Television Studio

STUDIO FLOOR

The studio floor is the actual stage on which the actions that will be recorded take place. A studio floor has the following characteristics and installations:

decoration and/or Set s

Cameras on Pedestal s

Microphone s

Lighting rigs and the associated controlling equipment.

several Video Monitor s for visual feedback from the production control room

a small Public Address system for communication

A glass window between PCR and studio floor for direct visual contact is usually desired, but not always possible

PRODUCTION CONTROL ROOM

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The production control room is the place in a television studio in which the composition of the outgoing program takes place. Facilities in a PCR include:

a Video Monitor wall, with monitors for program, preview, the VCRs, the cameras and most of the other video sources

Vision Mixer or "switcher"

audio Mixing Console and other audio equipment such as effects devices

Character Generator

Digital Video Effects and/or Still Frame devices (if not integrated in the vision mixer)

Technical Director 's station, with Waveform Monitor s, Vectorscope s and the Camera Control Unit s or remote control panels for the CCUs

VCRs may also be located in the PCR, but are also often found in the central machine room

MASTER CONTROL ROOM

The Master Control Room houses equipment that is too noisy or runs too hot for the production control room. It also makes sure that wire lengths and installation requirements keep within manageable lengths, since most high-quality wiring runs only between devices in this room. This can include:

The actual circuitry and connection boxes of the Vision Mixer , DVE and Character Generator devices

Camera Control Unit s

VCR s

Patch Panel s for reconfiguration of the wiring between the various pieces of equipment.

OTHER FACILITIES

A television studio usually has other rooms with no technical requirements beyond program and audio monitors. Among them are:

one or more Make-up and changing rooms

a reception area for crew, Talent , and visitors, commonly called the Green Room .

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Television Studio