Internships in Post, Good Idea or Bad?

In episode 27 of “The Terence & Philip Show” Philip and I are joined by former intern and current Alpha Dogs’ employee Isai Espinoza in a discussion about the value of Internships to both the employer and the intern.
How to get the best out of an internship, and what’s in it for the employer are the main subjects.
In typical fashion, this quickly leads to a discussion about breaking into the business, and what it takes to make it.

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NAB 2011: Teradek Revolutionizes Live Broadcast

We had a chance to visit with Rod Clark of Teradek who talked about the evolution of their products.

A Modest Proposal Regarding Editing Software

In the beginning, there was Avid…and it was OK. 

NAB 2011 - Sunday Seminars

DP Brian Pearson wields an EPIC as RED’s Ted Schilowitz watches.

On Sunday I sat in on several classes and sessions, to get a feel for the non-show-floor goings-on at NAB. Herewith, my fragmented, barely-edited notes.

Video post-production: a 2011 top career that is dying

If you were wandering around the Twitter world this morning you might have seen discussion of a Wall Street Journal story that listed “video post production services” as one of the top 10 dying industries! But don’t be too sad fellow editors, this Business Week article lists editors as one of the Top 10 Careers of 2011! We’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t.

No More HDCAMSR Stock! Now What?

Terence and Philip start discussing the tape shortage crisis – particularly HDCAM SR – caused by the situation in Japan: is tape dead, or will it merely lead to a resurgence of D5? Who’s accepting file-based delivery, is that even practical, and who gets to drive the need for tape delivery?

Remember, “No-one ever voluntarily changes their workflow”!

Considerations of tape shortage leads to discussion on archiving non-tape sources, and the issues surrounding that.

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Thunderbolt!

You’ve likely heard about the new interconnect technology called Thunderbolt. With two 10 Gbit/sec channels this has some interconnect power, at budget pricing. It’ll make a big difference when momentum gathers.
How will affect production and post production?
What will it do to the future of computers?
Will Apple still need to make towers?
Philip Hodgetts and I debate this and more on episode 22 of the Terence&Philip show.
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Has Shakycam Finally Run Its Course?

GREAT review of the new movie “Battle: Los Angeles” by Matt Zoller Seitz at Salon.com, taking the filmmakers to task for the evil combination of long zoom, short depth of field, and lack of shot stability that equates to nausea for the viewers.  Huzzah!  Huzzah!  Something that has needed to be said for over a decade!

Will it make a difference?  Doubtful.  You see as many faux-Steadicams as decent tripods at NAB, a travesty I expect to continue next month.  Anybody want to lay odds?

And no, I haven’t yet seen “Battle: Los Angeles,” but once it hits the Roku I promise to pop a few Dramamine and give it a go.

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