Digital Production BuZZ (AAC)

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton LIVE this week as they talk with: Frank Huerta, Co-founder/CEO, TransLattice Managing metadata is a challenge, but managing metadata when you have team members all over the world contributing to the content of a project is scary difficult. TransLattice developed an award-winning neural network, allowing major producers to breathe a bit easier. Their CEO, and co-founder, Frank Huerta joins us to explain how it works. Sibille Cooney, Post-production and Training Consultant, SmokeFlame Academy Sibille Cooney is a Post-Production and Training Consultant for the SmokeFlame Academy and an expert in Smoke and Flame, supporting major clients, such as Disney, Fox, CBS, and Technicolor. We interviewed her recently about the challenges in training editors to use new software. Josh Apter, Founder and President, Manhattan Edit Workshop Manhattan Edit Workshop is planning an event on June 8th in NYC featuring some of the industry’s most innovative and successful editors. It’s called “Inside the Cutting Room – Sight, Sound, and Story.” Manhattan Edit Workshop founder, Josh Apter, tells us about the event and provides some free tickets for BuZZ listeners! Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Picture the scene: A student is planning for college, trying to decide what to major in. Then, they read a recent Forbes article listing the 10 Worst College Majors. And, guess what, Filmmaking is #2! Sheesh… We knew the industry had problems, but are they THAT bad?? Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach talks with Larry and Mike about what this means, and how college students can best plan their future.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton LIVE this week as they talk with: Bill Roberts, Director, Audio/Video Product Management, Adobe Systems, Inc. Last Monday, Adobe announced Creative Cloud upgrades to all their products with a shift to subscription pricing for their software. And many users went ballistic. In many ways, the reaction reminded us of the response to Apple’s release of Final Cut Pro X. Bill Roberts, Director of Product Management of Audio and Video Products for Adobe Systems, joins us this week to answer questions about their new pricing model, why Adobe did it and what the benefits are to users. Join us on the Live Chat and ask some questions yourself. Jason and Josh Diamond, Directors, The Diamond Brothers Sesame Street’s latest YouTube videos were shot with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera over a four-day period in New York City, then colored using DaVinci Resolve. Jason and Josh Diamond, directors at The Diamond Brothers, are seasoned filmmakers. Why did they choose this camera and how well did it work? (Besides, we want to know what it’s REALLY like to work with Cookie Monster?!?) Eric Wise, Founder, Splice Vine Eric Wise is the Founder of Splice Vine. Eric launched Splice Vine as a resource for content creators looking for a unique take on video post-production. His website, newsletter and podcast explore the fundamentals and future of the editorial craft from a different point of view. Splice Vine describes itself as a “context engine.” This week, we’ll find out what that means. Gary Symons, President & Co-founder, VeriCorder Technology, Inc. Gary Symons is a former field reporter for CBC News in Canada, who left the CBC in 2009 and founded VeriCorder Technology. Last week we talked with Gary about his new FindStringers website. We invited him back because there was so much more we wanted to talk about. How is news gathered in an Internet world? How can you be sure a citizen journalist knows how to be accurate? How can small companies gather news from around the world on a budget? We were fascinated by our first conversation with Gary last week and are looking forward to talking with him again. Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance This week was the Hollywood IT Summit, which is an opportunity to learn how the big studios are using technology. At the conference, metadata was front-and-center, so who better to explain what it means for the rest of us than Philip Hodgetts, the CEO of Intelligent Assistance and a regular contributor to The Buzz on technical issues.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton LIVE this week as they talk with: Kanen Flowers, Creative Director, Scruffy TV Kanen Flowers is Creative Director at Scruffy TV, the folks behind That Post Show, Scruffy Thinking, Scruffy Shows and Hero Punk. He is also the Writer and Director of Jake Forgotten. He used Blackmagic Cinema cameras to shoot Hero Punk. This week, we get to turn the tables and interview him about what he learned about using these new cameras. Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, is back with more advice on how to get our careers back on track. She’s also got some great advice on solving problems in the workplace. In any case, if you are now looking for work, or expect to look for work at some point in the future, you need to listen to Jessica this week. Paul Korver, Founding Partner, Cinelicious Cinelicious, a post-production facility in Hollywood and Santa Monica, specializes in high-resolution film scanning, restoration, tapeless workflows and 4K post production, specifically in the areas of digital intermediates and color correction. Paul Korver is their founding partner and joins us this week to explain his company and how they balance the old with the new. Gary Symons, President & Co-founder, VeriCorder Technology, Inc. Gary Symons is a former field reporter for CBC News in Canada, who left the CBC in 2009 and founded VeriCorder Technology. His new company produces apps and hardware for mobile journalists. VeriCorder just released FindStringer, a system that can connect any reporter to any media company in the world, in just seconds. This week, we will learn more about it.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton LIVE this week as they talk with: Rajesh Ramachandran, President/CTO, Qube Cinema Recently, Qube Cinema collaborated with Canon to demo a 4K theater for digital intermediates during this year’s NAB Show. Rajesh Ramachandran, President and CTO of Qube Cinema joins us this week to explain the workflow and show how post houses can benefit from this new, higher resolution. Sy Smensgard, Co-Founder/Director, OneCloud OneCloudFest is a film festival that lives entirely on Facebook. Co-founded by Sy Smesgard and her husband, Jonas, they saw a need to combine the excitement of a film festival with the power of social media. This is either a “Really Good Idea,” or “Totally Demented.” Sy stops by this week to explain the idea behind the concept and let us know how its working. Ron Hanks, Filmmaker, Golden California Season 1 of Golden California is up and running and making us laugh. However, creating laughs is very hard work. Filmmaker Ron Hanks is the driving force behind these weekly webisodes, so we want to talk with him about creating comedy, what works and what doesn’t, and how he keeps it fresh from week to week. Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Editor, The Hollywood Reporter SAG-AFTRA has confirmed about 60 layoffs in the wake of the recent national board approval of a union restructuring plan. Jonathan Handel, the Buzz’s legal and labor expert, explains the meaning behind the news, as well as their newly approval Commercials Contract, which increases payments significantly for commercial actors.

Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton LIVE this week as they talk with: Keith Stephenson, Founder, SkyDreams Technologies, Inc. The studios we build today determine the dreams we create tomorrow. Keith Stephenson is the Founder of SkyDreams Technologies, Inc., which provides technical solutions to the production industry primarily for reality and stage television. Since facilities build-outs reflect what is happening in the industry, we thought it might be fun to get the current schematic! Bill Roberts, Director, Product Management for Video and Audio Solutions, Adobe Systems, Inc. Adobe Systems made major news just before the 2013 NAB Show with the reveal of their next generation of video products. At NAB, we talked with Bill Roberts, Director of Product Management for Adobe’s Video and Audio Solutions, to learn more about their latest products and get more details on the newly announced Adobe Anywhere. Philip Macko, Senior Vice President of Sales, Megatrax Megatrax is one of the most-established sources of production music in Hollywood. Recently, they’ve been growing in the US, Latin America, and Brazil. We want to know what they are doing, and how they are helping students get better involved with production music. Philip Macko, senior vice-president of sales brings us up to date on these questions, plus the latest trends in music. David Peto, CEO, Aframe Adobe Anywhere means that editorial teams can collaborate from anywhere, not just within the same facility. But the only way to do that is using “The Cloud,” an amorphous collection of servers located on the Internet. Which is exactly the business Aframe is in. At NAB, we talked with David Peto, CEO, Aframe about how Aframe truly enables what can be done using Adobe Anywhere and The Cloud.

This is day 6 at the 2013 NAB Show. Special report with guests: Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, GV and DV Magazines. Robin Brown, Product Manager, Autoscript. Bruce Devlin, Chief Technical Officer, Amberfin. Norman Hollyn, Associate Professor, USC Film School. Robert Ventresca, Vice President of Marketing, ThinkLogical. Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production BuZZ.

This is day 5 at the 2013 NAB Show. Special report with guests: Laura Loredo and Bruce Master, Ultrium. Ned Soltz, Special Correspondent. Kevin Klingler, SmartSound, Inc. Alexis Van Hurkman, Van Hurkman Productions. Ric Viers, BlastwaveFX.

This is day 4 at the 2013 NAB Show. Special report with guests: Sam Bogoch, Axle Video. Jess Hartmann, ProMAX. Philip Hodgetts, Intelligent Assistance. Tim Jones, Tolis Group. Skip Robins, Quiver. Mark Walker, Boxx Communications. Craig Nimens, Sound Ideas.

A 30 minutes live update with: Philip Nelson, NewTek, Inc. Oliver Masciarotte, Minnetonka Audio Software, Inc. Barbara DeHart, Telestream, Inc. Andy Liebman, EditShare.

This is day 3 at the 2013 NAB Show. Special report with guests: Christopher Currier, Sennheiser. Martin Tlaskal, FilmLight. Jim Tierney, Digital Anarchy. Jerry Kaner, Ciphertex. Bernard Lamborelle, Tiger Technology. Michael Kammes, Key Code Media.

A 30 minutes live update with: Steven Cooperman, Panasonic. Andrew Page, NVIDIA. Jon Tatooles, Sound Devices L.L.C

A 30 minutes live update with: Dave Walton, JVC. Steve Tiffen, The Tiffen Company. Chuck Westfall, Canon USA.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with: Randy Jackson and Nigel Lythgoe, Frontline Club - London. Pat Grosswendt, Litepanels. Owen Smith, Comedian. Tom Bennett, Pond5. Ross Shain, Imagineer Systems. Sean Mullen, Rampant Design Tools. Phil Storey, XenData.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with: Les Zellan, Cooke Optics. Stuart Ashton, Blackmagic Design.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with: Marc Hamaker, Autodesk, inc. Paul Babb, MAXON. David Newman, GoPro. Phil Ritti, Cache-A.