Filming & Production

Multicam setup

Also called: multi-camera setup, two-camera setup, B-cam

The usual creator version is a wide camera on the main angle plus a closer B camera at a slight offset, so the edit can hide the joins in a monologue. Interviews use one camera per person and a wide. Preparation is what makes it work. Match frame rate, shutter and white balance across every body or the cut will show it, and give the editor a sync point at the top of each take, either a clap or matching timecode. Most editing software will line clips up automatically from their audio. The real cost lands afterwards: twice the cards, twice the batteries, roughly twice the assembly time.

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