Single Camera (Comedies)

Single Camera (Comedies)

The episode I decided to analyse is series 3 of the Inbetweeners; episode one. I will be focusing on four characters, which are the main characters in the series. The first character I will be discussing is Will Mckenzie, Will is the main character in this sitcom and takes the role of the matriarch in the whole programme. The reason why this is, is that Will likes to tell people off if he think something isn’t right, he also the more sensible and the most mature one out of the four characters. Simon Cooper is the second as he takes the role of the fatherly figure in the series, although a bit more immature than Will, he also knows where to draw the line. He steps up when he thinks something isn’t right or whether they are being immature in a situation. The third and fourth are characters Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland, Jay is known for the role of being the naughty little brother of the four, he doesn’t know when to stop and winds everybody else up in process. Jay is also the most immature out of all the characters, and in my opinion his character is the funniest. Finally the fourth character Neil Sutherland, he take the role of being the dopey older sister, majority of the time Neil is clueless as to what is going on, as well as Jay he also can be immature but is sometimes unknown of it, he is immature in a way that Neil only can, meaning he doesn’t think about his actions and in a way doesn’t care about the outcome.

In this particular episode act one is where the four are in the car on the way to school and ending when Mr. Gilbert calls Will into his office. This is where plot point one starts, Gilbert asks Will to volunteer in helping out in the fashion show, during the time in his office counts as plot point one, introducing to the viewers properly about the fashion show and asking Will to help, this then sets the scene for act two of the episode. Act two is the fashion show; act two is the biggest out of all three acts and at some point shows the second and last plot point. The second plot point isn’t introduced until near the end of the episode, the second plot point is when Carly asks Simon to model with her as she sacked someone. We immediately see the last plot point fully when Simon walks onto the stage unnoticing that his testicle is where it shouldn't be. This would be the last plot point introducing us then to act three. Act three is the final act of the whole episode and usually the shortest, in this time the characters and their lifestyle (in this case back to school) goes back to normal and the characters discuss between themselves about the day they just had. This sitcom is what is known as a closed narrative, the storyline will not recur to another episode and probably won’t be mentioned in the series again. Lots of camera techniques are used in this episode, some including, single camera shots, high, low and mid shots. An example of a mid shot  at the very start of the scene where the four are in the car, there is a close up of Jays face as he is driving, in this scene, mid shots and close ups are mostly used.