Digital Production Buzz Radio

Snehal Patel, filmmaker for Fearless Productions, shot his latest film “Indian Gangster,” using a digital SLR camera (DSLR). Normally, you use these cameras for taking still images; however, he used his for movies. The images are gorgeous, but the workflow is really tricky. Discover why he selected this camera and how he solved the editing challenges in his new film.
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Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, has written about the death of advertising as we know it. In this segment, he discusses the impact on entertainment funding as ad dollars continue to decline. Then, he and Larry talk about how this change in advertising impacts effective gathering of news and information.
Stacey Parks, CEO of Film Specific, travels the world covering the latest distribution deals. No one knows where the money is better than Stacey Parks. We talk with her about what filmmakers need to know to make money on their projects.
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Scott Anderson, partner at the Control Group, is actively involved in post-production at the high-end of high definition video. From creating digital dailies to digital intermediates, we talk with him about the challenges of high-definition, what works, what doesn’t and traps that producers need to avoid.
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Carey Keeney, producer, and Synderela Peng, art director, both at yU+co. created over 500 VFX shots for the upcoming movie: “Gamer.” Discover how they did it, and the challenges they faced, on this week's show.
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Welcome to the highlights of Digital Production BuZZ. Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, with the Internet’s leading program covering digital video production, post-production, and distribution.

Steve Martin is the president of Ripple Training and one of Apple’s lead trainers for Final Cut Studio. For the last several months he’s been working with an advanced copy of the latest release of Final Cut Studio and joins us today to discuss the new features and whether now is a good time to upgrade.

Scott Simmons is staff editor for FilmWorkers and popular blogger at scottsimmons.com/blog. Today he joins us to talk about his recent blog entry describing what a Final Cut Pro editor needs to know when moving to Avid Media Composer. You’ll find his take about the ongoing Avid versus Final Cut Debate to be fascinating.

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Rich Storek is a successful architect with a keen sense of the creative as well as the founder of Storek Studios. He just released a new plug-in for Final Cut called nVeil that enables editors to create truly stunning artwork using images from video.

Reuben Langdon is an actor, director, and stuntman. He also portrays the lead character in both Resident Evil and Devil May Cry video games. He joins us to talk about the world of stunts… what got him interested in them, how they are created and what producers need to know to use stunts in their own films.
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Michael Webber was the assistant editor on Observe & Report; a major feature film release from Hollywood. In this discussion, we discover how he sees the role of an assistant editor, what he looks for in hiring new members of his team, and what it took to get this film finished in post.

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You can’t read, see, or hear anything about media today without stumbling over the words “high-definition.” We can shoot high-definition video. We can edit it. We can even watch it. But, how do we distribute it? If you want to make money on your HD video, you need to create a high-def DVD. But how?
Surprisingly, the answer is: “It ain’t easy.”

To answer these questions, we’ve created this Special Report that looks at the entire state of Blu-ray technology. Hosted by Larry Jordan, our featured guest is Bruce Nazarian, president of the International Digital Media Alliance and internationally-recognized expert in optical media.

To start, Bruce and Larry discuss the history of Blu-ray Discs and discover how we got to where we are; including the differences between Blu-ray Discs and DVDs. We also digress a bit to talk about the big competitor to Blu-ray Discs – online digital downloads.

Bruce and Larry talk about how to create Blu-ray Discs using PCs. What software and hardware do you need? How well does it work? How much do you need to spend?

Happy New Year, everyone! Polishing video editing skills, making food look great, and improving business in a tough economy -- all on Video Production Radio!
Video Production Radio presents the best of the Digital Production BuZZ each month. Join host Larry Jordan with the Internet’s leading program covering digital video production and post-production.

Today, Video Production Radio takes a step away from technology to look at the craft and art of editing.

Norman Hollyn, head of the editing track at the USC Film School, talks about his latest book – The Lean-Forward Moment – and what we can do to improve our editing and story-telling skills. Our conversation isn’t about technology, its about art – and it’s very, very interesting.

Charlie Paul shoots food for a living. His job is to make food look so great on camera that you just want to rush out and buy it. Yup. He shoots food commercials for some of the biggest restaurants on the planet. And after listening to him you’ll understand why people say that making food look good on camera is one of the hardest jobs in television.