Television studio
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A television studio, also called a television production studio, is an installation room in which
Studio floor
The studio floor is the actual stage on which the actions that will be recorded and viewed take place. A typical studio floor has the following characteristics and installations:
- decoration and/or sets
- professional video camera (sometimes one, usually several), typically mounted on pedestals
- microphones and foldback speakers
- stage lighting rigs and the associated Lighting control console, although it is often located in the production control room (PCR)
- several video monitorsfor visual feedback from the PCR
- a small public addresssystem for communication
- a glass window between the PCR and studio floor for direct visual contact is often desired, but not always possible
While a production is in progress, people composing a television crew work on the studio floor.
- the on-screen presenters themselves, and any guests - the subjects of the television show.
- a floor manager, who has overall charge of the studio area stage management, and who relays timing and other information from the television director.
- one or more pan tilt zoom camera(PTZ) heads.
- possibly a teleprompter operator, especially if this is a live television news broadcast
Production control room
The production control room is the place in a television studio in which the composition of the outgoing program takes place. The production control room is occasionally also called a studio control room (SCR) or a "gallery" – the latter name comes from the original placement of the director on an ornately carved bridge spanning the BBC's first studio at Alexandra Palace, which was once referred to as like a minstrels' gallery.[1]
The vast majority of devices in a PCR are interfaces for rack-mounted equipment that is located in the Central Apparatus Room (CAR).
Central apparatus room
The
- character generator (CG)
- camera control units (CCU)
- digital video effects(DVE)
- video routers
- video servers
- vision mixer (video switcher)
- VTRs
- patch panels
Master control room
The master control room in a US
Other facilities
A television studio usually has other rooms with no technical requirements beyond
- one or more make-up and changing rooms
- a reception area for crew, talent, and visitors, commonly called the green room
- an audience handling area
See also
- Broadcast engineering
- Electronic field production (EFP)
- Electronic news-gathering(ENG)
- Remote broadcast
- Outside broadcasting (OB)
- Television crew
- Television studies
- Production team
References
- ^ "Behind the scenes at the cradle of TV". BBC News. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011. Video of features of Alexandra Palace
- ^ "Television Studio Facilities / Components". Broadcast West. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
External links
Media related to Television studios at Wikimedia Commons