Multi Camera Aesthetic and Practical

What is Multi Camera?

Multi camera is when there is a range of different cameras in different angles to capture one shot for the scene. Multi camera set ups are used in film making and video productions they use several cameras to film a shot from different angles.  If there are two people in the shot there would be a close up of both of the actors with different cameras then there would be a camera set up for both of the actors to be in the shot and also two different cameras set up to have a long shot or mid shot of the actors. Multi camera is used for three different live events sports, concerts and public events. Multi camera work is also used in studio production game shows, chart shows and magazine shows.  

Sports:

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           Sports such as WWE RAW have to use multi camera because WWE RAW is filmed live in different arenas every work. One of the main reasons they use multi cam is the audience participation nearly every shot in the clip had the audience in it when Daniel Bryan started to beat Bray Wyatt they put the audience in the shot because of the audience participation chanting “YES” sticking with the audience when Bray Wyatt went on the counter attack the camera on the carnies showed the audience and there reaction when he took the beating from Daniel Bryan but still stood up. In the audience you could see how shocked they were. With multi camera events such as this they tend to use more than three cameras. One camera would be on the crane above the audience the second camera would be on Daniel Brayan and the third camera would be on Bray Wyatt and the fourth camera would be both of them as you see in the clip.

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            As you can see right from the start there have been two different camera angles used one of a mid show of both of the men in the ring and then at 0:07 a close up of Daniel bryan. After the close up it goes back to the other camera that was showing both men then it goes back to the camera that had the close up but at a different angle 0:13. After that shot it goes back to the shot of the men in the ring then  a new camera is introduced the camera on the cairn for the audience is used to get a close up of Bray's facial expression at 0:16 Then that same camera would be on the audience in count filming a sports event such as WWE consist of three different cameras they do this practical and aesthetic reasons.

Practical reason. they do this to capture more of the coverage of the fighter in the ring and the also use this contrast between a studio environment and and live audience that can interact with them such as the "yes" chant 

Aesthetic reasons the do this to maintain viewer interest switch between the cameras and close up to paint the story and the also do this to communicate with the audience views the fight 

Concerts:

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Concerts such as Tomorrow land 2010 Swedish House Mafia use a range of cameras in different angles on the stage in the shot also the shots of audience reaction and shot of the amount of people that turned up to the concert. In this clip I counted five different cameras placed in different angles to capture the different shot's to make the video. camera one was on the audience for about 45 degrees to show the amount of people at 0:27. The second camera used  was a long shot of both the audience and the stage at 0:40. Then the third camera used was on the group it self at 0:42. And the forth camera used was close up of audience members at  7:52 and the final camera used was in the audience looking at both the people and the fireworks at 9:19. As you can see right from the start they start of the first camera of the long zooming in to the grope on the stage of the audience then it switches to show the amount of people that turned up to the event. Using multi camera for concerts have both practical reasons and aesthetic reasons. Practical reasons the Visual style and mode of address the wanted the get across to the audience watch that the atmosphere would effect on how you view the content and maintaining the view interest because if the just used one camera and it was of the three DJ's at the front it would be a bit boring to watch and people would give up on it  

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Public Events:

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             Public Events such as Marvel's The Avenger's Red Carpet would use multi camera because the have One camera on the fan another on the actors that follow them and one on the presenters. However the Avengers had four cameras used for the final product the first camera was on the presenters the 2nd camera was on the cairn "so you don't miss anything" the third camera was on the actors and the last and forth camera was on the fans getting there reaction when they see actors such as Scarlett Johansson. Camera one was used at 11:49. Camera two was used at 11:06. Camera three was used at 10:26 getting the fans reactions. And the last and forth camera was used at 37:40 when the interview was taking place. the main camera's used in the production was the forth camera that would film the interviews of the cast and the guest and the second camera that was used the most was the camera on the audience as they played a big part to the event. There are both aesthetic and practical reasons that would benefit using multi camera productions 

practical reasons to use multi camera are that Multi camera simultaneous because a event like the red carpet anything can happen and it an be a spontaneous event the practical reason is to contrast between a studio audience and a live audience the atmosphere would be different because anything can happen. 

