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− | + | *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'' | |
− | + | **''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.) | |
− | + | **'''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? | |
− | + | **'''All Groups:''' List at least two examples of each. | |
− | + | *'''All Groups:''' List four single-camera TV shows and four multiple-camera shows, but don't use the examples in the textbook. | |
− | + | **Single camera: | |
− | + | **Multiple camera: | |
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'''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992''' | '''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 screenshots online from:
- As the World Turns
- 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.)
- 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?
- All Groups: List at least two examples of each.
- All Groups: List four single-camera TV shows and four multiple-camera shows, but don't use the examples in the textbook.
- Single camera:
- Multiple camera:
Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," Seinfeld, October 26, 1992
- Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and diagram the camera positions 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.
Seinfeld set miniature by Charles Brogdon.
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. New York: Routledge, 2018.
External links
- Television Style video examples
- Seinfeld scene breakdown materials
- Seinfeld excerpt, see Blackboard.
- Hybrid mode of production in How I Met Your Mother
- Multiple-camera editing in Days of Our Lives