Pole Cameras - These are used to film the show and can me moved around the set on wheels. Before recording, the camera operator needs to adjust the cameras exposure, which is the amount of light entering through the lens. On the view finder you can see zebra bars if there is too much light, the perfect exposure is just as the zebra bars disappear. On the handles of the cameras there is a zoom control for any close up shots you may need.
Jib arm - To get better wide and long shots a camera is attached to the Jib arm on a long bar. This can be used for getting higher shots and zooming in towards the object at hand, or to get an overall shot of the set ads this would usually be placed at the back. A view finder is down low, so the Camera Operator can see the view from the camera.
Omni-Directional Clip Microphones - Omni-Directional means that the microphones can pick up sound from all around. These are clipped on the Talent, so the Sound Operators in the audio control room can control there sound levels so they aren't too distorted.
Directional Microphone - This is for the Studio Audience. Directional means that the microphone can pick up sound from a single set direction. These are used for the Studio Audience because this prevents the recording picking up any other sound effects, such as whispering . These microphones will only detect the clapping, this is attached to the Grid above the audience.
Talk-Backs/Cams - This is an audio communication device shared between; the director, floor manager, and camera operators. On the Studio Floor, these are the only people that need to be able to talk to the director, and even so the talk-back should only be used when extremely necessary. The main Talk-Back box is in the vision control room, which sits in front of the Director.
Vision Mixing Panel - This displays all of the cameras shots from the Studio Floor, on little separate screens. Below the screens there is a panel with different buttons. The buttons control, which camera is being used. For example if camera 1 needed to be used the VX would press button number 1. To fade in/out a camera to another camera, there is a second row of buttons exactly the same. For example; if camera 1 was on but the VX wanted a transition to camera 2, the VX would press button number 2 on the second row of buttons, and pull a lever to get the transition displayed.
Sound Mixing Panel - This is used to control the sound levels of the Talent and VT, using the faders. By using the faders, this allows equal sound levels of the Talent's speech. A master fader can also be used to adjust all of the sound levels at once. To make it easier to use, there are separate faders for each microphone. There is also a VU meter on the panel, which shows the Sound Operator, if the sound is too low or too high. For example, if the sound levels were reading to high on the VU meter from the Host, the Sound Operator would turn down the Host's fader.
The DVD Player - This allows the VT DVD to be played. DVD is an optical disc storage media format, which stores VT inserts and titles.
Lights and the Lighting Grid - The black metal poles that line the ceiling in a studio are called the lighting grid. This suspends the studio lights; there are many different kinds of lights. The back lights are lights with florescent tubes in, these give off soft light and they are used to fill in the background behind the talent. All lights have something called barn doors on them which limits or amplifies the amount of light given. The spot lights provide concentrated light onto the talent and give off hard light, this is used to light up the talent and make sure they are seen. The flood lights are sometimes called the scenery lights; they light up the scenery and do a similar job to the back lights. The dimmer pack is a large box in which the power to the lights runs through, it can be used to turn the power off, but it’s not advised. The "Blacks" are the studio name given to the black curtains that surround the room. They absorb any unwanted light from outside the studio.
STOB (Studio Terminal Outlet Box) Box - This is the box into which everything on the studio floor is plugged into. It controls audio and visual footage being passed through the signal flow.
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