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studio floorclick to hear

Room designed for recording television program sounds and images; it might be soundproof or not.
studio floor cables camera microphone boom tripod microphone boom microphone cyclorama floodlight test pattern floodlight on pantograph lighting grid spotlight curtain

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camera click to hear

Filming device whose optical system separates light into the three primary colors and converts it into electronic signals for broadcast.

microphone boom tripod click to hear

Very stable three-sided support on wheels.

microphone boom click to hear

Arm from which a microphone is suspended and positioned above the performers’ heads and thus off-camera.

microphone click to hear

Device that converts electric pulses into broadcast or recorded sounds.

cyclorama click to hear

Fixed or removable backdrop around the set of a program; it is used to produce various visual effects.

floodlight click to hear

Light with a wide beam that is used to illuminate an entire scene.

test pattern click to hear

Image used to calibrate and adjust various camera settings.

floodlight on pantograph click to hear

Broad light that is mounted on an expandable support whose height can be adjusted.

lighting grid click to hear

Grid used to hold the spotlights.

spotlight click to hear

Small multidirectional light providing localized illumination of an actor or part of a set.

curtain click to hear

Movable piece of cloth used as set decoration.