Understanding Single Cam

Genre- Kind or type of production

Audience knows to watch – fan

Narrative structure – Human behaviour; audience tied to films; twists; entertainment- fan

Format – Air spot, music, characters, title sequence, names of actors, running time, short, episode name.  Writer, producer, director.

Single camera productions -

Advantages - ease of set-up and teardown.

- the speed at which a single camera can be deployed.

- flexibility; the amount of time it takes to set up is minimal.

Disadvantages - you're stuck with one camera angle all the time.

- the huge amount of time that you have to spend in post-production.

Scrubs is a single camera comedy with a storyline told through the perspective of J.D. He provides voice-overs which allows him to discuss other people through his own inner monologue. It’s a realist setting.  The structure is non-linear as there are a lot of flashbacks to previous memories and there are also daydreams that J.D imagines throughout each episode. Closed endings.

It is a television program format set in series of episodes; it has a certain air spot to fill but can't go over the set time. The running time is quite short set at only half an hour. The title sequence at the beginning is kept short with the casting and names of the director and the producer. The fact that it's shot on a set opposes the idea of a single camera production as most people want scenes shot at different angles. Sets and props cost a lot of money, which is one of the reasons why this is a program set in series rather than being aired all the time like programs such as Coronation Street and EastEnders.

A music video of Mumford and Sons: Winter Winds is an example of a single camera production.

In the format of a music video. Every individual shot has been planned out (storyboarding) and edited together to create the story.