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Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton , as they talk with: Chris Hansen, Co-founder, CEO, BAMM.tv Chris Hansen, the co-founder of BAMM.TV is a passionate entrepreneur and musician. He and his fellow band members converted their garage rehearsal space into a production studio which then exploded into a content creation mecca for musicians! This week, discover an innovative way to promote and distribute your music. Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is a professional musician and producer. So, we thought it would be worthwhile to ask him to take a look at the new BAMM.TV service and give us his take on it. Is this a good deal for musicians? What are the benefits and drawbacks to distributing music outside “the system?” What questions should artists ask as they are evaluating who represents their music? Tune into this week’s show to learn more. Amanda Fox President/Executive Producer, Spotzen Making films is difficult and complicated and do any of us like those huge paper production books? Ugh. Spotzen has developed an online, digital system that allows us to streamline communication and coordinate between departments during the filming and post process. (And no paper production books!) Amanda Fox, President and Executive Producer is joining us this week to tell us more about how Spotzen can save us time and aggravation JJ Smith, Editor, Government Video magazine Government Video Expo returns at the end of November. And, once again, The Buzz is the official podcast of the event. But, what’s happening at GV Expo this year? JJ Smith, Editor of Government Video Magazine gives us a preview of what to expect as thousands of attendees prepare to swarm into Washington D.C. to scope out the latest technology and share news with industry contacts. Michael Kammes, Senior Applications Editor, Keycode Media With the announcement this morning of Avid Media Composer 6, we invited Avid specialist and beta tester, Michael Kammes, to give us a quick update on the new version and some of its more intriguing new features – including 64-bit memory addressing, native support for 3D video, and lots of new 3rd-party import and output options. Listen in for the full scoop!

Join Larry Jordan as he talks with: Lydia Cornell, Actress Lydia Cornell has it all – beauty, brains, talent, success and unbridled creativity! She won the People’s Choice Award for her role as Sarah Rush on ABC’s “Too Close for Comfort” in 1980 and has worked non-stop ever since. She is just about finished with her new novel, is a recurring guest on the Bashama and Cornell podcast and we’ve pried her away to talk to us about her career and what she’s learned about achieving success in this industry. Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Keeping the fires of creativity lit can be a hard task. Dealing with stress and remaining creative is even harder. Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach joins us tonight to look at the other side of working – staying creative without burning out. She’s helps explain the relationship between stress and creativity and staying healthy – you’ll want to hear her answers on this week’s show. Dr. Margaret Cochran transpersonal psychologist, and Michael Cosgrove, host/producer Dr. Margaret Cochran and her husband Michael Cosgrove produce the internet radio show ‘Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love and Magic!’ Wisdom, Love and Magic is about everything you think and everything you feel or imagine. Dr. Cochran and her guests talk about how to make sense of the worlds of linear science and felt experience and understand their impact on your everyday life. Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs The difference between a good editor and a great editor is the “creativity factor!” Terry Curren, Founder and President of Alpha Dogs, Inc. explains more about why it is important to involve editors in the creative process and how that can take your project to the next level.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton , as they talk with: Jacob Rosenberg, Chief Technology Officer/Director, Bandito Brothers Bandito Brothers is a recent arrival to the post-production scene in Los Angeles, but their work is turning heads. This week, we speak with company co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Jacob Rosenberg about what it takes to run a successful full-service production company, the kinds of people he likes to hire, and a look at the future of post-production. This is a fascinating interview! Robert Sharp, President, DigiEffects DigiEffects is making big news this week. We talk with DigiEffects President, Robert Sharp, about their latest news – we’d tell you now, but, then, well, you know the drill. Cool news, though! Kim Henderson Sales Engineer, NewTek NewTek is a staple in live production – especially when budgets don’t allow working with remote trucks and lots of gear. Recently, NewTek announced the new Tricaster 450 and 450 Extreme. We asked Kim Henderson, Sales Engineer for NewTek to get specific about the specs of the new products – and show us some ideas of where it can be used and new outboard gear that makes using it easier than ever. Woody Woodhall, President, Allied Post Woody Woodhall is a professional audio engineer and the head of Allied Post, an audio post facility in Los Angeles. He’s also the head of the LA Post Production User Group (LAPPG). We spoke with Woody recently about the challenges of recording location sound – not the actors, that’s easy, it’s all the sounds around the actors that you need to add audio believability to your projects. Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Jessica Sitomer. President, The Greenlight Coach, is back! Our favorite “gonna-find-you-a-job” coach returns – this time, with ideas on what to put on your resume that will help you find work. Even better, she has great advice on what to leave off. You aren’t writing a novel, here. You are crafting a marketing document to get you work. Listen to her interview and discover ways you can make your resume more powerful and productive.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton, live, as they talk with: Jerome Courshon, Producer, “The Secrets to Film Distribution” Jerome Courshon (“God, Sex & Apple Pie,” “Life With Fiona”) knows the ‘game’ of distribution as a Producer in the trenches. From his film festival journeys to self-releasing his first movie into theaters to securing distribution with Warner Bros., Courshon has faced innumerable obstacles. And it’s this real world “what works, what doesn’t” approach that he is able to share with fellow filmmakers to help them achieve success. Join us on the Live Chat and ask him what it takes to make money on your movie! Ian Chisholm, Writer, Producer, and Star, “Clear Skies” By day, Ian Chisholm is an IT professional. By night, though, he becomes the writer, creator and star of Clear Skies 3, an amazing animated web series. Ian told us: “I’m a one-man-band who did all this for fun!” The “fun” took thousands of dedicated hours to bring his dream to life. We think he is an inspiration to all and invite you to listen in as we interview him on this week’s BuZZ. Shirley Craig Co-founder, Weynand Training Weynand Training is synonymous with Apple’s Final Cut Pro textbooks. But, as co-founder Shirley Craig tells us, the company does far more than write books. They recently expanded into creating iPhone apps – including one that Shirley introduces that turns your iPhone into a professional recorder. Listen in and learn more! Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance, is a regular on The Buzz. He’s also a software developer and tonight, he’s announcing something brand new that will interest just about every Final Cut Pro X user. Join us for the latest news and gossip – live! Pick Our Brains This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton as they talk with: Robin Hafitz, President, Open Mind Strategy Robin Hafitz, president of Open Mind Strategy, founded Open Mind Strategy in 2010 to provide marketers with strategic insights that provide a foundation for brand building. We all know people are time-shifting, on-demanding, and streaming more than ever. They seem to feel that watching what they want to watch when and where they want to watch it is a God-given right. This intensifying desire for immediate media gratification is something filmmakers can leverage. They should try, like Coca Cola, to be “within arm’s reach of desire.” We asked her to put on her strategic hat for filmmakers and help us figure out how to take advantage of these new trends. Todd Prives, Program Manager, GenArts This week, GenArts released Sapphire 6, a newly integrated version of its flagship plug-in suite for After Effects, Autodesk and Avid editing and compositing systems. For the first time, the suite includes a lens flare editor, 1,100+ presets and a preset browser to let you preview looks as you work. We talk with Todd Prives to learn what all the excitement is about. Steve Kownacki, Executive Producer, Final Focus Productions Steve Kownacki, Executive Producer of Final Focus Productions, is a very busy production executive at this Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania production house. Steve’s a guy who’s worn many hats over the years including audio engineer, location sound, camera op, director, producer, marketer, and LOVES them all. A small business owner for the last 20 years and a guy who’s seen a lot of gear since 2″ quad in the 80s! Rodney Mitchell, Founder, Washington, DC, Final Cut Pro User Group When you think Final Cut in the mid-Atlantic states, the name Rodney Mitchell comes first to mind. President of the DC Final Cut Pro Users Group, we wanted to talk to Rodney to get a sense of what user groups are doing with all the controversy surrounding the release of Final Cut Pro X. Pick Our Brains This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton as they go live to the trade show and talk with: Karen Everett, Founder, NewDoc Editing Karen Everett is a documentary story consultant. She helps documentary producers figure out how to craft their stories to catch the eyes of distributors and viewers. She has discovered there are two “templates” that are very successful today and, after she gave her presentation at the Digital Video Conference, we sat down with her to learn the highlights of her approach. Bruce Masters, Senior Program Manager, IBM Increasingly, producers are turning to LTO tape for archiving projects. In fact, some networks are