Pre-Production Annie

Pre-Production Diary

I will be filming the musical Annie, there a something's that are important to think about before filming, making a production folder helped us organise the individual requirements, the first thing we done was a risk assessment and recee list this is so we know where the best places for cameras will be and the dangers of the area we will be working in. After learning the location the next thing to do is to make the camera plan.

After finishing all of the preparation the next thing to do is go to a rehearsal and see how the production will be set out in terms of entrance, positioning on stage and lengths of each act. After seeing the rehearsal the next thing to do is check the camera plan and
make sure the cameras are in a suitable place if not change them to work with the show.

We all will be taking the role of Camera Operator through out the production, equipment that will be needed is:
4x Cameras
8x Tapes
4xTripods
4x Large Batteries
4x Small Batteries
4x Camera Plates
4x Headphones

We will place the cameras stage left & right, lower centre and high centre. The stage left & right cameras will shoot close-up and mid shots, the lower centre camera will shoot mid shots and long shot, the high centre camera will shoot long shots. We have no control over the sound or lighting, these are set by the production to suit their needs.

Unit 23: Multi-Camera Techniques

Multi-camera techniques are mainly used in Live shows, like Sports, Concerts & Chat or Game shows. This is so that the viewer's get the full feel that the show wants you to get. The 3 main shows use multi-camera for these reasons:

• Sports- Wrestling for example, multi-camera is used so you can get a view from all 4 sides of the ring, they can cut to the crowd to give a feeling of the atmosphere and have a camera at the announcers table so it can cut to them if they need to say something or to show their reaction if something happens.
• Concerts- All live concerts use multi-camera so you can have a view of every member of the band together or single shots of the members of the group if they are doing solos or just to get a close-up of them, there's also a camera on the crowd so you can get the atmosphere feeling and it makes it almost feel like you are there.
• Chat/Game Shows- Celebrity Juice for example uses multi-camera so you can have a crowd shot, have a view of the entire stage, have a single shot on Keith (The host), then have 2 cameras for both teams and have cameras to get single shots of the team members.

 A basic studio production layout looks like this:

This shows a basic interview with multi-camera techniques, Camera 1 shows an over the shoulder shot of the host. Camera 2 shows both the guest and the host. Camera 3 shows an over the shoulder shot of the guest.

 Advantages of using multi-camera techniques are the audience can feel as though they are more involved in the action which can give them a sense of excitement and thrill. Another being that a multi-camera set up can be cheaper to make. This is because there is less editing as the editing can sometimes be done live by flicking from camera to camera which also means that multi-camera saves a lot of time and effort.



Here is an example of Multi-Camera being used at a live concert:
Fozzy @ Bloodstock Festival 2013

Multi-camera is used at concerts to get the full feel of the show, from being on stage with the band, to being in the crowd. They do this by having a camera set up in or behind the crowd to give the experience of being at the concert, then there is another behind the band which kind of gives a backstage feel. There are other cameras that are used on single members of the band there are 2 reasons for this, the first, so if there's a solo the camera can be set on that camera, the other reason is simply so that it isn't a continuous view of the entire band and it can have a variety of shots with the different band members.