Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion) - Revision history

Jeremy Butler at 18:46, 6 October 2020

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Jeremy Butler: /* Multiple camera vs. single camera */

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Multiple camera vs. single camera

Jeremy Butler at 18:27, 1 October 2020

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Jeremy Butler at 18:23, 1 October 2020

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Jeremy Butler at 18:00, 1 October 2020

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Jeremy Butler: /* Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," Seinfeld, October 26, 1992 */

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Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," Seinfeld, October 26, 1992

Jeremy Butler at 15:58, 1 October 2020

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 #Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot? Write the camera positions in [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf the margins of the script]. (If you don't have a printed copy of the script, indicate on your diagram the line number of dialogue that would be shot from each camera position--using [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript_numberedLines.pdf this line-numbered version of the script].)
 *Below are stills from [http://www.retroweb.com/backlots/seinfeld_reunion.html the recreated set], used in an episode of Larry David's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and a set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon].
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 #Diagram the camera positions [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf for this scene].
 #Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot? Write the camera positions in [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf the margins of the script]. (If you don't have a printed copy of the script, indicate on your diagram the line number of dialogue that would be shot from each camera position--using [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript_numberedLines.pdf this line-numbered version of the script].)
-*This ''Seinfeld'' set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon] should help you visualize the scene.
+*Below are stills from [http://www.retroweb.com/backlots/seinfeld_reunion.html the recreated set], used in an episode of Larry David's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and a set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon].
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 File:SeinfeldSetMiniature.jpg|alt=Seinfeld set miniature.|Set miniature.
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 #*Single camera:
 #*Multiple camera:
 ===Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992===

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 =='''Multiple camera vs. single camera'''==
 #What is it about scenes from soap operas ''as they appear onscreen'' that mark them as multiple-camera productions and not single-camera productions--as discussed in ''Television''? See video clips on Blackboard and [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10_2020revision/index.html screenshots online] from:
-#*''As the World Turns''
+#*''Days of Our Lives''
 #*''All My Children''
 #*'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them as multiple-camera.

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 #*''All My Children''
 #*'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them as multiple-camera.
-#Similarly, how can you tell that a ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, "Ritchie Scores" (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom? (See video clip on Blackboard.)
+#Similarly, how can you tell that a ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, "Ritchie Scores" (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom? (See video clip on Blackboard, [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/NewAdventuresofOldChristine/ online screenshots], and a [http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/NewAdventuresofOldChristine/Table%20502_OldChristine.pdf PDF table].)
 #*'''All Groups:''' List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the ''Old Christine'' scene that it shares with the ''As the World Turns'' and ''All My Children'' examples.
 #In which situations is single camera preferred? In which is multiple camera preferred?
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 ===Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992===
-*Each student should pretend they are director Tom Cherones (Alabama native):
+*Each student should pretend they are director Tom Cherones (an Alabama native!):
 #Diagram the camera positions [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf for this scene].
 #Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot? Write the camera positions in [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf the margins of the script]. (If you don't have a printed copy of the script, indicate on your diagram the line number of dialogue that would be shot from each camera position--using [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript_numberedLines.pdf this line-numbered version of the script].)

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 *Each student should pretend they are director Tom Cherones:
 #Diagram the camera positions [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf for this scene].
-#Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot? Write the camera positions in the margins of the script.
+#Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot? Write the camera positions in the margins of the script. (If you don't have a printed copy of the script, indicate on your diagram the line number of dialogue that would be shot from each camera position.)
 *This ''Seinfeld'' set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon] should help you visualize the scene.