Üsküdar University Faculty of Communication Training Studio is a comprehensive practice and production center where students studying in the fields of television broadcasting, cinema, and digital media transform their theoretical knowledge of editing, scriptwriting, lighting, and sound into reality within the atmosphere of a professional television channel.
- Main Objective: To enable students to acquire industry-standard practical competencies in live broadcast management, on-camera and behind-the-camera workflows, control room coordination, sound/lighting design, and multi-camera operations.
- Academic Contribution: The studio allows students to personally simulate operational processes in all departments of a professional television channel (directing, switching, cameramaning, sound engineering, etc.) before graduation. It academically supports the transformation of mass communication and audiovisual production theories into sectoral reflexes.
Devices and Technical Equipment Available in the Training Studio
The studio infrastructure has an architecture complying with professional broadcasting standards, consisting of two main sections: a television studio (shooting area) and a control room (control space). Within the scope of Key Features, the technical equipment located in the studio includes:
- Professional Studio Cameras and Pedestals: Multi-camera sets integrated with hydraulic tripod/pedestal systems that can record broadcast-quality images and provide smooth in-studio movement, along with prompter (teleprompter) equipment.
- Control Room / Vision Mixer Desk: The main control unit that simultaneously selects images coming from different cameras, computers, and external sources, adds effects, and manages the live broadcast flow.
- Professional Audio Mixers and Microphone Sets: Multi-channel digital audio mixing consoles that balance, filter, and output audio signals originating from lavalier microphones, boom microphones, and handheld microphones.
- Character Generator (CG) and Subtitle Systems: Software and hardware units that simultaneously prepare and broadcast lower-third tickers, guest names, logos, and graphics during live broadcasts.
- Lighting Suspension Systems and Dimmer Console: Continuous lighting (LED, Fresnel, etc.) robots integrated into the studio ceiling that provide hard or soft lighting suitable for shooting scenarios, and a central lighting console to control them.
- Chroma Key (Greenscreen) Background System: A specially coated green screen area that allows the placement of different virtual studio designs or moving images in the background digitally.
Research Areas and Application Areas
The applied course curricula and projects carried out within the Training Studio cover all production and management layers of modern broadcasting:
- Television Program Production and Management: End-to-end simulation of news programs, talk shows, discussion programs, and strip programs from format design to the live broadcast delivery stage.
- Multi-Camera Control Room Applications: Practices where vision mixers, sound operators, and camera operators work synchronously in line with director commands to produce dynamic live broadcasts.
- News Anchoring and Presenting Trainings: Studies to develop body language in front of the camera, prompter reading techniques, diction, and reflexes for managing live broadcast crisis moments.
- Virtual Studio and Visual Effects Applications: Processes of integrating actors or presenters into 3D-modeled virtual environments in real-time using green screen technology.
Contributions Provided to Students and the Industry
The Faculty of Communication Training Studio trains students in the kitchen of the media, equipping them as professionals ready for the global broadcasting and digital content market.
- Professional Team Culture and Stress Management: Due to the nature of live broadcasting, students learn firsthand to race against seconds, communicate flawlessly with teammates, and produce calm solutions during technical malfunctions.
- Qualified Employment and Strong Portfolio: Graduates who can present the programs, showreels, and projects they prepared in this studio as references are rapidly employed as "Television Directors", "Directors of Photography", "Control Room Operators", "Sound Technicians", or "Program Producers" in national and international television channels, digital broadcasting platforms (YouTube, OTT platforms, etc.), live broadcast production companies, and media agencies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which departments use this studio?
This training studio is actively used primarily by students of the Radio, Television and Cinema, Visual Communication Design, Journalism, and New Media and Communication programs within the Faculty of Communication, in line with their applied course curricula.
Is the content produced in the studio broadcasted on any medium?
Yes. Qualified programs, interviews, and cultural content designed, shot, and managed by students in the Training Studio can be broadcasted on the university's official internet television channels, YouTube platforms, and digital media accounts with the students' own credits.
Are editing and post-production processes also carried out in the studio?
The Training Studio and control room are primarily focused on live broadcast management and shooting processes. Post-shooting complex editing, color calibration (color grading), sound design, and visual effects (VFX) processes are carried out in independent digital editing laboratories (Mac/PC labs) integrated into the studio or located within the faculty.
Is the laboratory open to external sectoral projects or collaborations?
Yes, within the scope of university-industry and academy-media collaborations, the Training Studio has an infrastructure open to joint projects of external professional production companies, sectoral workshops, masterclass events, and joint broadcast partnerships to be conducted with digital media platforms.
Can students use the studio for their individual projects outside of class hours?
Yes, students can benefit from the studio and control room outside of class hours under the supervision of an expert, within the framework of graduation projects, national/international short film, documentary, or television program competition preparations (such as the TRT Future Communicators Competition), subject to the approval of the studio coordination, the technical approval processes of the project, and the determined schedule.
