Studio Equipment

Lots of equipment is used in the studio, and it all has it's own individual purpose;

Cool Lights -
They are used to fill the studio with even light to strop shadows being created, usually used in tv productions such as quiz shows, music shows ect.

Tungstan Lights-
These are the opposing lights to the cool lights, they are used to create shadow, and enable the veiwers to see depth in the set and on screen.

Curtain Tracks -
The rails that the curtains are hung from to allow easy accsess and movement of them.


STOB (Studio Terminal Outlet Box)-
This is the box which is the first link to the microphone.
(see signal flow diagram)

Floor Monitor -
This is mainly used in quiz shows such as the one we have produced, it was used in ours to allow the contestants an easy accsess to the VT inserts without having to turn around to see the big TV screen.

On Air Light-
This allows people outside of the studio to see that a recording is taking place and should not be interrupted.

Suspended Mics-
These are used to catch any sound that the boom mic or talent mics might not pick up.

Sony z-2's Mounted On Ped's-
These are the cameras that are used in the tv studio, they are easy to use with manual and auto focus option. They are on peds so this allows camera movements such as crabbing and 'pedding' up and down very easy.

Audio Desk -
This is the desk which is in the Audio room, people using the desk can change any settings and music to be changed and played throug
out the studio for recording.

Vision Mixing Panel -
This allows the vision mixers to cut from camera to camera and change the sixe ect of the shot.

Lighting Desk -
This controls all the lighting in the studio.

DvD-
This is used for the VT dvd, and can ve recorded on to directly.