AV News 197 - August 2014
I hope that you will forgive my reminiscences of twelve very happy years at the
BBC but just hearing the name brought all the memories flooding back. Having
got that out of my system, I think I had better return to my outing report!
Our first port of call was a fully automated studio where all the control, faders
and music input are controlled by computers. To present your programme all you
had to do was press a button and the whole desk rose up to your level - all
extremely clever ..... and not an engineer anywhere in sight.
On to the 'Question of Sport'
studio where, apart from the front
set piece, all the screens were
covered with drapes. After a quick
peek into the 'Green Room' which
had an abundent supply of tea and
coffee standing by, it was on to the
Drama studio.
The first thing you see when you
enter the studio is a door with lots
of different knobs, handles and
locks with which you can produce
various sound effects as required. At the side of the studio was a room where the
walls were completely covered with foam that deadens all sounds - this is called
an 'Anechoic Chamber'. The actors are not allowed to be in there for longer than
ten minutes due to them starting to hear their heart beating and the blood rushing
up to their brain - this I know from experience having once spent ten minutes
filming in one at Salford University.
After