Studio Systems

Studio design and live production, explained.

Short episodes from 20+ years of building studios, running control rooms and putting live shows on screens, from podcast rooms to OB trucks and festival main stages.

Shooting for Vision Pro: How Immersive Video Actually WorksEpisode 13 · 2:57 · How shooting for Vision Pro and other headsets changes production: spatial vs 360 vs Apple Immersive, 180-degr...Control Room Design: Who Sits Where, Monitors, Comms & the CAREpisode 12 · 2:58 · How a broadcast control room is designed: who sits where on the production desk, multiviewers and tally, HD-SD...How Concert Tours Really Work (and Why Bands Ban Brown M&Ms)Episode 11 · 2:45 · Concert touring logistics from a technical director who worked Taylor Swift's Fearless Tour and the Super Bowl...How to Use AI in Video Production: Generated vs Hybrid vs VFXEpisode 10 · 2:23 · Three ways to use AI in production: fully generated, hybrid, and AI inside VFX and post. Platforms vs APIs, wh...Bells & Lights: How Studios Keep Monsters Off SetEpisode 9 · 1:05 · A Halloween guide to soundstage etiquette: the red wig-wag light outside the door, stage bells (one long bell ...How to Go Viral (According to the Internet)Episode 8 · 0:56 · Eight rules for viral short-form video, acted out in a TV studio: the one-second hook, animals, near misses, o...Studio Lighting vs Concert Lighting: Light for the Lens or the Room?Episode 7 · 1:59 · Why the same show can look amazing from the crowd and terrible on camera: three-point studio lighting, the McC...Festival IMAG Explained: Cameras, Lumens, LED Pixel Pitch & CommsEpisode 6 · 3:50 · How to plan IMAG and big screens for a festival stage, from the VJ for Daft Punk's 2006 Coachella set: box len...Game Day Inside an OB Truck: Who Does What When It's Truly LiveEpisode 5 · 2:18 · Who does what inside an outside broadcast (OB) truck at a live sports game: the front bench, shading, replay, ...ATEM vs TriCaster: Which Switcher, and Where NDI FitsEpisode 4 · 1:26 · Blackmagic ATEM vs TriCaster for live production, and how NDI moves video, audio, tally and camera control ove...Building a Studio on a Budget: 3 Things That Ruin the ShowEpisode 3 · 1:29 · A budget studio lives or dies on sound, tally and talkback. What to fix first, before buying a better camera....Livestream Checklist: 3 Checks Before You Go LiveEpisode 2 · 1:09 · A pre-show checklist for any livestream or recording: check the inputs, check what actually reaches the audien...Before You Buy a Camera: 5 Questions That Shape a StudioEpisode 1 · 3:35 · Planning a studio? Start with five questions before the gear list: the program, the delivery path, the operato...