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D P BuZZ - February 02, 2012

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:27:38 -0800

This week is all about making money!

Great New Interviews! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

This is part two of our look ahead at the European Film Market (EFM), which starts in a week and runs in conjunction with the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin. EFM the third-largest film market in the world; after Cannes and the American Film Market. Catherine Buresi, Co-director of the EFM, joins us this week in the second of two interviews explaining what producers need to know to be successful at a film market.

Aharon Rabinowitz, Director of Communities, Red Giant Software

Aharon Rabinowitz is the Director of Communities for Red Giant, and the host of Red Giant TV. He began his career as a production intern at Sesame Street and has since served as Animation Designer, Producer, and Technical Manager for several networks and production companies. In addition, Aharon Co-founded After Effects New York, an association for professionals and enthusiasts using Adobe After Effects and related software to create imagery for video, film, and other media. If we can steal enough time with him, he’ll also talk about the new version of Looks 2 for Media Composer – what doesn’t this guy know?

Matthew Rehrer, Production Storage Manager, Harmonic

We will spend far more money for storage than we will ever spend for our computers. Storage for media production is a subject that we have been covering for a long time at the BuZZ. Matthew Rehrer is the Production Storage Manager at Harmonic, where he provides direction for products that empower digital content creation, management, and delivery. Between the floods in Thailand, the slow roll-out of Thunderbolt, and a shift to larger image sizes, there is an insatiable appetite for more storage. This week we talk with talk with Matthew about finding storage that can grow as we need, and works over existing Ethernet cables.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Earlier this week, Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.0.3. One of the centerpieces of the update is a new utility for converting projects from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X. Within a day, it jumped to be one of the Top 10 apps in the Mac App store! Philip Hodgetts and Greg Clark were the team at Intelligent Assistance that put this utility together – a six month process. This week, we talk with Philip about what this new utility does and how they managed to get the two programs to talk to each other.

Dan Berube, Co-producer, SuperMeets

This week, the organization behind the Supermeets changed their name – causing a flurry of discussion on the Web. So, we invited co-producers Mike Horton and Dan Berube on to talk about the name change, what it means for creative professionals, and where they see the shows heading in the future.

D P BuZZ - January 26, 2012

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:37:38 -0800

This week is all about making money!

Great New Interviews! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

The European Film Market, which starts in two weeks and runs in conjunction with the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, is the third-largest film market in the world; after Cannes and the American Film Market. Catherine Buresi, Co-director of the EFM, joins us this week in the first of two interviews explaining what the market is, how film makers can use it to sell their projects, and suggestions on what genres are popular today.

Simon Chappuzeau, Founder, Digital Film Camps

Simon Chappuzeau is fascinated by crowds. We first met Simon last year during our Berlinale Film Festival coverage. He runs a two-day seminar, called Digital Film Camps, on crowd-sourcing — which is an Internet-based way to raise awareness and money for film projects. This year, we want to get an update on what’s happening in the world of crowd-sourcing.

Karsten Wenzlaff, CEO/Founder, Ikosom

Simon set the scene for crowd-sourcing. Next, we invited Karsten Wenzlaff, CEO of Ikosom, to give us specific suggestions we can use to make the most of crowd-sourcing. Ikosom is a research firm specializing in social media. Crowd-sourcing isn’t just for fund-raising, its also for building awareness, creating an audience, and allowing the audience to participate in the creative process. Karsten is filled with suggestions on what filmmakers should do – and should avoid doing – when crowd-sourcing your next project.

Karyn Benkendorfer, Producer/Writer

Karyn Benkendorfer is a free-lance producer/writer and chairman of the Producers Guild of America, West, Documentary/Non-Fiction Committee. A few years ago, they started “Rough Cuts,” which is a screening and round-table discussion of works in progress, to help filmmakers improve their projects. This week, we talk with her to learn more about Rough Cuts and the PGA in general.

Laurent Renard, CEO/Founder, i-Movix

Ever watch sports and see an instant replay in extreme slow-motion? Well, the gear that did that was probably created by i-Movix, a company founded and run by Laurent Renard. They wrapped a Phantom high-speed camera into a EVS control system and delivered then entire package as a turn-key solution for broadcasters and sports coverage. This week, Laurent explains what it is and how it works. (And, yes, you can rent these for your next production!)

D P BuZZ - January 19, 2012

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:26:27 -0800

Great New Interviews! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:!

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital!

Light Iron Digital has provided post production services for hundred’s of the top Hollywood productions. Michael Cioni, CEO, is in the middle of just about everything that goes on there. With the Sundance Film Festival around the corner and the Academy Awards looming, we thought it might be fun to bring Michael back to talk about their latest projects and how he thinks they will stack up against the competition. And, along the way, we’ll talk about the latest production techniques he sees in the industry.!

David Newman, Sr. Director, Software Engineering, GoPro!

GoPro just announced a new version of its 2D and 3D production software, the GoPro CineForm Studio (Premium and Professional). David Newman, GoPro’s Senior Director of Software Engineering joins us to explain what this new version means and give us an update on GoPro’s latest announcements at CES.!

Rory McKellar, Producer/Director, MindHeist!

UK-based Rory Kellar is a producer, director for MindHeist who works non-stop on both sides of the Atlantic. Staying creative and positive in what can be a very challenging business is the mark of a special individual. We invited him to provide us an update on the latest production techniques – and gossip – in the UK!!

Norman Hollyn, Editor & Professor, USC Film School!

Norman Hollyn is a regular contributor to The BuZZ. He is also an award-winning editor and a Professor at the USC Film School in Los Angeles. It’s a new year and we haven’t yet asked Norman what his plans are for his students at one of the country’s finest film schools. What hardware and software upgrades are planned and why? And how does changing technology affect creativity. Norman also co-hosts “2 Reel Guys” with Larry Jordan and we’ll try to get them to tell us what new episodes they are working on!

D P BuZZ - January 12, 2012

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:14:58 -0800

Great New Interviews! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Boris Yamnitsky, Founder/CEO, Boris FX

Boris Yamnitsky, the founder and president of Boris FX which acquired Media100 a few years ago, brings effects and graphics tools to the video post-production and broadcast markets. We’ve wrenched him away from his incredibly busy schedule to talk about the new version of Boris Continuum 8 for After Effects.

David Ferri, Business Development Manager, Sisvel Technology

There’s 3D and then there’s 3D Tile Format, a new dimension in 3D digital television. What is it and why does it look so darn good and how does it coexist with 2D broadcast television in a home environment? Davide Ferri the Business Development Manager of Sisvel, an Italian-based technology company join us this week to tell us more.

Oliver Peters, CEO, Oliver Peters Post-Production Services, LLC

Oliver Peters,CEO of Oliver Peters Post Production Services, is based in Central Florida and has been in this business for over 35 years. He is an award-winning editor, colorist and post-production specialist with his own business. Recently, he wrote an article on new 4K image technology for Digital Video magazine. This week, we ask him about what 4K means, what cameras shoot it, and how to edit it. If truly high-definition is in your future, you need to hear this!

Simon Frostad, Chairman & Co-Founder, Bridge Technologies

Bridge Technologies was founded to bridge the gap between people who work with packets and those who work with pixels. They have developed a new monitoring service that seeks to improve image quality for media sent via cable or satellite while at the same time improving the speed and quality of customer service. Simen Frostad, Chairman and co-Founder joins us this week to explain what the news is all about. This is a technology you only hear about on The Buzz. Cool stuff.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else — on another fascinating show!

D P BuZZ - January 05, 2012

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:23:55 -0800

It’s the start of a New Year and we have a FREE TICKET to the Adobe Bootcamp – plus some great interviews! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Rob Legato, VFX Supervisor, “Hugo”

Oscar winner Rob Legato, whose numerous credits include Apollo 13, Titanic, Castaway, The Aviator, and The Departed, most recently was the visual effects supervisor, second-unit director, and second-unit director of photography for Hugo. For this project, Legato broke new ground, including Hugo’s application of genuine 3D, the use of the ARRI Alexa camera, re-creation of sets and techniques used in 1905, research of filmmaking history, as well as the film’s 800 highly stylized visual effects shots—each fine-tuned for discrete right and left eyes. In all his various capacities on the project, Legato relied on Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium software, including Adobe After Effects 5.5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, and Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. We want to talk with him about what he did, how he did it, and what he thinks of the results.

Rich D’Angelo, President/Founder, Channel Wolves

Rich D’Angelo is the President and Founder of Channel Wolves, a sales and marketing strategy and representation firm that works with some of the leading names in the digital media industry, including EditShare, Boris FX, Contour Design, Bluefish444, and PowerProduction Software. He joins the BuZZ this week to tell us about the hundreds of new transitions from Eye Scream Factory.

Jack Reilly, Event Manager, Future Media Concepts

Jack Reilly is the Event Manager for Future Media Concepts. FMC is producing the Adobe Boot Camp, an extensive training camp on all the major Adobe products starting Jan. 9 in Orlando, Florida. This immersive, in-depth training is different from other training centers and we want to learn more about it. Also, you can enter to win a FREE TICKET to the boot camp by listening to the show and visiting The Buzz Facebook page. This could save you HUNDREDS of dollars!! (Oh, and we wouldn’t object if you “liked” us as well…)

Jan Nordmann, Director, Marketing & Business Development, Fraunhofer IIS

Fraunhofer IIS is a major research institute in Germany that invetned MP3 and co-developed AAC. They are not simply resting on their laurels, however. This year at CES, they will be demonstrating new dialog enhancement technology and a new consumer version of the Sonnox Fraunhofer Codec specifically geared to music production. We invited Jan Nordmann, Director of Marketing and Business Development for Fraunhofer, to explain their new announcements.

Alex Grossman, CEO, Active Storage

Active Storage has been providing high-quality, high-performance storage hardware for media production for almost a decade. This week, CEO Alex Grossman gives us a sneak peak at a new announcement on media management that they are making later this week at the Storage Visions 2012 conference in Las Vegas.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else — on another fascinating show!

D P BuZZ - December 29, 2011

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:19:31 -0800

We have an amazing year-end show for you this week! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they look back at 2011 with:

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance returns to the BuZZ for our annual look back at the past year and his patented crystal ball prognostications looking forward to what we can expect in technology for 2012. Philip has an expert’s eye for marketing, distribution and digital technology. You’ll want to hear what he has to say.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

2011 was a tough year for many who were struggling to get jobs in the entertainment industry. But if you were listening in to Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach, you caught some valuable advice about how to get and keep a job. On this week’s BuZZ, Jessica talks about employment in 2011 and what to expect for 2012.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Government Video magazines

Who doesn’t love gear? And who doesn’t envy someone who gets to try out virtually everything new as soon as it appears on the horizon! Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor for DV & Videography magazines, and a regular contributor to the BuZZ, returns with a wrap-up of his favorite discoveries during 2011 and a list of what he’s hoping to see in 2012.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

2011 was a busy year for strikes and almost-strikes and if anyone was on the front lines of labor, it was our favorite legal expert, Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney of counsel with Troy Gould and entertainment reporter for the Hollywood Reporter. Jonathan shares his thoughts on the year past, with his expectations for what the coming year holds.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian , The Digital Guy, has gone back to his music roots and his musical journey during this past year has been an eye-opener for him as well as for us! We are always delighted to welcome him back and this week, he gives us a quick education in what happened in the music industry with some great advice about how to survive and prosper in 2012.

Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz

As Producer of the Digital Production BuZZ, Cirina Catania gets to talk with just about everyone in our industry and finds herself constantly on the front lines as news breaks. She’s a filmmaker, a journalist and a long-time member of our BuZZ family, booking our guests and predicting trends on a daily basis. She joins us live from Germany to talk about what was memorable for her this year and what she thinks will be on the radar for 2012

D P BuZZ - December 22, 2011

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:20:59 -0800

Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Simon Walker, Colorist and Trainer

Colorist and trainer, Simon Walker, has released “Master Artists for Looks 2,” a collection of painterly pre-sets that will have your images looking like they were created by a true genius. We speak with Simon about the process of color grading an image, what works, what doesn’t, and why he created these new plug-ins.

Bob Kaminsky, Co-creator and Executive Producer, Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

It would take the entire show to list all of Bob Kaminsky’s credits. He is the co-creator and an Executive Producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, now in its 14th year. He is also the co-creator and an Executive Producer of The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Bob has produced hundreds of hours of music specials and worked with just about every music superstar or humorist you can think of including: The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bonnie Raitt, The Police, Reba McIntire, George Strait, George Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin. Bill Cosby. First, we’re gonna ask if he can introduce us, then, we want to go behind the scenes to learn how he produces a show like this.

Ralph Kelsey, President and Co-founder, Broadway Sound and Yossi Kimberg, Editor, Broadway Video

Broadway Video, and its audio division Broadway Sound, specialize in programs for television, radio, film and the theater. They handled many of the production duties in creating the recent Mark Twain Prize for American Humor program. Ralph Kelsey mixed the audio, while Yossi Kimberg edited the show. This week, we talk with both of them to learn how they approach a major network show like this and pick up some techniques we can use ourselves.

Paul Babb, President, Maxon

The Cinema 4D Education site, “Cineversity,” has been re-launched by Maxon U.S. and we’re looking forward to hearing more from Maxon President, Paul Babb. Why did they need to relaunch it? What did they improve? And how can you benefit from the new site?

D P BuZZ - December 15, 2011

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:15:36 -0800

Join Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Arun Chaudhary, Former White House Videographer

What’s it like, being the official videographer for the Obama White House? This week, we talk with Arun Chaudhary who, for four years, was the official videographer inside the Obama White House. He shares his stories, his techniques, and his thoughts on his role in preserving history. He shares what he did day-to-day, and the balance between the press corps and his work. This will be a fascinating interview!

Michele Yamazaki, VP Marketing and Pluginologist, Toolfarm

We first met Michele Yamazaki, the VP of Marketing for Toolfarm, a month ago. And we had such positive response, we invited her back. After all, it isn’t every day that we get to talk to an “Official Pluginologist.” We want to spend more time talking about favorite plug-in, last minute gift ideas, and get a sense of what to watch for in the future.

Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design, Inc.

Two weeks ago, Blackmagic Design stunned the industry by acquiring Teranex – a state-of-the-art hardware technology providing video format conversions, up- and down-scaling, and conversion from 2D to 3D images. This week, we talk with Dan May, President of Blackmagic Design, Inc., about why they acquired the company, how Blackmagic Design expects to benefit from it and WHY, yesterday, they dropped the price $70,000!!!

Brian Campanotti, Chief Technology Officer, Front Porch Digital.

Front Porch Digital is a global leader in content storage management (CSM) solutions and the migration and preservation of analogue to digital files. CTO Brian Campanotti has direct responsibility for the overall design and development of the next generation of Front Porch products and services, one of which – their SAMMA system – is receiving a Technology and Engineering Emmy this coming February. Front Porch specializes in converting analog media to digital files, tracking them, and helping you make money on them later.

D P BuZZ - December 08, 2011

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:25:12 -0800

Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Jim Sherhart Senior Director, Product Marketing, Drobo

Drobo first became known for its friendly, expandable, RAID-protected storage. Now, they are creating an ecosystem of applications revolving around storage and the Cloud. Jim Sherhart, Senior Director of Product Marketing and Business Development, joins us to talk about the new storage applications that Drobo is making available as well as what new storage products Drobo is working on.

Lisa Contoyannis, VP of E-commerce, Pogoplug

An example of one of these new Drobo applications is Pogoplug. They have created a cloud-storage system for mobile devices – what they call the “Personal Cloud.” And they just partnered with Drobo to provide cloud-based storage for remote file access, cloud storage and media streaming from any device. Lisa Contoyannis, VP of E-commerce, joins us to explain how their system works.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Government Video and Digital Video magazines

Ned Soltz is a regular contributor to The Buzz, as well as being an contributing editor to both Government Video and Digital Video magazines. This week, we want to chat with him about some of the new digital video recorders that recently appeared, such as the Samurai and Pix. Plus, when it comes to talking tech, nobody does a better job than Ned.

Highlights from Government Video Expo 2011

We have more interviews from Government Video Expo 2011 this week

* Graham TC, CEO, Storage DNA, tells us about an inexpensive archiving solution which they’ve developed.

* Colleen Meade, Account Executive, Omni Music, offers high-quality production music for filmmakers.

* Erica Ginsberg, Executive Director for Docs in Progress, a user group for documentary filmmakers.

D P BuZZ - December 01, 2011

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:26:02 -0800

Join Larry Jordan as he talks with:

John Buck Editor and Author, “Timeline: A History of Editing”

We often get so caught up in the “new” and “now,” that we forget that it grew out of what was in the past. John Buck has been an editor since he needed a way to cut his Super 8mm movies for screening in a makeshift neighborhood cinema, and to enter his work in young filmmakers’ festivals. After being fired from his full-time job as a junior agency TV producer, John was advised by his father to “get a job that people can understand what it is that you do.” Instead, he began a thirty-year editing career that spans MTV Awards, SuperBowl commercials, and highly-rated TV shows. He’s written a fascinating book on the history of electronic editing – called “Timeline – A History of Electronic Editing” – and this week, he explains that the software we edit on today had its roots in a toy shop in Paris in 1924.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is a regular contributor to The Buzz and joins us to talk about his reactions to John Buck’s book: Timeline. Philip has long been fascinated by history and the role the past plays in determining the future of technology. We asked Philip to join us this week to provide a second perspective on the serpentine route editing hardware and software has taken over the last 100 years.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer President, The Greenlight Coach, is another regular on The Buzz. This week, we wanted to spend a bit more time talking with her — about the business of running a business. Specifically, how to successfully run a virtual office. How and when should you do sales calls? What type of communication works the best? What’s the most effective relationship to have with a client? How do you stay focused when you are constantly traveling? As always, Jessica has great ideas and tips to share with all of us.

