Digital Production Buzz Radio

01 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:10 PST

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.

02 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ - Part ll

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:10 PST

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.

03 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ - Part lll

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:10 PST

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.

04 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ - Part lV

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:10 PST

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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01 Should You Take a Class or Buy the Book? - Diana Weynand

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:00:10 PST

Welcome to the highlights of Digital Production BuZZ (www.digitalproductionbuzz.com). Join host Larry Jordan as he travels to Digital Video Expo 2009, in Pasadena, California, with the Internet’s leading program covering digital video production, post-production, and distribution.

Diana Weynand is the co-founder of Weynand Training and author of Apple’s Final Cut Pro training textbook series. She joins us today to talk about in-class training versus writing the world’s leading series of editing textbooks. She shares her thoughts on what makes for successful training in this interview live at DV Expo.

02 Career Counseling in the Entertainment Industry - Jessica Sitomer

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:00:10 PST

Jessica Sitomer is CEO of The Greenlight Coach. If you want to work in the entertainment industry, she offers valuable career counseling on a level far above the college counselor you had in high school, providing tips on how best to network to find work; and utilize the connections you have within the industry to move up the ladder as fast as possible.

Ed Bobadilla is the Sales Manager for Nelson Cases, a company originally started by his grandfather. They create custom-made cases to ship all your gear under all travel conditions. In this conversation, Ed suggests how to choose the right shipping case, the kinds of protective foam to consider, and how to be sure your gear arrives in one piece. whether it is shipped as cargo or hand-carried.

03 Using Still Cameras for Video AND Exploring LED Lighting

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:00:10 PST

Oliver Peters is an editor for DV and Videography magazines. The hottest new technology is shooting video with a digital SLR camera. Here, Oliver discusses the post-production traps and workarounds when editing video images shot on still cameras.

Paul Kobelja is an Account Executive at PRG, a company that provides lighting gear to events from the Superbowl and the Olympics to independent productions. He discusses the cost, safety and environmental benefits of LED lighting and highlights other new technologies that the movie industry has been slow to adopt.

02 Properly Utilizing Your Accessories - Brian Valente

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:00:10 PST

Brian Valente is a partner at Red Rock Micro which creates video camera accessories to improve the quality of your shooting. Whether you need a matte box, handheld camera grips, or the ability to remotely focus a camera – or just want to understand what these things are – Brian has the answers.

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01 Why Film in the Gold Standard

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:10 PST

Steve Weiss is the head of Marketing and International Sales at Zacuto, but he is also the producer of a webisode series called Film Fellas. He explains why film is the gold standard and explains to independent filmmakers why they should embrace webisodic entertainment. He also shares his brilliant methods for monetizing content on the web!

02 Challenges in Shooting Green Screens

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:10 PST

John Schellenger is the VP of production at GlamourKey.com, spends his days shooting green screen footage of beautiful women and fashion. Today, he discusses the challenges in shooting green screens and how he removes the green without losing image detail. He discusses how easy it is to use their stock footage on websites, and invites submissions from anyone who has various video and print formats that fit their glamour niche.

03 Evaluating Cat DV

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:10 PST

Kevin Duggin works as a product developer at Square Box Systems where he developed Cat DV. Cat DV is software that helps you keep track of all your media stored on multiple hard disks and servers. He explains the latest features in this affordable, cross-platform, and highly scalable media asset system that is currently used by both individuals and large enterprises.

04 Behind the Scenes with Wallace & Gromit

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:10 PST

Paul Reeves is a Technical Support Engineer at Aardman Animations in Bristol, UK. Aardman are the producers of stop-motion masterpieces like Wallace & Gromit, and Chicken Run. Paul shares his experience as a Camera Assist on Aardman’s stop motion clay animation features and goes into detail about the production equipment, post production hardware, networks and servers that he set up and manages for Aardman’s industry-leading CGI and stop motion projects.

01 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ - Looking into Final Cut Studio with Steve Martin

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:10 PST

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.

02 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ - Inside the Production of "The Wall" movie about the US/Mexico Border - Ricardo Martinez

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:10 PST

Ricardo Martinez is a filmmaker, editor, and motion graphics designer who joins us to talk about his new documentary, "The Wall", about towns along the US-Mexico border and the Secure Fence Act. He describes the process of filming a documentary and how he manages to focus during production on both the content and technical simultaneously.

03 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ - Tips for Building a Successful Demo Reel - Alan Shishko

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:10 PST

Alan Shishko is a freelance motion graphics designer whose popular motion graphics blog describes how to find new clients, the death of the DVD demo reel, and why online demo reels are great for cutting costs. He joins us to elaborate on his demo tips and also tell us some important things to keep in mind when building a successful demo reel.

04 The Best of Digital Production BuZZ - Opening Up the Avid vs. Final Cut Debate - Scott Simmons

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:10 PST

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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