A large proportion of broadcast, satellite, cable television programmes and corporate conference work is produced using a multi-camera production technique. The programme formats vary from sports coverage, pop concerts, audience discussions, state occasions, game shows to relays of opera and concerts. Multi-camera technique has its own distinct discipline, equipment and operational procedures compared to the single camera, single shot technique practised in film and lightweight video camera operation.
Whereas in the past, broadcast camera operators were trained in the basic skills of multi-camera work and then moved on to single camera operation, many camera operators now start their careers in the single camera mode and have little ...
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