Monday 22 March 2010

Planning camera placement and shots

For any Live TV show, it is important to be able to place cameras in places where they are able to get a varied amount of good camera shots. For our live TV Show, this is how we placed our cameras:

For my groups quiz show, "Media Circus", we decided to have Camera One and Camera Three getting over the shoulder shots, over the shoulder two shots, medium close ups and single shots of the guests, as well as a few other shots also, these cameras are both referred to as the pole cameras. Camera Two is more of the host camera and general stays on a Medium Close Up of the host, as well as the occasional three shots of the host with either A and B or C and D. There is also a fourth camera(not featured in the above diagram) which is on a jib arm, this is there for wide shots as well as panning over the audience.

All of the cameras each have options to be able to CRAB or PED right or left, and Camera One and Three also have the option to Track IN or OUT if the camera operator feels the need to.

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