Show dictionary · Video & LED
V1
The V1 is the lead video engineer on a live event: responsible for the video system end to end and usually the one switching the show. V2s and specialists (camera shading, playback, records, LED techs) work under the V1 in video village.
In practice
The V1’s domain runs from inputs (cameras, playback, presenter laptops) through the switcher to every destination: LED walls, projection, confidence monitors, records, streams. On show, the V1 either cuts cameras directly or directs operators while switching, depending on scale.
The corporate V1 also inherits the least glamorous critical job in production: making presenter laptops behave. Adapters, resolutions, embedded video audio, and clicker sync all route through the V1’s bench, ideally the day before.
How you’ll hear it
"V1, we are adding a program feed to the overflow room; what is your spare output?"
Related resources
Part of the eventools.io Show Dictionary, a free glossary of live event production terminology.