Multi-Camera Case Study
There are many shows which use the Multi-Camera format for a number of reasons, two common reasons for this are because it saves a lot of time rather than using single camera where a scene has to be redone a number of times but if a programme is a game show or a chat show its not really suitable to start it over and over again.
Studio Productions
Celebrity Juice
Celebrity Juice
One example of a Multi-Cam production is game show Celebrity Juice, i would say this show uses around 8 cameras which would be more than likely vision mixed live which basically means edited whilst being recorded.
Multi Camera is used in this TV show because there are lots of different things going on at the same time and there are different reactions at the same time so using a Multi-Camera format ensures that all these various things going on. It also for practicality because it's shot infront of a live audience and if you keep shouting cut and changing shots to repeat a scene it loses that comedy value for both the audience and the contestants. Also one of the most obvious reasons it's vision mixed is because it's a TV show and the audience at home they don't want to be watching the show through one camera, also audio will come into this, the show will more than likely the contestants will have clip mics and these need to plug in somewhere and you can't have all 7 clip mics plugged into one camera. This show is also has a large shock factor and most things are unexpected so by using Multi-Cam you get genuine reactions. The visual style of this game show is the basic game show setup of one camera at the back, one on the presenter and maybe two each on the contenstants and maybe one on each side of the stage. The only problems that could of occured could of been the shots of the audience at the beggining of the show but they use ariel cameras that can move so they have quickly took care of that potential problem.
Multi Camera is used in this TV show because there are lots of different things going on at the same time and there are different reactions at the same time so using a Multi-Camera format ensures that all these various things going on. It also for practicality because it's shot infront of a live audience and if you keep shouting cut and changing shots to repeat a scene it loses that comedy value for both the audience and the contestants. Also one of the most obvious reasons it's vision mixed is because it's a TV show and the audience at home they don't want to be watching the show through one camera, also audio will come into this, the show will more than likely the contestants will have clip mics and these need to plug in somewhere and you can't have all 7 clip mics plugged into one camera. This show is also has a large shock factor and most things are unexpected so by using Multi-Cam you get genuine reactions. The visual style of this game show is the basic game show setup of one camera at the back, one on the presenter and maybe two each on the contenstants and maybe one on each side of the stage. The only problems that could of occured could of been the shots of the audience at the beggining of the show but they use ariel cameras that can move so they have quickly took care of that potential problem.
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
The second example is Alan Carr: Chatty Man. This programme is a chat show and uses round about 6 or 7 cameras, theres not as much movement as in Celebrity Juice so less cameras are used. They use Multi-Cam because it's an interview based show and to get the best interview possible it has to flow, there is also comedy thrown in so in the same way as Celebrity Juice they use Multi-Cam to capture the laughs from the audience and people watching at home. The visual style is quite simple. Alan Carr does a few minutes of stand up before he takes a seat so there is one camera already, then his first guest comes down again then the shot changes to his guest. There is also more than shot used throughout the interviews.
Live Events
Paramore at BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2013
One example of a live event is Paramore's performance at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. These types of events need to be multi-camera for a few reasons, the first reason is because when bands and singers perform live they move around the stage, when there is more than one person performing on the stage there needs to be camera's on all members of the band. Another reason that this event is multi-camera is because BBC stream the event live from their website which also means the perfomance gets vision mixed. The BBC sometimes also show the event live on either BBC 1 or 2 so it needs to be filmed and if it was only filmed from one angle it would be really boring and you couldn't see different members of the band and also the crowd and another reason is that there is a screen on each side of the stage for the people at the very back who can't see the actual performers. I would say this event would use around 8 or 9 cameras covering this event. Two right at the front of the stage, one from the middle at the back, two ariel cameras which can cover the crowd reaction, two at the back of the stage that shows the drummer and guitarist at the back and one establishing shot which is from a long distance away from the stage. I like the mixing done in this event because when the band sing 'Let the Flames Begin & Outro' (from 23:43 to 29:58) the music kind of goes off the rails and gets really fast and they keep up with it by changing the shot every second or so which gives a good feel to the edit as a whole.
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