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June 25th, 2009
Host Larry Jordan talks with:
Rich Storek, Architect of nVeil, talks about his newest plug-in: nVeil, which creates stunningly mesmerizing visual effects.
Jonathan Handel returns with an update on the recently approved SAG/AMPTA contract – and why this doesn’t mean the end of labor unrest in Hollywood.
Isaac Guenard, from eyeon Software, talks about the amazing new world of stereoscopic 3D visual effects and their latest release: Fusion 6.
You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show — all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!
June 18th, 2009
Host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, talk with:
Max Segal, Founder, HBO Archives, is the driving force behind the recent release of the entire The March of Time historical documentary series by HBO. He joined us last week for the announcement, this week we want to talk about the process of restoring these decades-old 35mm prints to HD. And discover what they did to make them look so good.
Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, brings us up to date on what’s happening in the world of technology. It seems that Philip manages to live about two weeks into the future, so we invite him back from time to time to give us a heads-up on what’s coming.
Jon Bach, CEO, Puget Systems, creates custom computer configurations (trying saying THAT quickly!). Anyway, in a world of mass produced workstations, we want to learn who’s buying custom gear and how are they configuring it.
Stacey Parks, CEO, Film Specific, Inc., knows distribution. But distribution is not just theaters. Its DVDs and on-line and theatrical and foreign rights and … So, tonight we’re going to spend some time to really hone into where the money is - especially if you are NOT creating slasher-horror flicks.
You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show — all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!
June 11th, 2009
Host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, talk with:
Bruce Nazarian, president of the International Digital Media Alliance, dashes in with some breaking news on Blu-ray Discs and licensing that can save us all money!
Todd Ulman, returns from last week and continues his fascinating discussion of the role of post-production supervisor in feature films.
Shinichi Minowa, VP marketing and business development for Anton Bauer, discusses the world of batteries and portable power. How the industry has changed and tips you can use to improve your battery life.
Ricardo Martinez, independent filmmaker, just finished his first documentary. Tonight, he tells us about the challenges and what he's learned.
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
June 4th, 2009
Host Larry Jordan talks with:
Greg Kita, co-owner RGear, LLC, is an audio wizard with dozens of reality shows to his credit. Tonight, we talk audio - how to record it, how to make it sound great, and what gear to use. What do you do when everyone else is running around screaming -- how do you capture the very best sound?
Bruce Nazarian president of the International Digital Media Alliance drops in with the latest updates on Blu-ray licensing and replication, and a discussion of the IDMA excellence awards later in June
Todd Ulman, post-production supervisor Observe & Report, stops by to talk about the role of the post-production supervisor. What makes the job hard and what helps to make it easier?
Rich Wilson, producer of High Water, spent the last several years finding ways to fund pictures. Tonight we discuss the role of the producer in film production. How does he pick his pictures - even more important, how does he get them funded?
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
May 28th, 2009
Host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, talk with:
Reuben Langdon, stuntman, director, producer, co-founder of Just Cause Productions swings in to talk stunts. How they are created, how they are used, and how they are changing the game industry. Along the way, we'll also discuss the differences between stunt teams in Asia and the US.
Now in its 13th year Cinegear expo began as a party and grew into a trade show CEO Karl Kresser joins us to talk about what makes Cinegear expo amongst the Hollywood production elite
Myles Lank started his own company www.footageoftheworld.com, when he couldn't find the stock footage he needed. Discover his take on the world of stock, what it takes to create it, and why he felt a new company needed to enter this crowded field.
Michael Webber brings us a report from the editing trenches. As the assistant editor for "Observe and Report.", we want to hear first-hand of the role an assistant editor plays in creating a feature film.
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
May 21st, 2009
Host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, talk with:
Richard Burns, co-founder of Culture Catch, discusses their goal to be "the audio and video web/podcasting site to experience provocative, insightful, and entertaining discussions, reviews, and performances." What does this mean in English - we'll find out tonight.
Jonathan Handel, of Counsel at Troy Gould, Updates us with the latest news from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Jack Lerner, Attorney at Law, USC, recently testified in Washington about Fair Use and copyrights. Working with Kartemquin Films, Jack is working with others to figure out what the Copyright Act means in a world of digital images.
