Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Brooklyn Nine Nine (2013) - This is a comedic TV series which revolves around a team of detectives with one main character being the 'stupid member'. The show has been airing since 2013 so it has seen a tremendous amount of series and episodes. Because of this, it is a shock to most people that it is a single camera production, as it has made so many episodes, many people would think that it takes multiple cameras to film a show like this. I have chosen to analyse a certain scene where criminals are being interviewed to determine who committed the crime. In this scene, there is a lot of Back and Forth shots with Shot-reverse-shot and POV shots as there is a lot of conversation. For example, at the very start of the scene, there is discussion between the detective and the civilian and here there are at least 6 cuts which take the audience to and from the discussion points between the two people. Personally, in this situation i think it would be much more effective to have two cameras to film this scene because it means that the scene could be filmed faster and also it means it would hopefully only take one take. By filming it with only one camera, this scene would have taken much longer than if the crew would have used two cameras however, it looks perfectly and i really like how they have not kept the camera on a tripod and added the shakiness to the shots. This is because it makes the scene feel realistic but not only this, because it is a comedy, the shakiness takes away the seriousness of the scene therefore reminding the audience that it is a comedy and making them relax.

Overall, I believe they did a very good and professional job of creating this series as a single camera production and this is because of a few reasons. The vast range of camera shots adds difference to the episode and keeps the audience intrigued as they are not looking at the same shots the whole way throughout the episode. Also, there are various different angles and lighting changes which once again, differentiates it to any other single camera production. 

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