As I understand it, the traditional post house is on the decline, but there is an even greater demand for these services but at a more affordable rate that only a freelancer, likely working from home, can provide.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  03/30  at  04:50 AM

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Thanks for bringing these reports to my attention.

Seems to me that editing is indeed going through the same thing that desktop publishing did, and, after that, what simpler aspects of web design went through. They’ve gotten cheaper and and easier, allowing them to go in-house.

These things are really the new corporate languages that new college grads, and many a high school grad, is expected to be conversant in.

Many, many schools are churning out kids who probably cannot withstand the rigors of the math and physics required for engineering degrees but who can easily withstand the lesser rigors of the far more “glamorous” video media languages. 

However, most of those same students will be at an utter loss when it comes to starting a viable, competitive business using those skill sets.

But they won’t have to suffer the vagaries of the economy and competitive market; there will be expanding job opportunities for them in-house.

Posted by wsmith  on  03/30  at  08:14 AM

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Really?  Again?

Yes some post houses are having a hard time, other’s are booming.  More and more producers I meet are going back to post houses as (especially with 3d and HD) they’ve discovered what a ball ache dealing with all the data is.

Posted by MichaelSanders  on  03/30  at  11:16 AM

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The NUMBER of video files out there is definitely rocketing up, but the AMOUNT PAID is plummeting for a given task.

To claim that there’s more YouTube videos out there and therefore there’s more demand? SO F-ING WRONG! That is the worst logic I’ve heard in a long time - I’d bet 99+% of YouTube videos were edited for free-  no money was paid to anyone to put them together.

Argh - the wrongness!

The video/film post production industry is doing what audio did before it, and print before that - the Big Heavy Iron gives way to desktop systems, which eventually migrates home to sole proprietors doing specific tasks. VFX has been doing this for years - you’d be amazed at how many shots are farmed out to individuals doing it from home on home systems for self contained tasks.

The biggest need for facilities these days? Storage. Not even decks as much as it used to be, just fast, abundant, NETWORKABLE storage.

OH - and know-how.

-mike

Posted by Mike Curtis  on  03/30  at  04:32 PM

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Depends on where you are in the chain Mike.  Sky TV over here in the UK are using HDCAM SR as a deliverable as you can have loads (12) audio tracks which covers all the various mixes they need.  The BBC still need delivery on tape and a grader friend of mine worked on an HBO series last year that required 80, yes 80, different tape version of each programme!

On the flip side, I was talking to another friend who manages a busy sound studio in London who reckon’s he hasn’t used his Digi Beta deck in well over a year!

Posted by MichaelSanders  on  03/31  at  12:49 AM

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Mr. Sanders,

The Japan earthquake tragedy may very well mean the death knell for the HDCAMsr format.  Even if this is only a temporary interruption in supply, ALL of the networks that I deal with are accelerating their plans to accept digital delivery of longform programming.  Archiving will be LTO5 in lieu of videotape.

It’s happening.

Mark

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  03/31  at  07:52 PM

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Seems to me that editing is indeed going through the same thing that desktop publishing did, and, after that, what simpler aspects of web design went through. They’ve gotten cheaper and and easier, allowing them to go in-house.

Posted by jastinben  on  06/21  at  09:08 AM

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“The biggest need for facilities these days? Storage. Not even decks as much as it used to be, just fast, abundant, NETWORKABLE storage.”
-I totally agree. :(

Posted by Self Storage Brisbane  on  06/21  at  12:46 PM

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Fabulous video clip about actual chimpanzee! Could you share about WSJ article? Thanks for once more and fine luck

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