Television Studio - Studio Floor

Studio Floor

The sister studio for Al Jazeera English in use, November 2011

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

• decoration and/or sets
• professional video camera (sometimes one, usually several) on pedestals
• microphones
• stage lighting rigs and the associated controlling equipment.
• several video monitors for visual feedback from the production control room (PCR)
• a small public address system for communication
• a glass window between PCR and studio floor for direct visual contact is usually desired, but not always possible

While a production is in progress, people composing a television crew work the studio floor.

• the on-screen "talent" themselves, and any guests - the subjects of the television show.
• a floor manager, who has overall charge of the studio area stage management, and who relays timing and other information from the television director.
• one or more camera operators who operate the professional video cameras, though in some instances these can also be operated from the PCR using remotely controlled robotic pan tilt zoom camera (PTZ) heads.
• possibly a teleprompter operator, especially if this is a live television news broadcast