October 1998
Beginner
192 pages
3h 52m
English
Having seen how the roles of many operators can be partially run by computers, studios are beginning to appear that are built around their newsroom and automation systems. They use just two operators during the busy parts of the day, reducing to one in the quiet spells.
In control rooms with just one or two people there clearly is no place for a director who has no actual operational role. These new studios use one technical director and a sound supervisor, or two technical directors who swap roles after a few hours.
The technical director directs the programme, and also vision mixes. Additionally he may control robotic cameras, stills stores and other vision sources. There will without doubt be a ...
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