We explored how to make a YouTube format style show called What’s in your pockets. Where the presenter talks about an object he has in his pocket. This gave us an idea on how to make a multi-camera production and the different roles that could involve. We took it in turns for one person to hold the cables whilst the other moves the camera for a tracking shot. Making sure the camera operator doesn’t trip. We then picked an object on set that we wanted the camera to focus on. We achieved this by using the camera’s tilt lock, pan lock, zoom control and focus control. I decided to focus the camera on the dinosaur toy to see how it manages to focus on a tiny object. Which it does really well and allows us to use extreme close-up shots which is important for this show on small objects. This links with our three-camera setup. Cam 1-wide shot on presenter. Cam 2-mid shot on presenter. Cam 3-extreme close-up on object. From the control desk, the vision mixer can switch between these shots as we record, fade in and out for the start and end of the show. Which we timed for a minute using the timer provided at the control desk. At the same time, we had three camera operators and a floor manager on set waiting for the director’s command from the control desk. This taught me some of the roles that go into a multi-camera production. The importance of using the right lines like “coming to studio in five,” “cue mix” and “cue presenter” etc so everyone is ready to begin the programme and know exactly what is going on. We also used hand gestures so the presenter can look at our main camera, cam 2 whilst also being signalled by the floor manager on when to start with a big swing gesture. Overall this set-up for filming made sure everything is organised professionally.
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