Patent ID: 8035752

Claim:
A production kit having component parts capable of being assembled at a production site, the kit comprising the combination of: a first case capable of storing equipment used in recording and producing an event, said equipment comprising: one or more video cameras; and two or more audio communication transceivers, said audio communication transceivers capable of allowing two or more members of a production team to communicate with each other remotely; a second case capable of storing equipment used in recording and producing an event, said equipment comprising: two or more monitors; at least one keyboard; and one or more microphones; a third case capable of storing equipment used in recording and producing an event, said equipment comprising: a video switcher, said video switcher capable of receiving video input from each of said one or more video cameras and allowing a video director to select a video input from one of said one or more video cameras as a video program output; an audio mixer, said audio mixer capable of receiving audio input from each of said one or more microphones and allowing an audio director to select a level at which each audio input is to be output as an audio program output; one or more encoder computers, each of said encoder computers capable of encoding a program output and transmitting said program output over a network, said program output comprising said video program output and said audio program output; a vertical panel secured adjacent a back side of said third case, said vertical panel comprising a plurality of ports, each of said plurality of ports configured for receiving connectors from cables attached to each of said one or more cameras, each of said two or more monitors, each of said at least one keyboard, and each of said one or more microphones; and a slidable horizontal shelf being movable from below a perimeter of a top side of said third case to at least partially outside a said perimeter, said horizontal shelf supporting said audio mixer, wherein: each of said ports configured for receiving connectors from cables attached to each of said one or more cameras and each of said two or more monitors is pre-wired to said video switcher, each of said ports configured for receiving connectors from cables attached to each of said one or more microphones is pre-wired to said audio mixer, and said video switcher, said audio switcher, and each of said ports configured for receiving connectors from cables attached to each of said at least one keyboard are pre-wired to said one or more encoder computers, said pre-wiring enabling a user to set up said equipment without substantial assembly.