Highlights from Government Video Expo 2011

Government Video Expo 2011 closed about three hours ago. We are already editing the stories our reporters turned in and have a great selection for the show this week. Joining us are:

Michael Gailing, Director of Marketing, Teradek

Erica Hoffman, Account Executive, National Captioning Institute

Lt. Col. Francisco Hamm, Entertainment Liaison Office – LA, U.S. Air Force

For ALL our GV Expo coverage, visit GVExpoBuzz.com We have dozens of interviews to share with you.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

D P BuZZ - November 24, 2011

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:26:40 -0800

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton , as they talk with:

Alicia Hirsch, Senior Vice-president for Post-production, Fox Television Studios

Alicia Hirsch, Senior Vice-president, Post Production, at Fox Television Studios, oversees more than 20 one-hour dramas, pilots and reality talk shows delivered to a variety of cable networks. Some of her shows include “The Killing,” “Burn Notice,” “White Collar,” and “The Shield.” Alicia takes us behind the scenes to explain how all these shows get edited and delivered in time to meet their weekly deadlines. And wait till you hear her description of all the video formats she needs to work with!

Lynn Elliott, Screenflow Product Specialist, Telestream

Lynn Elliott is the Screenflow Product Specialist for Telestream. She has more than 20 years marketing experience and currently manages the marketing for ScreenFlow, an award-winning screen capturing software. Telestream says that ScreenFlow helps video producers create professional-looking videos, demos and tutorials, even if they have no previous experience. This week, we talk with Lynn to see if she can back up those claims.

Dennis Butts, Founder, Military Comm Networks

Dennis Butts, Founder of Military Comm Networks, Inc. will deliver a keynote speach at the upcoming Government Video Expo entitled, “Blending Video Conferencing with Broadcast.” Dennis is integrating multi-user interactive video conferencing with on-line video programming to create the feeling of watching TV programs with friends and family, even if you are separated by thousands of miles. He launched this to support far-flung military families and the results are amazing! (The Digital Production Buzz is the official podcast of Goverment Video Expo.)

Mike Flanagan, Founder and CEO, Video Symphony

Mike Flanagan is the president of Video Symphony, a professional post-production training school in Burbank, California. He’s been deeply involved with training and finding jobs for his students for many years. His book “Hollywood Jobs” provides guidance for job seekers who want to find work fast. This week, we talk with Mike about the options students have who want to enter the post-production industry

D P BuZZ - November 17, 2011

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:27:31 -0800

LIVE and On-Location at Video Symphony in Burbank, CA!

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton , as they talk with:

Lydia Cornell. Award-winning Actress

Lydia Cornell won the People’s Choice Award for her role as Sarah Rush on ABC’s “Too Close for Comfort” in 1980 and has worked non-stop ever since. Her professional career extends beyond acting into theater, film, and television. She is also just about finished with her new novel. We first met on our Oct. 27 show and were so impressed we invited her back to talk about what it takes to succeed in Hollywood, tips for producers/directors on how to work with actors and, above all, the importance of being true to your creativity.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance, joins us to talk about thriving and growing in today's business climate. Today, customers think cheaper equipment should lead to cheaper production. There’s a “kid in a basement” underbidding at every turn and many traditional sources of production revenue are simply drying up. The advent of an economic downturn has accelerated the changes in our industry, while the Internet has radically changed communication and brought us powerful new tools for communicating with new and current customers. It's tough to make a living, but Philip has some ideas that can help.

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital, has been a Digital Intermediate Supervisor on more than 200 feature films - such as Pirates of the Caribbean 4, The Amazing Spiderman, The Social Network, Total Recall, and... the Muppet Movie! We want to learn more about how the process of digital intermediates works and whether this is a technique that can benefit the independent filmmaker.

Adrian Belic, Independent Filmmaker -- Michael Timm, Independent Filmmaker

Two successful filmmakers, looking to make money on their projects. The first film of Adrian Belic and his brother, Roko, created just after college, was the Academy Award-nominated “Genghis Blues.” His follow up film is the multi-award winning “Beyond the Call.” How does he market his product and what advice can he give to the rest of us about survival in the intensely competitive world of independent films. Filmmaker Mike Timm has some good news for us! His film, "A Girl, A Guy, A Space Helmet" premiered recently at the Maryville Film Festival and was the recipient of Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Production Design and Best Cast Ensemble awards! So we guess he’s doing something right! We talk with both Adrian and Mike about how they are marketing their films and where the money is for filmmakers today.

Darren Millar, General Manager, Video Symphony

Darren Millar, General Manager, Video Symphony, recently joined one of the largest training schools for filmmakers to help create programs geared for filmmakers today. He joins us to discuss the role of Video Symphony in helping filmmakers jump-start their career.

D P BuZZ - November 10, 2011

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:27:31 -0800

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton , as they talk with:

Wes Plate, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Wes Plate started his career as a creative editor using After Effects and Avid in tandem, an experience that led him to co-found Automatic Duck, Inc. together with his father Harry in 2001. Automatic Duck software became the de facto standard for moving media projects from one software platform to another. Recently, Automatic Duck stunned the industry by announcing that Wes had joined Adobe’s product marketing group working on Adobe’s popular suite of audio and video production applications and that all of the Duck’s software utilities were now free. Tune in this week and learn the inside story of why Wes made the switch to become a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Adobe Systems.

Jack Reilly, Event Manager, Future Media Concepts

Jack Reilly is the Event Manager for Future Media Concepts and has some really interesting training sessions scheduled for the upcoming GV Expo in Washington D.C. later this month. We talk with Jack to learn what new training is available, and get a sense of what subjects editors are most interested in learning. This is a very cool way to get some of the best technical training available!

Jack Tunnicliffe Founder, Java Post

Jack Tunnicliffe is the founder of Java Post, a leading editing and visual effects facilities based in western Canada. His company has an impressive roster of post-production credits that includes hit Canadian TV sitcoms such as “Corner Gas” and “InSecurity,” and the critically acclaimed film, “Hungry Hills” featured at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. We want to talk to Jack about their use of Mocha and After Effects, and how he markets this software to attract new business.

Michele Yamazaki, Vice-president of Marketing & Pluginologist, ToolFarm

Michele Yamazaki is the VP Marketing & Pluginologist at Toolfarm. She recently wrote “Plug in with After Effects: Third Party Plug-in Mastery.” She also co-authored “Green-screen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers” with Jeremy Hanke in 2009. We want to talk with her about the state of the plug-in industry – what’s hot and what should we pay attention to?

D P BuZZ - November 03, 2011

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:35:25 -0700

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton , as they talk with:

Chris Hansen, Co-founder, CEO, BAMM.tv

Chris Hansen, the co-founder of BAMM.TV is a passionate entrepreneur and musician. He and his fellow band members converted their garage rehearsal space into a production studio which then exploded into a content creation mecca for musicians! This week, discover an innovative way to promote and distribute your music.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is a professional musician and producer. So, we thought it would be worthwhile to ask him to take a look at the new BAMM.TV service and give us his take on it. Is this a good deal for musicians? What are the benefits and drawbacks to distributing music outside “the system?” What questions should artists ask as they are evaluating who represents their music? Tune into this week’s show to learn more.

Amanda Fox President/Executive Producer, Spotzen

Making films is difficult and complicated and do any of us like those huge paper production books? Ugh. Spotzen has developed an online, digital system that allows us to streamline communication and coordinate between departments during the filming and post process. (And no paper production books!) Amanda Fox, President and Executive Producer is joining us this week to tell us more about how Spotzen can save us time and aggravation

JJ Smith, Editor, Government Video magazine

Government Video Expo returns at the end of November. And, once again, The Buzz is the official podcast of the event. But, what’s happening at GV Expo this year? JJ Smith, Editor of Government Video Magazine gives us a preview of what to expect as thousands of attendees prepare to swarm into Washington D.C. to scope out the latest technology and share news with industry contacts.

Michael Kammes, Senior Applications Editor, Keycode Media

With the announcement this morning of Avid Media Composer 6, we invited Avid specialist and beta tester, Michael Kammes, to give us a quick update on the new version and some of its more intriguing new features – including 64-bit memory addressing, native support for 3D video, and lots of new 3rd-party import and output options. Listen in for the full scoop!

D P BuZZ - October 27, 2011

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:33:53 -0700

Join Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Lydia Cornell, Actress

Lydia Cornell has it all – beauty, brains, talent, success and unbridled creativity! She won the People’s Choice Award for her role as Sarah Rush on ABC’s “Too Close for Comfort” in 1980 and has worked non-stop ever since. She is just about finished with her new novel, is a recurring guest on the Bashama and Cornell podcast and we’ve pried her away to talk to us about her career and what she’s learned about achieving success in this industry.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Keeping the fires of creativity lit can be a hard task. Dealing with stress and remaining creative is even harder. Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach joins us tonight to look at the other side of working – staying creative without burning out. She’s helps explain the relationship between stress and creativity and staying healthy – you’ll want to hear her answers on this week’s show.

Dr. Margaret Cochran transpersonal psychologist, and Michael Cosgrove, host/producer

Dr. Margaret Cochran and her husband Michael Cosgrove produce the internet radio show ‘Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love and Magic!’ Wisdom, Love and Magic is about everything you think and everything you feel or imagine. Dr. Cochran and her guests talk about how to make sense of the worlds of linear science and felt experience and understand their impact on your everyday life.

Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs

The difference between a good editor and a great editor is the “creativity factor!” Terry Curren, Founder and President of Alpha Dogs, Inc. explains more about why it is important to involve editors in the creative process and how that can take your project to the next level.

D P BuZZ - October 20, 2011

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:19:24 -0700

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton , as they talk with:

Jacob Rosenberg, Chief Technology Officer/Director, Bandito Brothers

Bandito Brothers is a recent arrival to the post-production scene in Los Angeles, but their work is turning heads. This week, we speak with company co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Jacob Rosenberg about what it takes to run a successful full-service production company, the kinds of people he likes to hire, and a look at the future of post-production. This is a fascinating interview!

Robert Sharp, President, DigiEffects

DigiEffects is making big news this week. We talk with DigiEffects President, Robert Sharp, about their latest news – we’d tell you now, but, then, well, you know the drill. Cool news, though!

Kim Henderson Sales Engineer, NewTek

NewTek is a staple in live production – especially when budgets don’t allow working with remote trucks and lots of gear. Recently, NewTek announced the new Tricaster 450 and 450 Extreme. We asked Kim Henderson, Sales Engineer for NewTek to get specific about the specs of the new products – and show us some ideas of where it can be used and new outboard gear that makes using it easier than ever.

Woody Woodhall, President, Allied Post

Woody Woodhall is a professional audio engineer and the head of Allied Post, an audio post facility in Los Angeles. He’s also the head of the LA Post Production User Group (LAPPG). We spoke with Woody recently about the challenges of recording location sound – not the actors, that’s easy, it’s all the sounds around the actors that you need to add audio believability to your projects.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer. President, The Greenlight Coach, is back! Our favorite “gonna-find-you-a-job” coach returns – this time, with ideas on what to put on your resume that will help you find work. Even better, she has great advice on what to leave off. You aren’t writing a novel, here. You are crafting a marketing document to get you work. Listen to her interview and discover ways you can make your resume more powerful and productive.

D P BuZZ - October 13, 2011

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:40:37 -0700

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton, live, as they talk with:

Jerome Courshon, Producer, “The Secrets to Film Distribution”

Jerome Courshon (“God, Sex & Apple Pie,” “Life With Fiona”) knows the ‘game’ of distribution as a Producer in the trenches. From his film festival journeys to self-releasing his first movie into theaters to securing distribution with Warner Bros., Courshon has faced innumerable obstacles. And it’s this real world “what works, what doesn’t” approach that he is able to share with fellow filmmakers to help them achieve success. Join us on the Live Chat and ask him what it takes to make money on your movie!

Ian Chisholm, Writer, Producer, and Star, “Clear Skies”

By day, Ian Chisholm is an IT professional. By night, though, he becomes the writer, creator and star of Clear Skies 3, an amazing animated web series. Ian told us: “I’m a one-man-band who did all this for fun!” The “fun” took thousands of dedicated hours to bring his dream to life. We think he is an inspiration to all and invite you to listen in as we interview him on this week’s BuZZ.

Shirley Craig Co-founder, Weynand Training

Weynand Training is synonymous with Apple’s Final Cut Pro textbooks. But, as co-founder Shirley Craig tells us, the company does far more than write books. They recently expanded into creating iPhone apps – including one that Shirley introduces that turns your iPhone into a professional recorder. Listen in and learn more!

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance, is a regular on The Buzz. He’s also a software developer and tonight, he’s announcing something brand new that will interest just about every Final Cut Pro X user. Join us for the latest news and gossip – live!

Pick Our Brains

This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered.

D P BuZZ - October 06, 2011

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:29:30 -0700

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton as they talk with:

Robin Hafitz, President, Open Mind Strategy

Robin Hafitz, president of Open Mind Strategy, founded Open Mind Strategy in 2010 to provide marketers with strategic insights that provide a foundation for brand building. We all know people are time-shifting, on-demanding, and streaming more than ever. They seem to feel that watching what they want to watch when and where they want to watch it is a God-given right. This intensifying desire for immediate media gratification is something filmmakers can leverage. They should try, like Coca Cola, to be “within arm’s reach of desire.” We asked her to put on her strategic hat for filmmakers and help us figure out how to take advantage of these new trends.

Todd Prives, Program Manager, GenArts

This week, GenArts released Sapphire 6, a newly integrated version of its flagship plug-in suite for After Effects, Autodesk and Avid editing and compositing systems. For the first time, the suite includes a lens flare editor, 1,100+ presets and a preset browser to let you preview looks as you work. We talk with Todd Prives to learn what all the excitement is about.

Steve Kownacki, Executive Producer, Final Focus Productions

Steve Kownacki, Executive Producer of Final Focus Productions, is a very busy production executive at this Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania production house. Steve’s a guy who’s worn many hats over the years including audio engineer, location sound, camera op, director, producer, marketer, and LOVES them all. A small business owner for the last 20 years and a guy who’s seen a lot of gear since 2″ quad in the 80s!

Rodney Mitchell, Founder, Washington, DC, Final Cut Pro User Group

When you think Final Cut in the mid-Atlantic states, the name Rodney Mitchell comes first to mind. President of the DC Final Cut Pro Users Group, we wanted to talk to Rodney to get a sense of what user groups are doing with all the controversy surrounding the release of Final Cut Pro X.

Pick Our Brains

This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered.

D P BuZZ - September 29, 2011

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:38:16 -0700

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton as they go live to the trade show and talk with:

Karen Everett, Founder, NewDoc Editing

Karen Everett is a documentary story consultant. She helps documentary producers figure out how to craft their stories to catch the eyes of distributors and viewers. She has discovered there are two “templates” that are very successful today and, after she gave her presentation at the Digital Video Conference, we sat down with her to learn the highlights of her approach.

Bruce Masters, Senior Program Manager, IBM

Increasingly, producers are turning to LTO tape for archiving projects. In fact, some networks are now accepting LTO for final program delivery. Bruce Masters, Senior Program Manager for IBM discusses Ultrium – the consortium of IBM, HP, and Quantum that are the driving force behind LTO. What is it? How can it help us? And where is it going in the future?

Mark Pastor, Strategic Business Manager, Quantum

Whitney Lippincott, Business Alliance Manager, HP Storage

Bruce Masters set the scene about LTO tape. Mark Pastor and Whitney Lippincott provide specific examples of how it is being used in the real world. We also spend time talking about specific techniques you can use to be successful using LTO tape to archive and access your projects.

Sam Thomas, Business and Development Manager, Petrol Bags, Division of Vitec Group

Petrol Bags is relatively new to the industry. If you need to carry cameras or other gear from one place to another, these are products you need to check out. Sam Thomas joins us to talk about their newest bag – the Cambio – which provides a built-in tripod and internal lighting system!

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines

What can we say? It’s Ned Soltz. Ned looks at the new camera technology on display at DV Expo with an eye on showcasing new cameras and camera accessories and his surprising discovery of removable lenses for the iPhone 4!

Doug Pircher, General Manager, International Supplies

Every year at Digital Video Expo, Doug Pircher introduces us to products we’ve never heard of that become part of our regular production tools. This year is no exception – Doug has scoured the earth to find a great collection of intriguing products that can simplify your life — or at least make it more fun.

Larry Laboe, Executive Director, NewFilm Makers – Los Angeles

It is easy, at a trade show, to get totally captivated by technology. But the purpose of filmmaking is to make films that other people want to watch. That’s where Larry Laboe comes in – he heads New Filmmakers – Los Angles, an organization that is part user group and part film festival. And a GREAT place to see films. Join us as Larry explains.

D P BuZZ - September 22, 2011

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:24:14 -0700

Digital Video Expo 2011 provides the chance to ”Be Inspired!” And The Digital Production BuZZ takes you right to the heart of the action with interviews and inside insight from the leaders in our industry as the Official Podcast of Digital Video Expo 2011!

Digital Video Expo, at the Pasadena, California, Convention Center, September 20 to 22, brings content creation professionals together with all the latest technologies. This is a chance to connect with others in the field with networking, events, and more in-depth training than ever before.

Eric Trabb, Vice President Sales & Group Publisher, NewBay Media L.L.C.

Eric is responsible for all the NewBay print publications, trade shows, like Digital Video Expo, and on-line properties. These include titles like DV, Videography, and Millimeter magazines, 2-pop and Creative Planet websites, and both DV and GV Expos, We are delighted to welcome him to the show. Almost all of us depend upon NewBay for coverage of the industry and we want to get Eric’s take on where it is headed and what NewBay Media is doing to respond to it — you’ll be surprised at his answers.

Jan Crittenden Livingston, Product Manager, Panasonic

Jan is responsible for all of Panasonic’s professional cameras. She joins us today to talk about the premiere of several of their latest cameras, as well a explains what criteria filmmakers can use in deciding which camera is best for their project.

Cristina Clapp, Editorial Director, NewBay Media L.L.C.

Cristina is responsible for the entire video group at NewBay Media. This includes DV, Videography, and Millimeter magazines, 2-pop.com, and the conference track here at DV Expo. We talk with Christina about her goals for the conference here at Digital Video Expo, PLUS, she gives us an exclusive announcement concerning DV magazine. A great interview!

