Articles
Practical writing on studio setup, cameras, lighting, sound and live show routines from the jurnexio team.
Our articles cover the everyday craft of studio production, from laying out a floor to calling cues in a live gallery. New pieces appear about once a day, each aimed at crews and small studios.
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· Lighting DesignLighting a News Desk: A Step-by-Step Guide from Key Light to Background
A practical walk through lighting a small news desk: where to place the key light, how to fill shadows and how to separate presenters from the set behind them.
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· AudioA checklist for judging your sound and audio workflow
Before you buy microphones or change a single cable, work through these questions on placement, mixing and monitoring so speech stays clear when the show goes live.
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· Setup PlanningStudio Setup Planning: Mistakes That Cost Time on Day One
Most setup problems are baked in before a single cable is run. Megan Foster walks through the planning mistakes she sees most often in small studios and how to avoid each one.
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· PricingWhat Camera Operation Training Costs and What Moves the Price
A plain look at how our camera operation sessions are priced, which choices raise or lower the total, and what to settle before you send us an enquiry.
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· Customer caseWhat a Workflow Review Found in a Small Studio's Live Show
Owen Parry follows one customer, Dilys, through a review of her studio's gallery, cueing and talkback routines, and the small changes that settled her weekly live programme.
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· LightingLighting Your Studio Set Through the Darker Months
Shorter days change how a news desk or interview set looks on camera. Owen Parry covers how to adjust key light, background separation and daylight spill as autumn closes in.
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· Audio BasicsGain Before Fader: What the Term Means for Clear Live Speech
Gain and fader are often confused on a live desk. Megan Foster explains the difference in plain words and why setting one before the other keeps speech clean on air.
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· Studio PlanningRack Room or Studio Floor: Where Should Your Equipment Live?
A comparison of two common ways to house studio gear, a central rack room or racks beside the set, with a recommendation for small studios planning a layout.
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· Camera trainingInside a Camera Training Session: How We Teach Smooth Studio Movement
A look at how a hands-on camera session is run, from the first pedestal check to the last focus pull, and what operators practise while the studio is quiet.
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· Workflow ReviewWhat Does a Live Show Workflow Review Actually Cover?
The question we hear most often: what happens during a workflow review, who needs to be there and what you receive afterwards. Here is how the audit of cueing and communication runs.
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· Company newsHow We Now Plan Lighting for News Desks and Interview Sets
A look at how our lighting design work is organised these weeks: the questions we ask first, what a written lighting plan contains, and how we hand it over to your crew.
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· Audio MethodsThe Microphones and Mixing Methods We Rely On for Clear Live Speech
A look at the microphone types, mixing habits and monitoring methods we reach for when speech has to stay clear in a live broadcast, and why we keep the kit list short.
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· Studio SetupPlanning a Studio Floor: Cabling and Racks Before Day One
A practical walk through the third stage of studio setup planning: how to route cables and place equipment racks so the room stays tidy and easy to run.
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· Camera trainingBefore You Book Camera Training: A Checklist for Studio Teams
A practical checklist for studio owners and crews weighing up hands-on camera operation sessions, covering kit, people, space and goals before you commit to anything.
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· WorkflowSix Common Mistakes in a Live Show Workflow Review and How to Avoid Them
A review of your gallery, cueing and talkback routines only helps if it is set up well. These are the slips we see most often and the simple habits that prevent them.
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· Lighting costsWhat Lighting Design Costs and What Moves the Price
A plain account of how a lighting plan for a news desk, interview corner or portrait set is priced, and which choices in a studio push the cost up or down.
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· Customer caseClearer speech on a small live show: Elin's studio case
A short account of how Elin, who runs a small community studio, stopped losing words in her weekly live programme by changing microphone placement, mixing habits and monitoring.
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· Studio SetupGetting Your Studio Layout Ready for the Darker Months
Autumn is a sensible time to review floor plans, cable runs and racks before winter schedules fill up. Here is how we approach it in practice, step by step.
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· Camera termsHeadroom, Lead Room and Talent Space: Framing Terms Explained
Three framing terms every studio camera operator hears on the floor, explained in plain words with examples from news desks and interview sets, and why they matter in live work.
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· Workflow reviewInternal Review or Outside Eyes: Choosing How to Check Your Live Show Workflow
Megan Foster compares a review run by your own crew with one led by an outside consultant, and says which suits a small studio preparing for a busy autumn schedule.
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