Television Series: The Office
(All the different angles, small gestures are different)
This programme has two versions, American and British, i am focussing on the british. It is a Comedy Programme in the form of a documentary and was first broadcasted on BBC2 in 2001. It stars comedian and actor Ricky Gervais acting as the boss man who likes to think everyone listens to him but really he is just a push over. This programme was filmed in single camera because it needed the realistic feel to it, and it wouldnt have worked if it was filmed on a set. The camera is placed like a fly on the wall kind of effect, so it looks like the actors are trying to impress the "camera crew" of the documentary that is being made. The cutaways of the office and people working connect the different scenes really well and also they show a feel of time passing in the day. I think it is really clever how they managed to make it seem like there was more than one camera.. usually for a documentary there will be more than one camera because they dont want to miss anything and they want to get all the different angles of the spontanious things that could happen. The sound in the overall production is mainly just the ambience of the office with phones and printers and I think that way it gives more of a personal feel when we hear the awkward silences and the hushed tones that always happen in an office. I think the way they have edited it is really clever the way it snaps between shots like someone is looking at the conversations and someone else is in the room.
Television Series: Glee
(1.20: Britney Moving)
Glee is a new american drama that is about a group of teenagers that join the "Glee Club" which is the most humiliating club in McKinley High School. This school is real but doesnt exist in Lima Ohio where is it said to be in the drama. The production is primarily at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, CA, with cafeteria, outside hallway and football field scenes at Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School in Long Beach and gym scenes at Helen Bernstein High School in Los Angeles. I chose this scene because it has a few elements that prove that it was a single camera production.
1: it was filmed in a big open space
2: the range of shots (mid shots - extremem long shots... behind and infront of people)
3: positioning of some of the people...
... Glee is a tv programme made up of loads of different music videos, which is good because that way it looks a lot more interesting, however it can have its defaults because particularily in scenes like this. In the scene the set is covered with people and this is where mistakes can be noticed, the slight change in timing or movement, or even facial expression can either ruin or distract from the scene. In the video above, you can see that at 1 min 20 seconds, Britney (blonde girl) comes down the steps in the over the shoulder shot of kurt, then when we go into the close up of the boy in the uniform singing we see her do the exact same thing. I think this scene represents single camera exactly for that reason, because it is such an easy mistake to make. And I also love glee and the way it is filmed, which also helps.
Glee is a new american drama that is about a group of teenagers that join the "Glee Club" which is the most humiliating club in McKinley High School. This school is real but doesnt exist in Lima Ohio where is it said to be in the drama. The production is primarily at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, CA, with cafeteria, outside hallway and football field scenes at Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School in Long Beach and gym scenes at Helen Bernstein High School in Los Angeles. I chose this scene because it has a few elements that prove that it was a single camera production.
1: it was filmed in a big open space
2: the range of shots (mid shots - extremem long shots... behind and infront of people)
3: positioning of some of the people...
... Glee is a tv programme made up of loads of different music videos, which is good because that way it looks a lot more interesting, however it can have its defaults because particularily in scenes like this. In the scene the set is covered with people and this is where mistakes can be noticed, the slight change in timing or movement, or even facial expression can either ruin or distract from the scene. In the video above, you can see that at 1 min 20 seconds, Britney (blonde girl) comes down the steps in the over the shoulder shot of kurt, then when we go into the close up of the boy in the uniform singing we see her do the exact same thing. I think this scene represents single camera exactly for that reason, because it is such an easy mistake to make. And I also love glee and the way it is filmed, which also helps.
Dance Film: Honey
(Small Space Lots of Cameras)
The film is about a 20 year old girl who dreams to be a professional dancer and has the heart to teach others how to get to the top. This scene is right at the beginning of the film and it is a dance routine filmed in the community centre on their block. The centre as you can see has a basketball court on the main floor then on the balcony is where Honey (Jessica Alba) runs her dance class. This space is very small and also very open so would not be able to have a massive camera crew in there. Also because it is a dance film there would need to be lots of interesting camera angles to make the audience think WOW THAT IS AWESOME!
With dance films you cant really change how you were standing or your movements, because you have rehearsed it to work the way it is filmed... which is good, because that way it looks like they have only danced it once and then done a clever "hidden camera" effect.
With dance films you cant really change how you were standing or your movements, because you have rehearsed it to work the way it is filmed... which is good, because that way it looks like they have only danced it once and then done a clever "hidden camera" effect.
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