Part 3
Analyse the use of single camera techniques within different types of single camera production:
Drama, soap opera or comedy:
Breaking bad: Crime drama
Format: Serial
Most Single Camera Productions are commonly shown in Prime-Time television time, which is exactly when Breaking Bad was shown across America. Breaking Bad features a complicated yet compelling plot line, with a wide range of camera, lighting, and editing techniques.
Breaking bad is a realistic non-linear show, as it cuts to different time frames, usually in the intros the each episode. This time line jumping introduces small parts on what’s to come make the audience want to watch on to find out what’s going on possibly making this on of the best drams ever made according to most people. This makes breaking bad a popular television serial. Most single camera productions are in prime time television time, which is exactly when breaking ad was shown across America. Prime time television is evening television, witch usually if form 7:00pm to 11:00 pm. Breaking
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There are lot of examples of varied shot types (e.g. mid-shot, low-angle shit, birds-eye view shot, and wide-angle shot) in the show which makes the footage more interesting to watch as a well as making it more creatively diverse. Many single camera dramas use the same shot because it is quicker to use simple shot types when only filming with a single camera, it means that they do not have to film the same scene multiple times from different angles, breaking bad defies these common convections of a single camera drama.
Breaking bad uses a lot of Point Of View shots throughout. Point of view meaning the camera shows what someone or an object is seeing, their POV on the world. This is very different o most single camera dramas, as it uses film like cinematographic cameras techniques making this film a more high level production for its kind contributing to its common
The Wire moves away from the typical episodic style of television programs and becomes an example of what Jason Mittell refers to as “narrative complexity” (30). Mittell writes about the emerging wave of narrative complexity in television series in the 1990s in his article entitled “Narrative Complexity in Contemporary American Television”. He attributes new technologies and changes in the media industries in part to the rise of narrative complex television (30).
In this image, a sewage worker is seen cleaning the drainage system, with his bear hands, without the use of either any equipment’s or protection. On the first glace, the image depicts the idea of health risk, because the man is exposed to such contaminants, which for him is work. He is looking up from a dirty drain, covered in filth, which shows that he is clearly used as the subject of this image, whom we are engaged to more as he is making eye contact with its viewers. This picture only includes one person into the frame, as the other man’s face isn’t available to see in this picture, which is man that is holding the bucket. Holding a bucket either emphasise the idea that he is helping the sewage worker, either to get the dirt out or to put the dirt in the drainage system.
	Aside from the audio and visual points, there are various camera angles used. When everyone is circled around the boiling pot the camera man uses a stedicam shot to circle around and show everyone’s face. When the viewer is seeing a girl take off her clothes the camera technician uses a zoom shot. This holds true when the governor approaches the gathering.
Steven Johnson wrote an article for the New York Times in which he argues that back in the days, television shows use to have a very simple plot which was easy to follow without too much attention. It was just an other way to sit back and relax. However, throughout the years, viewers grew tired of this situation and demanded more complex plot lines with multiple story lines that related to recent news topics. He takes the example of the television show “24”. “24” is known for being the first show which its plot occurs in “real-time”, it is also known for not censuring the violence of its topics. It is a drastic change from what Johnson states as an example “Starsky and Hutch” where basically each episodes was only a repetition of the last one. Johnson also believes that there is a misconception of the mass culture nowadays where people think the television viewer wants dumb shows which in response makes them dumber. Johnson does not agree, for him, television shows such as “24” are “nutritional”. He also states that sm...
For example, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) many scenes cut back and forth during conversation. Long shots are used during important scenes. High angle shots and low angle shots are used to portray inferiority and superiority. Also, truck is used to follow the contestants in the factory. Similarly, in Edward Scissorhands (1990) black and white images during the opening scenes, and long shots are used to emphasize important conversations. Also, movement is very transitioned in the beginning, but gets choppier as the end nears. Zoom is also used to emphasize expressions and truck is used when Edward walks or runs. In addition, in Big Eyes (2014) the camera focuses on characters and their expressions. Also, Truck is used when Margaret walks down the streets of San Francisco. When artwork is being shown, the eyes are emphasized, then the reactions are depicted. High angle shots are used to depict Margaret's inferiority to Walter ,whereas, low angle shots are used to to depict Walter’s superiority to Margaret. In all these films, camera movements and shots are used to distance the audience or bring them closer to the characters of the film. Also, camera movements and shots can be used to emphasize a character’s position, status, rank, etc…This helps the audience understand the character and their role
The camera zooms into the faces of the characters speaking, directing the audience’s attention to what they are saying making this information seem important and true. In the scene where David Palmer finds out about the nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, the camera first focuses on Eric Rayburn who is telling Palmer about the bomb but then zooms into Palmer’s face to show his expression at receiving this information. When Palmer is told the bomb will go off today, he asks, “How do we know this?” Rayburn replies with a computer image of Mahmoud and the camera zooms into the suspected terrorist’s face. The camera in this scene moves quickly from face-to-face, following the conversation visually. Additionally, the camera captures the expressions of...
