Multi-camera is a method of filming when you use more than one camera, they are simultaneously recording something at once. Generally they use the V shape formation, the outer right camera will film the left hand side of the studio and vice versa for the outer left camera. They do this to cover the whole studio, they normal use close up shots on the the guests or presenters. Different angles, use of alternate angles allow shots to be obtained in a single take without having to stop and start the action. This reduces time making and editing the footage. For example on Strictly come dancing the camera's will get different angles on the Dancing when they are dancing to get full coverage of all the dancing and when the judges are giving the scores on the performance, by using mulit-camera they can switch from the judges to the contestants to catch their reactions. Also they can use it to Keep up with pace of show, during the dancing we can see that when the tempo of the song increases so does the switching of camera's via the vision mixer, he will speed up the change of camera to keep with the pace of the dance.
In deal or no deal they create relationships in a few ways to communicate the meaning , firstly by having the same contestants on each week it allows the viewers to know a bit about them, which is constantly building a character as each show goes along. So when it comes to be their turn to play the game, the viewers already have a view on that person. They use the multi-camera to keep switching between all the different contestants, to show their emotions and how they react to the show. It allows the audience to have a sense of familarity with the viewers. So by using multi-camera it allows to see different people almost instantly, where as using one camera would be next to impossible. Also deal or no deal have quite quick changes in pace during the show which makes it more exciting, when they go to open the box its quite slow paced, tension building and once the box it opened it completely changes and the pace increases creating excitement. This creates a brand image for the show of a exciting show, which is only possible by using multi-camera due to the quick switches. They use it also to create at the beggining of the show to create some excitement because the audience doesnt know whos going to picked, so the multi-camera switches quickly through all the contestants to create a sense of excitement and randomization. They also can use these changing of paces to create tension, for example they slow the pace down of the show and the switches of camera's will slow down to this. Then it will speed it up if they get a low amount of money to create excitement again.
They keep the viewers interest in many ways, first is by having different celebrities on the show each week to add some variety, they tend to also get quite well known celebrities also that the viewers/audience will be interested in. Also by creating this interview style show Alan Carr can get information from the guests that everybody wants to know, for example in his interview with beady drive he finds out why Oasis split up and formed Beady drive. This maintains the viewer’s interest because it specifically aims at its target audience. Another way they maintain the viewers interest on Jonathon ross, when they quickly switch to the green room to show who is coming up next on the show. This makes the viewers keep watching if they like that certain Celebrity, they could only do this with multi-camera.
The size of the studio is quite a big issue, with it being a smaller studio it restricts the company to certain things. For example if they wanted to use a larger prop e.g a bus, they simply wouldn’t be able to do it. They get around this by using OB's which stands for outside broadcast, by doing these it makes it difficult because they have to take all the camera's and equipment outside with them. Also they have to use a OB truck, which have galleries inside the actual truck, although these are useful they cost a considerable amount of money. However the size of the studio is quite a big issue, with it being a smaller studio it restricts the company to certain things. For example if they wanted to use a larger prop e.g a bus, they simply wouldn’t be able to do it. Also with this being a small studio show, the audience may not be able to make it into the studio on that day and it provides problems because their would be visible gaps in the audience, which wouldn't look very professional. So their is a level of unpredictability with the audience. They can get around this by using their own employee's to fill some of the seats or only use certain camera shots.
