Tricaster Troubles
Two buttons you should always hit before the show starts
What is stream and record?
The time that the director should (ideally) be ready for run through and have all content ordered.
What is 6:00 (when anchors arrive)?
A device first invented by Hubert Schlafly in 1950 to help amature anchors who can't memorize their lines.
What is a teleprompter?
Something we always edit on to the end of our segments for about 10 seconds
What is the end card?
The three cues director can call for if a show is running long and we need to tell the anchors.
What is slow wrap up, fast wrap up, and cut?
Something you should always do with full screen graphics in the Tricaster before the show starts
The way you turn on the 3 big cameras downstairs.
A method to quickly punch up and down through the script in Prompter
What is using the arrow keys?
The place where all of the thumbnail templates and description templates are found
What is CTV Assets on google drive?
What is take, auto, and let it fade?
The shortcut you use to prepare picture in picture.
What is Alt ME1?
The three types of information that can be in a lower third.
What are websites, names and slugs?
The two places you should place bookmarks in the prompter
What is
after commercial breaks
and at the "out" of the show?
The most important thing to ALWAYS include in the description and as a "tag" on YouTube.
The Anchor's Name! (spelled correctly too)
Something you should always tell floor director to move before and after weather (not camera 1).
What is the hanging light between weather and desk?
The standard order for weather graphics (6 total)
What is....
Current Conditions
Weather VO
Overnight Lows
Tomorrows Highs
Tomorrows Forecast
5 Day Forecast
The 6 things that need to be turned on for a microphone to be heard.
What are..
Audio Board
"on" button on specific mic
Mic (unmuted)
Audio Boxes
Audio Speakers
Switch on Director's stand
Four things you should do to get ready for prompter! (100 points per correct thing, up to 4)
What is
Add bookmarks
start screen sharing
proofread
practice!
A question you should always ask yourself before exporting a YouTube Thumbnail.
What is "would I want this thumbnail of myself on YouTube if I were the anchor?"
What is "Iris up or down"
Tools in the Tricaster that used to cut black video off of the end of packages
What are in and out points?
A check box that should always be selected to make sure videos play when you take them.
What is the "autoplay" check box?
What is
studio crew cues (red)
Cameras (green)
Names of Anchors (blue)
The shortcut used to add an audio fade to the edge of a clip in premiere.
What is command+shift+D?
A potential reason why the show won't "go live" on YouTube on the mac by the audio board. (the box is checked in Tricaster already)
What is... The Tricaster got logged out of YouTube lol