Planet PC is pleased to present our new ‘On-Air’ range of creative media studios especially designed for the secondary curriculum. The range comprises three fully inclusive live video production solutions. Two are mobile Planet StudioBox kits, containing everything required to successfully integrate creative media technology into the cross curricular teaching learning process and one is a fixed TV studio designed for installation into a dedicated learning space.

On-Air TV Studio - Take 3
The Planet TV studio is a fixed solution which builds on the scope of the mobile kits by providing a full broadcast based environment using all disciplines found in a professional broadcast quality TV studio. This solution is designed to take students through the complete process of making a TV programme or film. It provides greater scope for collaborative team work and typically students would be split into small teams to run a curricular project or a live production in the studio.

One team would adopt the role of researchers and journalists responsible for writing the scripts with a second team working on the studio floor adopting roles as camera operators, autocue operators, presenters and floor managers. Finally a third team would work in the studio gallery on video titling, virtual sets, live video production and sound and vision mixing. A final person would be allocated the important role of communication with the entire team via a talkback system.

The Planet TV studio is designed to fulfil the following disciplines:

• Researching and scriptwriting
  
• Prompting
  
• Planning and storyboarding
  
• Multi camera filming
  
• Versatile audio work
  
• Lighting with stands
  
• Enhanced chroma key work incorporating a fixed curtain and enhanced floor work
  
• Virtual set technology
  
• Customisable video titling
  
• Enhanced live video production with hardware control surface
  
• Enhanced video monitoring
  
• Enhanced video editing post production capability
  
• Communication via talkback for synchronisation of productions
  
• Delivery of a final production
  
• Live broadcast and streaming

• Storyboarding software
  
• 2 x camcorders with tripods and dolly’s
  
• Boom microphone and 2 x tie clip microphones
  
• 4m x 3m chroma key curtain on a wall mounted curtain track
  
• Chroma key floor mats and accessories
  
• 2 x on-camera prompters
  
• Live video production hardware
  
• Hardware control surface
  
• Additional virtual set options
  
• Enhanced video monitoring with multiviewer and programme out.
  
• Personalised video titling
  
• Lighting on floor stands
  
• Talkback system
  
• Wall boxes, connectors and site specific cable set
  
• Full standard installation and project management service included*
  
• Training and set up guide on DVD
  
• Specialist 1 day on-site training on the TV studio and the workflow