Gary Symons, CEO, VeriCorder Technology, wants you to lean in a bit closer and speak into his iPhone. Yup. Mobile podcasting and news reports direct from your iPhone. Is it the apocalypse or a great new idea?
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
May 14th, 2009
The BuZZ is back home in Los Angeles with host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:
T. Lee Beideck writer/director/editor of the "Sophomore Movie" joins us to talk about what it's like to produce a "true Indie film" far from the comfort of New York or LA. Currently in post production (editing on Adobe Premiere) the trailer can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4oRT2e4B7w.
Philip Hodgetts, president, Intelligent Assistance, answers a question we get all the time: "What's the difference between posting my video as a progressive download versus streaming?" Then, we follow up with: "Which one is the best choice for me?" If you want your videos to look good on the web, you'll want to listen to what Philip has to say.
Nick Pierce, co-founder, Object Matrix, returns with an update on their latest announcements at NAB. MatrixStore, which is their product, is their take on how to create reliable archives while still providing enough performance to edit.
Charles Little, executive producer/director of the “World Hip Hop Championship.”, stops by to talk about their production process. They shot P2, RED, and XDCAM, with less than two weeks between recording and air. He gives us all the inside scoop.
The Digital Production BuZZ was the Official Podcast for the 2009 NAB Show. For a complete list of all our coverage, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
May 7th, 2009
The BuZZ is in New Orleans this week as host Larry Jordan, and guest co-host Ben Balser talk with:
Marty Altman heads up the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) which is the closest you can come to seeing a real-life version of the Star Trek Holodeck -- or, at least, pretty darn close. Learn how 3D, immersive technology, is helping create new companies and job in Louisiana.
Ben Balser, founder, South Louisiana Final Cut Pro User Group, and contributing editor to Event DV magazine joins us to discuss what it's like to start a user group and whether they are still relevant today with the Internet.
Lynn Robertson, Associate Professor of Television Production, Delgado Community College. Lynn has won just about every teaching award there is. This week, we want to learn how she so successfully teaches technology and see if we can pick up some tips.
Jennifer Day heads the Film Commission of New Orleans. Tonight, she talks about the role her film commission plays in increasing the film industry in New Orleans and a VERY exciting tax credit that even smaller productions can take advantage of. Discover how in this week's show.
Terry Taravella is the owner of Studio Vieux Carre and an award-winning wedding and event videographer. This week she discusses how she finds the emotional moments in unscripted events.
The Digital Production BuZZ was the Official Podcast for the 2009 NAB Show. For a complete list of all our coverage, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
April 30th, 2009
Joining host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton are:
Aharon Rabinowitz, founder, All Bets Are Off Productions. Aharon's company specializes in creating pre-keyed, live action video that you can use to add extras, actors, even crowds to your projects. At NAB, Aharon presented his effects workflow, highlighting plug-ins from Red Giant Software.
Bruce Nazarian joins us with a look back at the significance of the Blu-ray announcements at NAB.
Ric Viers is the world's largest independent provider of sound effects with over 150,000 sounds and more than 150 sound effects libraries to his name. He is the founder of Blastwave FX, and an editor in his own right. Discover his secrets to creating great sounds in this week's interview.
NAB News Highlights and Wondertouch - Alan Lorence, CEO, WonderTouch
During the 2009 NAB Show, Digital Production BuZZ created twelve hours of programming, 200 interviews, and 37 news briefs. Now that we've had some time to get caught up on our sleep, we'll be presenting some remaining highlights and news clips from the show, including:
Philip Hodgetts highlighting the latest news from NLE vendors
News from Market 7, Tempest, Gee Three, and Smartsound.
An interview with Alan Lorence, CEO, WonderTouch, about the latest announcements from Particle Illusion - it's now an After Effects plug-in!
The Digital Production BuZZ was the Official Podcast for the 2009 NAB Show. For a complete list of all our coverage, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
April 24th, 2009
The Digital Production Buzz is LIVE from the trade show floor at the 2009 NAB Show as we conclude our special series of daily, one-hour reports covering the best of NAB.
