Studio Equipment.

Flood Lights are necessary to provide strong, consistent lighting for the set, which is vital in order to achieve a clear, visible contrast for viewers. These lights however, are difficult to control as they act as somewhat of a big brother for the smaller, more specific soft and fill lights.

Soft Lights & Fill Lights are very energy efficient due to the ease of powering them. These lights also come equipped with “Barn doors” which act as shutters either side of the light which ensures ease of control when trying to focus the direction of the light.

Lighting Panels are necessary in order to focus the brightness of each light, lighting panels have an on screen guidance programme with faders to ensure the perfect level of brightness is focused on the set.

Dimmer Packs are vital as they ensure the outgoing power to the lighting as well as the control of voltage and watts powering each light.

Tally Lights inform the set of which camera is live. The tally light is a small red light which appears above the lens which helps the shows talent and the director which cameras view is feeding live.

Curtain Track is what circles around the set in the form of a metal rail which holds up a large black curtain, giving the set a simple background whilst also being cost and time efficient.

Stob Box is a piece of equipment which ensures connectivity between cameras and microphones the audio and visual panels in the control room, preventing needless space being taken up by loose and countless cables.

The Floor Monitor is a large screen which, during the groups live television production was behind the talent, portraying the live feed from each significant camera, informing the set of what is seen on the live feed by viewers.

The Audio Desk is located in the control room and monitors, edits and controls the level of distortion, volume and level of outgoing sound from the set. The audio desk is vital to the success of the production because it controls what the viewers hear.

The Camera Pedestal is what is necessary for a camera to have vertical movement, helping to achieve a clearer, better shot.