Robert Brambila, Director of Technology, leads the technology team at Promax

Since the rebirth of the company a couple of years ago, Promax has been releasing new products for the video market on a regular basis. This week, we talk with Rob about how they balance their role as a reseller with that of developer, where technology is headed, and what storage trends we need to pay attention to.

Brian Dickman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Smartsound

Brian is a long-time friend of The Buzz. Recently, Smartsound introduced QuickTracks, an Internet-based system of music creation, editing, and manipulation. Brian joins us to explain how QuickTracks works, where the Smartsound library comes from, and ideas producers can use to find the best music for their projects.

Patrick Sculley, CEO of Pixelflow

Patrick offers a system of “Production in the Cloud.” We talked with him last year at Digital Video Expo and wanted to followup with him this year to learn what’s new. What we discovered is they have a six-step system to enable filmmakers around the world to collaborate on a single project. Tune in this week to learn more.

Mathew Rehrer, Product Manager for Harmonic

Mathew was a speaker at the Digital Video Expo Conference, talking about how to plan your storage needs for performance and capacity. We pulled him out of the speaker’s lounge long enough to get him to give us a summary of his presentation.

D P BuZZ - September 15, 2011

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:32:15 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Bill Roberts, Director, Product Management for Video and Audio Solutions, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Adobe Systems Inc. made big waves last week at the IBC trade show announcing the acquisition of Iridas, a massive sales spike and renewed interest in their professional video editing products. This week, we invited two of their product managers to join us to explain all this news. Bill Roberts, director of product management for video and audio solutions at Adobe Systems, is responsible for products on the content creation side – Story, Iridas, Premiere Pro and others. We want to know what the heck is going on over there?!?

Francene Blythe, Director, All Roads Film Project

Francene Blythe is an award-winning 20-year industry veteran and now heads the All Roads Film Project for the National Geographic. The All Roads Film Project is a National Geographic program dedicated to providing a platform for indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers around the world to showcase their works to promote knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader, global audience. We want to talk with Francene to translate that last sentence into something that makes sense.

Ashley Still, Director, Product Management for Rich Media Products, Adobe Systems Inc.

Adobe continued making news at IBC with a wealth of updates to their Flash products – including the long-hoped for ability to play Flash movies on iDevices. Does this portend the death of Flash? Ashley Still, director,of product management for rich media products at Adobe Systems tells us what’s going on with her products, such as Flash Media Server, Flash Access, Adobe Pass and others? Join us this week and as we can’t wait to learn more with Ashley!

Joel Ordesky, Product Marketing Manager, Motion Picture Production, Sony Electronics

Another hot new announcements out of IBC was that Sony was showing their new F65 camera. Joel Ordesky, product marketing manager for motion picture production at Sony Electronics, is a senior executive with over 12 years experience in leading and managing operations for companies with revenues in excess of $30 million. Most recently, Joel has been leading a team with a focus on the launch of the new F65 camera from Sony. We want to learn more about this camera and where it fits in the world of RED, Panasonic P2, and Arri Alexa.

Pick Our Brains

This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered

D P BuZZ - September 08, 2011

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:28:52 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Sheri Candler, Co-Author, Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul

Sheri Candler is an inbound marketing strategist who helps independent filmmakers build identities for themselves and their films. She’s written a book filled with case studies that look at ways filmmakers are approaching distribution. Ranging from Do-It-Yourself to split rights to a variety of hybrid deals, Sheri joins us to explain where marketing and distribution are headed for microbudget films.

Oliver Peters, Editor, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC

Oliver Peters, Owner, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, is based in Central Florida and has been in this business for over 35 years. He is an award-winning editor, colorist and post-production specialist with his own business. He is also a contributing editor to Videography, DV, and TV Technology magazines. He joins us this week with a special preview of the color correction training he’ll be conducting at the upcoming Digital Video Expo 2011, in Pasadena, CA.

Alberto Cieri, Senior Director, Sales & Marketing, Matox Video Products Group

IBC opens tomorrow in Amsterdam and the industry is a-Buzz with new announcements. Alberto Cieri, Senior Director, Sales and Marketing for the Matrox Video Products Group, joins us from Amsterdam to tell us about their latest new gear: the MC-100 mini-converter. Matrox, based in Montreal, Canada, is increasingly recognized as a leader in HD and SD digital video, so we are very interested to learn “what’s new?”

Kevin Epstein, Vice-President, Marketing, Drobo

What is a guy with an undergraduate degree in high-energy nuclear physics doing on The Buzz? We don’t know either, but we wanna find out! Kevin Epstein is currently radiating energy as the VP of Marketing for Drobo. He joins us this week to announce the winner in our “Win a Drobo” contest – plus to give us some tips on how to get the best performance from Drobo’s gear.

Pick Our Brains

This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered.

D P BuZZ - September 01, 2011

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:29:40 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital

Starting first with Plaster City Digital Post, and now at Light Iron Digital, where he is the CEO, Michael Cioni has served as a Digital Intermediate Supervisor on more than 200 feature films – including Pirates of the Caribbean 4, The Amazing Spiderman, The Social Network, Total Recall, and, not to be missed, the Muppet Movie! We’ve heard about digital intermediates for a while now, but what do they do and how do we work with them? Even more inportant, can we use them on films with less than hundred million dollar budgets? (Hint: The answer is YES!). Tune in and learn more.

Jessica Sitomer, CEO, The Greenlight Coach

Getting a job is a wonderful feeling, until you walk in and discover you have a TERRIBLE boss! Now what? Good jobs are hard to find. Does this mean you are trapped in a life of angst and anguish? We invited our favorite job coach – Jessica Sitomer, CEO of TheGreenLightCoach.com – to join us this week to explain the steps you can take to get yourself out of a bad situation. There IS hope — and Jessica has some great ideas you can put to work immediately!

Rick Clarkson, VP, Product Management, Signiant

Rick Clarkson, VP of Product Management for Signiant, is responsible for driving development of Signiant’s products in the Media and Entertainment industry. Recently, they published a white paper on “The New Economics of International Content Distribution.” Because this paper looks at file-based, digital content, and since many filmmakers look to make money overseas, we wanted to talk with Rick about what they discovered; and how we can apply it to our own projects.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Music is moving to “The Cloud” — and we are still trying to figure out if this is a good thing or not. So, we invited Buzz regular, Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy himself, to join us to explain what ll this Cloud business is, and whether we should care or not. Even more important, is there a way for us to make, or save, money with this?

D P BuZZ - August 25, 2011

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:34:06 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

J.J. Kelley and Josh Thomas, Independent Producers

The last time we heard from J.J. Kelley and Josh Thomas, Independent Producers, was two years ago, when they were promoting their second feature: “Paddle to Seattle.” Since then, they’ve been going non-stop. Traveling the world, making films, and living “the life.” So, we decided to catch up and see what they’ve learned, what works, and what they’d do differently. (By the way, JJ’s now a co-producer for National Geographic!)

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines and technical wizard in his own right, joins us for a first look at the upcoming DV Expo – Sept. 20-22 – at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. DV Expo is a great show for talking to industry vendors without getting lost in the crowds. And, this year, for the FIFTH year in a row, The Buzz is the Official Podcast of DV Expo!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance and regular guest on The Buzz, stops by to share his insights on new technology that will be shown or introduced at DV Expo in Pasadena in September. There’s lots happening with new media cards, codecs, and ingest workflows that can affect all of us, and we want to get the inside insight from Philip.

Andrew Little, CEO, Red Giant Software

Red Giant Software recently teamed up with the Original iPhone Film Festival to give a boost to aspiring filmmakers. CEO Andrew Little joins us to tell us about the Festival and what Red Giant is doing to support it. (By the way, it isn’t too late for you to enter your film!)

D P BuZZ - August 18, 2011

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:07:16 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Peter Hampden, Managing Director, Lipsync Post Production

Peter Hampden, managing director for Lipsync Post-production co-founded the company in the Soho district of London to provide high-end post services to feature films. However a few years ago, they had the insight to add film funding to their company’s list of services. Partly to help support the independent film industry and partly to help create business for their own post services, recently six of their films were accepted into the Toronto Film Festival. We talk with Peter this week about what they look for in funding a film, what producers can do to make their film more attractive to potential funders, and what budget ranges they fund. You’ll find this conversation fascinating!

Will Pisnieski, VP of Post-production, Authentic Entertainment

Will Pisnieski, vice-president of Authentic Entertainment, is responsible for creating dozens of hours of reality TV programming each week. Supervising 43 Final Cut Pro edit suites and gathering media from across the world is no easy task. Nor is creating a look for each show that makes it sparkle. We talk with Will about the challenges of editing a TV reality show, and their use of CoreMelt’s plugins to achieve a unique look.

Justin Evans, Director and co-Writer of “A Lonely Place for Dying”

His Cold-war spy thriller, “A Lonely Place for Dying“, recently beat out both “X-Men: First Class” and “Source Code” for Internet popularity. In early August, the teaser episode reached over one million downloads on BitTorrent. Justin Evans was the director and co-writer for the film, which was made on a $200,000 budget. Since then, it has gone on to earn more the 15 awards from 40 festival selections. We talk with him this week about his film, how he shot it, and what he did in marketing to make it so successful.

Michael Nikonov, CEO, iPiSoft

Michael Nikonov is CEO of iPiSoft and chief architect of iPiSoft’s breakthrough markerless motion capture technology. Introduced last year, iPi Soft Motion Capture is a scalable solution with a new workflow for filmmakers. Captured animations do not exhibit artifacts like jitter or foot skate and can be exported in popular animation formats. iPi Mocap is compatible with a wide variety of leading game engines and 3D software applications. We asked Michael to join us to explain his new technology and how we can put it to work.

D P BuZZ - August 11, 2011

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:29:31 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Dan Kneece, Director of Photography

Dan Kneece was taught how to use the Steadicam by Garrett Brown, himself. That was 28 years ago. Since then, Dan has worked on more TV and feature films than he can track. Along the way, he’s won major industry awards and been president of the Society of Camera Operators for four years. Recently, he switched careers to become a Director of Photography, which lead him to Africa where he was filming lions on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa.

Robert Sharp, President, DigiEffects

Robert Sharp, president of DigiEffects, has some exciting news for us. Except they aren’t talking about it till next week. So, since we have zero patience, we twisted his arm to join us this week and give us the inside scoop on their new announcements. If creating effects are your reason for living, you’ll want to hear what Robert has to say… though, not in a way you might expect!

Grant Burton, Editor, Royal Australian Air Force

Grant Burton is an editor for the Royal Australian Air Force; and, probably, the most active voice on the Live Chat about the Buzz each week! He’s just completed four significant projects using Final Cut Pro X and we wanted to talk with him about his experience. Also, he recently attended SMPTE 2011 in Sydney, which is a major tech show Down Under. He has some interesting commentary on the future of video on demand over the Internet that has a potential impact on all of us.

Phil Storey, Co-founder and CEO, XenData, Inc.

Phil Storey, co-founder and CEO of XenData, recently launched XenData 6 Server and will be announcing an updated digital video archive system at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam in a few weeks. Since archiving is still the Achilles’ heel of post-production, we want to talk with Phil about his new products and where they fit into the post-production workflow. We are also interested in their portfolio of LTO-based archive systems.

D P BuZZ - August 04, 2011

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:30:45 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Eric Norrell, Applications Specialist for Desktop Products, Telestream

Eric Norrell applications specialist for desktop products for Telestream, joins us to talk about their latest update to Wirecast — version 4.1. This video production and streaming software is designed for live switching, production, and streaming. The latest release adds support for Lion (OS X 10.7) along with a variety of new ways to get media into the application; including the ability to integrate audio and video from multiple locations. With webcasts becoming ever more popular, we are very interested in what Eric has to say.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV & Videography magazines

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines, needs no introduction to The Buzz audience. We are delighted to have him as a regular on the show for his in-depth technical knowledge and his ability to make technology understandable. This week, Ned joins us to discuss picking the right audio gear for your edit suite. What gear works best for podcasting, for voice over recording, for all the different audio tasks you need to do that DON’T involve a camera. Join us this week and find out.

Frank Radice, Creative Advisor, Thought Development

Frank Radice, creative advisor for Thought Development, was formerly the president and chief marketing officer for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Recently, he started working with Thought Development to create ON-AIR Pro, a leading workflow automation system for Network and Cable television and Film and Gaming media promotion. This new software is the only production tracking system developed exclusively for and by entertainment marketing, designed to manage the on-air promotion processes. It integrates all phases of program scheduling and promo production from initial creative briefs to a final media delivery. It sounds good on their website, but what does it do, really? We invited Frank on to tell us more.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, president, The Greenlight Coach, is another favorite regular on The Buzz. She returns this week to discuss how to keep up in this world of constant technological change. Especially for people in media, change is both remorseless and constant — and staying current can make the difference between survival and failure. Jessica joins us to share some of her secrets.

D P BuZZ - July 28, 2011

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:32:00 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Eric Addison, Owner, 100 Acre Films

Eric Addison the owner of 100 Acre FIlms, has been working in video production for almost 15 years. Like so many today, he’s a director, shooter, and editor. When not working, he also runs the San Diego Premiere Pro User Group. This week, we want to talk with him about his workflow in Premiere, along with his experience using the brand-new Red Giant Primatte Keyer 5.0 plugin for green-screen work.

Jason Michelitch, Writer/Director, Dragonjem Productions

Jason Michelitch, writer/director for Dragonjem Productions, is a young, creative filmmaker based in Virginia that just shot a short, silent film on 16mm black & white film. Using a sound stage with custom backdrops, he wanted to recreate the Meiji era in Japan. We want to talk with him about his production, how he edited it, and why he took such a traditional route in his production.

Jeff Moore, Executive Vice President, Ross Video

Jeff Moore, executive vice-president of sales and marketing for Ross Video, is getting ready for IBC 2011 (International Broadcasters Conference), starting September 8 in Amsterdam. Even more, he wants to encourage the rest of us to attend as well. With over 20 years experience in the broadcast industry, Jeff is responsible for both the strategic vision and day-to-day leadership of the company. We want to find out what’s new with Ross and start to gear up for IBC.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

It is always good to have Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, back on the show. This week, since Jason Michelitch was shooting a film project, we thought it would be a good idea to revisit what’s involved in recording double-system sound, where the camera records the picture and a second device records the audio. This week, Philip explains what we need to know to successfully record, capture, and connect audio to picture.

D P BuZZ - July 21, 2011

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:31:56 -0700

This week, we look at creating art and music. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Dr. Barry Sandrew, Founder, CTO, and COO, Legend3D

The last time we spoke with Dr. Barry Sandrew, Founder of Legend3D, was during our NAB 2011 show coverage. At that time, he described how they convert 2D images to 3D. (Think of the process as motion tracking a whole variety of different shapes, then setting each shape to a different depth in the image.) Well, since we spoke, hs company has done more than half of the 2D to 3D conversion for the third installment of the Transformers series. Plus, they’ve done the 3D conversion work for Alice In Wonderland, the Shrek series, and the recent Green Lantern. We invited Barry to join us this week to discuss the whole process of converting a film to 3D, how their system works, and what producers can learn from it.

Tom Bennett, CEO and Co-Founder, Pond5

We are delighted to welcome back Tom Bennett, Co-Founder of Pond5, the stock image, video, and music company, to talk about stock images. How do you decide which stock house to sell your images? How do they keep your images safe? And what are the advantages to royalty free images and audio? Tom explains what you need to know in the ever-changing world of stock.

Randy Hart, Creative Services Director, Aircast Custom Music

Stock music fills a big need – especially for low cost music. But sometimes, getting the right emotional impact, or timing, is much more important than saving money. That’s where custom music comes in. Randy Hart, Creative Services Director for Aircast Custom Music (a division of Megatrax) joins us this week to discuss the whys and hows of creating custom music. Megatrax has been a go-to supplier of production music for many years. Aircast is their division for creating custom music. We can’t wait to hear more!

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian — The Digital Guy — is a regular on The Buzz. This week, he’s wearing his musical hat as we continue learning more about the business side of music. Specifically, we want to learn his preferences to creating royalty-free or custom music; which do musicians like better. Then, with Spotify finally coming to the US, we talk with Bruce about the new music service and what, if anything, makes it unique. We already know what, Bruce joins us to explain why.

Pick Our Brains

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - July 14, 2011

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:27:21 -0700

Last week, we looked at the challenges and advantages about switching from Apple Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer. This week, we look at switching to Adobe Production Premium, which includes Premiere Pro. Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Al Mooney, Product Manager of Professional Video Editing, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Al Mooney has a deep background in video editing. He is currently the product manager for professional video editing at Adobe Systems. He is responsible for defining, delivering, and supporting the overall feature set and functionality of Adobe Premiere Pro. Prior to this position, he was the senior business development manager for video and broadcast in the UK for Adobe. Before that he worked for Apple as a Pro Video business development manager, and before that for DigiDesign (part of Avid Technology) as a European sales specialist. With all the current discussion about whether switching from Apple’s Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere Pro makes sense, we thought we’d go right to the source. Be sure to join us during the live chat to get your questions answered.

Bruce Gee, President, GeeThree

Bruce Gee is founder of GeeThree, maker of the Slick FX plug-ins for Final Cut. GeeThree has been producing video plug-ins for the last 10 years. PhotoMotion is their latest plug-in that makes it “dead simple” to create a pan and zoom animation from still images. This week, we talk with Bruce about PhotoMotion and the process of developing plugins for editing software.

Jawad Mir, Owner and Creative Director, Film-Style Weddings.

Creative entrepreneur Jawad Mir balances two prospering cinematography businesses: Sky-Blue Productions and Film-Style Weddings. Jawad travels the world to cover destination weddings, create inspired wedding videos, and customize photo shoots, albums, and prints. For driving artistic innovation and quality, Mir was an early adopter of Canon DSLR cameras—he was also a long-time Final Cut Pro user. But when Final Cut Pro started holding him back, Jawad switched to Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 software.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Buzz Regular, Jessica Sitomer, is the president of The Greenlight Coach. This week, she joins us to talk about how to handle life when the rug gets pulled out from under you. Our industry puts every business on a roller coaster – up and down and up and down… What do you do when you’re heading down to pull yourself back “up”? Nobody knows these answers better than Jessica – tune in and learn how!

