ABSTRACT

Live multi-camera production technique uses a number of cameras that are switched to in turn to show different viewpoints of an event. This production method allows the material to be transmitted as it occurs or to be recorded for future transmission. If it is recorded then the material can be edited before transmission. Single camera coverage is usually recorded and the material receives extensive editing before transmission. This is similar to the film technique where one shot is recorded and then the single camera moved to another position or location to record another shot. The shots can be recorded out of sequence from their subsequent edited order. This type of production method is very flexible but does require more time in acquiring the material and in editing. An additional advantage of the single video camera is that it can be linked into a programme by satellite, land line or terrestrial link and be used as a live outside visual source. Pictures are nearly always accompanied by audio, either actuality speech, music, or effects of the subject in shot, or sound is added in post production. The old cliché that television is a visual medium is a half truth. In nearly every circumstance, the viewer wants to hear, as well as see, what is transmitted. Pictures may have a greater initial impact, but sound frequently adds atmosphere, emotion, and space to the image.