Studio Technology

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Department of Radioelectronics

Synopsis:

The course gives basic knowledge of elements and systems used in television and radio professional and semiprofessional studio technology and of technology of radio and television production and broadcasting. Expected apriori knowledge is on the level of courses 37TEL and 37ZVT. Laboratory exercises are situated in a small school tv studio and are completed with professional excursions.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction, history of television studio technology

2. Television studio complex, television production - example of tv production

3. Television studio - requirements, elements and system of lighting

4. Television camera chain - blocking diagram, objectives, sensors, signal processing

5. Television studio formats (ITU-R 601, SDI, DV), measurement in studio technology

6. Television editing - principles and realisation of video editing (colour keying, etc.)

7. Non-linear editing (principles), virtual studio (principles, definition of camera position)

8. Recording of video signal - principles and systems of magnetic and optical recording

9. Television postproduction, broadcasting formats (profiles of standard MPEG-2)

10. Audio studio - requirements, recording of the sound (voice, musical instruments)

11. Audio production - principles, methods and systems of audio signal processing

12. Recording of audio signal - principles and systems of magnetic and optical recording

13. Audio postproduction and formats of audio signal (Musicam, MP3, system DAB)

14. Summary, measurement of image and sound quality - subjective and objective methods

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction - organisation of exercises, requirements for credits

2. Introduction to laboratory exercise, preparation of scenario, numerical exercises

3. Measurement of image quality after repeated recording - resolution, signal to noise ratio

4. Measurement on stereoscopic tv system - measurement of binocular disparity range

5. Exercises on tv camera and lighting technique - camera shooting, influence of lighting,

6. Exercises on non-linear editing card - introduction to DV Master non-linear editing card

7. Making of videoclip - adjustment of scene and lighting, shooting after prepared scenario

8. Making of videoclip - completing of the shooting, videoediting on the DV Master card

9. Making of videoclip - videoediting (making effects, chroma keying, inserting titles, etc. )

10. Making of videoclip - completing of the editing; recording on S-VHS and/or CD

11. New professional studio technology (seminar of Sony Czech with examples)

12. Educational excursion to audio technology (Czech radio or audio studio, etc. )

13. Educational excursion to video technology (Czech television or Czech Digital Group, ...)

14. Summary, presentation of videoclip, test, credits

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Tekalp, A M.: Digital Video Processing. Prentice Hall.1995

2. Wurtzel, A., Rosenbaum, J.: Television Production. McGraw-Hill. 1995

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - High-frequency and Microwave Technology- structured studi (compulsory elective course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Opto-electric Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Radio Communications, Navigation and Radar Systems- struc (compulsory elective course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Multimedia, Sound and Television Technology- structured s (compulsory elective course)
• Telecommunications and Radio-engineering - Telecommunications- structured studies (compulsory elective course)