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'.