1. A video and lighting control apparatus comprising: a video display including a plurality of multi-color lighting devices, a viewed portion of a direct-view source, and an unviewed portion of video; and a video control circuit that controls the viewed and unviewed portions based on a controlled video or computer-generated sequence, the controlled video or computer-generated sequence comprising an ambient profile; and a video capture device that records a first image, wherein only the viewed portion of the display is in a field of vision of the video capture device.