D P BuZZ - July 07, 2011

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:24:04 -0700

This week, we are looking at the results of the Final Cut Pro X announcement from Apple. Specifically, hundreds of editors say they are ready to switch to another program — but which one? Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Angus MacKay, Segment Marketing Manager, Avid Technology

With the release of Final Cut Pro X generating hostile reviews from professional editors, though many rave reviews from iMovie folks, Avid Technology announced the continuation of their cross-grade promotion, inviting Final Cut editors to switch to Avid. Angus MacKay, segment marketing manager for Avid, joins us this week to explain their new offer and discuss the potential challenges in switching.

Alan Edward Bell, Editor

Alan Edward Bell has edited more than a dozen feature films. His most recent project was “Water for Elephants,” and he’s currently working on the director’s cut of “The Amazing Spiderman” scheduled for release in 2012. Alan is a long-time Avid editor, but also familiar with Final Cut Pro, so we want to talk with him about the process of switching between the two programs. Then, we’ll chat about his workflow in cutting major motion pictures and how he keeps it all organized.

Jan Crittenden, Product Manager, Panasonic Broadcast.

Jan Crittenden is a long time, and very welcome, guest on The Buzz. All the high-end cameras that Panasonic makes fall under her jurisdiction. This week, she tells us about a new, lower-priced, shoulder-mounted, solid-state camcorder; an existing camera that’s winning awards, and the status of a required update for Final Cut Pro X to support Panasonic files.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

This week, we are focusing on the issues of converting from Final Cut Pro to Avid. So, we invited one of our regular gurus, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, to discuss the differences between the two platforms. This week, Philip explains Avid Script Sync and Phrase Find.

Michael Kammes

As we wrap up this edition of The Buzz, we talk with Michael Kammes, Sr. Workflow Specialist for Keycode Media, about the principle considerations Final Cut editors need to keep in mind as they consider switching from Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer.

D P BuZZ - June 30, 2011

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:44:17 -0700

This week, we are looking at the impact of Final Cut Pro X on the developer community… and our future. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Andrew Little, President & Co-founder, Red Giant Software

Red Giant Software was one of three companies that had plugins ready for Final Cut Pro X at launch. This week, we talk with Andrew Little, president and co-founder of Red Giant, to learn about their new products, the challenges of working with Apple’s new plug-in architecture, and how effects work in FCP X.

GenArts was the second of three companies with plugins ready for Final Cut Pro X at launch. This week, we talk with todd Prives, senior business development and marketing manager for GenArts, to learn about their new Sapphire Edge plug-ins and who they are designed for.

Alex Grossman, president, Active Storage, Inc.

Active Storage is a high-end storage company focused on hardware solutions for media companies. This week, Alex Grossman spoke at the 2011 Creative Storage Conference and shared his thoughts for media storage in the future. However, before that, Alex was the product manager for XSAN, XServe, and other high-end products from Apple. With the release of FCP X, Apple has shifted from workgroup solutions to single-user editing. We want to learn what Alex thinks about the new release -wearing both his old and new hats – and where it fits for the future.

Billy Harrison, Product Manager, Promise Technology

When Apple launched Thunderbolt, earlier this year, one of the companies they featured was Promise Technology. This week, Promise announced Pegasus, their Thunderbolt-attached RAID. Since FCP X requires high-speed, locally-attached storage, this is the perfect time to talk with Billy Harrison, product manager for Promise Technology about this new gear.

Bruce Sharpe, Founder, Singular Software

When Final Cut Pro X was announced, one of the highlighted features was its ability to sync separate audio and video clips — something that PluralEyes from Singular Software has been doing for a while. This week, we talk with Singular Software founder, Bruce Sharpe, to see if this is the death of PluralEyes, or if there is something they can do that Final Cut Pro X can’t.

Patrick Inhofer, Colorist/Finisher/Owner, Fini.TV

With the release of FCP X, Color seems to be discontinued. However, the color tools inside Final Cut Pro X, while beefed up compared to FCP 7, are not as good as those in Color. This week, Patrick Inhofer, colorist, author, and owner of Fini.TV joins us to talk about whether Color is really dead and, if so, how we are going to make our projects look great without it.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Design

FCP X extensively supports metadata, so its time to bring back our metadata expert – Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance – to explain what this means, why its good news, and how we work with it. We also want to ask him about the lack of XML support in Final Cut Pro X and what that means for people that want to get their media out of FCP and into another application.

Plus, we are working to squeeze in a couple more special folks – so consider them as last-minute surprises. This is gonna be an EXCITING show!!

D P BuZZ - June 23, 2011

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:33:44 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with

Jean-Frederick Garcia, Publication Manager, The Location Guide

This week, we are “going on location,” and our first interview is with Jean-Frederic Garcia. He’s the publishing director of The Location Guide – a hard-copy book and associated website filled with locations – and location information – from around the world.

Gary Onyshko, President & CEO, Real to Reel Locations

Gary Onyshko, president and CEO of Real to Reel Locations, is a casting agent for buildings — special buildings. His clients hire him to put their locations in the movies. So, this week, continuing our theme of going on location, we talk with Gary about what his clients expect from a production company and what producers need to know about renting a location. If you’ve wanted to go on location, but were afraid it is too much hassle, listen to what Gary has to say!

Gregory D. Evans, Security Consultant, Evans & Ligatt

Gregory D. Evans, internet security consultant, was first on last month talking about the importance of keeping your computer systems safe. We had such favorable response to his comments that we invited him back this week to get specific about what we can to to protect ourselves. He’s got some great suggestions.

Brandon Smith, Product Manager, DigiEffects

It is a delight welcoming back Brandon Smith, product manager for DigiEffects to talk about a recent release from DigiEffects called “Camera Mapper.” This program turns 2D images – like photographs – into 3D objects that you can wrap textures around. Some amazing stuff – wait till you hear what Brandon has to say!

Larry Jordan, Host, Digital Production Buzz

Unless you have been living off the grid the last few days, you’ve heard that Apple released Final Cut Studio X this week. Larry Jordan, Host of the Digital Production Buzz, got an early look at the program, including the ability to work with a beta version hands-on. This week, he shares his opinions – both good and bad – about the new version of the program.

D P BuZZ - June 16, 2011

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:30:13 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Gesine Thomson, Principal, GT.

It is almost impossible to overstate the impact Gesine Thomson, principle at GT. She is an internationally recognized architect and speaker specializing in large scale community planning and sustainable commercial growth. Her architecture takes her world-wide, and she is currently the chief architect working on a sustainable community development the size of Manhattan. We spoke with her about the role media plays in her architecture, and how she keeps her creative team fresh and focused. Gesine rarely gives interviews, we are delighted she is talking with us!

Justin DeSheilds,Production Coordinator, National Geographic Television

The competition for working at National Geographic Television is intense. One of the new recruits is Justin DeSheilds, production coordinator, who joined the company about a year ago. Production coordinators are the folks on the production team that figure out how to make all the great ideas actually work. We speak with him this week to talk about the role of a production coordinator and how he fits into the bigger picture of production.

Bruce Nazarian, Music Producer and The Digital Guy

Our favorite music producer, Bruce Nazarian, returns with a look at what’s happening on the audio side of our industry. Bruce is a regular on the Buzz, and after you listen to him, you’ll understand why. This week, after a spate of recent trade shows, we want to take a closer look at the latest technology news from the music industry. It is always fun listening to Bruce’s opinions on what’s the latest, and greatest, gear.

Bruce Sharpe, CEO, Singular Software

Bruce Sharpe, CEO of Singular Software, just released a new version of PluralEyes – his utility for syncing double-system sound – for Edius this week. And, just in case you thought he was finding time to sleep, he also released a beta of a much faster version of PluralEyes for Final Cut Pro. We want to talk with Bruce this week about his new goodies and what he’s planning for the future.

D P BuZZ - June 09, 2011

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:23:56 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Rory McKellar, Producer/Director, MindHeist.

Rory McKellar is a free-lance producer/director based in Oxford, England, who’s credits range from directing reality programs to shooting low-budget sci-fi. What caught our eye is his involvement in interactive media – working with the BBC and Channel 4 in England to develop interactive, cross-platform projects to catch the eye of the very fickle youth audience.

Mark Davis, CEO, Scenios

Scenios CEO Mark Davis formally launched their flagship product – Scenios – at the Produced By conference last weekend in Los Angeles. Scenios provides cloud-based production file sharing, messaging, and media viewing to improve collaboration between all the different individuals involved in a production. We talk with Mark this week about his new product, what it does, and why he decided to offer an extended free trial.

Michael Kammes, Sr Applications Editor & Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media

Michael Kammes is a regular on The Buzz. And this week, he’s bringing us some inside gossip on an upcoming version of Avid Media Composer. Recently, he was invited to a technology preview on the new stereoscopic 3D features soon to appear in Media Composer. He joins us to tell us what he saw, how its different, what it means, and when its coming.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is another regular on The Buzz and joins us to discuss a trend we are seeing on the web. When does “sharing” a photo become stealing. If a photo is posted to the web, does that mean all copyrights are lost? Who has the rights to use a photo posted to Facebook or Twitter? Does any of this really matter? As always, you’ll find Philip’s opinion intriguing.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - June 02, 2011

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:09:20 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan, as he talks with:

Gregory Evans, Security Expert, Evans and Ligatt Inc.

Ninety percent of Fortune 500 networks have been hacked. Con-man to company owner, Gregory Evans, Security Expert for Evans and Ligatt, joins us to discuss these alarming statistics. Gregory Evans was one of the world’s most prominent hackers, managing to successfully hack major companies like ATT, MCI, and Sprint. He made more than one million dollars a week in the late 90′s until he was sent to prison. Now, Evans shares what he’s learned in the hacking world with others to help prevent them from becoming victims. If you value keeping your computers secure, you need to hear what he has to say.

Bill Boss, VP, Product Development and Marketing, Weather Central

Bill Boss is Vice President of Product Development and Marketing for Weather Central, LP. He is a 23 year veteran of the television industry, and joined Weather Central in 1999. Weather (especially lately) seems to affect all of us in production… so we want to find out what the newest weather reporting tools are and what we as producers can learn from a segment of our business that is rapidly changing the way it works. Bill joins us this week to tell us more.

Dan Deluca, Founder, Contender Films

Dan Deluca is the founder of Contender Films and best known for his work on HBO’s The Wire as Dr. David Parenti. Not only has he had success in front of the camera as an actor but he has also managed to be successful behind the camera as a Writer, Director, and Producer. How does he market himself and his films? Does it matter that he is in D.C. thousands of miles away from Hollywood? And what has he learned moving from in front of, to behind, the camera that he can teach to us?

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Buzz Regular Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, joins us to talk about researching your next job. You know your next job is “out there,” but where do you look? Who do you talk to? What are the trends to follow? Jessica has all the answers for us this week.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - May 26, 2011

Thu, 26 May 2011 19:34:10 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Paul ("Burf") Burfitt, Founder, Project 64

Paul Burfitt launched his newest venture - Project 64 - only 18 months ago. Now, he produces four hours of finished content a week from two home studios. He also likes going on location from his home in Australia. His next challenge is creating a live, online broadcast originating from a backpack! This could either be really cool, or end up surrounded by old, smelly sox.

Phillip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Adobe Systems brought automated text transcripts to the masses with the release of Production Premium CS4 a couple of years ago. Since then, the process of automating transcripts has rapidly improved. Regular Buzz contributor, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, joins us this week to assess the current state of the industry. Because, to documentary producers, nothing helps define the story like getting an accurate transcript of all your interviews.

Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin & Associates, Inc.

The Creative Storage Conference is coming up on June 28 and Tom Coughlin, president of Coughlin & Associates, Inc., is the organizer of the event. The Conference focuses on digital storage products and requirements for various activities from content capture, postproduction, content distribution and content archiving, preservation and digital asset management. Major companies focusing on digital storage for this industry will be there. This week, we talk with Tom about the latest news in storage and his offer to provide TEN free conference passes to Buzz listeners.

Phil Ritti, President, Cache-A

Keeping with our theme of looking at the latest in storage, reminds us that we also need to consider long-term archiving, something we've been discussing for a while. Phil Ritti, president of Cache-A, joins us to discuss their latest round of archiving products based on LTO-5 technology. We want to learn why archiving gear is so expensive, why we need more than just a tape drive, and what the significance is of the newly-announced LTFS file system that allows a tape drive to display files like a hard disk. No one knows the answers better than Phil.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!:

D P BuZZ - May 19, 2011

Thu, 19 May 2011 19:34:10 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, has almost twenty years in the industry helping people find work. Most of the time on The Buzz, we talk with her in short segments, this time, we wanted to expand into a longer conversation to get into details on finding mentors, networking, interviewing skills and tips to negotiating rates. She has a wealth of information that can help you make sure your next job is a better job. Be sure to listen!

Michael Kammes, Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media

Michael Kammes, senior applications editor and workflow specialist for Keycode Media, spends his days looking for better ways for editors to work together. This week, he looks at SANs (Storage Area Networks) – what they are, how they work, and brands we should consider. Because when the time comes and you need a group of editors all working on the same project, nothing helps you accomplish that better than a SAN.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

We are still recovering from Bruce performing at the Newport Beach Jazz Festival — totally stunned the crowd! He has returned to his roots as a world-class musician. Which reminds us, there’s been a lot of talk recently about The Cloud, as the music industry seems to be cloud-obsessed. Amazon released a cloud-based music system, last week Google followed suit. Apple is rumored to be working on the same thing. Why all this fuss about fog? (Sorry, weather joke.) This week, we invited our resident music maven – Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy – back to explain this all to us.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines, has been researching the whole area of archiving and long-term storage. This week, he reports back on what he’s learned – both in terms of hardware and the software to support it. As the newly-installed president of MoPictive, Ned Soltz is a great guy to have on your side when it comes to learning about gear.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!:

D P BuZZ - May 12, 2011

Thu, 12 May 2011 19:22:18 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Rick Dean, Senior Vice-President, THX

THX has been certifying audio in movie theaters for a long time – since about Star Wars, in fact. Rick Dean, senior vice president of THX, is spearheading a new effort to standardize color management in post production. Called cineSpace, it is a suite of applications all designed to make sure digital images look the same on a variety of different outputs. Frankly, we are skeptical about why this is necessary, or even affordable, so we invited Rick on to explain their new system.

Robert Sharp, President, DigiEffects

Robert Sharp, president of DigiEffects, called us the other day saying he had some interesting news to announce to the world. So, we invited him on The Buzz to learn more. DigiEffects, as you probably know, makes Delirium and Damage and gave us a tantalizing glimpse of new products when we talked with Robert last month at NAB. We can’t wait to learn more!

David Peto, CEO, Aframe

David Peto, CEO of Aframe, is based in the UK, but he’s been making some bold predictions about the power of editing in The Cloud. Cloud editing, which means your media is stored on servers located on the Internet, is very attractive, but has lots of potential problems. Aframe claims to be the central platform from which everything can hang. We want to know more, so we are going right to the source.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Aframe is an interesting hybrid of cloud and local storage. So, we invited Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, to share his opinions with us this week on the challenges and benefits of using The Cloud in post-production. You’ll be interested in what he has to say.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - May 05, 2011

Thu, 05 May 2011 19:34:40 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Charlie Boswell Director, Digital Entertainment, AMD

In his capacity as director of digital entertainment for AMD, Charlie Boswell spoke recently at the Sony Creative Software Meeting at the NAB Show 2011 in Las Vegas, where he premiered the trailer for “Giving Voices,” a cinematic adventure about changing the lives of students in Haiti, which he co-produced with Justin Formal. We want to talk with him this week about what’s its like shooting film in Haiti, and the impact filmmaking has on young lives.

Michael Kammes, Sr. Applications Editor & Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media

Michael Kammes, senior applications editor and workflow specialist for Keycode Media, is a regular correspondent for The Buzz and returns this week with some tips for editors looking to create audio that captures the mind using either Avid or Final Cut Pro. And, when you think about it, what better program than The Buzz to talk about the creative uses of audio?

Peter Schlatter, Director, Business Development, G-Technology

With this week’s release of iMacs, plus the current line of MacBook Pros, Apple has established Thunderbolt as the next big thing in monitor and storage connectivity. But what is it and what does it all mean, really? Peter Schlatter, Director of Business Development for G-Technology joins us this week with an update on how this new Thunderbolt technology works and how their products will integrate with it.

Jessica Sitomer, CEO, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, CEO of The Greenlight Coach and one of our favorite regulars on the BuZZ explains why it is so important for us to have mentors. Which sounds great, but the bigger question is how do you find one and, then, how do you get them to say Yes? We are looking forward to her sharing the answers with us.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - April 28 , 2011

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:17:54 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Scott Morris Senior Director of Marketing, Adobe Systems, Inc.

We spoke with Scott Morris, Senior Director of Marketing for Adobe Systems, Inc., as part of our recent 2011 NAB Show coverage (listen to our first interview here) and didn’t begin to learn all the new software and features in the Adobe CS 5.5 release. We invited Scott back to tell us more on how to manipulate video in Photoshop, how they are expanding support for metadata, and their new software Adobe Story and Adobe Audition. Plus, he’ll also cover support for third party applications such as the iPad and Photoshop Express on mobile devices. Lots of very, very cool stuff!

Ned Soltz Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines.

We are delighted to announce a new family member at the Digital Production BuZZ. Please welcome Ned Soltz, contributing editor at DV and Videography Magazines, to our list of regulars. Ned is especially interested in camera equipment and the gear that supports it; so spending time each month talking with Ned is something we are really looking forward to. Plus, his knowledge of technology combined with his memory of arcane facts is uncanny. Join us for this segment and you’ll understand why we are such fans. Welcome, Ned!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is another of our Buzz regular correspondents and an expert on all things technical. However, he has a real love for metadata. With the release of Adobe CS5.5, and the sneak preview of Final Cut Pro X, metadata has suddenly become a key aspect of virtually every NLE. We want to talk with him about why metadata is so important. Then, we want his thoughts on how Adobe is implementing metadata in its CS5.5 products and his speculation on what Apple is doing with Final Cut Pro X. As we move entirely to tapeless workflows, understanding metadata becomes critical to asset management. Like it or not, metadata is part of our new editing life. We are hoping Philip can explain how we can like it.