now accepting LTO for final program delivery. Bruce Masters, Senior Program Manager for IBM discusses Ultrium – the consortium of IBM, HP, and Quantum that are the driving force behind LTO. What is it? How can it help us? And where is it going in the future? Mark Pastor, Strategic Business Manager, Quantum Whitney Lippincott, Business Alliance Manager, HP Storage Bruce Masters set the scene about LTO tape. Mark Pastor and Whitney Lippincott provide specific examples of how it is being used in the real world. We also spend time talking about specific techniques you can use to be successful using LTO tape to archive and access your projects. Sam Thomas, Business and Development Manager, Petrol Bags, Division of Vitec Group Petrol Bags is relatively new to the industry. If you need to carry cameras or other gear from one place to another, these are products you need to check out. Sam Thomas joins us to talk about their newest bag – the Cambio – which provides a built-in tripod and internal lighting system! Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines What can we say? It’s Ned Soltz. Ned looks at the new camera technology on display at DV Expo with an eye on showcasing new cameras and camera accessories and his surprising discovery of removable lenses for the iPhone 4! Doug Pircher, General Manager, International Supplies Every year at Digital Video Expo, Doug Pircher introduces us to products we’ve never heard of that become part of our regular production tools. This year is no exception – Doug has scoured the earth to find a great collection of intriguing products that can simplify your life — or at least make it more fun. Larry Laboe, Executive Director, NewFilm Makers – Los Angeles It is easy, at a trade show, to get totally captivated by technology. But the purpose of filmmaking is to make films that other people want to watch. That’s where Larry Laboe comes in – he heads New Filmmakers – Los Angles, an organization that is part user group and part film festival. And a GREAT place to see films. Join us as Larry explains.

Digital Video Expo 2011 provides the chance to ”Be Inspired!” And The Digital Production BuZZ takes you right to the heart of the action with interviews and inside insight from the leaders in our industry as the Official Podcast of Digital Video Expo 2011! Digital Video Expo, at the Pasadena, California, Convention Center, September 20 to 22, brings content creation professionals together with all the latest technologies. This is a chance to connect with others in the field with networking, events, and more in-depth training than ever before. Eric Trabb, Vice President Sales & Group Publisher, NewBay Media L.L.C. Eric is responsible for all the NewBay print publications, trade shows, like Digital Video Expo, and on-line properties. These include titles like DV, Videography, and Millimeter magazines, 2-pop and Creative Planet websites, and both DV and GV Expos, We are delighted to welcome him to the show. Almost all of us depend upon NewBay for coverage of the industry and we want to get Eric’s take on where it is headed and what NewBay Media is doing to respond to it — you’ll be surprised at his answers. Jan Crittenden Livingston, Product Manager, Panasonic Jan is responsible for all of Panasonic’s professional cameras. She joins us today to talk about the premiere of several of their latest cameras, as well a explains what criteria filmmakers can use in deciding which camera is best for their project. Cristina Clapp, Editorial Director, NewBay Media L.L.C. Cristina is responsible for the entire video group at NewBay Media. This includes DV, Videography, and Millimeter magazines, 2-pop.com, and the conference track here at DV Expo. We talk with Christina about her goals for the conference here at Digital Video Expo, PLUS, she gives us an exclusive announcement concerning DV magazine. A great interview! Robert Brambila, Director of Technology, leads the technology team at Promax Since the rebirth of the company a couple of years ago, Promax has been releasing new products for the video market on a regular basis. This week, we talk with Rob about how they balance their role as a reseller with that of developer, where technology is headed, and what storage trends we need to pay attention to. Brian Dickman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Smartsound Brian is a long-time friend of The Buzz. Recently, Smartsound introduced QuickTracks, an Internet-based system of music creation, editing, and manipulation. Brian joins us to explain how QuickTracks works, where the Smartsound library comes from, and ideas producers can use to find the best music for their projects. Patrick Sculley, CEO of Pixelflow Patrick offers a system of “Production in the Cloud.” We talked with him last year at Digital Video Expo and wanted to followup with him this year to learn what’s new. What we discovered is they have a six-step system to enable filmmakers around the world to collaborate on a single project. Tune in this week to learn more. Mathew Rehrer, Product Manager for Harmonic Mathew was a speaker at the Digital Video Expo Conference, talking about how to plan your storage needs for performance and capacity. We pulled him out of the speaker’s lounge long enough to get him to give us a summary of his presentation.

