Digital Production BuZZ

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On this episode of The Buzz, we talk with experts about the current state of technology and how it affects what we do in the future, user groups, and the way we teach technology.

On another note, we've decided it's time to take a break from the Digital Production Buzz to focus more on training. After our May 30th program, we'll be putting the podcast on hiatus. You'll still be able to find all of our Buzz shows on iTunes, TheBuzzShow.libsyn.com, and the DigitalProductionBuzz.com website. While I will miss hosting The Buzz and chatting with you, I look forward to creating new training.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, Erik Johnson, Mike Horton and James DeRuvo.

Four Technology Trends to Watch
How to Succeed at Storytelling
Why Teaching Technology is Important
User Groups: Networking & Craft Skills
James DeRuvo’s Journal

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On the Buzz tonight, we talk with experts about the current state of technology and how it affects workflow, user groups, and the way we teach technology.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, Erik Johnson, Mike Horton and James DeRuvo.

Four Technology Trends to Watch
How to Succeed at Storytelling
Why Teaching Technology is Important
User Groups: Networking and Craft Skills
James DeRuvo's Journal

The post Digital Production Buzz – May 30, 2019 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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On the Buzz tonight, we talk with experts about the current state of production – cameras, lenses, VR, and the business of staying in business. We look at the challenges ahead, where the industry is going and what you need to know to succeed.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Dave Walton, Piet Thiele, Marcelo Lewin, Steve Weiss and James DeRuvo.

With Cameras, Change is Constant
Why Lenses Today Are Better
VR is About to Roar Back!
It’s not the Gear – It’s the Story
James DeRuvo’s Journal

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On another note, I've decided it's time to take a break from the Digital Production Buzz to focus more on training. After our May 30th program, we'll be putting the podcast on hiatus. You will still be able to find all of our Buzz shows on iTunes, TheBuzzShow.libsyn.com, and the DigitalProductionBuzz.com website. While I will miss hosting The Buzz and chatting with you, I look forward to creating new training.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Dave Walton, Piet Thiele, Marcelo Lewin, Steve Weiss and James DeRuvo.

With Cameras, Change is a Constant
Why Lenses Today Are Better
VR is About to Roar Back!
It's not the Gear - It's the Story
James DeRuvo's Journal

The post Digital Production Buzz – May 23, 2019 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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On tonight’s Buzz, we talk with producers about the current state of producing programs today. We discuss the obstacles they face, the trends they embrace, and what they expect in the future.

There's also an extended discussion on the impact of increased media viewing on the small (mobile) screen.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Aaron Semmel, Yvonne Russo, Tom Jennings, J.J. Kelley, and James DeRuvo.

Distribution Awash in Chaos
Untold Stories from Ignored Audiences
The Challenge of the Small Screen
Documentaries For All Audiences
James DeRuvo’s Journal

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On tonight’s Buzz, we talk with producers about the current state of producing programs today. We discuss the obstacles they face, the trends they embrace, and what they expect in the future.

There's also an extended discussion on the impact of increased media viewing on the small (mobile) screen.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Aaron Semmel, Yvonne Russo, Tom Jennings, J.J. Kelley and James DeRuvo.

Distribution Awash in Chaos
Untold Stories from Ignored Audiences
The Challenge of the Small Screen
Documentaries for All Audiences
James DeRuvo's Journal

The post Digital Production Buzz – May 16, 2019 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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This week on The Buzz, we talk with post-production professionals across the industry to discover current trends, technologies and challenges facing the world of post.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Terrence Curren, Oliver Peters, Christopher Ray, Mark Raudonis and James DeRuvo.

Update: WGA vs. Talent Agencies
Losing the Middle-Class of Post
Organization is Key to Post
Blurred Lines Between Episodics and Features
Post Services Are No Longer Enough
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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This week on The Buzz, we talk with post-production professionals across the industry to discover current trends, technologies and challenges facing the world of post.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Terence Curren, Oliver Peters, Christopher Ray, Mark Raudonis and James DeRuvo.

Update: WGA vs. Talent Agencies
Losing the Middle-Class of Post
Organization is Key to Post
Blurred Lines Between Episodics and Features
Services Are No Longer Enough in Post
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

The post Digital Production Buzz – May 9, 2019 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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On this week’s Buzz, we look at mentoring opportunities to help young people get their careers started right. Then, we talk with two companies who make sound isolation booths on how to use them to improve the quality of your audio.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Barbara Lange, Freddie Gateley, Gabe White, Bernard Weiser and James DeRuvo.

Mentoring Engineers and Creatives
EIPMA: A Focus on Mentors
Pick the Right Sound Booth
Isolation From the Noise
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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On this week's Buzz, we look at mentoring opportunities to help young people get their careers started right. Then, we talk with two companies who make sound isolation booths on how to use them to improve the quality of your audio.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Barbara Lange, Freddie Gateley, Gabe White, Bernard Weiser and James DeRuvo.

