single camera

 A single camera is used for filmmaking and video production.  A single camera is hired on set and each shot to frame a scene is taken separately. A substitute production process is the ‘multi camera setup’ which uses two or more cameras running at once, and the film scene is run through from start to finish, frequently with minimum stoppage.

In single-camera, if a scene cuts back and forth between actor A and actor B, the director will initially aim the camera towards A and shoot shots number 1, 3, 5, 7, and others. Then onwards they will position the camera toward B and film shots 2,4,6,8 and many more. In addition, single camera productions is likely to gather the shooting of all the scenes that develop a certain set and cast while most multiple camera productions are taken in series, initially; the shooting progresses in order via the script.
Furthermore, single-camera productions tend to cluster the shooting of all the scenes that utilize a certain set and cast, while most multiple-camera productions are shot "in sequence" the shooting progressing sequentially through the script.

The link below is an example of single camera:
http://youtu.be/vTj3-2Fdvj0

The camera only focused on the main person that is talking and during his message there were no movement as they applied one camera to film. Since the video was slightely short and only featured one person in the scene, therefore a single camera was needed; however if there were one or more people included in the shot then they would have used a muliple camera to cover the video. Instead they used a single camera to shoot this as it focused on the key person only and it captures the emotions on his face as he gets his message across to the audience, there were no background noise or any other effects included, this is done in order for there to be no disruptions during the video and for the audience to be able to see him only and feel for him as they watch the clip.

The single camera setup allows the director to be in charge over each shot, however; is more consuming and expensive than multiple cameras. The alternative of single camera or multiple cameras setups is made individually from the option of film or video; this necessarily suggests either setup can be shot in either film or video, although multiple cameras setups shot on video can be exchanged from Live to Tape for the duration of the performance whereas setups shots on film entail that a mixture of camera angles be edited as one subsequently. The single camera setup initially extended throughout the beginning of the ‘Classical Hollywood Cinema’ in 1910s and has continued the regular method of production in the cinema. In television however, a multiple camera is just as universal.

Television producers make an individually choice to shoot in single camera or multiple camera form unlike film producers who virtually constantly choose for single camera shooting. In television, single camera is generally reserved for Prime Time Dramas, TV, Movies, Commercial Advertisements, Soap Operas, Talk Shows and Sitcoms.

Single-camera sitcoms are often notable for their improved visual style, use of real world filming site and in current years for not having a ‘Laugh Track’. Most single-camera sitcoms from the 1960s attach a laugh track, several of them do but not all of them, single-camera comedy series may also be recognised as Comedy Drama; a variety which combine comedic and dramatic element, on the other hand, the difference between a Single Camera sitcom and a Comedy Drama sequence is centred on the programme’s topic, not its structure.