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Bill Roberts, Director, Product Management for Video and Audio Solutions, Adobe Systems, Inc. Adobe Systems Inc. made big waves last week at the IBC trade show announcing the acquisition of Iridas, a massive sales spike and renewed interest in their professional video editing products. This week, we invited two of their product managers to join us to explain all this news. Bill Roberts, director of product management for video and audio solutions at Adobe Systems, is responsible for products on the content creation side – Story, Iridas, Premiere Pro and others. We want to know what the heck is going on over there?!? Francene Blythe, Director, All Roads Film Project Francene Blythe is an award-winning 20-year industry veteran and now heads the All Roads Film Project for the National Geographic. The All Roads Film Project is a National Geographic program dedicated to providing a platform for indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers around the world to showcase their works to promote knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader, global audience. We want to talk with Francene to translate that last sentence into something that makes sense. Ashley Still, Director, Product Management for Rich Media Products, Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe continued making news at IBC with a wealth of updates to their Flash products – including the long-hoped for ability to play Flash movies on iDevices. Does this portend the death of Flash? Ashley Still, director,of product management for rich media products at Adobe Systems tells us what’s going on with her products, such as Flash Media Server, Flash Access, Adobe Pass and others? Join us this week and as we can’t wait to learn more with Ashley! Joel Ordesky, Product Marketing Manager, Motion Picture Production, Sony Electronics Another hot new announcements out of IBC was that Sony was showing their new F65 camera. Joel Ordesky, product marketing manager for motion picture production at Sony Electronics, is a senior executive with over 12 years experience in leading and managing operations for companies with revenues in excess of $30 million. Most recently, Joel has been leading a team with a focus on the launch of the new F65 camera from Sony. We want to learn more about this camera and where it fits in the world of RED, Panasonic P2, and Arri Alexa. Pick Our Brains This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Sheri Candler, Co-Author, Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul Sheri Candler is an inbound marketing strategist who helps independent filmmakers build identities for themselves and their films. She’s written a book filled with case studies that look at ways filmmakers are approaching distribution. Ranging from Do-It-Yourself to split rights to a variety of hybrid deals, Sheri joins us to explain where marketing and distribution are headed for microbudget films. Oliver Peters, Editor, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC Oliver Peters, Owner, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, is based in Central Florida and has been in this business for over 35 years. He is an award-winning editor, colorist and post-production specialist with his own business. He is also a contributing editor to Videography, DV, and TV Technology magazines. He joins us this week with a special preview of the color correction training he’ll be conducting at the upcoming Digital Video Expo 2011, in Pasadena, CA. Alberto Cieri, Senior Director, Sales & Marketing, Matox Video Products Group IBC opens tomorrow in Amsterdam and the industry is a-Buzz with new announcements. Alberto Cieri, Senior Director, Sales and Marketing for the Matrox Video Products Group, joins us from Amsterdam to tell us about their latest new gear: the MC-100 mini-converter. Matrox, based in Montreal, Canada, is increasingly recognized as a leader in HD and SD digital video, so we are very interested to learn “what’s new?” Kevin Epstein, Vice-President, Marketing, Drobo What is a guy with an undergraduate degree in high-energy nuclear physics doing on The Buzz? We don’t know either, but we wanna find out! Kevin Epstein is currently radiating energy as the VP of Marketing for Drobo. He joins us this week to announce the winner in our “Win a Drobo” contest – plus to give us some tips on how to get the best performance from Drobo’s gear. Pick Our Brains This is your chance to get your technical and creative questions answered.

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital Starting first with Plaster City Digital Post, and now at Light Iron Digital, where he is the CEO, Michael Cioni has served as a Digital Intermediate Supervisor on more than 200 feature films – including Pirates of the Caribbean 4, The Amazing Spiderman, The Social Network, Total Recall, and, not to be missed, the Muppet Movie! We’ve heard about digital intermediates for a while now, but what do they do and how do we work with them? Even more inportant, can we use them on films with less than hundred million dollar budgets? (Hint: The answer is YES!). Tune in and learn more. Jessica Sitomer, CEO, The Greenlight Coach Getting a job is a wonderful feeling, until you walk in and discover you have a TERRIBLE boss! Now what? Good jobs are hard to find. Does this mean you are trapped in a life of angst and anguish? We invited our favorite job coach – Jessica Sitomer, CEO of TheGreenLightCoach.com – to join us this week to explain the steps you can take to get yourself out of a bad situation. There IS hope — and Jessica has some great ideas you can put to work immediately! Rick Clarkson, VP, Product Management, Signiant Rick Clarkson, VP of Product Management for Signiant, is responsible for driving development of Signiant’s products in the Media and Entertainment industry. Recently, they published a white paper on “The New Economics of International Content Distribution.” Because this paper looks at file-based, digital content, and since many filmmakers look to make money overseas, we wanted to talk with Rick about what they discovered; and how we can apply it to our own projects. Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy Music is moving to “The Cloud” — and we are still trying to figure out if this is a good thing or not. So, we invited Buzz regular, Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy himself, to join us to explain what ll this Cloud business is, and whether we should care or not. Even more important, is there a way for us to make, or save, money with this?

