What is a 'run and gun' television shooting style?

What is a 'run and gun' television shooting style?

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A run and gun shooting style is handheld camera work. It doesn't have much of a coverage plan, other than the fact that it keeps things in frame, and follows the action. A run and gun crew is basically a camera man and a sound man. There's a camera assistant trailing along, handy to replace batteries and tapes. On a show like The Amazing Race, they don't have a camera assist. They just have a camera man, and an audio man.