Plain-language articles on studio layout, camera control, lighting, live sound and show-day routines, written from the work our crews do in studios and on festival sites.
A new guide appears about once a day, each one focused on a single audiovisual task or decision. Pick a topic that matches the job in front of you and read it in a few minutes.
Event crews
A practical guide to writing a crew brief that covers access, power, running order and wrap, so technicians arrive knowing the site and the show before the first case is opened.
Andrew Collins
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Live sound
Daniel Thomas lists the questions worth settling about venue, system, mixing and routing before you book front-of-house and monitor engineers for an autumn event.
Daniel Thomas
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Workflow
A lighting designer's view of the habits that slow studio and event teams down, from unlabelled sources to untested show-day routines, and the small changes that prevent them.
Priya Nair
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Studio design
A plain look at how studio design work is priced, which decisions raise or lower the figure, and what to settle with your production team before a quotation is written.
Helen Marsh
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Customer case
Tom runs a small regional news studio and came to us with a flat, shadow-heavy set. This is how we planned, rigged and programmed a new lighting plot around his daily schedule.
Andrew Collins
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Camera systems
Seasonal advice on preparing robotics, vision mixers and remote panels for the busy months ahead, from firmware and cabling checks to rehearsing the operators.
Andrew Collins
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Trade terms
A plain-words guide to the terms that frame an event production crew's day, from load-in to wrap, and what each one asks of organisers and technicians.
Andrew Collins
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Live sound
Two ways to spend a limited live sound budget, a strong front-of-house system or a stage monitoring setup built first, compared by someone who lights the same stages, with a clear recommendation.
Priya Nair
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Workflow
A look behind the scenes at how we review signal flow, file handling and show-day routines with a studio team, and what changes once the findings are written down.
Helen Marsh
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Studio design
The question we hear most from studio managers: what do you need from us before drawing a layout? Here is what helps, in the order we ask for it.
Priya Nair
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Company news
A look at how entertavi now approaches lighting plots, rigging and programming, from the first site visit to the last cue, for studio sets, concerts and festival stages.
Helen Marsh
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Camera systems
Andrew Collins explains the tools and methods we rely on when installing camera robotics, vision mixers and remote panels, and why we favour plain, well-tested choices over novelty.
Andrew Collins
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Event crews
A practical list of questions to settle with a production crew before you commit, covering the site, the schedule, the people and the paperwork, from load-in through to wrap.
Daniel Thomas
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Live sound
Most live sound problems start long before the first note: in planning, routing and the soundcheck. Here are the habits that cause trouble and the simple changes that prevent them.
Helen Marsh
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Workflow costs
A plain account of how we price workflow consulting for studio teams: what a review includes, which factors make it longer or shorter, and how a quotation and invoice work.
Andrew Collins
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Customer case
A short account of Marcus, who ran a cramped streaming studio, and how a revised layout, acoustic treatment and cable plan let two sets share one room.
Priya Nair
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