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Production Environment - The Studio Switching Video Effects

Physical Layout

• Control Room

– Houses all production Equipment

• Switcher / Audio / Tape Machines
• Electronics
• Studio

– Cameras – Lighting (Grid & instruments) – cyc (curtain or harwall)

• INFINITY WALL

Control Room

• Electronics
• Routing Switcher (Program / Preview Monitors)
• Tape Machines

– Record – Playback

• Check for Video Feed (line feed)
• Set VU Meters for audio (O db)
• Roll Tape (record / Play)
• Rewind (re-rack) tape

Intercom System

• PL (Private Line)

– 1 or 2 Channel

• IFB (interruptible foldback)

– communicate with talent

Control Room Monitor Stack

• Shows all available video sources

– Program & Preview – Cameras – VTRs – CG

CCU’s and Routing Switchers

• CCU (Camera Control Unit)

– Allows cameras to be set up remotely – Adjusts color / iris

• Routing switcher

– Studio Monitors – teleprompter

CG

• Character Generator

– Chyron

• Generates letters & or Graphics
• can stand alone
• or be superimposed on graphics

Teleprompter

• Allows text to be generated
• displayed on monitor on camera
• mirror displays text for talent to read

Audio Booth

• Audio Board

– Pot (Slide Fader)Potentiometer – Channel Strip – EQ – Mute / Solo – Gain – Sub channel (Record Feed) – Monitor control

• Control
• Audio Booth

Video Switcher

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Super (superimpose)

– simultaneous overlay of 2 pictures (double exposure)

• Key

– combine two video images electronically

• key / matte / matte key / chroma key

– Down Stream keyer (DSK)

• WIPE