Yes OK - In my rush mode, the US way of spelling things is better than my UK way!
Anyway, The first series of Fame Acamdemy 'performace' shows were done live from Shepperton Studios -and not the place the original poster of this thread said it was.
Fountain Studios in Wembley has 'the biggest purpose built Television Studio in the country'
The Fountain website is under reconstruction so no exact details.
Studio 1 at BBC TV Centre is larger than the biggest studio at the London Studios
Thanks Larry I thought TC1 shades in in size over St1 at the London Studios, but no much.
Interesting that Fountain say 'the biggest purpose built TV studio in the country'. I thought the complex was previously known as Wembley film studios before being converted into a TV facillity?
Thanks Larry I thought TC1 shades in in size over St1 at the London Studios, but no much.
There's not much in it, about 100-200 sq M. I think that the large London Studio is higher
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Interesting that Fountain say 'the biggest purpose built TV studio in the country'. I thought the complex was previously known as Wembley film studios before being converted into a TV facillity?
Not sure, it has been used as a TV studio since the 50's/60's, first by Redifussion, then LWT, then as an independant
In most broadcast circles Fountain's double studio is widely accepted as being the largest TV studio in the UK - as opposed to a film studio which has an OB truck parked outside (or even a small gallery tacked on).
The reason that you see "pixels" on close ups on "This Morning" is that they use a light reduction material called "Rosco" or something similar. If they didn't reduce the amount of daylight coming through the windows the background would burn out, or they'd cook the presenters with the amount of studio light they'd need.
Rosco is actually a metallic cloth-like material punctured with lots of tiny holes. Close up it looks almost opaque, but from a distance it looks semi-transparent, but massively cuts down the amount of light it passes through. It is better in some situations than easier to ND (Neutral Density) material over large areas - and doesn't crinkle or reflect as badly. However if you go too close (or horror of horrors, use a double sheet) you get moire effects between the CCD sensor in the camera and the hole structure (or between two sheets of the hole structure)