Walter Biscardi, Founder, Biscardi Creative Media

Walter Biscardi, runs Biscardi Creative Media, a Post-Production facility located in Greater Atlanta. A video professional with multiple network credits, Walter is a popular blogger and a forum moderator for Creative Cow and LAFCPUG. He’s also an outspoken critic of Apple’s recent “Sneak Peak” of Final Cut Pro X. So, we invited him on this week to explain his concerns about what Apple has shown us so far.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - April 21, 2011

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:14:36 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Jim Robertson, Founder and Managing Director, doddleme.com
Jim Robertson had a problem. His production books were getting thicker and heavier and he still couldn’t find the information he needed when he needed it. So, rather than complain, he and his partner invented “doddle” — a mobile app that provides free directory services and a Pro version that creates production call sheets. If tracking down production services or crew is important to you, then you need to hear about this free app.

Neil Ticktin, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine
MacTech Magazine is now in its 26th year of publication. Much more than simply a magazine and website, the magazine also sponsors conferences and developer boot camps around the country. Neil Ticktin, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief joins us to tell us more about the MacTech boot camps, and the newest version of the MacTech conference — now on a road trip to seven cities around the U.S.

David Orban, CEO, dotSUB
David Orban is the new CEO of dotSUB, a platform that allows us to closed caption, subtitle, and translate our videos into multiple languages. Used by TED and Adobe’s new Community Translation Program, the technology is fascinating and, frankly, very helpful. We talk with David this week about his vision for the service, what got him interested, and how we can use it.

Apple, Avid, and Adobe at the 2011 NAB Show
The 2011 NAB Show is filled with product announcements from just about every vendor in our industry. And during our coverage of the event last week, we spoke with 68 industry leaders about new trends, new technology, and new products we should keep our eyes on. This week, we present a summary of news from Adobe, Avid, and Apple on updates to all their products — including some news from Adobe that didn’t make our original coverage.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

NAB Show 2011 - Day 8 - April 18, 2011

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:12:29 -0700

Here's the seventh in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Oliver Peters, Owner, Oliver Peters Post Production Services
Oliver Peters is a regular guest on The BuZZ and provides his perspective on the current trends in post-production: stereo 3D, higher camera resolutions and frame rates, and reactions to Final Cut Pro X.

Ric Viers, CEO & Founder, BlastwaveFX
Ric Viers loves creating sound effects. As the publisher of the world's largest collection of sound effects, Ric talks about how he records sound effects and introduces their newest product: Sonopedia, their sound effects library with more than 30,000 effects.

Tony Papa, Video Products Manager, Cool-Lux
Tony Papa tells us about their line of camera-mounted, battery-powered lights and explains the difference between Quartz lights and LED lights.

Kip Watters, Director, Product Management, Media Group, Nexidia
Nexidia first appeared on the market with Avid Script Sync. Then, last year, they released Get for Final Cut Pro. This year, Kip Watters talks about their technology and a new way they have of indexing all the audio content on a website and making it instantly searchable.

Erik Otto, Managing Director, XDT
XDT develops software-based solutions for digital media transfers over local and wide area networks. In this interview, Erik Otto illustrates how to speed up data transfers between computers and servers for large media files.

NAB Show 2011 - Day 7 - April 17, 2011

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:03:29 -0700

Here's the seventh in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Peter Crithary, Marketing Manager, Sony Electronics, is responsible for marketing most of Sony's professional cameras in the U.S. He joins us to talk about a variety of new camera announcements - and solid state recording devices - that Sony made at NAB. Then, Vincent Maza, Marketing Manager, Avid Technology, joins us to talk about the new ability within Avid Media Composer to edit HDCAM SR video natively to more tightly integrate production with post.

Alexis Van Hurkman, Principle of Van Hurkman Productions, is a full-time colorist and a regular guest on The BuZZ, joins us to discuss the latest news from the creators of a variety of color-grading software; including DaVinci Resolve, LightWorks, and Assimilate.

Interviewed by Michael Kammes, Kimball Thurston, Lead Scientist, Reliance MediaWorks, explains new technology they are showing at NAB that allows better image processing and cleaner up-resing of SD to HD images.

Fraunhofer IIS is Europe's leading research institutes. At NAB, they introduced MPEG compression for 5.1 surround sound, a real-time encoder for surround audio on the web, and a utility that lets you hear the results of audio compression in real-time, while you are mixing your audio. Matthias Rose, Head of Marketing Communications for Audio and Multimedia, Fraunhofer, explains.

Tom Vice, VP and General Manager, NextLab FotoKem. NextLab has developed an on-set hardware and software kit that can be used during production to simplify the process of working with tapeless media, which Tom calls "file-based workflows." Listen as he explains his new system.

Michael Kammes interviews Jerry Pierce, Senior Vice-President, Hollywood Post Alliance, about its push to standardize IMF (Interoperable Mastering Format) and why this standardization is important to the professional side of the industry.

Bruce Devlin, Chief Technical Officer, Amberfin, explains their ICR software, which grew out of research at Snell and Wilcox, which is software for file and standard conversion, technical analysis, and conversion automation.

NAB Show 2011 - Day 6 - April 16, 2011

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:01:50 -0700

Here's the sixth in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Alex Lindsay, CEO & Founder, Pixel Corps, a worldwide "guild" of digital artist, gathered together to share knowledge and, ideally, work. Founder Alex Lindsay, who is also the host of "This Week in Media," explains why he started the Corps and what has been the result.

Michael Smollin, Free-lance D.I. Colorist, was working the Nucoda booth at NAB, showcasing their color grading software. We invited him to explain the process of color grading - that is, giving your film a "look" - as well as the benefits of the new Open EXR standard for improving exposures in difficult situations.

Greg Prentiss, Director of Sales - US, Autoscript. Autoscript makes a variety of teleprompters. In this interview, Greg Prentiss discusses the different kinds of prompters, how they can be used, and their new announcements at NAB this year.

Josh Apter, Owner, Manhattan Edit Workshops. Manhattan Edit Workshops provides training for Apple, Avid, and Adobe software around the U.S. Founder Josh Apter discusses the training they provide -- plus, the hit of their booth: recording, editing, and posting videos directly from an iPad.

Craig Mott, Managing Director, Bluefish444. Bluefish444 makes uncompressed SDI video capture cards for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh systems. Crag Mott explains how their cards work, their latest NAB announcements, and why you need a capture card in the first place.

Dr. Ji Zhang, CEO & Chairman, Yuvad Technologies. Yuvad is a leading provider of multi-service video processing, and video over IP, with advanced advertising capabilities. Since all of us are looking for ways to turn our projects into money, you'll be interested in what Dr. Zhang has to say.

NAB Show 2011 - Day 5 - April 15, 2011

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:51:38 -0700

Here's the fifth in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Government Video and DV magazines, talks about the latest trends in camera technology displayed at NAB 2011.

Tim Dashwood, Founder, Dashwood Cinema Solutions, talks about the challenges of shooting and lighting stereoscopic 3D, and the launch of his production aid: Stereo 3D CAT.

Paola Hobson, Product Manager for Conversion and Restoration, Snell, explains her company's core products - Archangel and Alchemist - and how they provide real-time format conversion and file restoration.

Sean Safreed, Co-founder and Director of Product Management, Red Giant Software, discusses the challenges of communicating color decisions between different groups working on a project and showcases two new, free, utilities that they released to solve this problem.

Steven Canepa, General Manager, Global Media and Entertainment, IBM, discusses the challenges of moving to an all-tapeless workflow, and tells the story of Watson, a supercomputer his group invented that recently beat two grand champions at Jeopardy and the role that type of programming plays in analyzing unstructured content.

Greg Dolan, Executive Vice President, Xytech Systems, explains how his company can help in scheduling resources, staffing, and media to enable mid-size production companies to avoid getting buried in paperwork.

Erwan Maigret, CEO, The Bakery, discusses the benefits of using traditional 3D software to create stereoscopic 3D images, as well as some graphics technology trends to watch in the future.

NAB Show 2011 - Day 4 - April 14, 2011

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:34:12 -0700

Here's the fourth in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Stuart Ashton, Director EMEA, BlackMagic Design.

Philip Nelson, Senior VP, NewTek.

Kevin Klinger, CEO, Smartsound Software

Barbara DeHart, VP of Marketing, Telestream Inc.

Phil Ritti, CEO, Cache-A

Paul Babb, President, Maxon

Tracey Reusch, President, Adrienne Electronics

NAB Show 2011 - Day 3 - April 13, 2011

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:41:43 -0700

Here's the third in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Bruce Master,Senior Program Manager, IBM & Laura Loredo, Product Manager, HP.

Nick Rashby, President, AJA.

Philip Storey, CEO, Xendata.

Vincent Maza, Worldwide Marketing Manager, Avid.

Jim Tierney, CEO, Digital Anarchy.

Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications.

Donn Gurule, President, Lightbeam Systems.

Michael Kammes, Post-production Consultant, Key Code Media.

NAB Show 2011 - Day 2 - April 12, 2011

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:33:30 -0700

Here's the second in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Jan Crittenden, Product Manager, Panasonic Solutions Company.

Matt Brohn, Product Manager, Sony Creative Software.

Maurice Patel, Senior Industry Manager, Autodesk.

Wes Plate, Founder, Automatic Duck.

Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer, Imagineer Systems

Andrew Richards, Vice President of Product Development, Keeper Technology.

Jeff Rothberg & Ben Kozuch, Co-Founders, Future Media Concepts.

Alan Hoff, CEO, Cinedeck.

NAB Show 2011 - Day 1 - April 11, 2011

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:50:33 -0700

On today's show we want to take a look at what it takes to get ready for NAB.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Scott Morris, Senior Director of Marketing, Adobe.

Lin Kayser, CEO, IRIDAS.

David Taylor, President, Cineform.

Jeff Stansfield, Owner, Advantage Video Systems.

Robert Sharp, President , Digieffects.

Mas Omae, Sales Manager, Accusys.

Doug Pircher, General Manager, International Supplies.

Paul Holtz, President, Class on Demand.

D P BuZZ - April 07, 2011

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:34:21 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Mat Beck President/Senior Visual Effect Supervisor, Entity FX

Mat Beck, ASC, is the president and visual effects supervisor for Entity FX. His skills as cinematographer and director have appeared on over 60 feature films and numerous TV shows, commercials and music videos. His credits include a wide range of movies – from Titanic, The Abyss, True Lies to recent projects including I Am Number Four and Yogi Bear in stereoscopic 3D. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Visual Effects Society, the International Photographers Guild Local 600, the Director's Guild of America, and the Writer's Guild of America. He joins us this week to talk about his work on the recent feature: "I Am Number Four.

Aloura Charles, Writer/Director, Un-Natural Selection A graduate of the Florida State University Film School, Aloura M. Charles mentored with critically acclaimed directors, Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese. She’s recently launched a new comedy series that she has written and directed for web distribution called "Un-Natural Selection." In it she's using SAG actors. We talk with her about her new project, why she's using SAG actors for web shows, and how easy, or hard, it is to work with the unions.

Trilby Jeeves, Founder, Buffoonery Workshops

Remember that long black limo filled with clowns? Well, the idea for this flash mob belonged to Trilby Jeeves, founder of the Buffoonery Workshops. However, (brace yourself) this is more than just clowning around. Her workshops are designed to improve the skills of actors, to help them stop thinking and start feeling, to "reach the honest depths of instinctive performance." This week, we talk with her about her workshops, the Buffoonery Flash Mob in Vancouver, and why all of us need to act silly every so often.

Michael Julian Berz, Photographer and Director

It was a normal day in Vancouver, BC, until a long, LONG, black limo pulled up and dozens (some say HUNDREDS) of buffoons got out and started dancing in the park. Michael Julian Berz, dancer, photographer, and director, was the director that captured the craziness. We talk with him this week to learn what it was like working with a bunch of clowns! (Watch the video here - you need a break, anyway.)

Getting Ready for the 2011 NAB Show

Well, the rumor mill has run amok!!! Last minute changes at the NAB SuperMeet point to new announcements from Apple on Final Cut Studio. Adobe and Avid are both rumored to have significant new goodies to show. In fact, virtually every company in our industry has something new to talk about. In this session, we grill tech guru Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, who updates us on the latest new gear to look for, and BuZZ producer, Cirina Catania, showcases the special NAB coverage The BuZZ is creating next week live from the NAB trade show floor. In fact, we premiered a NEW website specifically for our NAB coverage - you can view it here. Live interviews throughout the day, show highlights every evening, and in-depth special reports as they happen.

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show.
It's all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

D P BuZZ - March 31, 2011

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:34:21 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Peter Storer Founder & President, StorerTV

For 25 years, StorerTV has created powerful software that enables broadcast stations, cable networks, and group owners manage the scheduling, rights and finances of programming contracts — solutions that have immediate impact to the bottom line and workflow of these organizations. StorerTV continues to contribute new technologies that allow media companies to have complete control over their business: from connecting metadata with contract rights and media assets, to creating automated workflows that glue together the entire media factory. Founder and President, Peter Storer, joins us today to tell us more about how we can benefit from what StorerTV is doing.

Dave Mungai, President, Choice Video Services

Dave Mungai is the owner of Choice Video Productions, a small video production company located in Gulf Breeze Florida. Dave is the current President of the Association of Video Professionals, LLC, serves on the Gulf Breeze chamber of commerce board of directors, and is also President of the Northwest Florida Business Alliance. Dave’s core focus is helping businesses and organizations grow and disseminate information through marketing videos, training videos, promotional pieces, and the web. He also has a niche business working with attorney clients to produce mediation documentaries for people who have been severely injured or killed due to the negligence of others. We want to know what he’s doing to help his small production company grow – and how we can learn from what he is doing.

Vivian Rosenthal, Co-founder, Tronic Studios

Tronic Studios is a NYC based directing, design and animation studio founded in 2001 by Columbia Architecture graduates Jesse Seppi and Vivian Rosenthal. They’ve directed and animated spots and campaigns for Target, Adidas, Microsoft and Sony, conceived and executed installations for Diesel, General Electric, Sharp and many others. Their philosophy is to eliminate lines delineating one form of creative media output from another. This week, we talk with Vivian about her vision for the future of animation – and the tools she is using to take us there.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Unless you are intentionally living under a rock, you know that NAB 2011 – the biggest trade show in our industry – is just around the corner. This gives all of us an opportunity to network for work at the show. But how? That’s where Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, can help. She joins us this week filled with tips on how to job hunt at a trade show.

Carey Dissmore, Founder, IMUG

One of the big events at NAB for the last fourteen years is the MediaMotion Ball, presented by IMUG. Carey Dissmore, the founder of IMUG, and one of the driving forces behind the Ball, stops by to tell us what makes this year’s event even more exciting. Plus, for those that can’t attend NAB, he also tells us about IMUG, which provides free, world-wide access to some of the brightest minds on the planet.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - March 24, 2011

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:30:47 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Tom Bennett and Dana Tower, Co-founders, Pond5

Pond5 has, arguably, the world’s largest stock media marketplace. Earlier this week, they launched a new library and service dedicated to media producers. Specifically, they added over 5 million stock photos and vector illustrations to its collection, as well as a full range of sound effects, production music tracks, and After Effects motion graphics templates. This week, we talk to Pond5 co-founders Tom Bennett and Dana Tower about the best ways to view, select, and purchase stock media.

Bill Macomber, Founder, Fancy Film Post Production

Bill Macomber, founder of Fancy Film Post Production, just bought himself a new Nucoda HD System. Fancy Film has been shifting even more into the finishing side of post-production. So they invested in a Nucuda HD, a high-end finishing system and have been on-lining festival-bound documentaries and a History Channel series. Bill talks with us about the complexities of finishing films and television and what pitfalls producers can avoid to ensure their deliverables are up to standard.

Rick Clarkson, Vice-president, Product Management, Signiant

Signiant has developed a software system that transfers files from one place to another faster than normal. Much, much faster, and more securely, than the standard Internet. And, you don’t need to invest in alien spacecraft, dirac communications, or other hardware to make it happen. If you need to move files, fast AND secure, whether across the globe or around the neighborhood, you’ll be interested in what Rick Clarkson, VP of Product Management for Signiant, has to say.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistant and our resident tech wizard, joins us to provide a preview of what to expect at this year’s NAB. However, and we haven’t told Philip, we have a recording of what he previewed last year – so we can check to see how well his predictions turned out. Either way, you’ll want to hear what Philip has to say — before you make the trip to Las Vegas.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - March 17, 2011

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:32:04 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Yvonne Russo, Producer, National Geographic Television

Yvonne Russo is an award-winning producer who is currently working on several productions for the National Geographic Television, including “Nat Geo’s Most Amazing Photos.” National Geographic is a great channel, and Yvonne is doing some amazing work! How does she handle all those shows at once? What is her secret to workflow and organization? What can we learn from her success... and, um, is she hiring?

Michael Kammes, Senior Application Editor and Workflow Specialist, KeyCode Media

Avid Technology recently released their latest version of Media Composer -- version 5.5. Regular contributor, Michael Kammes, Senior Application Editor and Workflow Specialist for KeyCode Media, stops by to highlight the latest features in the new release. Hmm... tonight we are avidly talking about Avid. Cool.

Jonathan L, Radio Personality

Radio is alive and well ... on the internet. Jonathan L is a fascinating radio personality with a worldwide presence through his show, “The Lopsided World of L” that streams live at convenient times for UK / European (KingFM.net) as well as North American fans on Indie 103.1. His independent flair for unsigned talent gives a unique twist to his playlists. Is Internet radio becoming the new cutting edge for creativity? Listen in and find out.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor reporter, Hollywood Reporter

Our favorite attorney and BuZZ regular contributor, Jonathan Handel also writes for the Hollywood Reporter. This week, we talk with him about the challenges of writing for print in the age of the Internet -- and how the instant-analysis of the web has changed news coverage.