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: J.J. Kelley and Josh Thomas, Independent Producers The last time we heard from J.J. Kelley and Josh Thomas, Independent Producers, was two years ago, when they were promoting their second feature: “Paddle to Seattle.” Since then, they’ve been going non-stop. Traveling the world, making films, and living “the life.” So, we decided to catch up and see what they’ve learned, what works, and what they’d do differently. (By the way, JJ’s now a co-producer for National Geographic!) Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines and technical wizard in his own right, joins us for a first look at the upcoming DV Expo – Sept. 20-22 – at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. DV Expo is a great show for talking to industry vendors without getting lost in the crowds. And, this year, for the FIFTH year in a row, The Buzz is the Official Podcast of DV Expo! Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance and regular guest on The Buzz, stops by to share his insights on new technology that will be shown or introduced at DV Expo in Pasadena in September. There’s lots happening with new media cards, codecs, and ingest workflows that can affect all of us, and we want to get the inside insight from Philip. Andrew Little, CEO, Red Giant Software Red Giant Software recently teamed up with the Original iPhone Film Festival to give a boost to aspiring filmmakers. CEO Andrew Little joins us to tell us about the Festival and what Red Giant is doing to support it. (By the way, it isn’t too late for you to enter your film!)

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Peter Hampden, Managing Director, Lipsync Post Production Peter Hampden, managing director for Lipsync Post-production co-founded the company in the Soho district of London to provide high-end post services to feature films. However a few years ago, they had the insight to add film funding to their company’s list of services. Partly to help support the independent film industry and partly to help create business for their own post services, recently six of their films were accepted into the Toronto Film Festival. We talk with Peter this week about what they look for in funding a film, what producers can do to make their film more attractive to potential funders, and what budget ranges they fund. You’ll find this conversation fascinating! Will Pisnieski, VP of Post-production, Authentic Entertainment Will Pisnieski, vice-president of Authentic Entertainment, is responsible for creating dozens of hours of reality TV programming each week. Supervising 43 Final Cut Pro edit suites and gathering media from across the world is no easy task. Nor is creating a look for each show that makes it sparkle. We talk with Will about the challenges of editing a TV reality show, and their use of CoreMelt’s plugins to achieve a unique look. Justin Evans, Director and co-Writer of “A Lonely Place for Dying” His Cold-war spy thriller, “A Lonely Place for Dying“, recently beat out both “X-Men: First Class” and “Source Code” for Internet popularity. In early August, the teaser episode reached over one million downloads on BitTorrent. Justin Evans was the director and co-writer for the film, which was made on a $200,000 budget. Since then, it has gone on to earn more the 15 awards from 40 festival selections. We talk with him this week about his film, how he shot it, and what he did in marketing to make it so successful. Michael Nikonov, CEO, iPiSoft Michael Nikonov is CEO of iPiSoft and chief architect of iPiSoft’s breakthrough markerless motion capture technology. Introduced last year, iPi Soft Motion Capture is a scalable solution with a new workflow for filmmakers. Captured animations do not exhibit artifacts like jitter or foot skate and can be exported in popular animation formats. iPi Mocap is compatible with a wide variety of leading game engines and 3D software applications. We asked Michael to join us to explain his new technology and how we can put it to work.

