SINGLE SHOT CAMERA ANALYSIS

Single Shot Camera Analysis

Sitcom

 Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is a popular sitcom that is shot all with single camera. This is a perfect example of a Single shot TV Program. They have to get the lighting of each shot pretty much the same every time otherwise they have to start the whole shot again.  They film single shot techniques to tell a complex narratives.

Friends

Friends is a very popular american sitcom that is taken in single camera, The techniques are used in this sitcom are all the same in the above in big bang theory. Its the same because if your shooting with single camera and the light changes you have to start the shot again.

Miranda 

Its the same for this sitcom as well for miranda which is a popular sitcom that is shot all with single camera. This is a perfect example of a Single shot TV Program. They have to get the lighting of each shot pretty much the same every time otherwise they have to start the whole shot again.  They film single shot techniques to tell a complex narratives throughout the program.

Music Video

 OK Go - This Too Shall Pass 

This music video is by 'Ok Go'  and a long music videos that uses one long shot throughout the video and 

consists of things falling over to create the final explosion of paint, it is all filmed on a fly-cam to create a 

smooth shot. This means that if they get any part of this wrong they will have to set all the broken props up 
again until they get it all wright, you can see in the background that there is alot of broken tv etc so you can 
see that it has taken them a couple of attempt to get it right.

Film

Children Of Men

This is a scene where it is a 15 min shot filmed in one shot, You can see by watching this if anything goes 

wrong the shot has to be filmed all again. This is a very complex scene where people get shot and hit over 

so if the stunt goes wrong they have to set up and film from the start again, this will be4 very time consuming 

and cost a lot of money.