Case study 2 Broke Girls

Coverage of action...
Four cameras situated in both of the corners of the stage in front of the studio audience, and the other two are in the middle of the other two cameras they can usually rotate around the studio. There's mainly mid shots and wide shots used throughout as well as tracking shots as they walk from one section of the stage to another such as the diner to the kitchen and panning with a through cutaways of the city and buildings throughout and of course the customary close ups or slow zoom to show emotion. The actual show itself is filmed on various sets within the studio that are made to look like New York City. 

Communicating meaning...
As its a sit-com the aim is to make the audience laugh and relate to the characters and their storyline. some over the shoulder shots as if your getting a point view shot or as if your apart of the shot. Cutting between characters as they speak to see their facial expressions when they talk and their body language, wide shots to show action within a scene and close up shots to see reactions.

Visual style...
Given that the storyline is these girls being poor and living on the breadline and it being set in New York (Williamsburg) there is cutaways that show this as well as them saying it over and over again throughout the show. Both the apartment and diner have a very basic layout, outdated and messy. The uniforms they have to wear look cheap and something from the 70s/80s. Both girls have different ways of style Max dresses revealing sometimes and messy as if most of her clothes come from charity shops and Caroline as her character was once rich has a more classy look about her wearing always wearing pearls around her neck so it makes us think the only thing she left home with was her clothes. The theme song is called "second chance" subliminal messaging that thats what the show is about second chances and at the end of each episode it has an on screen amount that appears letting us know just how much they've saved up from their business.

Viewer interest...
Because it is filmed in front of a live studio audience and filmed for TV they try to keep both audiences interested through the jokes that are told and the cutaways of the city with snippets of there backing track to break it up. The change of scenery, same layout in pretty much every episode of series 1 starting of in the diner with a one on one joke setting the scene. By using a mix of camera angles they keep the audiences interest as they are seeing a different thing on screen also I think that given the scenery changes to different sets throughout but always goes back to the dinner a comforting place in each episode.

Constraints...
The studio audience atmosphere can seem a bit tense as each joke may have been repeated multiple times or some scenes may have to be changed to gain a stronger reaction of laughs from the audience. They try to get as many people as possible to be there for each recording for a more realistic laugh from the audience so there is limited seating. Due to each set being small the amount of space can be a constraint as to where to put the cameras for maximum footage and not block the audiences view of the. Show.

Multi camera...
The use of using four or more cameras is so you can get a constant recording from various angles but also the idea of having a back up camera for those rare cases of camera breakdown. By using multiple cameras they are able to get the same scene filmed from various different angles in one hit means less pausing and redoing.