Unit 1 - Type of Production

Type of Production

The brief states that I must create a short 2-4 film with a specific genre being represented through the film. I individually wanted to a Drama/Action film. I wanted to do a sub-genre as i felt conveying one genre wouldn't be enough. I also would like to convey this genre because i feel as if it gives the audience more than one thing to focus on. If the audience have more then one thing to focus on, they will stay engaged. 

My personal idea was about a man who by day is a successful business man but by night is a city hero. This man saves kids from being attacked in a skate park. I believe this film had an element of action in it and i believed that the drama would naturally occur. The brief stated that this would have to be a Single Camera Production. I believe there are many advantages to single camera productions but there are also quite  a few disadvantages.

 One of the advantages of a single camera production is that the scenes don't have to be shot in order. This would mean that i could spend a specific day just filming the scenes in a location. This would not be possible in a multi camera production as there are too many cameras too handle.

One disadvantage of a single camera production is that the editing process is much longer. Due to there only being one camera, there will be loads of footage on just that camera. It will take a while for editors to produce final pieces. Also with a single camera production we would have to stop and set up again to cover different angles and shot types. This is extremely time consuming. In a multi camera production there will be more then one camera which means they will already have the angles covered with the other cameras.