Types%20of%20Production

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Types of Production

• From live multi-camera to single-camera film style

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Multi-camera Liveand Live-to-tape

• "switched" (edited) as the show progresses
• studio/field
• more economical
• compromise aesthetically
• Examples? Live vs. live-on-tape?

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Multi-camera Liveand Live-to-tape

• Requires a video switcher
• Crew must work together, director calls the
  shots
• 2-30 cameras at once

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Single Camera (film style)

• shot in field, edited in "post"
• news, drama, films
• more expensive time consuming
• more artistic control
• Examples?

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Multi-camera/multi-VTR

• gt 1 camera, combined in post-production
• Some interviews, talk shows
• Atypical mode of production

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Production media - Film

• 8, 16, 35 mm film
• chemical/physical process   expose,  develop, 
  cut
• grain, contrast, low light, resolution
• more expensive, higher quality

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Production media - Film

• always edited in post, often transferred to
  digital files, edited on computer then
  transferred back to film
• better contrast ratio (light vs. dark areas in
  frame)
• aesthetically "past" -  tends to have 'historic'
  look even if shot last week

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Production Media Video"broadcast quality" vs.
home

• Formats
• Broadcast quality
• - Beta, BetaSP, MII, DVCPro, DVC Cam
•  Lower broadcast quality / "Prosumer" 
• - SVHS, Hi8, mini DV . . .
• Home quality
• - VHS, 8mm, VHS-C

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Production media Video

• electronic vs. chemical
• light "transduced" into electrical signal,
  digital code
• contrast ratio, resolution problems
• immediate production, immediacy

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Production media Video

• less expensive (in general)
• perceived lower quality (in general)
• aesthetically "present" -  tends to have a
  'present' look even if shot years ago