Examples of Single camera techniques

Teen 
Lizzie Maguire - Clue Less
As the scene starts off you can see a panning shot that is dropped down from the tree to the front door of the house. There is an Non-Diegetic sound in the background of music which is rather lively so it is getting you into that joyful mood. A boy and a girl walk out of the front door and no other shot is taken here to show them individually coming out. If there were multiple camera's in this shot you could of had shots of them both walking out and close-ups or mid-shots of their faces and what their wearing. As the scene goes on the girl looks behind herself and slowly closes the door behind her. All of this is caught on one angle and scene. The girl then talks to the boy when then a cut scene is taken to an over the shoulder shot of the boy responding to the girl. For a couple of seconds throughout their conversation there are over the shoulder shots of both the male and the female and some mid shots of the two to show their hand movements and body language. All of this would have been taken by one camera and would have been repeated for about 4-5 times to get all the scenes.

Comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9re62L3sqRs
From the start of this clip you can see that there is a diagonal mid-shot which is displaying both characters. As the scene flicks through transition the camera is moving with the dark haired man followed by a still mid-shot of the other man. To improve this they could of had the shot as an over the shoulder shot and then a mid-shit of both the characters when the dark haired man bends down to put the towels away. In one of the shots the camera moves into the position of a over the shoulder shot. This transition could be bettered by having the shot already over the shoulder and not moving into that direction. There is a conversation between two couples which i noticed because of the shot they used. When they are showing the lead role players the camera is set between the other couple displaying a mid shot of the lead roles.

Single camera techniques

 A single camera production is when only one camera is used to shoot a film or television programme. A huge difference between single camera set-ups and multiple camera set-ups is the order that they’re shot in, for example multiple camera set-ups are filmed chronologically whereas single camera set-ups mean that the shots will be shot in the order of flexibility and will be put in order during editing. An advantage of using a single-camera set-up as opposed to a multiple-camera set-up would be that it is cheaper and this is what makes it popular with producers who are working with a low budget; this is the case because you only need one camera as opposed to three or four like a multiple camera set-up. Another advantage of a single camera set-up is that with using one camera you don’t have to worry about other cameras being in shot. However if you use multiple cameras it is less flexible because you have to take into consideration where the other camera are positioned. 

Using a single camera set-up means you will spend less time editing because all the footage is on one camera. Programmes like The Office, Ugly Betty and Scrubs all are shot by a single camera set-up. Multiple Camera set-ups are generally used by bigger studios for example Eastenders is shot with multiple camera set-up. There is one big disadvantage to filming with one camera and that is that it takes a lot longer because the cameraman needs to film the same scene over and over again from different aspects, however with a multiple set-up this is not the case. Multiple camera set-ups are usually used in soaps this is because single camera set-ups are much more difficult to film conversations with which could mean reactions of other characters are lost.