Unit 23 Assignment 1

A multi camera set up is a type of production where multiple video cameras film or broadcast a show simultaneously. It means that you can capture the action from more than one angle, giving you more footage to choose from.

A single camera production is when one camera is used to take all the shots one by one. This method of production is a lot cheaper than multi camera but it is more time consuming.

The following web links discuss the advantages and disadvantages of working in a multi camera production.

http://lisagg2.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/the-pros-and-cons-of-multi-cam/

http://chelletvandfilm.wordpress.com/multi-camera-production/

http://michaelbrown1995.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-single-and-multiple-camera-productions/

After looking at these websites, I have came to my own conclusions about the pros and cons of working on a multi camera production.

Pros

• Time Saving-You will save masses of time if you use multi camera as not every shot has to be taken individually
• Continuity-You will run in to less errors due to continuity as the scene you are shooting will only have to be acted once
• Editing-You wont have to spend a huge section of your budget on editing as most of it will have been done during filming by the vision mixers

Cons

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  Less Flexibility-Due to the fact that there is so much camera/recording equipment around the set, you will be limited to a shorter shot list i.e. you may not be able to do an 'over the shoulder' shot in case you capture any of the equipment
• Lighting-It will be harder and take longer to light a multi camera production as more of the set will be seen and the lighting has to look realistic on every camera. Also the lights will have to be places strategically in order to avoid any shadows being cast on the set
• Expenses-A multi camera production is much more expensive to run than a single camera. This is down to the cost of things like location, crew, equipment etc. Although you may get a better result for your show, and it may be easier to shoot, the cost will set you back quite a bit and may prevent you from improving the quality of other aspects of your production such as actors/presenters, costume/set design

The following links are different types of multi camera production set ups:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIeFZCSrgKA
In shows like mock the week a multi camera set up is needed in order to show all the guests. We see at 0:37-0:40 that the camera switches from Dara O'Brian to one of the teams as he introduces them and the same again at 0:40-0:43 For the other team. For the vision mixers to switch between cameras in this way takes a lot of concentration because they need to get the cuts correct for it to be successful. Also most of the conversations during the show aren't scripted, meaning the vision mixers need to be on the ball and ready to follow the guests as they talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2xdYQ2jB3s
During a football game the cameras have to constantly be switching to follow the action. The production companies have cameras set up all around the pitch and also above in order to capture everything they possibly can. We see from 3:29 the camera is set on the player taking the free kick and at 3:33 the camera switches to a wide shot of the rest of the players and the net so that they don't miss any action and have complete coverage of the game.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bHHryaNEfYw

Throughout this news channel the camera is mainly set up as a mid shot of the presenter, so she can talk directly to the camera about the news. Also she will be reading off an auto cue. However when another presenter is shown on the screen in a different location at 4:49, the camera switches in order for the viewers to see both people as they speak. This part of the report will also be partially improvised so she wont need the auto cue to read off.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASQ3m11W2N4&spfreload=10
On this show they have cameras set up on each of the participants so that when they talk the audience can see each person individually. we see at the very beginning, from 0:10 to 0:15 the camera switches onto the guests as the host introduces them. This will have been scripted aso that when he says their names the audience know who he's talking about. The hard thing about this show is that most of the discussion isn't scripted, so the vision mixers have to be ready to switch the camera onto the person talking at any moment.

I think that Mock the Week and The Talking Dead made the best use of multi camera production on their shows, as they have to be quick and precise about their camera changes in order to film the person who is talking. Also they use many different cameras in various angles which means the show isn't set on just a few simple shots and wont get boring and tedious to watch. I think the news report could possibly be shot using single camera production, due to the fact that there isn't much movement of the cameras and the programme isn't fast paced, so the production team have time to move the cameras and switch the shot if they want/have to.

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Studio Sketches

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_s_LVkV33WTQlNFOFBpaWQtY2pSSUg5ZXVLczJvQS1GZG8w/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_s_LVkV33WTVHRhelV0aHJRSjdqbkdGU2VmOFNLR1lDbXJ3/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_s_LVkV33WTb0VBRUVFNzNMU05wSy1aMUo2ZEtUVWV3SDRJ/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_s_LVkV33WTc01SVEJFTHBJOU4xSmJ1ZW4wX2ZyZXB6Vml3/view?usp=sharing

Studio Production Presentation

Powerpoint
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_s_LVkV33WTNV9TTUp1RjF3d0E/view?usp=sharing

Script
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_s_LVkV33WTSEowSHRRMnpKaEU/view?usp=sharing

Units 23 & 4 Studio Production

Topic-The Walking Dead- The set will have images all around with the main characters, also names of major locations will be put all around the set.
Target Audience- People that are interested in the films/tv shows that are discussed will be a big part of the audience. People who want to hear different opinions on films/tv shows that they like or dislike. Age range and gender could be very wide spread depending on whats being discussed on the show.

Constraints-there will be some constraints regarding the people who are reviewing and debating the films/TV shows as we need people who know what they're talking about, and can hold a conversation for the extent of time which we need. To make sure this doesnt happen we will get our guests to research and back up all their arguements and knowledge about the chosen subject so that they have enough to talk about, and so that they make sense to the viewers.

Genre-Review show- Presenters and guests will discuss and critique a selection of TV series, new film releases, actors/actresses, directors etc. The typical conventions for this programme would be to have a guest who really loves a certain film/TV show to defend it, and also someone who despises and ridicules the same film/TV show in order to have a debate showing both positives and negatives.