Mentoring Engineers and Creatives
EIPMA: A Focus on Mentors
Pick the Right Sound Booth
Isolation From the Noise
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

The post Digital Production Buzz – May 2, 2019 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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On tonight’s episode of The Buzz, we have a variety of subjects to share with you. We start with an update on the tectonic forces between writers and agents that’s creating upheaval in Hollywood. Then, we look at the world of text transcripts and how AI is transforming an industry. Along the way, we’ll also cover sound design and and better DIT workflows.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Dom Bourne, Julian Evans and Jeff Edson.

Status: WGA Battles Talent Agents
The Turbulent State of Transcription
The Immersive World of Sound Design
Assimilate at NAB: New Features & Codecs

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On tonight's episode of The Buzz, we have a variety of subjects to share with you. We start with an update on the tectonic forces between writers and agents that's creating upheaval in Hollywood. Then, we look at the world of text transcripts and how AI is transforming an industry. Along the way, we'll also cover sound design and and better DIT workflows.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Dom Bourne, Julian Evans and Jeff Edson.

Status: WGA Battles Talent Agents
The Turbulent State of Transcription
The Immersive World of Sound Design
Assimilate at NAB: New Features & Codecs

The post Digital Production Buzz – April 25, 2019 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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From old friends to new companies, this episode of The Buzz looks back at the just-ended 2019 NAB Show and connects with more companies announcing new products. Plus, James DeRuvo shares more highlights from his perspective of this year’s show.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with John Harris, Jim Tierney, Evan Michals, Linda Tadic and James DeRuvo.

Cinedeck: New Products at NAB
The Challenge of Automated Transcripts
Evolphin: Asset Management for Creatives
Digital Bedrock Manages Archives
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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From old friends to new companies, this episode of The Buzz looks back at NAB and connects with more companies announcing new products. Plus, James DeRuvo shares more highlights from this year's show.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with John Harris, Jim Tierney, Evan Michals, Linda Tadic and James DeRuvo.

Cinedeck: News from NAB
The Challenge of Automated Transcripts
Evolphin: Asset Management for Creatives
Digital Bedrock Manages Archives
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

The post Digital Production Buzz – April 18, 2019 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Chris Brown, EVP, Convention and Business Operations, NAB
Patrick Palmer, Principal Product Manager of Video Editing, Adobe
Dave Walton, Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications, JVC Professional Video

Dave Colantuoni, VP of Product Management, Avid

Jeromy Young, CEO, Atomos
Larry O'Connor, CEO, OWC

The post Digital Production Buzz – NAB Show BuZZ LIVE 2019 – Show 5 (April 11, 6pm) appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Greg LaPorte, VP of Sales and Marketing, Sonnet Technologies
- Sonnet Technologies’s Greg LaPorte talks about their focus on Thunderbolt technology. He emphasizes the quality and strength of their support is based upon the relationships they have with all Thunderbolt card developers. He also spent time discussing their new eGPU devices.
David Friend, CEO, Wasabi
- David Friend with Wasabi emphasizes that their Cloud storage is designed to be identical to Amazon’s Cloud storage but is 80% cheaper and six times as fast. He showcases their ingress and egress speeds into their Cloud service and speaks about their network of 200 technology partners that connect into their storage services.
Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software
- Boinx Software’s Oliver Breidenbach explains how they make apps for photo and video content creation for all Apple products. He talks about his philosophy of focusing on making apps as easy as possible that professionals would want to use. The majority of the discussion centered on Mimo Live, their "TV Studio in your computer."
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, doddleNews
- James DeRuvo with doddleNews reviews his "Best of NAB 2019" with his opinion on best software, best hardware and best in show. He also mentions the products he found exciting, along with his look at the eSports pavilion.

Interview scheduled for Thursday April 11th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Tema L. Staig, Executive Director, Women In Media
- Tema L. Staig of Women In Media explains how her organization is a voice in the industry to improve the number of women working in the film industry. She she created a website that makes it easier for filmmakers and crew leads to search for talented women to add to their projects and help them connect to other people or companies to further their careers.
Fredrik Limsäter, CEO, ftrack
- Fredrik Limsäter with ftrack explains what their company is, how their platform provides a collaboration engine for filmmakers that focuses on content creation, promotion and management. Their new ftrack Review software provides a variety of media reviews in one platform.
Chris Pfaff, CEO, Chris Pfaff Tech Media
- Chris Pfaff Tech Media’s Chris Pfaff talks about how they help entrepreneurs in venture financing, market and business development elevate their brand and visibility. He shares his own story of he got involved, his relationship with Mark Cuban over the years and up-and-coming companies we need to watch.
Derek Badala, Director of Sales - America, RME
- Derek Badala with RME discusses how they make the gear microphones plug into; including audio test equipment. He speaks about their audio network conversion tools. He also profiled their recent announcements.

