Studio Equipment

• The grid is one of the main things in a TV studio it holds all the types of light which are used apart from the house lights which are the normal lights in the building
• A dimmer pack controls the power of the and so therefore can dim the lights.
• Overall the lighting desk controls the lights this is usally situated in the lighting control room.
• Square lights have flourescent tubes which are more efficient with power plus they also are much cooler and do not make the presenter get hot when doing the show.
• A Tungston light has a bulb which is circler
• The curtains which are used to cover up a dirty wall and gives a easyier colour to record on are called blacks
• A STOB box (Studio Terminal Out Box) controls the microphones and also control communications between the crew.
• An ideal floor for a TV studio would be concret as it is easy to move the camera around, carpet is not a good floor as it is thick and hard to move.
• The floor monitor shows the programme out
• A fire eixt and fire extinguisher should be fitted for safety
• A on air light
• Microphones, specifically shotgun microphones.
• A studio pedistal or a ped is wot a camera mounts on as these make the picture more smooth and less bumpy.
• On top of the ped is the pan and tilt head which can change the camera angel and tilt.
• The studio is the recording area.
• There are 2 control rooms, audio and visual. the audio room controls the microphones and the visual controls the camera.
• Vision mixing panel and light desk are in the vision control room