Our guests today include:
Vincent Maza, worldwide marketing manager for post-production marketing, Avid Technology
Matt Roberts, director of marketing communications, Shining Technology
Chris Wang, marketing manager, Shining Technology
Paul Douglas, Chairman/Founder, Singular Logic
Jake Winett, global industry manager for media and entertainment, Microsoft
Patrick MacDonald-King, president and CEO, Sample Digital
Allen Affolter, president, ATG Design Works
Pancrazio Auteri, chief technical officer, TV Blob
Tre Zimmerman, vp of corporate development, TV Blog
Vincent Maza, worldwide marketing manager for post-production marketing, Avid Technology, discusses the "New Avid." From new logo to new marketing to new products, Avid is rebuilding itself as a company. Discover how in this fascinating inside look at the company.
Matt Roberts, director of marketing communications, and Chris Wang, marketing manager for Shining Technology, make one of the most popular ultra-small portable video recorders. When it comes to working with tapeless media, Shining Technology is probably involved.
Paul Douglas, Chairman/Founder, Singular Logic, has a great idea for reducing the amount of unwanted advertising we are inundated with. Whether from cable tv, the web or ... well, in this conversation we learn about a new technology that allows us to opt-in to ads!
Jake Winett is the global industry manager for media and entertainment for Microsoft. Managing media -- especially after the project has been completed -- is an increasingly complex job. Its so big, in fact, that no one company can do all of it. In this conversation, discover Microsoft's take on how it can contribute to the solution.
Patrick MacDonald-King is the president and CEO of Sample Digital. They are the originators of Digital Dailies - and are launching a new product - called D3 - that is designed to help improve the production workflow.
Allen Affolter, president of ATG Design Works, has created the idea of a video monitor - running video - yet thin enough and self-powered to be slipped into a magazine. Image... magazine ads that move. They have a patent, and are looking for funding. This is a mind-bending conversation.
Pancrzio Auteri and Tre Zimmerman, from TV Blob have found a way to turn your HD TV into a web browser. Even better, they've created a system that allows you to publish your own video channel that other people can subscribe and tune into. For everyone wanting easier distribution of their video content -- here's one place to look.
This is a great show, filled with interviews you won't find anywhere else.
This wraps up our seven-part series from the Digital Production BuZZ from the 2009 NAB Show.
For all the latest news on NAB 2009, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
April 23rd, 2009
2009 NAB Show Special Report #6
Dueling capture cards, naming the Duck, better lenses, better benefits, and better 3D -- this is a fascinating series of highlights from NAB.
The Digital Production Buzz is LIVE from the trade show floor at the 2009 NAB Show as we continue our special series of daily, one-hour reports covering the best of NAB.
Our guests today include:
Bruce Gee, president, Gee Three Software
Nick Rashby, president, AJA Video Systems
Dan May, president, Blackmagic Design, Inc.
Brad Williams, vice-president, member benefits and development
Wes Plate, president, Automatic Duck
Alan Lewis, marketing manager, broadcast & communications, Canon
Bruno Sargeant, television industry manager for media and entertainment, Autodesk
Bruce Gee, president, Gee Three Software, introduces his latest software - PhotoMotion - for Final Cut Pro. Easily create pans and zooms on still images without keyframing or extra effort.
Nick Rashby, president, AJA Video Systems, introduces his latest product: Key Pro. Designed for the acquisition of video, this is a digital recorder. As well, we talk about how to select the best capture card.
Dan May, president, Blackmagic Design, Inc. In what turned out to be back-to-back interviews with the two leading capture card companies -- except neither AJA nor Blackmagic Design would call themselves "capture card companies" anymore. Learn why, and discover a whole range of exciting new products in this conversation.
Brad Williams, vice-president, member benefits and development for NAB, talks about how the NAB Show has changed over the last few years and, more importantly, where it is going in the future. Can you image the NAB Show... on the web?