Interview scheduled for Thursday April 11th, 2019 @ 11:00 am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Adrian "AJ" Herrera, VP Marketing, Caringo
- Caringo’s Adrian Herrera talks about how they’ve been around for over 13 years with a focus on storage software. He explains why you would need object storage and how you can create your own private Cloud in your data center. He also define a typical customer and their new single server.
Liam Hayter, Workflow and Solutions Architect, NewTek
- Liam Hayter with NewTek discusses how they strive to enable storytelling for computers using their NDI protocol. He also announces the launch of NDI 4, hardware-based format converters and a bunch of new products they’re showcasing at NAB 2019. He also speaks upon how their product is for anyone looking to create and stream content.
Derek Barrilleaux, CEO, Projective Technology
- Derek Barrilleaux from Projective Technology walks through how they’re all about organizing media for collaborative editing projects. He explains how they simplify and automate the media organization workflow and that they create a consistent folder structure for editors. He also describes their new extension panel for Premiere.
Ian McDonough, CEO, Blackbird
- Blackbird’s Ian McDonough describes how their software allows for video creation in the Cloud, along with the new Blackbird codec that supports a variety of bandwidths. He explains how the software allows for editing, uploading and the flexibility to access your video projects anywhere.

Interview scheduled for Thursday April 11th, 2019 @ 10:00 am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Chris Brown, EVP, Convention and Business Operations, NAB
- Chris Brown from NAB discusses his thoughts on NAB 2019. He talks about how attendance is up 3.5-4% from last year and how eSports is an important new addition to the show. In addition, he talks about how technology continues to progress and the impact it has on businesses. He also looks to the future and discusses the expansion to the Convention Center in a couple years.
Patrick Palmer, Principal Product Manager of Video Editing, Adobe
- Adobe’s Patrick Palmer discusses how they’ve been working on stability and performance improvements, along with new features. He mentioned an improved user feedback website: User Voice. He then covered many new features in detail.
Dave Walton, Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications, JVC Professional Video
- Dave Walton from JVC Professional Video discusses their camera business and their Connected Cam Series. He talks about their concept of connected cam and how it’s an ecosystem of products. He also mentions their Multi Camera Switcher and their brand new 500 series cameras and other new products at the show.
Dave Colantuoni, VP of Product Management, Avid
- Dave Colantuoni discusses Avid’s relaunch of a new product user interface for Media Composer and a new render farm distributed process around 8K editing. He also goes into depth on his two goals for improving the workflow for editors and improving ways to make it easier to step into Avid’s Media Composer.
Jeromy Young, CEO, Atomos
- Atomos’s Jeromy Young talks about post production and how they have installed 500,000 units and now support more than 350 camera. He also explains their Ninja, Shogun and Sumo external hard disk/monitors. In addition, he talks about their new Shogun 7 with increased support for HDR and improved monitoring.
Larry O'Connor, CEO, OWC
- Larry O’Connor with OWC talks about their newest ThunderBlade technology for extreme high-speed storage. He also talks about their Mac upgrades, accessories, monitor technology and the continual increases in storage capacity that they’ve announced at NAB 2019.

Interview scheduled for Thursday April 11th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Christina Garza, Senior Manager of Product Marieting for G-Technology, G-Technology
- Christina Garza from G-Technology discusses their acquisition by Western Digital and their renewed marketing visibility. She discusses their new capacities for their products with a storage of 14 terabytes, new ruggedized SSDs and blindingly-fast SSDs using NVMe technology.
Bram Desmet, President / CEO, Flanders Scientific
- Bram Desmet with Flanders Scientific talks about their HDR reference monitors for high end mastering; along with why these monitors are SO expensive! He also discusses their range of monitors, along with a new feature: “Tetrahedral LUT Interpolation” and why it creates better, more consistent images.
Brenda Klemme, CEO, K-Tek
- Brenda Klemme from K-Tek discusses how their microphone boom poles have been revolutionizing the on-set audio industry since 1996. The poles use high-tech, carbon fiber and are considered an extension of the audio operator's body. She also talks about how they’ve been expanding their product line outside boom poles, into equipment bags and backpacks.
Janel Fleming, Sales Manager, Sports, LiveU
- Janel Fleming from LiveU talks about how their product bonds multiple cellular signals together providing the bandwidth for the highest quality live stream video. She announces their new management profile called Live U Matrix, which can immediately distribute a live video without interrupting the current transmission and you can stream content anywhere without another piece of software.

