Single-camera setup

film or video production principally using only one camera

The single-camera setup, or single-camera mode of production, also known as Portable Single camera is a method of filmmaking and video production.

Diagram Showing a Single-camera setup.

The single-camera setup originally developed during the birth of the Classic Hollywood Cinema in the 1910s and has remained the standard mode of production for cinema; in television, both single cameras and multiple-camera productions are common.