A television studio, also called a television production studio, is an installation room in which

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s take place, either for the production of

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and its recording onto

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or other media such as SSDs, or for the acquisition of raw

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for

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. The design of a studio is similar to, and derived from, movie studios, with a few amendments for the special requirements of television production. A professional television studio generally has several rooms, which are kept separate for noise and practicality reasons. These rooms are connected via '

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' or an

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, and personnel will be divided among these workplaces.

Studio floor

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The studio floor is the actual stage on which the actions that will be recorded and viewed take place. A typical studio floor has the following characteristics and installations: * decoration and/or

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(sometimes one, usually several), typically mounted on

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s and foldback speakers *

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rigs and the associated

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, although it is often located in the

production control room The production control room (PCR) or studio control room (SCR) is the place in a television studio in which the composition of the outgoing program takes place. The production control room is occasionally also called an SCR or a gallerythe latte ...

(PCR) * several

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s for visual feedback from the PCR * a small

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system for communication * a glass window between the PCR and studio floor for direct visual contact is often desired, but not always possible Late night talk show view from an audience seat

Late night talk show view from an audience seat

While a production is in progress, people composing a

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work on the studio floor. * the on-screen presenters themselves, and any guests - the subjects of the

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. * a

floor manager A floor manager or floor director is a member of the crew of a television show. The floor manager is responsible for giving information from the director in the control room, to the crew on the studio floor, and then back to the director. Duties * ...

, who has overall charge of the studio area

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, and who relays timing and other information from the

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. * one or more

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s who operate the

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s, though in some instances these can also be operated from the PCR using remotely controlled robotic pan tilt zoom camera (PTZ) heads. * possibly a

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operator, especially if this is a

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Production control room

The production control room is the place in a television studio in which the composition of the outgoing program takes place. The production control room is occasionally also called a studio control room (SCR) or a "gallery"the latter name comes from the original placement of the director on an ornately carved bridge spanning the

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Studio floor

Production control room

Central apparatus room

Master control room

Other facilities

See also

References

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