Hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment tech and beyond. The three discuss the impact of recent strikes within Hollywood, which significantly affected film and television production, now down 40% from pre-pandemic levels. They also talk through the latest updates in production software.
And of course, the three detail one really cool thing for us post production people to get excited about.
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Show Notes
US Film and TV Production Down 40% From Pre-Strike Level, Report Says – https://www.thewrap.com/film-tv-production-2024-levels/
HPA award recipients! – https://hpaonline.com/hpa-announces-2024-engineering-excellence-award-recipients/
FotoKem will receive HPA’s prized Charles S. Swartz Award – https://hpaonline.com/hpa-awards-committee-honors-fotokem-with-the-charles-s-swartz-award/#:~:text=It%20is%20with%20great%20pride,of%20the%20late%20Charles%20S.
Paramount closed TV production studios and started major layoffs – https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-08-13/paramounts-huge-layoffs-begin-nearly-2-000-employees-targeted-in-cuts
Paramount/SkyDance – https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/skydance-paramount-board-violating-deal-agreement-edgar-bronfman-jr-1236115717/
Disney Layoffs – https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/disney-layoffs-television-1236091773/
Teamsters, video game actors, Animation guild, IATSE – https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-animation-guild-contract-expires-soon-will-ai-fears-lead-to-a-strike/ar-AA1oQJqI
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes delivers first-ever side-by-side cut of raw footage with final film – https://ew.com/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-side-by-side-raw-cut-with-unfinished-vfx-clip-exclusive-8697941
Cree8 acquired BeBop – https://postperspective.com/cree8-and-bebop-technology-merge/
Autodesk acquired Wonder Dynamics – https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-acquires-wonder-dynamics-offering-cloud-based-ai
Premiere 24.4 – https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new/2024-4.html
Avid Media Composer 2024.6 – https://www.avid.com/media-composer
Resolve 19 – https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Final Cut Pro 10.8.0 and 10.18.1 – https://support.apple.com/en-us/102825
One Cool Thing
Katie: B’s gmail shortcuts! https://www.themightyshortcutsc.com/
Michael: https://chathub.gg
Scott: https://chrisroyfilms.com/