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show. It's all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

D P BuZZ - March 10, 2011

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:32:26 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

James Gardiner, Co-founder, DigitAll

James Gardiner Co-founder of DigitAll, heads a technology company that develops software and Intellectual property for use in cinema exhibition. In other words, their tools create the digital files that make your movies look great on the big screen. And, not surprisingly, the technology in his industry in exploding in all directions. So, it's time for an update on what we can do to make our projects looks great.

Joel Greene, CEO, VEEP

Digital content producers are looking more and more into trying to establish their own point of sale on the internet. Joel Greene CEO of VEEP, is an expert in SEO and online marketing/sales. He is the former CEO of NetVisibility, a multi-million dollar search engine company. His new venture, VEEP, has some interesting elements of multi-media, membership subscriptions and personalized marketing. He's not making movies, but he IS attracting viewers. We want to know how he does it.

Trevor Ward, President, Red Eye Film Co.

Trevor Ward President, Red Eye Film Company, started his film career with a Hi-8 camera in college in the 1990's just filming friends and making people sick with his shaky footage. In 2004 he gravitated towards documentary style productions and storytelling and has produced/directed several stories for Current TV. He is the award winning producer/director of a feature length documentary called I Met with an Accident. He's also successfully using KickStarter to get his films funded -- we want to learn how he does it.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Our favorite job coach - Jessica Sitomer - is back with more great ideas. This time, Jessica shows us how to use social media to find work. As president of The Greenlight Coach, Jessica has made a career out of helping folks in our industry find careers. Tonight, we look at the impact of social media - what works, what doesn't, what should you make public, what should be kept private and, most important of all, can you still have a life if you start marketing yourself on social media?

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show. It's all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

D P BuZZ - March 03, 2011

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:30:49 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy, President, Createasphere

Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy is the founder and President of Createasphere, the entertainment technology industry conference and trade show, which attracts over 15,000 attendees each year. In 2001, Kristin founded HD Expo, then morphed it into Createasphere. This year’s show runs March 2 & 3 at Universal City, in Los Angeles. We want to get her assesment of the latest technology trends in our industry — and seeing as technology is the focus of her show, we figured that no one has a better handle on the answers than she does. You’ll be fascinated by what she has to say.

Benjamin Carlu, Founder and CEO, StereoBank

Benjamin Carlu founded StereoBank in February, 2011. According to their website, it “has quickly become the fastest growing stereoscopic 3D stock footage website,” offering lifestyle, sports, business, cityscapes, and time-lapse 3D clips. This week, we chat with Benjamin to find out why he started the company and whether there’s enough of a market for 3D stock footage that the rest of us should get interested.

Sydney Levine, International Film Distribution expert

Sydney Levine focuses on international film industry developments and analysis of the international film market related to buyers, sales agents, filmmakers, film festivals and distribution. She writes a well-respected blog at: SydneysBuzz. She just returned from a trip to the Berlinale in Germany – and was delighted to see that films were selling again. We want to learn more about how to make money for our projects in the international market. Be sure to hear what she has to say.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is getting back to his first love – music. Recently, he’s been almost exclusively focused on concert promotion, artist management, and launching a new musical CD. So, we figured this is the perfect time to talk about what video producers need to know about creating a music video. Not production, but planning: How to pitch a concept to the artist or their management, how to do pre-production so that the artist feels part of the processs, and what traps to avoid that will mess up an otherwise great shoot. We are really looking forward to what Bruce has to say.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - February 24, 2011

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:36:02 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Tom Dolan, CEO, Routine Filmco

Led by industry tech veterans, Tom Dolan and Andy Schupak, Festival-of-Films.com is a highly sophisticated online platform designed to put a wide-variety of films into the hands of people who love them. Every film offered is licensed and cleared for online viewing. This month they premiere the Veverka Brothers new film, “China: The Rebirth of a Nation.”

Boris Yamnitsky, Founder and CEO, Boris FX

Boris FX is always coming up with something interesting. So, this week, we talk with the founder of Boris FX, Boris Yamnitsky. They are branching out from effects into utilities, and we want to learn more about the latest release of Boris AAF Transfer. This program makes it easy to move projects between applications. So, we want to learn how it works, why they created it, and who should add it to their toolkit.

Jim Tierney, President, Digital Anarchy

Jim Tierney, President of Digital Anarchy, has a new product. It isn’t a plug-in, its an iPhone app. And it isn’t about people, its about, ah, whales. Yup. Exploring Maui.com is a new website geared toward the growing trend in whale watching and photography serving as a centralized resource for information and technology related to the Humpback Whales. His two inaugural products include a new iPhone app and instructional photography DVD series. Jim is using some powerful new technology in his latest effort, and we want to learn more about it this week.

Todd Weaver, CEO, ivi.TV

Todd Weaver, CEO of IVI.TV, just had his business halted by a court-ordered restraining order; however, was this really the right decision? Todd began ivi.tv to stream broadcast television via the Internet; similar to what cable systems do today. His company followed the rules and pays royalties on the programs they carry. However, opponents claimed he was violating copyright laws and that he was not a cable system. While a Federal Judge agreed, this is not the end of their fight. We talk with Todd to learn more.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Apple is making news this week – with both new products and new announcements on the next version of Final Cut Pro. Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, joins us tonight to help us make sense of it all.

Nathalie Spechtmeyer, Editor, Berlinale Awards Show

What is it like, being the only person in the world who knows the winners in advance of a major awards show? Well, Nathalie Spechtmeyer knows, for one. For the last six years, she is the only person with advanced knowledge of the LOLA winners from the German Film Academy. In this interview, we talk with her about how she edits movie clips in preparation for a major TV event. With the Oscars just around the corner here in America, this is a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of preparing for an awards show.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - February 17, 2011

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:30:43 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Brian Rausch, VP Production, Vicon House of Moves:

“The Guardian Project” is a short film that premiered during the NHL All-Star game. Brian Rausch, VP of Production for Vicon House of Moves was an integral part of the project. Vicon is a motion capture and animation service company. They partnered with the National Hockey League and Stan Lee’s company, SLG Entertainment, to create a video to launch a new superhero franchise. We are curious what Vicon did, and why they did it.:

Shane Ross, Free-lance Editor:

Shane Ross, free-lance editor and author of the Little Frog in High-Def blog, is also a member of the Avid beta test team. With the release of the latest version of Avid Media Composer, we wanted to find out from an expert what makes this new upgrade worth getting. We think you’ll find his answers surprising, because the key news isn’t actually about Avid.:

David Murdico, Executive Creative Director, Supercool Creative:

More and more ad agencies and clients are creating branded entertainment for the web. Since we are trying to figure out whether branded entertainment is the wave of the future, we decided to talk with David Murdico, Executive Creative Director for Supercool Creative, who recently directed a successful spot with Khloe Kardashian for T-Mobile. What are the challenges of working with a non-traditional client?:

Simon Chappuzeau, Founder, Digital Film Camp:

Simon Chappuzeau is the founder of the Digital Film Camp, which runs as part of the Berlinale. The Film Camp looks at how we can use crowd-funding, that is, raising money via the Internet, to finance documentaries and feature films. We began our conversation with him last week. This week, we want to look at the specifics of crowd funding and see how we can use it in our own projects.:

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!:

D P BuZZ - February 10, 2011

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:36:16 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Synderela Peng, Art Director, yU+Co

Synderela Peng is the Art Director for yU+co, Hollywood, CA. Established by Garson Yu in 1998, yU+co. has designed film titles for more than 100 feature films. Synderela most recently worked on the Stereoscopic 3D animated title sequence for the hit film “Yogi Bear.” Other recent projects of hers include title sequences for “Hot Tub Time Machine,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” “Shrek Forever After 3D,” “Enchanted,” “Gamer,” as well as numerous broadcast network projects including ABC, HBO and Showtime. This week, we talk with her to learn her secrets of working in 3D.

Alfred Holighaus, Managing Director, German Film Academy

Alfred Holighaus is the managing director of the German Film Academy, which is the German equivalent of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. LOLA is the German version of the American Oscar. We spoke with him last week and what he had to say was so interesting, we invited him back this week so we can learn more.

Ricardo Martinez, Director

Ricardo Martinez is a filmmaker, an editor, and a motion graphics designer. He’s just finished his first feature documentary film, The Wall, a documentary about the building of a fence on the Mexican border. It is now in festival screenings where it is winning awards. We first talked with Ricardo last June, when he finished production. Now, we want to learn how he’s marketing his film. You’ll find his comments fascinating.

Simon Chappuzeau, Founder, Digital Film Camp

Simon Chappuzeau is the founder of the Digital Film Camp, which runs as part of the Berlinale. The Film Camp looks at how we can use crowd-funding, that is, raising money via the Internet, to finance documentaries and feature films. In this session, we talk about what genres are generating money, how much you can expect to raise, and where you go to get started.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - February 03, 2011

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:26:25 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Lance Maurer, Founder/CEO, Cinnafilm, and Co-chair New Mexico Post Alliance 2011 Conference

Lance Maurer is the founder, president and CEO of Cinnafilm, Inc. – an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based specialty engineering company focused on creating the most powerful, reliable and simple to use texture control and resampling image processing solutions for creative professionals working in the film and broadcast postproduction markets. However, he’s also the Co-chair of the New Mexico Post Alliance 2011 Conference. The New Mexico Post Alliance is a professional organization founded by members of New Mexico’s post-production community for networking, promotion of the industry and advocacy of industry interests. This is very new and we want to learn more.

Alfred Holighaus, Managing Director, German Film Academy:

Alfred Holighaus is the managing director of the German Film Academy. He has written and produced several internationally-released films and, in 2001, became the head of German Relations at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). This included the section Persepektive Deutsches Kino and co-curator of German Cinema, a program that has taken a new turn in 2011 with the introduction of the LOLA@Berlinale program. LOLA is the German version of the American Oscars, so we spoke with him to learn more.

Bill Macomber, Principal, Fancy Film Post Production

Bill Macomber graduated from film school in 1996, and moved to Los Angeles to follow his dreams of working in the film industry. He quickly made a name for himself as a top Final Cut reality editor. Before long, he set up Fancy Film Post Production, a boutique post house in the Silver Lake neighborhood of LA. With a small crew of staff editors and assistants, the company has redefined “boutique.” In an era that has seen the spectacular collapse of several of the biggest post facilities, Fancy Film is busier than ever. We want to learn how he did it.:

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Regular Buzz Correspondent, Philip Hodgetts, is the CEO of Intelligent Assistance. This week, Philip stops by to give us a quick backgrounder on the differences between competing compression standards WebM and H.264, then explain how HTML/5 fits into this whole mess.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - January 27, 2011

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:33:40 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

Last week, we spoke with Catherine Buresi, co-director of the European Film Market, about the difference between a Film Festival and a Film Market. (A Market is where filmmakers go to sell their films.) The European Film Market is the third-largest film market in the world, running next month in Berlin, Germany. This week, we talk with her about the specific programs they have to help filmmakers make the most of their sales opportunities.

Marilee J. Potthoff, Director of Community Education and Outreach, House Ear Institute

Do your ears ring? Do you have to ask people to repeat themselves? Do you work in a noisy environment? Anyone working with sound is risking hearing impairment and we’ve invited Marilee J. Potthoff, Director of Community Education and Outreach at the House Ear Institute to give us some guidance on everything from how to measure risk to picking the right headphones. http://www.hei.org

Kristin M. Frascione, Free-lance Editor

Ever wondered what it would be like to work at a network like National Geographic? Kristin M. Frascione has over twenty years of experience in the film and video business, as an editor on both non-linear digital (including AVID, DV Express, AVID Symphony, Final Cut Pro and Media 100), linear and non-linear analog systems. She has worked on award-winning documentaries, dramatic films, and industrials for clients including National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, HGTV, and the Smithsonian. We have lots of questions for her about deliverables and schedules on a network reality/documentary show.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

He covers entertainment labor for the Hollywood Reporter and both labor and legal issues for The Buzz. Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould in Los Angeles, returns with a look at the rumored merger between SAG and AFTRA, the upcoming Writers Guild negotiations, and other “gossip from the guilds.” Cool stuff – don’t miss it!

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - January 20, 2011

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:41:07 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

A Film Festival is where people go to watch films. A Film Market is where they go to buy and sell them. The European Film Market is the third-largest market in the world (following only the American Film Market and Cannes). This week, we talk with Catherine Buresi, co-Director of the Market, to learn what it is, how it works, and what filmmakers can do to make their films successful there.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts is the CEO of Intelligent Assistance, and a world-class tech guru. Recently, he and Larry were talking about both the positive and negative effects Bit Torrent has on the creative process. They decided to bring their discussion on the show so you can form your own opinions. Is Bit Torrent enabling the wide-spread distribution of media, or killing the funding that makes the creative process possible? Join the Live Chat and let us know your thoughts!

Rik De Lisle, Radio Personality

Rik De Lisle was born in the States, but during his career he’s traveled from SouthEast Asia to Germany — where he has become one of the most popular radio DJ’s in Europe. In this light-hearted interview, we explore his roots in radio, how he preps for his shows, the impact new technology has on the age-old practice of entertaining people, and how doing what you love makes all the difference.

Norman Hollyn, Editor and Professor, USC Film School

Norman Hollyn is the Head of the Editing Track at the USC Film School. Plus, he’s an editor in his own right with several feature films to his credit. But the reason we invited him back to the Buzz this week is that we want to talk with him about the other side of visual story-telling; not the technology, but the craft. In this interview, we explore the aesthetics of telling stories.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - January 13, 2011

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:37:20 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Thomas Bauer, Developer, Clip Touch

Thomas Bauer, CEO of Factorial Ltd, began developing software for the Mac in 2004. Born in Austria and now living in New Zealand, he co-founded Factorial Ltd in 2009 specifically to create products for broadcast and production. Recently, he developed AssetKit, a a licensable Cocoa Framework to natively access Final Cut Server and ClipTouch, the Final Cut Server client for iPad. This is too cool to pass up, so we invited him to join us this week so we can learn more about it.

Rob Beadle, Founder & Senior Editor, Copper Post

Founded in 2002, Copper Post specializes in ideas. Good ones, bad ones, weird ones, smart ones, hard ones and eventually, when the brainstorming is done, the best one. To find those ideas they are using Resolve on the Mac, developed by Blackmagic Design. Copper Post has produced award-winning and nationally recognized commercials, documentaries, feature films and marketing videos for a diverse client base. We asked Rob Beadle, founder of Copper Post to explain the benefits of using Resolve for his company.

Patrick Grosswendt, Director, Broadcast Division, and Product Specialist

LED lighting had taken the world by storm and LitePanels is leading the charge. Patrick Grosswendt, Director, Broadcast Division and Product Specialist, is one of the co-founders of LitePanels Inc. (now a part of the Vitec Group), which is known for its Emmy-award winning energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures for the television, motion picture, and audio-visual industries. Pat also has over 25 years of hands-on experience in the lighting business as a lighting technician for television and motion pictures. We invited him on this week for his perspective on the how and why of LED lights.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Our favorite job coach is back! Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, returns with advice on how to get and keep a job. Hanging on to a job in today’s economy requires a whole new set of skills and Jessica is here with the tips you need to know now.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - January 06, 2011

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:21:40 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

James Mathers, President & Co-founder, Digital Cinema Society

James Mathers is a veteran Cinematographer, and the President of the nonprofit educational cooperative, The Digital Cinema Society, a group dedicated to the industry’s informed integration of new technology, as well as a regular contributor to a number of industry trade journals. James has been the Director of Photographer on dozens of films and we are anxious to speak with him about cameras, 3D, what to look for in 2011 and also to hear the latest news about the Digital Cinema Society.

Brandon Miller, Filmmaker

Every once in a while, we get to report on a true success story. Those of you who followed us last year will remember a very heart-warming and inspiring interview with Brandon Miller and his “Homeless in LA” film project. He currently has far larger goals than a single film project. We don’t want to spoil the surprise, but Brandon has some great news for us. We are looking forward to chatting with him this week!

Michael Kammes, Sr. Applications Editor and Workflow Specialist, KeyCode Media

Everyone’s talking about stereoscopic 3D video. It’s a very hot topic this week at CES. But how do we build an editing bay to accommodate the technology. Michael Kammes, Sr. Applications Editor and Workflow Specialist, for KeyCode Media, is here with lists, costs, equipment advice and practical tips. Plus, he’ll also have an update on the latest announcements from CES.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance, has been talking with us on The Buzz about making money with on-line video for a while now. This week, we want to put some numbers behind the talk. Who’s making what out of online video? iTunes really gives out no information and those who sell through Apple are banned from giving out the information. But Philip has been able to ferret out some facts and will provide some case studies of what some stars are making, then extend this more broadly into how people generate revenue from online video.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - December 30, 2010

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:28:22 -0800

We have another special holiday program on tap for this week’s show. Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Andrew Weisblum, Editor, Black Swan

Avid Technology tels us that their post workflows are becoming more and more mobile. For the feature film Black Swan, editor Andrew Weisblum sometimes found himself cutting live on set with Avid Media Composer on his laptop. During dance rehearsals, footage was captured with a Flip cam, Canon 5D/7D and rough sequences were pieced together immediately. Wow! What a bunch of incompatible media… how did he do it?

- – – A LOOK AHEAD TO 2011 – – -

Last week, we looked back at 2010. This week, we point in the other direction and take a look ahead at 2011. What are the key trends we need to watch? What gear should we buy? And how are we going to make money in this new world we are moving into?

Oliver Peters, Owner/Editor, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC.

Oliver Peters, award-winning video/film editor, colorist, post prodution supervisor and consultant. He also is a contributing editor/writer for Videography, DV and TV Technology magazines. We’ve asked him to break out his crystal ball and tell us where he thinks technology hardware will take us in 2011. Wait till you hear what he has to say!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Nobody knows technology like Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance. What technology do we need to watch in the coming year? Is the chaos in the marketplace going to continue, or will we see a movement toward consolidation. Philip has his fingers on the pulse of the industry and shares his diagnosis with us this week.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, covers the legal, union, and labor issues in Hollywood for The Buzz. Last week he looked back at the labor turmoil in 2010. This week, he looks ahead to 2011. And as rocky as 2010 was, 2011 promises to be even worse. Learn why this week!

