Vinten Radamec Legislative Control System - Manual (Page 22)

Vinten Radamec LCS Operator’s Guide
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The ‘active’ shot button is surrounded by a yellow frame and
displays a default shot quality score of 25. You’ll also notice
that Save and Cancel buttons appear, enabling you to save
or cancel your shot’s information.
The Shot Score value can be adjusted, usually within the
range of 0 to 50. With your finger over the number in the
button, you can use the touch screen to drag vertically up
(to increase the score) or drag vertically down (to decrease
the score). Alternatively, you can click on the value and scroll
up or down using the mouse wheel.
This quality score is important, as it enables the LCS to
interrogate its database of stored shots when a particular
target is selected for broadcast. Depending on the available
cameras, it automatically selects the shots that have the
highest priority and quality scores and presents them to the
output bus. There is more information about this in the next
section – ‘Broadcasting your programme’.
At this point you should consider how you are going to
appraise your shots for quality and try to be consistent when
building the shot matrix. Usually, shots from cameras that
view the target from the front are scored higher than those
that view the target from the side. Other factors that should
influence the quality appraisal include lighting, background
or foreground distractions and possible obstructions that
limit the view.
Quality Score of Zero – a special case
If a particular shot is no longer required and is not to be used by
the system, the shot quality score should be set to a value of
zero. All shots with this quality score are ignored by the system
and effectively ‘deleted’ from the database. The shot matrix still
indicates that a shot has been stored, but it is easily overwritten
as required.
The Target Store control is used to save information on a
collection of camera shots for each of the targets. This
information is presented in the form of a matrix with
reference to camera number and shot type. All the installed
cameras are identified by number across the top of the
matrix area.
The LCS system is supplied with a default list of four shot
types: Close, Medium, Wide and Other. You can name any
number of shot types, but the default set is usually sufficient
for most applications.
The shot types are displayed in descending priority down
the left side of the matrix. The default order is Close,
Medium, Wide and Other, but this can be changed. New
shot types can also be added during set-up, via the
configuration file.
The button at each intersection of camera and shot type
represents a particular shot. When the LCS is first installed,
the Target Store for any particular target is empty of shots.
Empty shot buttons in the matrix are blank with no text.
It is recommended that the Target Store is fully populated
with all available cameras, shot types and quality scores.
This improves the smooth functioning of the system, which
is then able to optimise shot selection when new targets are
selected.
To set up a target and save a shot, enter
the target number in the Keypad control
or on the MJP and press Target. You can
also select your target using one of the
seat plans and your touchscreen. Either
way, the system is alerted to which target
you are about to assign your shots to and
displays that targets’ information in the
Target Store.
Next, select a camera from the Camera control and, using
the MJP and a preview monitor, adjust the camera’s view,
zoom and focus settings. You’ll notice two blue indicator
lamps flashing under the selected camera, telling you that it
is in use.
When you are happy with the shot, press the appropriate
button location to place the shot information in to the matrix.
Where possible, you should do this for each shot type
– Close, Medium, Wide and Other, and for each camera
so that the LCS has a useful selection of shots to choose
from when a target is selected.