Gearing up for NAB 2014
Brian Mulligan's 10 Best Podcasts for Video Production is a great resource and excellent introduction to a number of podcasts that focus on different areas of production and post-production. While some of the podcasts in his article are no longer being produced, it gives you a sense of how much great content is available on a monthly basis.
Of course, it also illustrates how difficult it can be to decide which shows and even which episodes you want to check out. With so many options and only so many hours, what you're listening to sometimes comes down to a choice between one episode or another and it can be difficult to make an informed decision. It's also very easy to miss a topic or guest that would be of interest if you're not actively paying attention to episodes as they are posted.
The PVC Video Production Podcast Roundup is designed to help you make those decisions when necessary and to ensure you don't miss something that will be of interest. Podcast roundup articles will give you a real sense of what each show has to offer. However, the roundups aren't merely a summary of episodes. They're put together by the very people producing these shows and provide a unique perspective on each episode. ProVideo Coalition is a collection of working professionals, and these articles feature content from a similar collection of working podcasters.
If there are any podcasts you'd like to see featured here, please let us know in the comment section of this article, or better yet, start a conversation with us on Twitter.
That Post Show – Kanen Flowers
That Post Show is a roundtable discussion with industry experts about the art and science of video, film and post production and a few of our recent episodes have taken these discussions to a different level.
On our February 4th episode, Dan Allen joined us and we talked about running a YouTube channel, independent no-budget filmmaking, and Final Cut Pro X including the recent 10.1 update. His insights around how you can make a project “work” are invaluable. Our February 25th show was a Rambling Nerdout featuring both Mike J. Nichols and Scott Simmons where the three of us rambled on and nerded out about a lot of things, including: film school, backup solutions and some missing Premiere Pro features. Lots of opinions but luckily there were no physical altercations…this time. Richard Harrington joined us for the March 6th episode, and we chatted about NAB, releasing content online, being an educator and sharing knowledge with others, especially at Post Production World. Rich is involved in a ton of different projects, so it's always great to see what he's up to and how he's able to balance everything out. On our March 11th episode Mark Stolaroff of No Budget Film School joined us for a chat about measuring success in independent films and (you guessed it) filmmaking with no budget. It's definitely as advertised, but we dive into some ciritcal details that can really make a difference. Finally, on our March 18th episode Wes Plate and David Stripinis joined us to chat about Avatar, visual effects, plugins, Automatic Duck and the business of Hollywood. We also discuss VFX subsidies and why David moved to London four years ago.
Upcoming episodes will be featuring Sam Bogoch, Angie Taylor, Al Mooney and Aharon Rabinowitz and will all be released before NAB, so stay tuned…
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digitalCINEMAcafe – Chris Fenwick & Alex MacLean
DCC is a weekly audio podcast that is designed to be an open discussion between industry professionals. Our goal is to create a learning experience for everyone from the aspiring film-makers to industry veterans and to bring together creative individuals that have an ability to express what moves and inspires them.
Adam Epstein is a pro who can talk through all of those details, and that's what we discussed with him on DCC039. We talk through post production workflows on fast turn around SNL digital shorts and how Adam goes between SNL and working on a feature each week. In DCC042 with Sam Mestman, we discuss his work with a filmmaking collective in Hollywood and how he believes the current “system” is broken for indy producers. And on DCC043 we revisit a common theme about how to handle the business of filmmaking and in particular we discuss how to manage your time.
digitalCINEMAcafe has a great feeling of sitting down at a lunch table during a job and talking shop without anything getting in the way of the discussion, and that allowed us to really get into some cool details with Adam and Sam.
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DCC039 – Ways to Plus That (feat. Adam Epstein)
DCC042 – We Make Movies (feat. Sam Mestman)
DCC043 – Financial Smack Down Pt. 3 – Time Management
The Post Podcast – Kevin P. McAuliffe
The Post Podcast is hosted by Kevin P. McAuliffe, an experienced editor and motion graphic designer with over 18 years experience in post production currently working with Avid Media Composer 7 and Adobe's CC. In our most recent edpisode, we look at news & views from the week ending February 21st, 2014 and also talk motion tracking with Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer at Imagineer Systems. If you don't know about Imagineer System's Mocha, you've been spending way too much time tracking!
In Episode 11, we talk to Ross about Mocha AE, Track X from Coremelt for FCPX and Mocha Pro. Other than Keying, Motion Tracking is probably the easiest thing to mess up. If your tracks are not exact, a client will spot it right away, and you'll spend hours attempting to fix something that you wish could have been done in a few mouse clicks. Well, believe it or not, in most cases, it's just that easy, and chances are you've had the tool at your disposal for years, and just never knew you had it. And that tool is Mocha AE from Imagineer Systems.
The Post Podcast gives you all the news, views, opinions and interviews that you want to hear, with the people that make the products you work with in the post-production industry, so stay tuned for for more as we head into and out of NAB.
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The Post Podcast Episode 11 – Imagineer Systems
FCPX Grill – Chris Fenwick & Alex MacLean
FCPX Grill, or “The Grill”, gives you two episodes each week with real-life editors that are using the new Final Cut in their workflow. We discuss the features of FCPX that have benefited our workflow, and you'd be surprsied how much things can change when you think everything through.
