Video Production for the Society for the Assistance of the Earth in a Virtual Video Studio

When we think of a television studio, we imagine many cameras and expensive equipment. Something that costs a real fortune and only large companies can afford. It is quite difficult to imagine that all of this can be replaced with an ordinary laptop computer containing appropriate software. In any case, nowadays it is certainly possible, and it has also been proven in practice that an individual, group or society with a smaller budget can afford a video studio that will work. Whose output product will be of sufficient quality to compete in the market even with large production houses.

Problem

When we think of a television studio, we imagine many cameras and expensive equipment. Something that costs a real fortune and only large companies can afford. And in principle, this is of course true.

However, a smaller video studio can also be equipped for relatively little money. Technological progress has enabled cameras to become increasingly accessible to practically everyone. They are becoming smaller and cheaper, whilst at the same time containing more and more functions.

The same applies to other equipment. The stereotypical representation of a studio, for instance a control room in a studio, is a large mixing desk or several of them and a pile of large monitors.

Solution and Method

It is quite difficult to imagine that all of this can be replaced with an ordinary **laptop computer ** containing appropriate software. Just as it was difficult to imagine a few decades ago that the then super computer, which was the size of a room, could be replaced by a small tablet computer the size of a suitcase. Nevertheless, they tested software that replaces large mixing desks and several monitors and were delighted. The 'studio in a suitcase' works just as well as a studio the size of a room.

Well, almost as well. Professionals were able to list quite a few shortcomings for us. The fact that for little money you cannot expect top quality at this moment still holds true, at least as far as studio equipment is concerned.

But time passes and technology continues to develop in the direction of increasingly smaller and increasingly powerful apparatus. Mechanical parts are being replaced by software solutions.

Results

In any case, nowadays it is certainly possible, and it has also been proven in practice, that an individual, group or society with a smaller budget can afford a video studio that will work. Whose output product will be of sufficient quality to compete in the market even with large production houses. We can summarise that they were satisfied with the production of the mentioned programme in the new studio.

The work proceeded without major deviations, the result was good. Regardless of how much money and what equipment we have available, even today, just as decades ago and I believe also in the future, the quality of the final product is most influenced by how much knowledge we possess. Without this, even the best equipment does not help us.