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, has his feet in two camps: optical media and music. Last week, we covered optical media. This week, we will look at audio trends for the new year. What’s hot in both audio performance and audio production? What trends do we need to watch, and why? Find out all the answers this week!

Seth Kenvin, CEO, Market 7

Market7 has a growing customer base of video producers, marketing teams, ad agencies, and studios who are increasingly demanding access to their video production management tools on the go. Recently, Market7 announced that it is meeting that need with FULL mobile support for its flagship video services. CEO Seth Kenvin joins us this week on The BuZZ to explain why it is finally time to harness the power of The Cloud.

It’s gonna be a great time, with old friends and new. Make it a point to join us!

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - December 23, 2010

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:27:16 -0800

We have a special holiday program on tap for tonight. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Mike Horton as they talk with:

Alexis Van Hurkman, Colorist

We spoke with Alexis Van Hurkman, colorist and author, last week about how to setup and equip a color grading suite. This week, we continue our conversation with Alexis with a look at what software to use and how to use it effectively.

- – - A LOOK BACK AT 2010 – - -

As we wrap up another year, it seems appropriate to gather the entire gang around the electronic campfire and take a look back to try to figure out what the heck happened to the last year. The deals, the announcements, the products that made it (and those that didn’t), and all the legal scuffling.

Kick back, relax, and listen in as our gang waxes poetic (or, ah, pontificates portentously). Whatever — you’re gonna have fun listening!

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, covers the legal, union, and labor issues in Hollywood for The Buzz. He looks back on all the strikes, near-strikes, and non-strikes of the past year and tries to figure out who got a hit, and who struck out. One thing we especially what to learn more about is whether, after all the brouhaha surrounding the Screen Actors Guild, whether they came out ahead or behind as this year ends.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Nobody knows technology like Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance. Whether we are talking about codecs (Mike’s personal favorite subject), hot new products, or even products that aren’t even released, Philip takes a look back at 2010 to analyze the hits and the misses. From new cameras, to new software, and lots of interesting releases in-between, one thing Phillip is really good at is explaining how all this stuff fits together, or fall apart.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, the Digital Guy, has his feet in two camps: optical media and music. This week, we asked him to define the highlights of the past year from his perspective and, then, set them to music. Well, OK, maybe we won’t ask him to sing, but after all the noise Blu-ray was making at the beginning of the year, it sure has gone quiet just a few months later. What new trends should we be keeping our eyes on?

Debbie Price, Digital Production Buzz

Debbie Price, event manager for the Digital Production Buzz, is one of the unsung folks behind-the-scenes that makes everything work. She’s been one of the driving forces, along with Laura Peters, behind the Buzz Shout-out, so we invited her on to bring us up-to-date on skyrocketing success of this program. Along with some stats on how the Shout-out! is doing so far, she will also have tips you can use to create your own entry for us to play on The Buzz! Showcase your best work, on the Buzz Shout-Out!

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, is another great person to have on your team. She’s been with us all this year with tips and suggestions on how to find and keep work. She joins us this week with more job-hunting tips and a report card on what she’s learned by watching the Buzz Shout-out. We are also interested in figuring out what were the most successful ways to find work this past year.

Michael Horton, Head Cutter, Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group

Michael Horton, president of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, runs one of the largest user groups in the country, along with co-hosting The Buzz. We want to talk with him about his views of the last year from the point of view of everyone that’s actually using all this stuff. (We were going to ask him to sing, but, frankly, we all need a bit more egg nog before we’re ready for that!) Still, The Buzz wouldn’t be the show it is without Mike, and we are grateful!

It’s gonna be a great time, with old and new friends. Make a point to join us!

D P BuZZ - December 16, 2010

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:24:46 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Mike Horton as they talk with:

Larry first met Alexis Van Hurkman through his book The Encyclopedia of Color – a mind-expanding book filled with ideas and inspiration. Since then, both contributed for several years to a magazine published by Peachpit Press called Edit Well. Alexis has written several books on color correction and grading, and recently released his latest called The Color Correction Handbook — 530 pages of color fundamentals, tips, and techniques. Because we get so many questions on picking the right gear for color grading and getting the right look for your images , we invited Alexis to join us for a two-part interview to help us make our images look great. This week, we look at how to pick the right gear for your studio.

Digieffects just announced new VFX plug-ins and a new version of Delirium, an industry standard for visual effects and motion graphics. Nino Del Padre, Owner of Del Padre Digital, visits the BuZZ to talk about his recent review of Digieffects for Studio Monthly and how he is using these tool in his work for his clients.

Based in Central Florida, Oliver Peters has been in this business for over 35 years. He is an award-winning editor, colorist and post-production specialist with his own business: Oliver Peters Post Production Services. He is also a contributing editor to Videography, DV, and TV Technology magazines. Recently, he wrote a blog about how to work with your clients when there are long distances between you, sometimes even continents! Far-flung clients are a business opportunity for all of us, so we invited Oliver to tell us how he solves the deadline dilemma.

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, has worked in the entertainment industry for eighteen years as a writer, an independent producer, a development associate, a director, and an actress. For 12 of those years she was a career coach for entertainment industry professionals. She joins us this week to share some tips on how to handle the stress of the holidays when you are unemployed.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show. It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

D P BuZZ - December 09, 2010

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:22:43 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Mike Horton as they talk with:

Gary Mazo, VP of Made Simple Learning, loves to write. Even worse, he writes technical books explaining technology to people that don’t understand it. As the author of 13 books in the Made Simple series, his focus is mobile devices. We want to learn what it takes to create successful training in the digital age.

Jack Nutting, developer. Jack loves tech. In fact, he’s best friends with Objective-C, Java, and Cocoa programming. (We drink Cocoa, but that’s probably not the same thing..) Jack develops the software that folks like Gary Mazo train people in. So, we want to talk to Jack about the benefits to filmmakers in considering developing their own iPhone app to promote their projects.

Matt Katsolis, director/cinematographer for Interpret Studios, won the Grand Prize in Panasonic’s “Shoot It. Share It.” video contest. Matt travels the world shooting stories that you’ll never see on mainstream media. His award-winning project is the amazing “Moving On: Love is Winning!” We want to learn what drives him to create, his production techniques, and his take on how to create award-winning documentaries.

Terry Curren, founder and president of AlphaDogs, Inc, runs a boutique post-production facility in Burbank, CA, which he founded in 2002. AlphaDogs just finished a mini-series for ESPNU called “The Battle.” We want to talk with him about what’s involved in finishing a project with lots of different source file formats – 7D, 5D, Red – different frame rates, and a very, very short post schedule!

CPC Closed Captioning (Computer Prompting and Captioning Company) has been coming to GV Expo for years. According to Giovanni Galvez, Technical Developer, this Expo is key for the government marketplace as many agencies are required to add closed captioning to their TV programs and to their webcasts.

One thing we can guarantee -- 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!

D P BuZZ - December 02, 2010

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:10:30 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan and our team of reporters live at GV Expo 2010 for this special Expo edition of The Buzz.

J.J. Smith is the new Editor of Government Video Magazine and is here as the official host and master of ceremonies for GV Expo 2010. He’s been very impressed with the roster of innovative products being shown from the camera companies, the high quality of speakers and he is also very pleased to have new products that will be deployed into combat zones to help keep our troops safe.

Debbie Sweany is the Sales Manager for WhisperRoom Incorporated. This is her third year at the Expo demonstrating their very effective sound isolation enclosures. Might help with the ambient sound on the trade show floor. In fact, we’ll show you the difference during this interview.

David Walton, Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communication for JVC’s Professional Products division discusses JVC’s newest products, as well as their real-time system for converting existing 2D into 3D video.

When you think of Autocue, you probably think “teleprompter.” But Autocue makes a wide range of inexpensive gear for the professional videographer; from lighting, to tripods, to steadicams. Aaron Brady, managing director for Autocue, tells us about their products and what makes them different.

Kyle Dann, Product Specialist from Anton Bauer is showing a new gold-mount bracket for the Canon HDSLR cameras. While Anton Bauer has been a leader in the battery platform for many years, they also produce a wide range of other camera gear, as we discover in this interview.

3D and Virtual Technology are hot right now and one of the companies in the middle of it is Hybrid. We spoke with Gary Attanasio, the Director of Business Development for Hybrid, to learn more about what virtual technology is.

CEI (Communications Engineering Inc.) is both a reseller and a system integrator. Systems integrators assemble gear from a variety of vendors to create in installation for a client. In this interview Phil Whitebloom, VP of Sales and Marketing for CEI, explains a brand-new one-person camera package designed for docs and news-gathering.

With the increased emphasis on security, it’s no surprise that one of the exhibitors at GV Expo specializes in surveillance. The company is Cobham and Joe Bonacetti is their Federal Sales Manager. He describes some new wireless gear that allows on-the-fly wireless networking and media called “IP Mesh”.

Pond 5 is a web-based marketplace for stock image, video, and audio. And the reason that Pond 5 is at GV Expo, as their CEO, Tom Bennett, explains is to increase their visibility. The key reason behind this is that Pond 5 is a marketplace, which makes them different from other stock houses.

Avid has a vast range of products that appeal to video editors. We spoke with Sam Bogoch, Director of Design for Avid’s Interplay media asset management system, for a quick comparative look between their product and others on the market.

David Lemonte-Shepherd, President of Cabletime USA, is at GV Expo to meet with DC-based integrators and to show their new digital products for IP TV and Digital Signage. For the last 30 years, Cabletime has been providing greater and more effective ways to deliver both media content and emergency messaging systems to their clients in the UK and Europe as in the last 10 years in the United States.

For the third year in a row, Digital Production Buzz is very pleased to be the official podcast of Government Video Expo!

D P BuZZ - November 25, 2010

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:08:28 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving! from all of us at the Digital Production Buzz!

Join host Larry Jordan on this special holiday edition of The Buzz as he talks with:

Scott Gordon, CEO, Word Wizards, Inc.
Scott Gordon CEO of Word Wizards Inc., has made a career of turning audio into text. And, for the last 13 years, he has run a panel at GV Expo helping private sector production and post-production folks land jobs with the federal government. In this wide-ranging interview, we discuss his "Meet the Producers" panel at Government Video Expo, what producers need to know about captioning their media to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the role free-lancers play in meeting the media needs of the government.

Rodney Mitchell, President, DCFCPUG
Rodney Mitchell is the president of the Washington, DC, Final Cut Pro User Group, and a long-time exhibitor at GV Expo. He is also heading up the team of reporters we are sending to cover GV Expo next week for The Buzz. This week, though, we want to talk with Rodney about why a user group would exhibit at a trade show and his sense of what to expect at the show.

Brian Claypool, Senior Product Manager, Entertainment Systems, Christie Digital Systems Inc.
If you want to see the future of digital cinema, look to the past. In this case, Alfred Hitchock's classic "North by Northwest." Beautifully restored, the film was recently presented in brilliant 4K digital projection to members of the Hollywood community and screened on the latest generation Christie Digital 4K DLP Cinema projector. This was the world's first full feature screening using a 4K DLP. Our question is "Good Grief! Is 4K REALLY necessary? We just got switched over to HD!" Tune in and find out the answer -- and how you can benefit from the latest technology.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy
Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is an insider when it comes to conferences. From attendee to speaker to organizer, he brings a unique perspective which we want to share with you. We asked Bruce to take a look at the schedule for Government Video Expo 2010 - starting next week in Washington, DC, and share some of the highlights of some "must see events" that caught his eye.

Jack ReillyEvent Manager, Future Media Concepts
Jack Reilly is the event manager for Future Media Concepts. As such, he's responsible for the entire FMC training program at next week's GV Expo. So, this week, we spoke with him to get a better understanding of what they have available, and learn the benefits to us to spend the time getting trained at GV Expo.

D P BuZZ - November 18, 2010

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:15:51 -0800

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

J.J. Smith, Editor, Government Video magazine
J.J. Smith is the new editor of Government Video magazine and even though he is incredibly busy getting ready for the upcoming Government Video Expo in Washington, DC, he's agreed to come on the BuZZ to give us a sneak preview of what we can expect on the show floor on December 1st and 2nd

Michael Kammes, Senior Applications Editor, Key Code Media
There have been ongoing discussions for years comparing Avid Media Composer to Apple's Final Cut Pro. In fact, some discussions have more closely resembled rugby scrums Michael Kammes Application Editor and Workflow Specialist for Keycode Media was not afraid to take up the challenge. Recently, he compared editing 3D video in both applications and posted a blog about it. We thought you’d be interested in what he has to say.

Christopher Zitterbart, Partner, Watchmen Productions
The partners at Watchmen Productions based in Berlin, Germany, are enjoying a busy season for commercial and television productions and are developing films as well. We are delighted to welcome Christopher Zitterbart on The BuZZ to tell us more about what life is like running a busy production services company in Europe.

Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx .
Boinx Software, based in Germany and led by CEO Oliver Breidenbach, has developed a new app for the iPhone called, “You Gotta See This!” We talk with Oliver about what this is, how he developed it, and how they are marketing it. Along the way, we'll uncover some tips that you will want to hear.

D P BuZZ - November 11, 2010

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:20:34 -0800

This week’s episode of the world’s only interactive talk radio program covering Digital Production, Post-Production and Distribution is filled with great information and entertainment designed for the independent filmmaker or industry professional.

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Howie Schwartz, CEO, HSR|NY
Howie Schwartz founded Howard Schwartz Recording, HSR|NY in 1975. Since then, he’s taken his company from a one-room post-production “jingle factory” to a virtual empire of audio recording and post-production studios spanning over 20,000 square feet in New York City. With some of the most visible clients in the world today, he must be doing something right and we want to find out what - plus, it is always fun to hear stories about those “good old days.”

Moments before we began our live show, IATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, announced that it was striking the reality TV program: The Biggest Loser. We tracked down Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor correspondent for the Hollywood Reporter, to give us insight on what this strike means and whether it applies to the the larger world of reality television.

Todd Weaver, CEO, ivi.TV
A few weeks ago - just after their launch - we invited Todd Weaver, CEO of iviTV on the BuZZ to talk about their service and the firestorm their launch created. Media companies were claiming copyright infringement, and worse. Since ivi.tv is still generating some very hot BuZZ, we thought he could update us on the latest as they bring broadcast television to the Internet.

Jacob Mosler, Line Producer, Film Budget Pro
So, you’ve got a script, that's ready to produce. This means you need to get financing or a distributor or a star attached. Next step...a budget. If you are like many of us, you are now stumped. Jacob Mosler, Line Producer with Film Budget Pro will tell you that budgeting is a job for a professional. But where do you go and how do you know when you’re hiring the right person.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance Inc.
Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance has another new piece of software that he is announcing tonight on the show. This new utility can help save time and stress for Final Cut Pro editors during the editing process. And...he has a competition to announce. Can't wait!

D P BuZZ - November 04, 2010

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:23:10 -0700

The Buzz Shout-out! premieres this week! Visit here for all the details -- a great way to help jobs find you!

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Patrick Inhofer Colorist, Finisher-in-Chief, Fini
Color Grading made easy... Patrick Inhofer, colorist for Fini, has developed an online interactive training tool that lets us watch as he colors our media and then allows us to download the files so we can work with it on our own. He calls it the “The Tao of Color”. This week, we learn what it is.

Kristin Petrovich Kennedy President, Createasphere
Createasphere (formerly the HD Expo) was founded by Kristen Petrovich Kennedy in 2001 and remains a yearly gathering place for over 15,000 content creators. This year, one of the events that she and her hard-working crew created is the Post Production Master Class. Kristen joins us on The BuZZ to answer our questions about the show and where it indicates the industry is headed.

Todd Prives Product Guru, GenArts
We love talking about plug-ins so when GenArts told us they were coming out with MonstersGT, our ears perked up. We invited Todd Prives, Product Guru for GenArts, to give us the details in this new release.

Bruce Nazarian The Digital Guy
Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, returns wearing his musician hat -- this time to talk about the process of getting your music into the iTunes store. Everyone knows that you can make money with music downloads -- but how and where and what do we need to do? Bruce knows all the answers.

Announcing the BuZZ Shout-out!! We announced this recently and already more than 22,000 people have checked out the site. This week, our first Shout-Outs! premiere to help jobs find you! Best of all, the Shout-out! is FREE, thanks to our great sponsors: Smartsound, Maxon, and Drobo!

D P BuZZ - October 28, 2010

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Cory Trépanier, Producer/Director, Campside Productions
For years, artist and filmmaker Cory Trépanier has explored some of the most wild places in Canada. Few have walked in these landscapes. Even fewer have captured them on canvas. Now he’s going further into remote and breathtaking arctic wilderness to experience, paint, and chronicle a land that might never be the same again. Cory spent three months with his team filming "Into the Arctic II" about these challenging and sometimes dangerous adventures in over a dozen arctic locations.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel, Troy/Gould, and Entertainment Labor Reporter for The Hollywood Reporter
Jonathan Handel is a regular on The Buzz -- keeping us up-to-date on where the industry meets the law. Jonathan has been covering the Hobbit controversy in New Zealand -- will the film be shot there or won't it? Why are the unions there so worried about it? Why would anyone object when a multi-hundred-million-dollar film wants to shoot locally? The issues are complex and have an impact on the general malaise of runaway productions. Listen in as Jonathan gives us the complete low-down.

Simon Chappuzeau, CEO, Home Base Lounge
We shift locations this week to talk with Simon Chappuzeau, CEO of HomeBase Lounge - a place in Berlin where filmmakers can hang out. So, what happens when a bunch of filmmakers do nothing but hang talking? Right, they started Digital Film Camp, a networking / financing / distribution / free-form sort of thing. Perfectly understandable. This week Simon explains it all to us.

