TV Control Room

Studio Control Room (SCR) / Production Control Room (PCR) / Gallery: is a place in a TV studio, in which the arrangement of an outgoing program (live or recorded) takes place.

Facilities in a PCR include:

-       Video monitors: wall, with monitors for program, preview, VTRs, cameras, graphics and other video sources.

-       Vision mixer: used to select the multiple-camera setup and other various sources to be recorded or seen on air.

-       Audio mixer: for leveling and sweetening live audio.

-       Camera control unit (CCU): for powering the cameras, remotely.

-       Character Generator (CG): creates names and graphics, inserted into the lower third part of the TV screen

-       Digital video effects (DVE): for manipulation of video sources.

-       Waveform monitors: to show the level of video brightness and color. 

-       Intercom (Talk-back): for communication with guests and TV crew.

-       A library store: for storage of graphics, images, and videos.

Your Teams...

Dear students,

In order to produce two news bulletins during this term, as agreed in the class, we need the following posts to be filled:

Two Senior Broadcast Journalists, each one will be supervising a team of the following members:

(2) Broadcast Journalists (They are going to edit their reports themselves) / one of them will play an Interview Producer as well + (1) Correspondent (i.e. to report from another university) + (1) Sports Reporter + (2) Anchors + (1) Director + (1) Cameraman (i.e. for external shooting).

Candidates for the post of Anchor should be interviewed first by a board of four (Me + Miss. Nehal + a student from the class representing the audience + a professional BBC journalist from Cairo office) - Presentation, as well as the whole bulletin, will be in English. Both Anchors must be very good in it.

Please, make sure the two teams are already formed by Monday 15 October.

Training on editing and shooting should start ASAP as well. Next week you will be trained on making reports. The week after you will have to submit your reports. That's why you need to be fully aware of how to shoot and edit.

Good luck!

Some of my BBC reports...

TV Newsroom Hierarchy

A TV Newsroom: How It Simply Works

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  At the top of a TV newsroom is the news director (editor-in-chief), who manages the day-to-day operations. He/she may exercise significant judgment over presentation of the news broadcast.

  Reporting to the editor-in-chief are a producer (senior broadcast journalist / SBJ), who manages production of content and provide guidance for the development of stories. SBJs book satellite feeds and manage the timing of the show.

  Assignment editors, who may also report to the editor-in-chief, assign stories to reporters and broadcast journalists (BJs) based on tips, items on the newswires and competitors' broadcasts. Reporters generally report to SBJs.

News Production Personnel

Nontechnical News Production personnel:

Producer (Senior Broadcast Journalist): In charge of producing a news bulletin and responsible for all personnel working on the production process and for coordinating technical and nontechnical production elements. Often serves as writer and occasionally as director.

Production assistant (PA) or Broadcast Assistant (BA): Assists producer and director during actual production. During rehearsal takes notes of producer’s and/or director’s suggestions for show improvement.

News director (Editor-in-charge): In charge of all news operations and bears ultimate responsibility for all newscasts.

Assignment editor: Assigns reporters to specific events to be covered.

Reporter: Gathers the stories. Often reports on-camera from the field.

Video journalist (VJ): Reporter who shoots and edits his or her own footage.

Script writer: At smaller stations (e.g. BBC Arabic) and in corporate television, the scripts are often written by the director or producer.

Anchor: Principal presenter of newscast, normally from a studio set.

Director: In charge of directing talent and technical operations and ultimately responsible for transforming a script into effective video and audio messages. At small stations may often be the producer as well.

Floor manager: In charge of all activities on the studio floor. Coordinates talent, relays director’s cues to talent, and supervises floor personnel. Except for large operations, is responsible for setting up scenery and dressing the set - Also called floor director and stage manager.

Art director: In charge of the creative design aspects of show (set design, location, and/or graphics).

Graphic artist: Prepares computer graphics, titles, charts, and electronic backgrounds.

Makeup artist: Does the makeup for all talent.

Costume designer (Stylist): Supervises how the talent look like on screen.

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 Technical News Production personnel:

Sound designer: Constructs the complete sound track (dialogue and sound effects) in post-production.

Camera operators: Operate the cameras.

Director of photography (DOP): In charge of compositing the shots and occasionally lighting the studio

Lighting director (LD): In charge of lighting.

Audio technician: In charge of all audio operations. Works audio console during the show - Also called audio engineer.

Character generator (C.G.) operator: Types and/or recalls from the computer the names and other graphic material to be integrated with the video image.

Video / picture editor: Operates post-production editing equipment. Often makes or assists in creative editing decisions.

A BBC News Bulletin To Study