Business screen magazine (1946)

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Liipacity; seating arrangements tables with three seats apiece, the screen. previously noteil. all three Irain >ms are served by the common u)jection area. Exterior light • \ is assured by black-out draping window spaces. Conference Room. This room iiiged for mobile equipment (not i by rear-projection area). All lion equipment utilizes the conmanual roll-down screen. Other 111 iliis. the conference room has all h central distribution facilities .simiIhc auditorium and Irainini: L s Look to Production M^c our responsibilities are con iii creation and design of A'V re, step into the well-equipped I X 4()-foot TV studio for a oments. Here we have provided vie facilities for staging and re i; widely-used videotape and ["V material. Mc equipment is Telemation for fessionai quality and assured E.I. A. dards. This initial installation pro s for monochrome production, T provision for gradiial change-over color, when management require its indicate this need. Basically, are set up with a two-camera op [ion, with both fixed and portable iting, all fabricated for us by Hub ctric, Chicago specialists. Hub's allation provides a full ceiling nnel-grid system with surface mounted mobile rail channel, hung on ceiling clamps. This permits moving lights wherever needed at minimum time/cost. Locate a fixture, plug in its pigtail at the nearest twist-lock rcceptable and we're ready! There are 56 separate circuits including 12 with 2()-anip capacitN, feeding into six dual baseboard outlets; the latter circuits are for portable lamps. The 68 total circuits provide for both present and fuiiire needs. At present our use factor is only 25 percent but we attained flexibility by preplanning with many more circuits than we now require. All of our power is controlled through a dimmer rack and patch panel with a total of six 6KW circuits dimable; four additional 6KW circuits are not dimable. Accessibility of the dimmer rack and patch panel is made simple by locating them in a nearby corner of the studio, adjacent to the control room. Studio control at our 18-inch square console, with sloping front, provides console controllers with six two-scene pre-set controls with three positionselector switches, a fader assembly, pilot lights; four two-position switches, pilot lighted and one key switch, also pilot lighted. With this system, the lighting director can patch up any series of lights, single or in multiples. TTien, from the TV studio console, he can adjust the light intensity of any lamp or group of lamps for two scenes, switching and/ or fading between "presets" as well as iter's art studio, where Jack Berg prepares animation, titles and set design St Jim Artman does layouts of folders, tape packages; doubles as cameraman. LENSCREEN Rear Projection Screens are an integral part of the communications complex at Combined Insurance Company of America's Chicago offices. Four large screens are in use daily in the training of sales representatives, supervisors and managers. The rear projection LENSCREEN concept conceals projection equipment, eliminates distractions and provides full image brigfitness in normal room light. LENSCREEN permanent and portable screens are used widely (or Sales Presentations. Briefing, Training and Displays,, Free Design Kit available. POLACOAT, Inc. 9750 CONKLIN RD. CINCINNATI, OHIO 45242