Wes Plate, president, Automatic Duck, drops by to talk about their latest news - a strategic partnership with Edit Share allowing media to move seamlessly between Final Cut Pro and Avid -- as well as a dirt-simple way to copy every file in your project from where ever you left it to where ever you want it. AND, as an added bonus, we discover where and how Automatic Duck got its name!
Alan Lewis, marketing manager, broadcast & communications, Canon, knows lenses. So, in this conversation, we talk about what happens before the images even hit the sensor. What makes a good lens, how to understand how lenses are named, and why it takes nine YEARS to develop a new lens.
Bruno Sargeant, television industry manager for media and entertainment, Autodesk, is showcasing new software called "Flair," that's designed for te assistant visual artist in an effort to create meaningful apprenticeship programs. Discover all the options (well, at least some of them) that Autodesk has to offer in this wide-ranging conversation.
This is a great show, filled with interviews you won't find anywhere else.
For all the latest news on NAB 2009, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
April 22nd, 2009
2009 NAB Show Special Report #5
From breaking news to great new software to tips to being a better exhibitor, this is a fascinating series of highlights from NAB.
The Digital Production Buzz is LIVE from the trade show floor at the 2009 NAB Show as we continue our special series of daily, one-hour reports covering the best of NAB.
Our guests today include:
Larry Applegate, president, Rivergate Software
Bruce Nazarian, president, IDMA
Paul Babb, president, Maxon
David Wolf, partner, Digital Media Group, Accenture
Daniel Jones, general manager, Youreeeka!
Sean Safreed, co-founder, Red Giant Software
Guy Coleman, Director of Sales, VocalBooth.com
Shawn Canfield, Director, Exhibitor Services, NAB
Larry Applegate, President, Blu-Streak Software and Bruce Nazarian, president, IDMA, talk about the new software introduced at the Final Cut Pro SuperMeet for the Mac that connects the missing link in the creation of Blu-ray Discs. And that is the ability to take a Blu-ray folder, created for burning, and convert it into a master format (CMF) suitable for replication. Larry developed the program and both Larry and Bruce explain its significance.
Paul Babb, president, Maxon Software, discusses the world of 3D software and the differences between 3D image creation and 3D image distribution. He also talks about the modules inside the Cinema 4D software suite and how a new user can learn to use it succssfully.
David Wolf, Partner of the Digital Media Group at Accenture, discusses their recent world-wide survey of media viewers. The survey covers preferences for media created for TV, computer, and mobile device and the implications for media creators.
J. Daniel Jones, general manager, Youreeeka!, talks about the launch of their new video service, providing an easy way for content providers to make money on their content, while still allowing both security and flexibility.
Sean Safreed, co-founder, Red Giant Software discusses their latest plug-ins, along with why they decided to develop plug-ins in the first place.
Guy Coleman, director of sales for VocalBooth.com, talks about how to create a sound-proof space for recording, training, and education.
Shawn Canfield, director, exhibit services for NAB, is the head cop for NAB. She talks about keeping things running smoothly on the show floor, with LOTS of tips for exhibitors on how to successfully exhibit at a trade show.
This is a great show, filled with interviews you won't find anywhere else.
The BuZZ continues to create hourly news briefs as well as daily special reports. For all the latest news on NAB 2009, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
April 21st, 2009
2009 NAB Show Special Report #4
Hard disks, graphics cards, camera accessories, and user groups, this is a fascinating series of highlights from NAB.
The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE from the trade show floor at the 2009 NAB Show as we continue our special series of daily, one-hour reports covering the best of NAB.
Our guests today include:
Pete Schlatter, Dir of Marketing, G-Technologies
Derek Perez, Dir of Public Relations, NVidia
Steve Weiss, Co-Founder, Zacuto
Lance Maurer, President, Cinnafilm
Carey Dissmore, founder, IMUG
Ben Reed, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Microsoft
Aaron Cullers, Manager of Convention Marketing, NAB
Pete Schlatter is the director of marketing for G-Technolgies. In this extended conversation, we talk about how to pick the right hard drive for your project, the importance of how a hard drive connects to your computer, and a look forward at future data needs.
