Single camera productions only use one camera, directors and producers use this method as it can make the audience feel more involved in the action sequences.It also has the capability to let the audience bond with the main protagonist better as a single camera can limit what the audience sees similar to the main character the camera is metaphorically attached to. Having a single camera also removes the risk of seeing another camera in shot. (The image below is a screenshot of Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets as a member of the camera crew operating a camera representing another perspective is seen in shot.)
Lighting:
Lighting in single camera production is seen as easier to manipulate as the director and lighting specialists do not have to worry about getting good lighting for all the cameras. During single camera productions actor have to use 'cues' for when and where the are meant to walk into frame as lighting effects can be planned and can only be used effectively from one camera angle, for example a train going past a wind shinning light on to a character A face in a dark room. By the director doing this he can relate the audience to Character B as the director and camera crew are restricting what the audience can see to what Character B can see. The lighting specialist and director can use mirrors to provide natural light when unmovable objects get in the way. (see below)
Lighting in single camera production is seen as easier to manipulate as the director and lighting specialists do not have to worry about getting good lighting for all the cameras. During single camera productions actor have to use 'cues' for when and where the are meant to walk into frame as lighting effects can be planned and can only be used effectively from one camera angle, for example a train going past a wind shinning light on to a character A face in a dark room. By the director doing this he can relate the audience to Character B as the director and camera crew are restricting what the audience can see to what Character B can see. The lighting specialist and director can use mirrors to provide natural light when unmovable objects get in the way. (see below)
An example of lighting cues in television programs is in BBC1's Silent Witness,Series 9, Episode 2.
Were a man in a wheel chair prepares to tell the protagonists the truth that is that he sold the firearms to the gangsters who killed the people. (see below)
The reason the director does this is to set the tone and to tell the audience that the character has a darker side and can foreshadow possible events.
The director can place mirrors to reflect light if there is insufficient lighting for the scene as the mirrors cannot be scene in the view of the single camera.
Sound:
The advantages of using a single camera is microphones can be placed in areas that the camera cannot see unlike in multiple camera productions where it is harder to hide microphones that will not be seen by the other cameras. In single camera productions sound specialists and director when filming from afar the character can have a conversation and after the shoot the characters can use a recording suite to capture the audio at a better quality.
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