This document discusses different types of camera shots and setups. It provides examples of close-ups, two shots, long shots, and other shots. It explains that single camera setups are used for films and documentaries as it allows more artistic control over lighting and angles. Multi-camera setups use 3-4 cameras simultaneously for live audience shows to have alternative angles and make editing easier. Reasons for setup choices include filming complexity, time constraints, and maintaining visual consistency across shots.

1. SINGLE CAMERA TECHNIQUES
By Rachael Collinson

2. CLOSE UP
 The shot I have used is from being human the hit
BBC3 show. Close ups are used to show a persons
facial expression , the most common place to have
a close up is on the face but in horror movies they
have been known to use shots of hands or legs to
show the gruesome detail that is on screen. An
example of a horror movie that uses close ups is
Saw because they want to show the graphic
detail and gruesome torture.

3. TWO SHOT
 A two shot is a medium shot of two people who
are comfortable with each other. This shot is
often used to establish relationships between two
people in a television program, but they are also
used in interviews or when two people or hosting
a show. An example of a two shot being used in
the film industry is the film “kingdom of heaven”
where Balian de Lbelin start to talk to one of the
guards of Jerusalem.

4. LONG SHOT
 Long shots can be used for many different
reasons, In the picture that I (in the top corner)
have chosen the long shot has been used to show
that the place the girl is running towards is scary
because of the light and the size of the building
which implies that its spooky. The building is
also very old looking which also brings the
thought into your hear that its haunted which
draws into the spooky theme.

5. EXTREME LONG SHOT/ ESTABLISHING
SHOT
 This is a shot which is used to establish were you are
or to show the scale of the damage. Movies use
extreme long shots to show where the scene is or
what has just happened. This shot makes everything
look huge. An example of an extreme long shot is
when Gandalf rides to Minas Tirith to show the
enormous size of it.

6. HIGH ANGLE
 A high angle is used to show that the person we
are watching is smaller than you and that you
are dominant over them. For example if you were
watching an office scene and a male gets called
into seeing his boss they will give the boss a low
angle (next slide) and the male a high angle to
make him look small. An example of this would
be Sin City when Jhon Hartigan shot Junior and
he is on the ground so he looks weak and
defenceless and it looks like he is down and out
when he isn't.

7. LOW ANGLE
 Like I said in the last slide a low angle basically
does the same but opposite. An example of this is
that the boss of a big company would be given a
low angle shot to make him look bigger than the
other person. An example of a low angle being
used is Gladiator where it makes Machismos look
more intimidating on the audience after he had
killed all the gladiators.

8. TILTED ANGLE
 A tilted angle is used to make the viewer to feel
queasy, or disorientated and can also cause the
feeling of fear or impending doom. An example of
this being used in a film is Paranormal Activity
where it is used to make the viewer feel confused
and disorientated.

9. CRANE SHOT
 A crane shot is a shot taken from a crane or jib.
They use this to look at the actors from above or
to use it at the end of a program as a sort of zoom
out. An example of an crane shot being used is in
Russell Howards right hear right now tour when
they recorded him walking on the stage they use
a crane shot to make it more interesting because
just having him walk onto shot using a medium
shot isn't very interesting.

10. POINT OF VIEW SHOT
 This is a shot from the persons point of view, it is
not used very often but a program that uses this
shot constantly is the program Peep Show. They
use this to make you feel like you are in the show
and it gives you a different perspective of the
show, this interacts with the audience.

11. SINGLE CAMERA VS. MULTI
CAMERA

12. SINGLE CAMERA SET UP
This means that they use one camera to film the whole
series or the whole film, they use this in documentaries
and films because you can have more detailed shots
like high angles and crane shots, you can also change
the lighting with each take. They use these because its
easier to control the shot, so the director can control
what is happening in that specific shot, this means
that the director can put more of an artistic vibe into
each and every shot. They use single camera set up in
programs like :-
 Outnumbered
 Peep show
 Scrubs
 Skyfall

13. SINGLE CAMERA SET UP CONTINUED..
In scrubs they use single camera set up because
they can just keep going back and doing the
scene again if they want a different angle, plus
they use them because scrubs is a comedy which
doesn’t want to be taken seriously and that is
why they use single camera set ups. They use
lighting to try and mimic other movies and films
they need to change the lighting to resemble the
movie, they would also change the lighting for
the surreal parts of the comedy so that we know
that its surreal and we know its not real. The
director uses single camera set up to too give the
shots a more artistic vibe.

14. MULTI CAMERA SET UP
Multi camera set up is when you have more than one camera in the scene,
they will have 3 or 4 cameras on each scene this may be because they are
recording it live and don't want to have to record it again. They have
different angles on each camera, this is because they have more choice
from which camera you would like to use but the down side of this is that
you can have high angles or anything that because they would get the
camera taking the high angle in the other camera shots. They use multi
camera set up for live audience shows like audience comedies, soaps and
chat shows. They use this because it makes editing easier because all of
the shots are in order, but the downside of this is that you cant change
the lighting with each shot and you cannot be very artistic with the shots.
Another reason why they would use multi camera set ups on a soaps
show is because they have 5 episodes a week and it would be hard to
record 5 episodes a week with single camera set up and you wouldn't need
the effects. They use multi camera set up in shows like :-
 Friends
 Big bang theory
 X-Factor
 Eastenders
 Jeremy Kyle

15. MULTI CAMERA SET UP CONTINUED..
 In Big Bang Theory they use multi camera set up because they
are recording the program live in front of a TV audience, this
means that they cannot have more complicated shots like crane
shots and low angles because the cameras would get in the shot
of the other camera’s, the director would also have more than
one camera on the actors in case they didn't like one angle they
could just choose from one of the other cameras in order to
continue, they would also use multi camera set up because they
would be running to a very small time scale, this means that
they would have to have one episode done in one day in order to
keep up with the one episode aired a day. You can’t change the
lighting in Big Bang Theory because if you change the lighting
so it looks good in one camera it might make the other camera
shots look bad and you are limiting your choice of shot if you
don't like that shot in editing you would then be limited between
which camera shots you can use.