STUDIOS
Studio B113 has five production studios available to realize your creative content. Studio spaces are generally available 9 hours a day. From lectures to hands-on demos to voiceovers, each studio has been designed with unique characteristics to allow for a wide variety of productions. Feel free to virtually explore the various spaces or check out the Studio Ideas page for finished examples.
Studios E & F (B113E and B113F) are small spaces, typically used for lectures or other scenarios where 1-2 people are addressing the audience. They are by far the most frequented studios. They are virtually identical, allowing 2 lectures/recordings to happen simultaneously (1 in each studio). The black walls and studio lights highlight the speaker(s) while not being distracting. Adding a secondary stream, such as a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation, laptop screen capture, or even an iPad, allows for a variety of delivered content. Instructors can stand or sit at the table.
Podcasts are a great way to deliver content. Interviews, discussions, or even lectures can sometimes be easier to consume in a podcast format versus watching a video. Studio G has been set up to get high-quality audio while being a comfy environment for longer content.
The Audio Booth is the smallest and most isolated space designed for a single person at a time. We can record voiceovers, vocals, ADR, or even instruments. The space is connected to our control room so a person in the audio booth can get feedback on their performance.
The Classroom Studio is unique for a couple of reasons. First, there are 5 cameras mounted on the wall that are less obtrusive to a class and allow us to capture different angles; changing shots throughout a recording. The classroom will allow for up to 30 people to be present/participate in a recording. The classroom has been host to cooking courses, guest lectures, group activities, and interviews to name only a few.
Studio J (B113J) is a 'sandbox' space. It can be whatever is needed. We've built sets, had musical performances, set up a green screen, and even filled the room with fog. Like all of our studios, Studio J is soundproof.
Our setup is designed to create high-quality content economically. Each studio is unique in what equipment permanently lives there. We have large displays that allow the presenter to a presentation that is being recorded, and switchers to cut between cameras, laptops, and iPads. We have a 'lightboard' which is a piece of glass, similar to a whiteboard, that you can write on and then we flip the image, live, so the writing to oriented to the camera.
One of the central pieces of technology is our CMS (content management system) Panopto. Most of our recordings are stored in a secure, cloud-based, management system. Even most editing takes place in the cloud which allows for quick delivery. Each Panopto session has a myriad of features such as a search that looks at spoken audio as well as text found in presentation slides, speed control (to speed up or slow down a video) with pitch correction, the ability to write notes, post discussions, and insert quizzes just to name a few.