Tom Bennett, CEO, Pond 5
Pond 5 is the world’s first open marketplace for stock video footage, and they tell us it’s a better way for video professionals to buy or sell stock footage for use in productions. Recently, they announced a new program for stock footage that we want to learn more about. We'd tell you what it is, but then, it wouldn't be a surprise when Tom tells us about it on the show!

Announcing the BuZZ Shout-out!! We announced this last week and already more than 12,000 people have checked out the site. This week, we tell you more about how to use the BuZZ Shout-Out! to help jobs find you! Best of all, the Shout-out! is FREE, thanks to our great sponsors: Smartsound, Maxon, and Drobo!

D P BuZZ - October 21, 2010

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Jonathan Budine Sr. Editor/Director for Motive
Motive is a New-York-based creative solutions company with clients as diverse as Ad Agencies, Broadcast Networks, PR firms, production companies, small businesses, filmmakers, and Fortune 500 companies...whew! Jonathan Budine is Sr. Editor/Director and visits the Buzz to tell us about the challenge of the creative life in the Big Apple.

Adam and Rey Villasenor Filmmakers, Gentlemen of Fortune
Brothers, Adam and Rey Villasenor, co-founders of Gentlemen of Fortune, recently submitted their first film to the Sundance Film Festival, “The Infamous Exploits of Jack West,” and are in development on a reality series, “Fixed Gear - Down To Ride - New York to Los Angeles.” Young, energetic and determined, we are curious about what motivates them, how they are creating their low-budget films, and what they see for their future.

Joel Newman and Adam David Meltzer CEO and Head of Operations for Turnkey HD, Inc.
It is clearly a challenging time to start any new company. However, that didn't stop TURNKEY HD. Based in the Bay Area with offices in Los Angeles, TURNKEY HD was incorporated in August, 2008, and launched in July, 2009, providing mobile HD production equipment, services and technical crew across the US. Today, we talk with co-founders Joel Newman and Adam David Meltzer about why they started their hybrid rental house/production services company, the gear they are recommending for HD production, and what they see as the challenges to HD production in the future.

Stacey Parks CEO, Film Specific, Inc.
Getting Buzz regular Stacey Parks, CEO of Film Specific, to stand still long enough for an interview is a major treat! She joins us today fresh from the Blog World Expo. Why should filmmakers be interested in what happens in the blogosphere? Because more and more today, that's where reputations are being made, destroyed, and expanded. We can't wait to hear Stacey's report!

Announcing the Buzz Shout-out! You've heard the rumors - this week, we reveal the specifics. Presenting the all-new Buzz Shout-out! Tune in to learn about this creative new way to market yourself to find work - best of all, the Shout-out! is FREE!

D P BuZZ - October 14, 2010

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0700

This week’s episode of the world’s only interactive talk radio program covering Digital Production, Post Production and Distribution is filled with great information and entertainment designed for the independent filmmaker or industry professional.

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Jason Chong is an editor based in Adelaide, Australia who did comedy as a hobby until he figured out how to marry it into his full-time career as a filmmaker. He’s cut several TV series, docs, short films and corporate videos and in his spare time he teaches Final Cut. We’re curious about his comedy and how he uses it in his marketing!

We’ve been a big fan of Data Robotics, starting with when they created a Drobo that was fast enough to use for editing! Mark Fuccio, Sr. Director of Products and Markets visits the BuZZ to tell us about their their newest release – the DroboPro FS. This new member of their family makes it easy to share files in the office without investing in a server.

David Light is one of those unexpected D-Lights! A true renaissance man, he is a working actor, executive producer, author of two books and keeps himself busy in his spare time performing his poetry. We’re, ah, not totally sure what the connection is between all this, but we are fascinated to learn more!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance joins us regularly to talk about technical and business issues related to the entertainment industry. On this week’s BuZZ he shares his very insightful views about how indie producers can create a business model right at the start to make their projects successful.

D P BuZZ - October 7, 2010

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0700

Digital Video Expo 2010 is over and we are back in the studio.
This week’s episode of the world’s only interactive talk radio program covering Digital Production, Post Production and Distribution is filled with great information and entertainment designed for the independent filmmaker or industry professional.

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Todd Weaver, CEO of ivi.TV, launched his new website - ivi.TV - last week and was immediately bombarded by Cease & Desist orders from every media company on the planet. The National Association of Broadcasters accused him of copyright infringement. Yet, all ivi.TV has done is retransmit broadcast television signals on the Internet, while paying license royalties according to the law. So, this week, ivi.TV counter-sued. Tune in this week as we learn about the issues in this fight and get ivi.TV's point of view on why broadcasters are so worried.

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, and a regular on The Buzz, returns to help all of us improve our resumes. What should you put on yours? What questions should you anticipate? What should you leave off? Along the way, we want to find out which is more important -- a good resume or a good demo reel?

Ravian Budde, marketing manager and director for CoreMelt, joins us to talk about their latest release: Lock & Load Express. Lock & Load Express harnesses much of the key functionality for DSLR cameras found in Lock & Load X, including rolling shutter reduction, but in a simplified version that caters primarily to videographers and prosumers using DSLR cameras and working on Apple's entry level Final Cut Express editing software. He stops by to tell us more about it and the rest of their plug-ins in this week's show.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, and legal correspondent for The Buzz, wraps up our discussion of the legal issues surrounding ivi.TV with his analysis, as well as their implications for producers, filmmakers and consumers.

Digital Video Expo - Day 4 - October 2, 2010

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0700

The Expo Concludes

The show floor at Digital Video Expo 2010 has closed and the vendors have gone home, but we had so many great interviews that we wante dto share the rest of them with you.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Tom Coughlin, president of Tom Coughlin & Associates, is a consultant and analyst covering storage media. Recently, with the advent of 3D and higher image resolutions, file storage for media has moved from gigabytes to terabytes and now, PETAbytes! Where are we gonna put all this stuff? Tom will explain.
Richard Schleuning, national sales manager for Carl Zeiss, knows camera lenses. Today, he joins us to discuss the differences between prime and zoom lenses, and how to decide which is right for your.
Rod Clark, director of marketing for Teradek, has an amazing new box that allows you to wirelessly stream signals from your video camera anywhere in the world. Imagine having your producers track your production FAR from the studio floor!
Scott Kase, director of marketing for UsedAV.com, helps us sell our used gear. In fact, they can either buy your gear, or help you sell it directly -- all for a VERY reasonable fee.
Jeff Stansfield, CEO of Advantage Video Systems, is a system integrator who can help make sure the gear you buy is properly hooked up and functioning.
Jehu Garcia, CEO of JAG35, was a starving filmmaker just a few years ago. He never forgot how unaffordable a lot of camera gear is, so he created a company that specializes in high-quality, low-cost gear for the student and independent filmmaker.
Vic Anthony, CEO of Affordable Sound Stages, stops by to share his thoughts on what producers need to know to rent stages for their productions.
Rachel Kenton, sales associate for Zacuto, explains the newest products for camera support from Zacuto.

These Digital Video Expo Special Reports are sponsored by Data Robotics, makers of Drobo, and we are grateful!

Digital Video Expo - Day 3 - October 1, 2010

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:00:00 -0700

The Expo Continues

The show floor at Digital Video Expo 2010 has closed and the vendors have gone home, but we still have LOTS of interviews to share with you.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Sonali Perera, vp of marketing, and Ryan Stickley, director of marketing, for the Independent Filmmakers Alliance. This group of over 75,000 members exists to help filmmakers around the world find the resources they need for their productions.
Patrick Sculley, chief technology officer for PixelFlow, explains how their cloud-based video production service can save time and improve communications during production.
Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is a regular on The Buzz. He shares his opinions on new trends in technology and the relevance of trade shows in the world of the internet.
Chris Bone is the chief technology officer for VTP which provides sales, support, and training on high-end video and audio software and hardware. He discusses the role of manufacturer's reps in rolling out new products.
Jay Holben, CEO for Filmmaker in a Box, just completed a 17 hour documentary on the making of a feature film. Why? Because he wants to use it as a case study to train future filmmakers.
Alex Baghdasaryan, CEO of IIG, provides a software system for equipment rental houses that he is bringing to the media community.
Brian Dickman, vp of sales and marketing for Smartsound Software, discusses the challenges of working with music, along with the latest updates to their renowned SonicFire Pro software.
Van Tucker, CEO of DV Culture, looks at the culture created by digital media. He began his website a few months ago and aggressively markets it through social media. We talk with him about what works and what doesn't.

These Digital Video Expo special reports are sponsored by Data Robotics, makers of Drobo, and we are grateful!

Digital Video Expo - Day 2 - September 30, 2010

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -0700

The Expo Continues

Digital Video Expo 2010 is abuzz with new products and gear. Here's the second of our special reports live from DV Expo!

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Michael Horton, Co-Host of the Digital Production BuZZ and Founder of LAFCPUG, (Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group) stops by to talk to with host, Larry Jordan, about the recent Supermeet and this year's DV Expo experience.

Jan Crittenden Livingston is Panasonic Broadcast‚Äôs Product Line Business Manager for the company‚Äôs growing line of 3D and camcorders. She talks about two of the most highly anticipated camera introductions of recent years, the AG-3DA1 3D HD camcorder and the AG-AF100, the first professional micro 4/3-inch video camcorder optimized for professional high-definition video recording. She talks tech and gives us a rare inside glimpse at the company's camera development process.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor for DV Magazine and Videography Magazine, had the opportunity to take a test-drive with Panasonic's new AG-AF100.

Bruce Master is the senior program manager, tape storage systems for IBM. IBM, HP and Quantum first developed the specification for the LTO (Linear Tape Open) format for storage and archiving about ten years ago. The new LTO-5 technology includes the brand-new ability to drag and drop files, as well as have the contents of an LTO tape look just like a hard disk. With the ability to safely store media for decades!

Steven Tiffen, the President and CEO of Tiffen talks about their award-winning camera filters and brief us about new products from Tiffen, Lowell Lights, Steadicam Stabilizers and more.

Paul Holtz, president and CEO of Class on Demand, produces self-paced training materials for the creative and media industries. His company has just introduced a new online-based training system.

Philip Hodgetts, long known for his cutting-edge technical expertise, addresses an enthusiastic crowd at DV Expo with a talk entitled, "The New Now - Surviving the Changing Business of Production." In other words, Philip has lots of ideas on how to get work.

Doug Pircher, is the CEO of International Supplies which distributes a wide array of products to the entertainment industry. Did you know that deigital cameras stop working when the temperature gets below freezing. so, Doug briefs us about the Camera Duck, which helps videographers protect their cameras from the elements and control temperature that affect performance.

Dave Williams, editor of DV Magazine and Conference Chair for the DV Expo 2010 with a list of his favorite new products from this year's DV Expo.

These Digital Video Expo special reports are sponsored by Data Robotics, makers of Drobo, and we are grateful!

Digital Video Expo - Day 1 - September 29, 2010

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:07:51 -0700

This year, for the third year in a row, the Digital Production Buzz is the Official Podcast of Digital Video Expo. This year, hosted by Larry Jordan, we are originating live from the trade show floor, with a series of special shows covering all the breaking news and new products showcased at this year's event.

The Expo Begins

Digital Video Expo 2010 is a buzz with talk of 3D video, HDSLR cameras and workflow, and lots of interesting products from companies you may not have heard from. Here's the first of our special reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

David Williams, editor of DV Magazine, about what's hot at the DV Expo conferences this year.

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV Magazine, about new technology on the show floor, and the benefits of attending an industry-focused event like this.

Tim Smith, manager of the professional engineering and solutions team for Canon, about two new Canon cameras, plus an extended discussion of why sensor size makes a difference in your images when using HDSLR cameras. If you are planning on buying or using a DSLR camera, you need to listen to what Tim is saying.

Bruce Dorn, lead designer, IDC PhotoVideo.com, is the keynote speaker for this year's Digital Video Expo. He and Larry discuss the challenges of working with HDSLR cameras, along with a preview of his upcoming keynote speech.

Lon Parker, lead video inspector for iStockPhoto, about the challenges of making sure royalty-free video is safe to buy... and sell. He shares with us the legal hoops that suppliers need to consider, along with tips producers need to keep in mind if they want to sell their images to a wider market.

Drew Henderson, CEO of Alzo Video, manufactures and sells lighting gear for filmmakers on a budget. We talk about the new trend toward LED lighting and what to look for when picking gear.

Kate Logan, marketing associate, and Alan Natale, program director of the new media editing program at Video Symphony, stop by to showcase the new training courses and podcast created by Video Symphony.

There are some great interviews here, filled with ideas and technology-in-depth that you can't get anywhere else. Be sure to listen to all our DV Expo shows.

These Digital Video Expo special reports are sponsored by Data Robotics, makers of Drobo, and we are grateful!

D P BuZZ - September 23, 2010

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:33:57 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Jan Crittenden-Livingston, product line business manager for Panasonic, talks about the launch of their new stereoscopic 3D video camera. Is 3D just a flash-in-the-pan or can we really make money at it? And how do we watch 3D? And is this the best time to jump in? We have lots of questions. Jan has all the answers... well, at least from Panasonic.

Jay Holben, technical editor of DV Magazine, is teaching an all-day session next week at DV Expo about lighting for digital video. So, THIS week, we've invited him to stop by to tell us what he's going to be teaching. We will try to pry some lighting secrets from him as long as he's here.

Terri White, president of Bruno White Entertainment, is putting the new 3D technology to work earning her company money. She's shooting wedding videos in 3D. We want to find out: is there REALLY a market, can she make money at it, and how much harder has it made her post-production work?,

Kevin Louden, product manager for Telestream, has years of experience compressing video. He joins us this week to talk about an as-yet-unannounced product from Telestream. Before he leaves we will find out what it is, what it does, and why the rest of us should care about it!

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!

D P BuZZ - September 16, 2010

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:18:07 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:,

Stuart Ashton, Director of EMEA for Blackmagic Design, tells us about their latest product announcements at IBC (from their booth on the show floor of IBC, no less!) Plus, we talk 3D video, and where Blackmagic Design is headed as they evolve from producing capture cards to a wide range - a WIDE range - of products for production and post.

Jessica Sitomer, president of the The Greenlight Coach, did not announce any new products this week. Instead she returns with plenty of new tried-and-tested tips you can use to find work. Specifically, with DV Expo coming up, she shows us how to work a conference. If getting yourself employed is on your To-Do list for this week, you need to listen to what Jessica has to say!

Paul Babb, president of Maxon, returns to showcase the new version of Cinema 4D. (Was it something in the water, or did we miss the memo that everyone was supposed to announce new products last week?) Improved rendering, better rigid dynamic emulation, and all kinds of cool features that we are excited to learn more about.

Eric Quanstrom, VP Marketing and Strategy for Sorenson Media, stops by to explain the hot new features in Sorenson Squeeze 6.5, released this week. These include better filters, more supported video formats, and extended publishing options. But, what we want to know is whether there's enough in it to justify upgrading?

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!

D P BuZZ - September 9, 2010

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:30:10 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Dave Malkoff, reporter for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, spent a year and a half in Iraq training reporters. During that time, using portable gear, Final Cut Pro, Skype, and satellite feeds, he shot and edited a series of broadcast reports from the field. He just finished creating a one-hour documentary on his work entitled “Assignment Iraq.” We talk with him this week on what he used and how he did it.

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV Magazine, joins us to talk about his upcoming presentation at Digital Video Expo 2010 on the latest mobile apps we can use to simplify production. In Ned’s view, the iPad is as powerful a tool for creators as it is for consumers. We talk with him to find out why.

Bruce Pettyjohn, president of Octomize, creates companies. In this case, his latest is an on-line, always-on, appointment scheduler. Does this mean your calendar is dead? And does this have a role in helping keep production under control? We talk with Bruce to find out how we can benefit from this.

Norman Hollyn, professor at the USC Film School, has a new hobby! He’s the executive producer and co-host of “2 Reel Guys,” a video podcast devoted to helping filmmakers improve their visual story-telling skills. We talk with Norman this week about his goal for the show, how he got it produced, and what the rest of us can learn from it.

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!

D P BuZZ - September 2, 2010

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:30:10 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software, fell in love with Apple in 1976, so it's no surprise he founded a software company that makes working with images both fun and easy. We talk with him this week about his latest releases and the challenges of making something very difficult become very easy.

Steve Crouch has a 20+ career in post-production hardware and software with companies such as Panasonic Broadcast and Avid. IRIDAS is headquartered in Munich, with a legacy of engineering expertise to streamline production and post production workflows from onset to finishing, and is making stereoscopic moviemaking an everyday reality. This week, we talk with him about his company and the industry's fascination with 3D video.

Geoff Stedman, Senior Vice-president for Marketing and Business Development, Omneon, began his career in business school. Since then, he's moved into entertainment - providing gear that makes it easy for networks, houses of worship, and corporations to stream videos to large audiences. They are called "playout servers," and this week we want to learn more about them.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, has been a musician, producer, and digital maven. He's also one of our favorite regulars on The Buzz. He's back this week with his take on "Tales from the Trenches." These are some stories 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!

D P BuZZ - August 26, 2010

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:35:30 -0700

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:

Joseph Saba and Steward Winter co-founded VideoHelper, a production music company and website designed for people who hate production music. In addition to helping you search for music based on the emotion you are looking for, they've also created "scenarios," to help speed your search for just the right music. They join us this week to talk about how to pick production music to truly enhance your production.

Dave Williams is not only the editor for DV Magazine and DV.com, he's also in charge of the conference track at the up-coming Digital Video Expo in Pasadena this September. He joins us this week to give us a preview of what they'll be showcasing. (And we'll give you a hint: think DSLR and 3D!)

Bruno Munger, product manager for Digital Vision, helps design products that provide innovative image restoration, enhancement, color correction and other good stuff to networks, studios, and post-production facilities around the world. We want to talk with him this week about his products and whether they can be afforded, or even used, by mere mortals.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, is another Buzz regular. But this time, he's wearing his programming hat, since his company just released a mind-bending new program called "prEdit." This new software allows us to edit video by looking at a text transcript, select exactly the clips we want, then export that transcript into a neatly edited Final Cut Pro sequence. Sounds a lot like magic to us; so we invited Philip back to tell us more about it.

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!,