In Episode 25 Sam Mestman covers the ins and outs of the new Library file structure in FCPX 10.1 and how it is a huge improvement on previous variants. As you can imagine, these improvements are substantial. Dustin Hoye joined us for Episode 26, and we discusses using FCPX with his assistant editor and his sound designer, all of whom live out of state. Working with people that you never actually see and sometimes don't even talk to has become a reality, and figuring out how to make this effective is essential in 2014 and beyond. In Episode 27 Alister Robbie talks about his long history with Final Cut Pro and how FCPX has allowed him to work nearly twice as fast as previous versions while in Episode 28 Charles Silverman explains how he decided he needed to leave the world of cutting for agencies and branch out on his own using modern tools. More than ever, people need to create their own paths, and Charles is a guy who has done exactly that. Thomas Grove Carter joined us for Episode 29, and we get pretty deep into various timeline tricks in an episode we call “Timeline Kung Fu”. And finally, in Episode 30, James Miller, aka The Cranky Editor, takes us on a hilarious journey through his first few edits with FCPX and how it absolutely saved his 4K Red project. He only has a couple things to be cranky about…
It's fascinating to hear the journeys that each user takes as they being to dive into the vast feature set and find ways to work smarter and faster and generally have more fun, especially since the 10.1 update. How FCPX changes things for people continues to be a topic that even non-FCPX users are anxious to hear about and discuss.
Listen to/Download These Episodes…
FCG 25 – The Library Model (feat. Sam Mestman)
FCG 26 – Distant Sharing (feat. Dustin Hoye)
FCG 27 – A Qualified Opinion (feat. Alister Robbie)
FCG 28 – Leaving the Big Stupid Agency (feat. Charles Silverman)
FCG 29 – Timeline Kung Fu (feat. Thomas Grove Carter)
FCG 30 – The Cranky Editor (feat. James Miller)
The Cutting Room – Gordon Burkell
The Cutting Room Podcast covers editing specific topics and interviews editors from around the world, and recently we've had some great discussions with people who are on different sides of the industry with some amazing perspectives.
This past month we’ve posted three episodes, and two of those are from our three part series interview with film editor Christopher Tellefsen (Moneyball, Man on the Moon, The People Vs. Larry Flint). In the first part we discuss editing passion projects and his latest work on the documentary Lambert and Stamp. In the second part we discuss art, photography, and his work cutting the film Kids. The third part, coming later this month, focuses on Moneyball and approaching a large project. The third episode that was posted was an interview with the comedy team Grog Movies about their popular viral videos on Youtube, Edit Button and Edit Button 2.0. We discuss how an inside joke grew into a fun bit on producer, as well as directors perceptions of what editors can and can’t do.
Stay tuned for Part 3 of the Christopher Tellefsen interview, and some other great guests as well.
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Episode 138 – Christopher Tellefsen Part 1
Episode 139 – Christopher Tellefsen Part 2
Episode 140 – The Grog Movies Team
fxguide Podcasts – John Montgomery
fxguide was founded in 1999 by Jeff Heusser, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour so the podcasts on the site are a reflection of their background as visual effects artists and the knowledge they've gained over the years. This summer marks nine years of podcasts at fxguide, as they were among the first to get on the podcasting bandwagon, having inside knowledge that iTunes 4.9 would have podcasting RSS support. The network features three separate podcasts, and each covers a different area of the industry.
The flagship fxpodcast is an audio offering covering visual effects as well as the science and tech behind the craft displayed on the screen. Instead of touching on subjects in a broad overview, each episode focuses on few specifics and covers them in gritty technical detail. fxpodcast #271 gives you a live report directly from the VFX Oscars as they took place in Hollywood, CA. The crew detail the event for us as it happened and explain how and why the anger that had been directed at the general state of the industry has now shifted toward subsidies. Episode #272 covers digital costume design from Gravity, with Framestore's Juan-Luis Sanchez. The guys discuss the differences between physical and digital costumes and how resourceful you can be when it comes to digital costumes.
fxguidetv began back in 2007, and is fxguide's video netcast covering the industry. In Episode #186, fxguide visits Animal Logic’s studios in Sydney to find out how they created the CG bricks and animation for The LEGO Movie which has turned into a critical and commercial juggernaut. Cinematographer Pablo Plaisted is our first guest, and he discusses how they were able to make stop motion look “real”. We also talk with CG supervisor Aidan Sarsfield about the 3D pipeline that allows them to asemble the movie. Finally, production designer Grant Freckelton talks to us about how they were able to create the enviroments that made the film so distinct.
the vfxshow is fxguide's critical roundtable discussing the visual effects from recent movie releases such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Gravity, as well as television programs such as Game of Thrones. Mike Seymour hosts and is joined by a rotating panel of guests that includes Jason Diamond, TyRuben Ellingson, Matt Wallin, Ian Failes, and others. For Episode #179, Mike, Jason and Mark Christiansen discuss the VFX Oscar nominated films for 2014. They dig into the overall quality of VFX in the films this year and discuss why they need to talk through films based on their merit and based on what the way they think the Academy will vote. In Episode #180, Mike and Zap Andersson discuss the visual effects in the episodic TV shows Vikings and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. They talk about what is and is not created on-set versus what's created in post and how the plane in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an actual charatcer on the show.
Listen to/Download These Episodes…
fxpodcast #271 – VFX Oscars March
fxpodcast #272 – Digital Costume Design
fxguideTV #186 – The LEGO Movie
the vfxshow #179 – 2014 Oscar Preview Show
the vfxshow #180 – Vikings and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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