Studio and outside broadcast camerawork

Across the wide range of camera techniques employed by film and video camera operators there are certain shared skills that are common to all forms of camerawork. Standard conventions in composition, camera movement and editing requirements (with small variations) are to be seen in the highest budgeted Hollywood blockbuster through to the modest two-minute regional magazine insert. Multi-camera camerawork shares these common characteristics with the addition of a few specialist requirements.

The layout of this manual identifies the following skills needed by a cameraman working on a multi-camera production:

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