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Dan Kneece, Director of Photography Dan Kneece was taught how to use the Steadicam by Garrett Brown, himself. That was 28 years ago. Since then, Dan has worked on more TV and feature films than he can track. Along the way, he’s won major industry awards and been president of the Society of Camera Operators for four years. Recently, he switched careers to become a Director of Photography, which lead him to Africa where he was filming lions on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa. Robert Sharp, President, DigiEffects Robert Sharp, president of DigiEffects, has some exciting news for us. Except they aren’t talking about it till next week. So, since we have zero patience, we twisted his arm to join us this week and give us the inside scoop on their new announcements. If creating effects are your reason for living, you’ll want to hear what Robert has to say… though, not in a way you might expect! Grant Burton, Editor, Royal Australian Air Force Grant Burton is an editor for the Royal Australian Air Force; and, probably, the most active voice on the Live Chat about the Buzz each week! He’s just completed four significant projects using Final Cut Pro X and we wanted to talk with him about his experience. Also, he recently attended SMPTE 2011 in Sydney, which is a major tech show Down Under. He has some interesting commentary on the future of video on demand over the Internet that has a potential impact on all of us. Phil Storey, Co-founder and CEO, XenData, Inc. Phil Storey, co-founder and CEO of XenData, recently launched XenData 6 Server and will be announcing an updated digital video archive system at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam in a few weeks. Since archiving is still the Achilles’ heel of post-production, we want to talk with Phil about his new products and where they fit into the post-production workflow. We are also interested in their portfolio of LTO-based archive systems.

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Eric Norrell, Applications Specialist for Desktop Products, Telestream Eric Norrell applications specialist for desktop products for Telestream, joins us to talk about their latest update to Wirecast — version 4.1. This video production and streaming software is designed for live switching, production, and streaming. The latest release adds support for Lion (OS X 10.7) along with a variety of new ways to get media into the application; including the ability to integrate audio and video from multiple locations. With webcasts becoming ever more popular, we are very interested in what Eric has to say. Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV & Videography magazines Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines, needs no introduction to The Buzz audience. We are delighted to have him as a regular on the show for his in-depth technical knowledge and his ability to make technology understandable. This week, Ned joins us to discuss picking the right audio gear for your edit suite. What gear works best for podcasting, for voice over recording, for all the different audio tasks you need to do that DON’T involve a camera. Join us this week and find out. Frank Radice, Creative Advisor, Thought Development Frank Radice, creative advisor for Thought Development, was formerly the president and chief marketing officer for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Recently, he started working with Thought Development to create ON-AIR Pro, a leading workflow automation system for Network and Cable television and Film and Gaming media promotion. This new software is the only production tracking system developed exclusively for and by entertainment marketing, designed to manage the on-air promotion processes. It integrates all phases of program scheduling and promo production from initial creative briefs to a final media delivery. It sounds good on their website, but what does it do, really? We invited Frank on to tell us more. Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Jessica Sitomer, president, The Greenlight Coach, is another favorite regular on The Buzz. She returns this week to discuss how to keep up in this world of constant technological change. Especially for people in media, change is both remorseless and constant — and staying current can make the difference between survival and failure. Jessica joins us to share some of her secrets.

Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Eric Addison, Owner, 100 Acre Films Eric Addison the owner of 100 Acre FIlms, has been working in video production for almost 15 years. Like so many today, he’s a director, shooter, and editor. When not working, he also runs the San Diego Premiere Pro User Group. This week, we want to talk with him about his workflow in Premiere, along with his experience using the brand-new Red Giant Primatte Keyer 5.0 plugin for green-screen work. Jason Michelitch, Writer/Director, Dragonjem Productions Jason Michelitch, writer/director for Dragonjem Productions, is a young, creative filmmaker based in Virginia that just shot a short, silent film on 16mm black & white film. Using a sound stage with custom backdrops, he wanted to recreate the Meiji era in Japan. We want to talk with him about his production, how he edited it, and why he took such a traditional route in his production. Jeff Moore, Executive Vice President, Ross Video Jeff Moore, executive vice-president of sales and marketing for Ross Video, is getting ready for IBC 2011 (International Broadcasters Conference), starting September 8 in Amsterdam. Even more, he wants to encourage the rest of us to attend as well. With over 20 years experience in the broadcast industry, Jeff is responsible for both the strategic vision and day-to-day leadership of the company. We want to find out what’s new with Ross and start to gear up for IBC. Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance It is always good to have Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, back on the show. This week, since Jason Michelitch was shooting a film project, we thought it would be a good idea to revisit what’s involved in recording double-system sound, where the camera records the picture and a second device records the audio. This week, Philip explains what we need to know to successfully record, capture, and connect audio to picture.