "Pretty Little Liars"



Formats:

Series:
A series is a episode that usually appear once a week as it will consist of the same characters and a basic situation will be used to tell a different story in each episode. 
E.g. Breaking Bad





Serial:
A serial is a show that has a story-line, it is often described as a serialization from a book or a specific event etc. Tell one story over several episodes. 
E.g. EastEnders

Single Drama:
A single drama is broadcasted but only once, it provides a presentation of real life. It's the same as a film which usually between 60-90 minutes long. 
E.g. Murdered by My Boyfriend

Narrative:

Linear Narrative -
A story line that has a beginning, middle and ending. As it start at the beginning, which start moving to the middle and then it start to move toward to the end of the story.

Episodic Narrative -
A story that is told through a series of episodes, this usually have cliff-hanger in the end of each episode as it can make the audience to look forward to in the next episode. This usually happens in Soap operas.



Open Narrative - 
Open narratives are normally found in television series, they have so many characters and their story have no beginning, middle or ending. For example, Soap operas such as 'EastEnders' and 'Hollyoaks'. They are usually 'multi-stranded' and in time order.

Close Narrative -
Close narratives are normally found in movies as movies exist as one unique story that contain a beginning, middle and ending. There can be prequels (set before the chronology of the first movie) and sequels (create a whole new story with the same characters. E.g. 'The Fast and the Furious' to 'Furious 7' (2001 - 2015), 'Home Alone' to 'Home Alone: The Holiday Heist' (1990 - 2012).

Realist Narrative - 
Adverts that can be seen in real life or can be based on a true story as it could happen in real life. E.g. 'Think! Kill your speed, not your mates'.


 
Anti-realist Narrative -
Adverts that isn't real, it could have anything in it such as cartoon characters and other thing that isn't likely real. Reasons for this is to make the audience laugh and will likely to remember the advert. E.g. 'Kellogg's Coco Pops'. 



Multi-stranded Narrative -
A TV show that follow more than one story lines at the same time, as in soap operas, it focuses on different family and friends all at the same time in one episode. E.g. 'EastEnders'.