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A collection of debates on the Democratic primaries at the Gayrard Center, designed by South Carolina native Jim Fenhagen.

This is a huge work that requires several days of preparation. 

On TV, you will see the Democratic presidential primaries debate on Tuesday night-the Gaillard Center performance hall is full, and admissions to the Democratic National Committee can be obtained from donors and VIPs.

Seventeen cameras, including a camera fixed on a rotating boom between the seats and a mobile Steadicam camera operated on the stage, will show candidates and presenters from all angles.

You will not see the expensive and expensive 9-day preparations: building a radio tent along Calhoun Street; installing telephone and computer terminals, banners and desks, and flat-screen TV monitors in the banquet halls and salons of the Gaillard Center. Small stage; create Twitter room and temporary green room, including clothes rack and makeup chair.

The staff of the CBS News Group arrived in Charleston on Sunday, February 16, one day later than originally planned because the wedding party held in Gaylord on Saturday night could not be rescheduled.

The difference in one day means that the debate will be televised on Tuesday night instead of Monday night. This requires the intervention of U.S. Representative Jim Clayburn (DS.C.), who arranged a no-voting day in Congress on Tuesday. So that Democratic presidential candidates can avoid potential conflicts.

You don’t see the set designer Jim Fenhagen of the brand agency Jack Morton using perspective and other classic visual techniques to make a custom set for Gaillard, which attracts Candidate eyeballs. Fenhagen, a South Carolina native, also designed scenes for "Stephen Colbert's Late Show" and "The Colbert Report."

Fenhagen worked closely with Renee Cullen, the creative director of CBS News, to design the plan. He said that many elements such as podium, platform, signage will be reused in the future.

From February 16th (Sunday) from 7 am to 11 pm, the large team of Colin Skinner, the chief carpenter of Gaylard, and the technicians of Gaylard and PRG, you did not see Every day I spend and expand the stage, install 4K video walls, and hang hundreds of feet of rigging to accommodate about 650 lighting fixtures.

On Monday afternoon, you did not see the dress rehearsal, CBS News staff were familiar with each candidate, and their talking points joked with the host and tested the technical staff.

The debate co-hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Association will be broadcast live on CBS Radio from 8-10:15 in the evening, hosted by Norah O'Donnell of "CBS Evening News" and Gayle King of "CBS This Morning". Supported by Margaret Brennen, Major Garrett and Bill Whitaker.

It will also be broadcast live on BET and streamed on CBSN and Twitter via @CBSNews.

Christopher Isham, the director of the Washington bureau of CBS News, is one of those responsible. Isham said he conducted a reconnaissance in Charleston in May and has returned four to five times since. The schedule of the event is very important, it is close to the major Saturdays and Super Tuesdays in South Carolina.

"I think this is the most important debate," Isham said.

He said that the five moderators will follow certain conventions, each answer takes one minute, fifteen seconds and fifteen seconds, and subsequent answers take forty-five seconds. His entire press team worked together to ask questions for the candidates.

He said that of the five presidential debates that Assam has conducted over the years, this is the largest debate so far.

He said: "People are very interested in the election and have certain expectations of the audience, so we will definitely increase the intensity of the election this year."

Steve Bedard, director of the Gaylard Center, said that these teams have cooperated well in preparing the building. He also spent a long time on the scene.

"I'm too old for this thing," he said jokingly. "It took me half the time to recover yesterday." 

He added: "It's very interesting."

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