Guests/Crew- In this show we would require a presenter, at least two participants to give their opinions on the chosen topic, vision mixers, Director, Production managers, camera operators and sound technicians. We would need to have a fan of the film/TV show in question and also someone who dislikes it. A bonus would be to also have someone involved in the show on the panel to answer any questions etc.

VT Needed- For our VT we could have one of our presenters go out into the public and ask their opinions of the show in question. We could have someone dress up as a zombie and prank people as our topic would be the walking dead.

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Unit 33 Assignment 2 Audio List

Audio List

Backing track-Halo Perelous Journey

Punch sfx 

Kick sfx 

Head butt sfx

Scared girl sfx

Breathless man sfx

Evil laugh sfx

Growling sfx

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Unit 33 Assignment 2 Sketches

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Unit 33 Assignment 3 Evaluation

Peer Assessment

• Narrative was good, clear and understandable
• Characters were detailed and well designed, looked difficult to make, the villain had a 'sick nose'
• The colours of the characters clothing stood out, bright and eye catching
• A good set, "10/10", was well constructed
• Could've made the set a little bit brighter so more of the detail could be seen

Our aim was to make a stop motion action fight scene. We wanted it to create tension amongst the audience, be exciting, and have slight elements of comedy in it and i feel that we achieved this due to the humorous nature of the sound effects i.e. the shouting, the growl etc. We created tension in the build up the the fight scene and also in the second part when the hero was pinned down. I think the design of the characters and the set was the best part of our stop motion because they were both very detailed and added a lot of realism to our animation, which makes it more enjoyable to watch. The weakest part of our stop motion would probably be the movement of the characters. Although we did get some good actions from the models the play-doh made it difficult to move them as it would fall apart very easily. Our target audience would be 15+, mostly male, and fans of action films. I think we have targeted them successfully because we have a wide range of the common action features i.e. fighting, an attractive girl, blood, weapons etc. We used a wide range of sounds such as fighting SFX, an upbeat soundtrack and voices. I think the fighting sound effects are the most successful because we've synced them really well to the clips and it adds a lot of realism to the fight. 

Mini focus group

Narrative

- The narrative was clear and easy to understand

Character design

-The design was well good. Face expressions and body features were very clear.

Colours

-colours looked good and looked like it was night time, it was clear the colours fitted the mood of the animation.

Set design

- Set design was really good, again it looked like night time which was what we were going for.

Improvements

- To make the battle screams of the character longer to fill some silence. Heighten the volume of some audio tracks so sound is clear.

Target audience

Target audience was well targeted and achieved.

Self evaluation of stop motion

Our final idea was to make a stop motion about two characters, a hero and a villain, who fight over a women. I believe that we achieved what we set out to make and also included extra genre aspects such as comedy.  In my opinion the best parts of our animation are the sound effects, because of the quality that they were synced to the action, and the quality of the set design as it looks realistic.

In my opinion the weakest part to our animation would be the movement of the characters, because at some points of our animation they don't look as life like as they should due to the difficulty of moving the play doh without it falling apart.  Also at points you can see fragments of our hands when we were moving the models but none of our audience noticed it do it wasn't a major problem. Are target audience was 15+, action fanatics, and mostly male. I think we have targeted them well because of the content of the animation.

In this shot example we see the two characters fist fighting, this doesn't target children as we don't want to promote violence towards them therefore this animation is a bit strong for people below the age of 10. We used two different types of sound. We used soundtracks and some sound effects from the internet. We also used some custom made sound effects that couldn't be found on the web. The sound track that we used is one from the game halo to add intensity to the animation. The sound effects were used to create speech noises like in morph and to add sound to actions the characters made. I think the sound effect used for the girl is really good because it makes her look and sound really panicked and scared which is the what our group wanted her to look like. I also liked the villains laugh as the hero crawled away because it creates tension for the viewers.

Evaluation of public viewing

The most common answer about the storyline was that is was very easy to understand and follow. The audience said they could recognize the narrative developing.

 In terms of the characters we had very mixed views, some saying they recognized the hero, villain and female victim, others saying that they couldn't recognize which was the hero and villain. The over all response we got was that you could tell who was who.

The most common response about the colours was that they suited the theme and atmosphere of the animation, 6/7 comments of the colours were positive.

Most comments on the set were positive and said it looked good and again reflected the theme of the animation. Some people said we could of made the set a little more gritty to but the urban feel across to the reader.

The most common answer for what we could have done better was to make the movement a little smoother so the animation looked that much more professional.

Every person we asked about the audience replied with the same answer, which was that it targeted teenagers well, we also got another comment that says it targeted teens but people also up to the age of 30.

I am pleased with the comments that we got from out viewing as it proved that we successfully created the animation that we had set out to make. Each person that watched our animation understood the narrative and could tell us what was happening throughout, meaning that it was clear and easy to follow. I agree with the comment on the set that it could've looked more filthy and dirty to give it more of an 'urban feel', because this would've added slightly more detail and realism, but it was still detailed enough that the audience could tell what we were aiming to do which was create a derelict, rundown landscape.

In comparison to our animation, this one is quite similar i.e. we see two characters fighting and there are weapon involved. However our models are more detailed with things like clothing and facial features, and we have a set for our characters to fight in making it look more realistic and exiting. also this stop motion has used quite a small range of camera angles as appose to ours which had lots of different quick cut shots. This detail makes a huge difference in making the animation enjoyable, because if there are multiple shots which are all moving fast, the audience are kept on their toes and aren't getting bored sat watching the same thing for too long. The movement in this fight scene is slightly smoother than the movements in ours which effect the realistic quality of the animation, and if we had had a little more time to film we could've achieved this, but overall the movement was still quite life like.

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