CHAPTER 12 MULTI-CAMERA SHOOTS
There are two types of multi-camera shoot: a program shot in the studio and an outside broadcast (OB). The roles people perform and the techniques involved are very similar for both. But there are two important differences between any multi-camera shoot and a single-camera location shoot.
The first major difference between a multi-camera shoot and a single-camera location shoot is the number of people involved. In theory a single camera unit can consist of just one person fulfilling the roles of director, camera operator, sound recordist and reporter. On a multi-camera shoot the team consists of camera operators, sound crew, lighting crew, the vision mixer, vision control, engineers, tape operators, the designer, ...
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