A multi camera set up is a method of film making and video production. Several cameras are employed on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene. The use of multiple video cameras to cover a scene goes back to the earliest days of television; three cameras were used to broadcast The Queen's Messenger in 1928. The BBC routinely used multiple cameras for their live television shows from 1936 on-wards.
This form of filming is used in television within soap operas, talk shows, game shows and sitcoms. Multiple shots are obtained in a single take without having to start and stop the action. This is more efficient for programs that are to be shown a short time after being shot as it reduces the time spent film editing or video editing the footage.
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| The traditional set-up of a Multi Camera Technique |
Generally, the 2 outer cameras shoot close shots or crosses the 2 most active characters on the set at any given time, while the central cameras shoot a wider master shot to capture the overall action and establish the geography of the room. In this way, multiple shots are obtained in a single take without having to start or stop the action. This set-up is increasingly vital for productions that don't have a long amount of time to edit, and live television.
With multi camera shooting, it unfortunately comes with many disadvantages. The producers and lighting directors will have to light the entire studio, and with this, all of the shots are at risk of looking the same which will perhaps not give the same effect if there are two different atmospheres trying to be created. There is also a risk of the cameras getting in the way of each other, and being visible within reflections that may be visible.
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