Derek Perez is the director of public relations for NVidia. NVidia is making news at NAB with a new, high-performacne graphic card targeted toward video professionals, along with a high-speed integrated workflow from capture through rendering to output.
Steve Weiss, co-founder and director of produce development for Zacuto is obsessed with camera accessories... hundreds and hundreds of them. Discover how getting the right gear for your camera makes all the difference.
Lance Maurer, president of Cinnafilm, made big news at NAB when ARRI announced a partnership with them. Cinnafilm has created an amazing piece of software that will retime any video format to any frame rate, any image size to any other, clean up noise and help video look like film. This could be an amazing product.
Carey Dissmore, founder, IMUG, talks about why he started one of the largest media user groups on the web.
Ben Reed, senior director of product marketing for Windows Media Center. With over 13 million users, the Windows Media Center gathers content from a wide variety of sources and put it all in one highly attractive, easily accessible interface. He explains it all here.
Aaron Cullers, manager of convention marketing for NAB, discusses how the world's largest trade show devoted to production, post-production and content gets the word out.
This is a great show, filled with interviews you won't find anywhere else.
The BuZZ continues to create hourly news briefs as well as daily special reports.
For all the latest news on NAB 2009, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
April 20th, 2009
2009 NAB Show Special Report #3
From keynote to motion tracking, directing music to directing data traffic, this is a fascinating series of highlights from NAB.
The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE from the trade show floor at the 2009 NAB Show as we continue our special series of daily, one-hour reports covering the best of NAB.
Our guests today include:
Richard Florida, Noted author and Keynote Speaker
Bruce Nazarian, President of IDMA
Mitch Jacobson, Director and Editor
David Taylor, President, Cineform
Allan Jaeniecke, President, Imagineer
Shari Barnett, Marketing Director, Applications, Mediaroom
Dan Lutter, Director of Sales, Net Insight
Richard Florida, author of the book "The Rise of the Creative Class," was the keynote speaker this morning at the 2009 NAB Show. He suggests in his book that the current economic crisis is forcing the US to convert from a service-based economy to a "creative-based economy." We talk with him today to explore what this means, why he spoke at NAB, and how we can use this to navigate thru the current economic downturn.
Bruce Nazarian, president of the IDMA, has been following the travails of Blu-ray Discs for a long time on the BuZZ. He drops in with a sneak peak of a Blu-ray announcement that will be made tomorrow night at Final Cut Pro Supermeet.
Mitch Jackson is a director and editor specializing in multicam music editing. He is presenting here at NAB and stops in to discuss a fascinating high-speed multicam workflow using Telestream's Pipeline.
David Taylor, president of Cineform, joins Larry in an extended discussion of video codecs. Now before you run screaming from the room, while this is a bit technical, David does a great job explaining when you should use ProRes 422 or DNxHD, or when you need to consider something more powerful.
Allan Jaenickie, president of Imagineer, premiered a stunning After Effects plug-in last year called "Mokey." This year, he's doing the same thing for Final Cut - motion tracking, rotoscoping, and perspective alteration in one fascinating application.
Shari Barnett, marketing director of applications for Mediaroom, works at the opposite end of the scale from the independent producer. Her clients are cable systems and phone companies. But what her company does is provide innovative ways to create interactive television. You may not be able to afford her products, but you certainly want to know about them.
Dan Lutter, director of sales for Net Insight, is another company that you only see at NAB. They provide high quality, wide area signal delivery for both data and video. They were the exclusive signal distribution system used at the Beijing Olympics.
The BuZZ continues to create hourly news briefs as well as daily special reports.
For all the latest news on NAB 2009, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
April 19th, 2009
2009 NAB Show Special Report #2
The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE from the trade show floor at the 2009 NAB Show.
This week, we continue our special series of daily, one-hour reports covering the best of NAB.
Our guests today include:
Chris Brown, Executive Vice President of the NAB Show
Jessica Sheridan, Manager, Interactive Marketing, NAB Show
Robert Sharp, President and Owner, DigiEffects
Fred Fourcher, CEO, BitCentral
Steve Katz, VP Sales, JMR Electronics
And two of our field reporters - Sue Lawson and Roz McNulty - with their thoughts on NAB so far.