...sed as the medium close-ups in this show, but are used when someone is entering a scene or used to see a scene from a different view. These types of shots are best suited for this type of television show as it is a drama, there are lots of conversations between two people where wide angled shots would not be needed. The camera angle most of the time in this shot are at eye level, I think they use this to help us feel like we are involved with the scenes, to get us to be more apart of it.
The Effects of Body Worn Cameras by Law Enforcement There has been a great deal of controversy over the recent police involved shootings, and whether or not law enforcement has used excessive force in some situations. With only the word of the police officer or those involved to go on, it can be very difficult to know exactly what took place. In some cases, there may be cell phone video available but a lot of times it is up to the person doing the recording’s discretion what parts they want to record and what parts they don’t. In this case, they would only show what would be beneficial to them and so the recording is then considered bias.
This research paper will give a general overview of body-worn cameras with policing and how police officers respond to body-worn camera. There will be several sections that will explain more about body worn cameras. The reasons why the police use body worn cameras. The issues police officers face with the use of body worn cameras. Issues of citizen privacy will be explained. A research study of positive outcomes of body worn camera will be discussed. As well as officer’s perceptions of the use of body worn cameras.
Featuring an incredibly realistic depiction of 70s TV, the analog aesthetics are meticulously replicated with authenticity. From colour calibration issues that cause a slight colour bleed, low-resolution image blur, and tight 4:3 ratio, the film's visuals tie every nostalgic element into a believably cohesive recreation. However, the film isn't afraid to shatter this facade when needed, introducing a black-and-white, fly-on-the-wall perspective on the events that occurred behind the scenes and between commercial breaks. Reverting to a standard 16:9 fullscreen ratio, this sudden change in perspective propels the viewer away from the illusion of being an audience member and provides a more in-depth look behind the scenes of the show.
Film and Television. 4th ed. Vol. 18. N.p.: Taylor and Francis, n.d. N. pag. Print.
Kammerer, Dietmar. Surveillance in Literature, film and television. Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies, pages 99-106. 2012. Seen in: MDIA322: Media, Technologies & Surveillance. Kathleen Kuehn. Wellington: Victoria University, 2014. 82-89. Print.
Traditional ideations of film and documentaries have been to create scripts that are structures to fulfill a set idea. The challenge with scripting an idea is that the script writer(s) have a subjective view of the documentary. The vastness of documenting a situation is restricted by the script making it impossible for a documentary film to capture objective realism in their work.
The first filming technique I encountered was long shot. Long Shot is, “a shot that includes an area within the image that roughly corresponds to the audience’s view of the area within the proscenium arch in the live theater” (Giannetti 523). We start off with the scene where Cole is giving a gift to Kyra’s father. We could see in the long shot that Dr. Malcolm Crowe was in the background watching the conversation between the two characters. The director of the movie did a great job installing low lighting in the film. The scene has low lighting which tells the audience it is dark and there is suspense that is occurring. This long shot, helped transitioned the next aspect of the film which is are focusing on Krya’s father.
Augmented reality (AR) is the virtual object which is combination of 3D real environment in the real time. It is more interactive either with graphics or audio enhancing from what we can sense such smell, hear, see or feel it. In other words, it is duplicate the environment around the world in computer. There are applications in various areas in augmented reality and one of them is medical visualization more domain for augmented reality. The topic that discussed is augmented reality application in computer aided surgery and medicine. In research article (Tobias Sielhorst, Marco Feuerstein & Nassir Navab, 2008) medical augmented reality takes it motivation from the need of visualizing medical data and the patient within the same physical space. The reason for chose this topic because it is because this application more advance and the technologies always bring new visualization and interaction using augmented reality in 3D in surgery performing requirements. So, discussing these topics actually need many evaluations to perceive the result to the area of surgery and medicine in medical performance.