2. Introduction
Single camera production uses a single camera for all of the
various shots. Media used with a single camera is usually low
budget and normally used for music videos, prime time dramas,
commercial advertisements and sitcoms.
Scenes are normally filmed all together so if there’s a dialogue
scene all the lines of one persons will be shot together and same
for the other person, then edited to look like they’re having a
convocation.
Even though using a single camera is more time consuming it
gives directors more control of each shot
3. Low budget as you’re only using one camera instead of multiple
cameras
Don’t have to worry about other cameras being in shot allows more
flexibility with shots
Easier to gather all the shots together as they’re all on one camera
One camera is easier to carry around / set up / take down
Can rent cameras from companies, which will be cheaper than buying
one, very good for low budget films
Directors have more control over each shot, whereas with multiple
cameras there would be someone with responsibility for that camera
Advantages of single camera
production
4. Disadvantages of single camera
production
Only having one camera means you have to move it and keep setting it
back up every time you want to film a different scene
If the camera is damaged / broken you may all of your work as it hasn’t
been captured by other cameras too
Time consuming due to moving the camera around
Can be hard to reproduce scenes which would be easy to overcome if
using multiple cameras
5. Features of single camera
production
Single camera productions can easily be linear as well as non-linear as
the scenes are normally filmed in sections rather than flowing which is
what multi camera productions do.