Chris Brown, executive vice president, NAB, is responsible for the entire NAB Show. We talk with him briefly yesterday. Today, we spend more time talking about putting on the show, why trade shows are not dead in an Internet world, what happens when a big company like Apple pulls out, and how many people it takes to put on the show.
Jessica Sheridan, manager of interactive marketing for the NAB Show is focuses on the web and social media. In this conversation we talk about what it takes to successfully market using today's social networks. Its more complex than you might think.
Robert Sharp, president and owner of DigiEffects, has a long career in digital effects - including founding ToolFarm. Today, he joins us to discuss why people are interested in buying their effects -- which makes your footage look... worse!
Fred Fourcher, CEO of BitCentral, talks about why his company focuses their technology on news - allowing news reports from sites that don't have satellite or micro-wave access by using video distribution over the web. he also introduces two new products being presented at NAB.
Steve Katz, VP of Sales for JMR Electronics, which is a data storage systems provider. He talks about why they made the move from OEM to retail sales, how to select the right storage solution for your needs, and why JMR should be on your short list of vendors to consider.
Sue Lawson and Roz McNulty are doing double-duty this week. Normally, they spend their time producing and editing video. But this week, they are part of our team of reporters covering NAB. We talk with them about their initial impressions of the conferences so far.
The BuZZ continues to create hourly news briefs as well as daily special reports.
For all the latest news on NAB 2009, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
April 18th, 2009
The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE from the trade show floor at the 2009 NAB Show.
This week, we begin a special series of daily, one-hour reports covering the best of NAB.
Our guests today include:
Chris Brown, Executive Vice President of the NAB Show
Vance Van Petten, Executive Director of the Producers Guild
Boris Yamnitsky, CEO at Boris FX
Marco Bario, VP, Theatrical Post-Production at Technicolor Creative Services
Marvin Ceasar, CEO of Aphex Systems
Will Richmond, President, Broadband Directions
Ron Clifton, CEO, International Datacasting
Chris Brown, executive vice president, NAB, is responsible for the entire NAB Show. We talk with him briefly today (and for a longer time tomorrow) about what the NAB Show is and why it includes so much more than just broadcasters.
Vance van Petten, executive director of the Producers Guild of America, heads the largest group of film and television producers in the world. He talks with us about the role of the Guild in production, his take of where it is going in the future and a discussion of the relevance of guilds in an increasingly on-line world.
Boris Yamnitsky, CEO of Boris FX, is legendary in the effects industry for the quality of his effects software. Today we talk with him about his latest releases - Boris Continuum.
Marco Bario, VP, Theatrical Post Production at Technicolor Creative Services, is responsible for processing digital dailies, final color correction, and output for a wide variety of highly-demanding, high-end clients. We talk about the whole HD post process and discuss how they work with multiple video formats.
Marvin Ceasar, CEO of Aphex Systems, is an analog audio guy living in a digital world. However, thankfully for the rest of us, his audio products sound amazing. He talks about the limitations of digital audio, how audio pre-processing works and why you want to consider adding analog gear to your digital system. (As a note, while this interview was not recorded using his gear, the show open and all our live news briefs were. After hearing our new sound, we are not giving the gear back!)
Will Richmond, president, Broadband Directions, LLC, is an on-line blogger that covers the business end of digital distribution. From YouTube and Hulu to ad networks, and distribution networks, where the business is growing and where the money is for the rest of us.
Ron Clifton, CEO, International Datacasting, provides the hardware for digital cinema. The cool thing he's discovered is there is a huge market for live 3D events -- created by anyone that has a story to tell and distributed over his equipment.
For all the latest news on NAB 2009, visit: www.nabshowbuzz.com.
