Bradley E. Neider

TL;DR: In this article, an integrated, fully automated video production system provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used to produce and broadcast a show, such as cameras, robotic pan/tilt heads, video tape players and recorders (VTRs), video servers and virtual recorders, character generators, still stores, digital video disk players (DVDs), audio mixers, DVE, video switchers, and teleprompting systems.

TL;DR: In this article, a transition macro is defined as a set of production commands or instructions (i.e., transition macro) that can be executed by a video director to pre-produce, preview, and produce the live show from a single user interface.

TL;DR: In this paper, a video production system allows a director to pre-produce a show, review the show in advance of "air time", and then, with a touch of a button, produce the live show.

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated, fully automated video production system that provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used in producing a show is presented. But, the system is not suitable for the production of live shows.