The aesthetic reasons are communication meaning to the viewers the presents talk to the audience about whats going to happen in the event and also the actors them self talk to them the other reason is the coverage of action as i said before anything can happen in a live event when its public.

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Chat Shows: 

         Chat shows such as The Graham Nortan Show use multi camera to film the show because it would be easier to have one camera on the presenter and another of the people getting interviewed. Watch this clip i counted three different cameras being used. The first camera used in the production is on the presenter then the second camera that I counted was on the people getting interviewed and then the final and third camera being used was a long shot having all of them in the shot. the first camera was at 0:04 then second camera was at 0:06 and the third camera was at 0:08. Multi camera was used to capture the moment quicker and simply easier to put together. There are both practical and aesthetic reasons to use multi camera to film the chat show 

practical reasons contrast between studio and location environment this is because its more of an low key experience and it keeps the views watching and the second reason is multi camera simulation because you wouldn't expect a Hollywood actor like Mark wahlberg to get drunk and sit on the presenters lap at 8:27. They tend to use coverage of action to show the emotion of the person getting interview but as this chat show is quite funny they used the converge of action to mountain the audience interest fore example when Mark Wahlberg got up drunk and say on the presenter at 8:30.

Game Show:

         Game shows such as Ninja Warrior they use a number of cameras to compose the multi camera production. With in the first minuet of the video you can see that already two cameras have been used one (0:45) to show the concentration of the man getting ready for the course and the other camera on the audience cheering for the competitor (0:46). The third camera was used at 0:51 taking the long shot before he starts to do the course. The fourth camera used was on the american that was on the players team cheering him on as he goes through the course at 2:30. The fifth camera was on the Japanese  team mate at 4:42 of the video they had a camera on the team mates to show there emotion's on when the person taking part fell down and then shoed the relief of the American because the compotation to tem was serious so they wanted to mountain the audience by creating that picture by the shot from the camera.
A production like this has to use multi camera because they want to cover all the action its like sports to mountain peoples interest they change the angle of different shots and create a story with this game show do the same because the people doing the course always say "I've trained my life to do this"
Practical reasons to this is that the views would stay and want to watch till the end because they making it interesting and cover all of the action

 

Talent Show: 

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           Talent shows such as Britain's Got Talent need to use multi camera production instead of singles camera because when using single camera the the camera person may miss the action taking place on the stage for example Darcy Oake's performance on Britain's Got Talent used multi camera productions because they wanted to show the audience reaction to his magic trick as know one new how to do the trick. Another camera had to be used for the judges. The camera on the judges was there to see their reactions also and when they were asking what the performer was going to perform today for them. The other camera used was on Darcy him self using multi camera would record his whole performance but with single camera only parts of him performance would be shown. Another camera was also on the presenters of the show because at first both the presenters and Darcy had an conversation at the start and also to show the presenters reaction when Darcy performs the magic trick with the birds.    

Britain's got talent use multi camera for aesthetic reasons is for covering all of the action taking place on the stage. for example when he made a bird at the start single camera would have not captured the moment unless the camera was placed on a crane at 1:25

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towards the performance

Magazine show:

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 Magazine shows such as top gear use multi camera. Top gear use more that 3 cameras using them to get the shots needed for the studio part of the production.
 In the studio of were the production was filmed I counted three main cameras being used the first camera was on the guest that was the person with the timed lap at 2:37 the second camera I counted was at 2:43 on the presenter of the show and the person asking the questions to the guest. The third camera being used was a long shot of the interview and showing the audience laughing at the joke made by the guest at 3:50. when the guest was in the car on the race track I counted 14 cameras on the track at each of the corner's and 2 cameras in the car showing his reaction. They have to use multi camera because as its a car show they are going to test the car on a track by putting the camera at every corner it covers the action taking place n the track but if the production was single camera but time the camera person got the third corner the lap would be over. They mainly use aesthetic reason for the multi camera production and that's for the coverage of action. For practical reason they use multi camera because the want to visual styles to look good and make the lap look good so they build up suspense when they revile him time.

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