PVC NAB 2011:  Minicaster

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FreshDV NAB 2011 Video Coverage

Welcome to FreshDV’s coverage of NAB 2011! The FreshDV crew is in Vegas for NAB week, bringing you video coverage from the show floor. If you can’t be on-site at NAB, we are the resource to watch. Watch our coverage of the show in the playlist below. If you’ve enjoyed it, drop us a line on Twitter @FreshDV. Watch below…

First Impressions From NAB 2011

It’s amazing how much I both look forward to - and simultaneously dread - coming to NAB. 

Is Netflix the “New” Studio Model?

Philip and I consider the changes to the financial dynamics caused by Netflix’s funding of “House of Cards.” Is Netflix a new studio model?  Where’s the opportunity for innovation in programming if everything is data driven? Are we trading one set of controllers for another?

Tantalizing News From Telestream

It’s no secret that I am a PC user.  I’m very happy with the performance of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (and all the other programs in the Adobe suite) on my HP Z800 machine.  However, some of my client’s end-users are Mac people, and have at different times demanded output in the Apple ProRez codec…

,,,which, of course, PCs cannot do.  At least, until now, if what Telestream has to say pans out.  Imagine my interest when I saw this headline in an email:

Telestream Enables Encoding to ProRes on Windows Server Products

Details as of now are hazy, and I have asked for clarification.  But if this turns out to be what it sounds like, it could be a great step forward in making peace between the Windows and Apple editing camps.

Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?  What do you think?

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.

Click below to join in on the conversation in Episode 23 of The Terence & Philip Show.

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.

HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 3

Day 3 (by my counting; HPA calls this Day 2, because Tuesday’s Super Session doesn’t count) covered LTO-5, LTFS, IMF, HDSLR, OLED, FIMS, SOA, SLA, monitors vs. displays, file-based mastering, Hollywood in the cloud, and Disney restorations.

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