April 16th, 2009
LIVE in our studios, hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton are joined by Ben King and Dan Berube as they talk with:
David Bohrman, senior vice-president and Washington Bureau Chief for CNN has been involved in virtually every major news event for the last 30 years - first for ABC, then NBC, and now as the Washington Bureau Chief for CNN. He is also fascinated by how technology can help news do its job better. In this interview, we talk about the role technology he discovered like the Magic Wall and the Holograph Reporter played in CNN's 2008 Election Night Coverage, the impact technology can make in understanding the news, and the role he sees it will play going forward. This will be an amazing interview - don't miss it!
In the last year, Kids at Play has produced work for 60Frames, Broadband Enterprises, National Lampoon, DONER U.S., McCann Erickson, Intel and many others. The combination of major agency experience, entertainment experience, and full-service production, allows for an integrated approach to both web and broadcast production. Jason Berger, Founder, visits the BuZZ to talk to us about the challenges of producing work for the web and how they make money for their work.
Demo reels are increasingly critical in promoting our work and getting jobs. Craig Erpelding runs Reel-Exchange.com - a website devoted to showcasing demo reels. This year, he's bringing the best of their demos to the Content Theater at the 2009 NAB Show. Craig talks with us about how Reel Exchange got started, then we get into the specifics of creating demo reels that work - how long, how much, and how to compress it for the best results.
Dan Berube is the president of the Boston Final Cut Pro User Group. He joins us as guest co-host and shares his perspective on what's happening in production on the East Coast.
Ben King is active in the London Final Cut community and also joins us live in the studio as guest host. We hope to pick his brains to see what's happening on the other side of the Atlantic.
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
April 9th, 2009
LIVE in our studios host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton are joined this week by:
Mark Ruppert and Liz Langston, executive producers of the 48-Hour Film Project, drop in to discuss how they started a contest that has exploded world-wide and given thousands of filmmakers the chance to create and screen their own film - in EXACTLY 48 hours!
Doug Sinclair is a Canadian television writer and film school grad who loves film and has turned it into a serious "hobby" - he's working on his first project, sort of an experimental "sandbox" and enjoying being creative in his digital world. We love his blog about "Frugal Filmmaking" and it's guys like Doug who keep the buZZ buzzing...who can't identify with a guy who "just loves to play in the world of digital film." Check out his blog..it is really entertaining and frankly, refreshing
Eric Harnden, of Quintessential Studios, continues our theme of high-quality productions on a budget with a look at how to create a state-of the-art edit suite for pennies on the dollar. If saving money in these tough economic times is important to you, this is one interview you don't want to miss!
You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!
April 2nd, 2009
LIVE in our studios host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton are joined this week by:
Bob Russo, Post-production specialist for Avid Technology, chats with us about the latest releases for Media Composer. We talk about why someone should consider upgrading, the challenges of working with tapeless media, how Avid is building on the new foundation it created in the 3.0 release, and what to look forward to in the next year.
Philip Hodgetts, President, Big Brains for Rent, slows down long enough to share some of his ideas on how to produce great products for less money.
David Simpson, Director, Milking the Rhino, discusses what it is like to film in Africa and the challenges he faced in creating his award-winning film.
Roger Baker, Director of Business Development for Cubist Media Group, provides us with a different opinion on how Blu-ray Discs require you to think differently during both production and post-production. This should be a fascinating look at how new technology impacts existing techniques.
March 26th, 2009
LIVE in our studios host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton are joined this week by:
James Sindle, Senior Animator at The Mill (London), recently won a VES (Visual Effects Society) award for outstanding animation. This week, we talk to James in his London edit suite about what he did to win the award and his tools and process for creating stunning effects.
Jonathan Handel, of Counsel at Troy Gould, tells us that SAG has not yet put away its boxing gloves. SAG is still swinging - and this week, Jonathan updates us at what.
Jeremy Strootman, worldwide sales director at Studio Network Solutions, stops in to talk about media storage. They've recently released a new SAN (storage area network) that supports Final Cut, Premiere Pro, Avid, and ProTools all in the same box. This week, we get to ask him if it really works.
Brian Kopp, vice-president of strategic planning for STATS, had the idea for CNN's Election Night holographic display, as well as much of their other cutting-edge technology. This week, we talk to him about what he's previewing at this year's NAB Show.
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