the differences between single camera and multi camera-

Hello , here i will be talking about single camera and multi camera productions and the differences between them, i will be using programs and footage as examples.

1.Single Camera is usually the use of one camera to tell a story, there would be a lot of editing involved in single compared to multi camera, as the footage must be matched to the idea of the end product.

This Image is from skins , a teenage drama which is based in london. Skins revolves around teenagers , sex and drugs , teen life problems which escalate and take over their lives leading onto deeply fatal consequence. Single camera is used in this as it isnt an on air product as alot of editing is used to create the final piece (1 entire episode of skins). An episode of skins would usually take a week to make the final product. skins was at least 6-7 series of the program.

Another Single Camera product is 'Phoneshop', This image is cut from phoneshop, a comedy which takes place in a phoneshop, focusing on the employees and customers of this shop as their deeply comedic lives and situations transform the shop into a fun environment for those who are not in it. Single Camera is used in this, and takes a lot less editing than skins as they rarely use different scenes. Phoneshop was fairly short compared to most comedic series on air in the UK but got a lot of views from its large target market.


2. The Differences between single camera and multi camera productions is that single camera productions involve alot of editing and the director only watches one camera at a time so its usually used in off air productions like programs on channels, however in multi camera productions , the director is viewing all the cameras choosing which one to turn to during on air. multi camera is usually used on viewing festivals, live dramas and so on so. Single camera usually have a fairly short pre production time compared to multi camera , as in multi camera the director has to find suitable places for the camera in which the wont be disturbed , and capture better film quality , single camera is a basic step in which the cameras usually move from set to set without disruption and the director would view all the footage at the end and decide which is better for where.
 

3.The Last 3 Minutes By Po Chan

The last 3 minutes is about a flashback of a dying mans Life , filled with all the beauty and sorrow of an old mans life in 3 minutes. The short film has a possibility of being a multi camera piece at the beginning but after the first scene it seems to be only single camera after the first scene. Po Chan Could've used multi camera at the beginning as it gives perspective on the situation  at hand with the old man, He switches from High angles to very low angles so quick it was expected to be multi camera in the first scene as it worked very well in favor of the scene. Throughout they used single camera to reflect the old mans life in 3 minutes , they did it by using camers as if you was looking through the mans eyes throughout his life , until the end which it goes back to scene where  you see this old man dead on the floor  ; the place they used multi camera.

4. Multi Camera Is usually Things like Events , it is rare to see it used in programs but some programs like Dead Set may have used Multi camera throughout .

This image is taken from dead set; a zombie breakout happens on the night of eviction at big brother , but all the house are unaware Of what awaits them out side of the Big Brother Compound, Dead Set.
This Show can easily be said that it uses Multi Camera and Single Camera  scenery and objectives Like most scenes are obviously Multi camera as of the quick changes and angles , But also some single camera scenes like the Scene where a man is driving his car and sees a family ( Episode 1 , Season 1 ) ,Other than the one or two single camera scenes it is predominantly Multi Camera Which works very well throughout the series as it gives a different perspective on the current situation of dead set. This would would deeply planned and filmed most of it within a day but it would go over a few days to get it finished before broadcasting the program. This means to do Multi camera the cast and crew was very dedicated and by no means  'Lazy' when it came to filming and finishing Dead Set.

Narrative Theorists

HellBoy

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.



Levi Strauss  Theory :The binary Oppositins For Hellboy being explained in the Levi Srauss Theory is  Bad's Good Vs. Bad's Evil. Bad's Good would be Hellboy and his band of Compains ; Mostly Hellboy is Evil by nature but he works to stop Demons from causing havoc , However Selma Blair (Liz Sherman)  Hellboys girlfriend has an unintentional Destructive / Evil being in which she cannot control till the end of film. Bad's Evil Would be Hellboys Conjurer Grigori Rasputin and his minions , as he aims to bringing an apocalyptic evil against the earth leading to the death of all, His Evil minion Samael is Evil because he is pure Monster and evil by nature, completely obedient to Grigori's cause.

As a relatively good character in Levi's theory Hellboy still has menacing vibe even though he is surrounded by good characters. These characters soften up his vibes making him seem more hero like with all this agents around him.

 This is a screenshot of Sameal vs hellboy and samuel is on top of hellboy. This picture is a good diagnostics of Levis as Samuel is Hellboy Polar opposite: a dog to a great villain.

Even then as hellboys look and vibe has a bad vibe to it Grigori's appearance and vibes and even more villainous  and evil in all ways possible. 

Todorov Theory: 
The Beginning in Hellboy is also the Disruption as Hellboy is conjured into this world and Grigori Disappears  leaving his minions at a standstill point , this all happens at one point as World War 2 is at its end. However after some time The State of equilibrium happens as Grigori appears and his loyal mindless minions come together to follow him again, Throughout the film hellboy doesnt have any sort of problem coping with the man who brought him into this world. BUT his female companion Liz Sherman has her uncontrollable fire abilities in which she learns to control at the resolution point at exactly the end of the film, As hellboy has nothing to resolve the resolutions falls under Liz Shermans light.


A screenshot of Grigori from the beginning of film showing how hectic it must have been. as the beginning of the film is very much noticed as a Disruption  in the storyline, it is wherre everything even though the viewer hasnt seen anything yet.