Interview scheduled for Thursday April 11th, 2019 @ 1:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Erik Weaver, Global Director, M&E Strategy and Market Development, Western Digital
- Western Digital’s Erik Weaver discusses how they plan for future storage needs. He talks about how over the last few years they’ve acquired San Disk and HGST. He also projects that by 2020 they’ll have a storage device that can hold up to 40 terabytes.
Christina Garza, Senior Manager of Product Marketing for G-Technology, G-Technology
- Christina Garza from G-Technology discusses their acquisition by Western Digital and their renewed marketing visibility. She discusses their new capacities for their products with a storage of 14 terabytes, new ruggedized SSDs and blindingly-fast SSDs using NVMe technology.
Michael Kammes, Director of Business Development, BeBop Technology
- BeBop Technology’s Michael Kammes talks about what caught his attention at NAB 2019 thus far. He describes Avid’s new interface and their embrace of The Cloud. He also mentions Sony and how they released a brand new camera with NDI built into it. Some trends he talks about are high-quality PTZ cameras with 4k and 5k resolutions, as well as AI and machine learning.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, doddleNews
- James DeRuvo with doddleNews wraps up Day 3 explaining how he wasn’t a fan of the connected car exhibit that enables streaming digital to your car. He also reviews all the other tech he saw throughout the day and talks about his extended interview with Josh Apter. Another trend he noticed was new technology using "old school" workflow to move forward to minimize wasted effort.

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 5:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Chris Brown, EVP, Convention and Business Operations, NAB
- Chris Brown from NAB discusses his thoughts on NAB 2019. He talks about how attendance is up 3.5-4% from last year and how eSports is an important new addition to the show. In addition, he talks about how technology continues to progress and the impact it has on businesses. He also looks to the future and discusses the expansion to the Convention Center in a couple years.
Stephanie Bauer Marshall, Managing Director, SPROCKIT
- SPROCKIT’S Stephanie Bauer Marshall talks about how she helps connect small start-up companies with large media companies. They find and understand the challenges for companies like Fox, Verizon and others and match them with startups to help foster innovation and provide opportunities on both sides of the equation.
Tim Smith, Sr. Advisor, Film and TV Production, Canon
- Tim Smith with Canon describes Canon's newest lenses and lens technology. He also talks about the development of a new technology, in conjunction with Sony, called Aria.
Michael Horton, President, LACPUG
- Michael Horton, from LACPUG, brags about his Lifetime Achievement Award. He talks about how he’s all about building community through his user group and at NAB 2019. He's always looking for ways to collaborate with new people. He discusses what his thoughts are for next year and how he hopes "Faster Together" returns next year.

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 4:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Craig Moffat, Managing Director, Datavideo
- Craig Moffat with Datavideo talks about live video production and how they provide end-to-end video production hardware. He talks about how their products meet needs in education, corporate and low end broadcast. He also announces their new MBS33 digital encoder and other new products.
Gio Punzo, CEO / Co-Founder, Streann Media
- Streann Media’s Gio Punzo describes how their product helps redistribute live streaming content on Facebook and Twitter. He also talks about how they can increase viewer engagement. He also discussed new features which include video polls and HQ trivia.
Eric Knutson, VP of Client Services / Co-Founder, Wicket Labs
- Eric Knutson with Wicket Labs talks about how they enable clients to present a universal view in a third-party distribution channels and providing detailed understanding of stream effectiveness. He also discusses how they’re now able to track video views by geo location and more.
Andre Swanston, CEO, Tru Optik
- Tru Optik’s Andre Swanston talks about how they analyze viewer statistics to help content providers and ad agencies to better understand their clients. They recently received $10 million in data partnerships to enhance size of their household database and begin planning for international expansion. He also talks about how they’re not a provider for data but more of a facilitator for a data bases that help enable better viewer analytics

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 3:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Bram Desmet, President / CEO, Flanders Scientific
- Bram Desmet with Flanders Scientific talks about their HDR reference monitors for high end mastering; along with why these monitors are SO expensive! He also discusses their range of monitors, along with a new feature: “Tetrahedral LUT Interpolation” and why it creates better, more consistent images.
Les Zellan, Chairman, Cooke Optics
- Cooke Optics began in the 1880s. Les Zellan talks about the lens-making business and how they now have 10 different series of lenses they provide. He also speaks upon how they develop and use different glass for a particular lens and how they differentiate themselves from their competitors.
Russell Wise, Senior President of Sales and Marketing, Digital Nirvana
- Russell Wise, with Digital Nirvana, describes how they provide knowledge of compliance, management solutions and services across the globe. Their audience includes networks, TV stations and governments across the United States and outsIde the country as well. He also talks about how they recently added a Cloud-based service to help their clients, including independent filmmakers.
Malik Khan, Executive Chairman, LTN Global
- LTN Global’s Malik Khan talks about how they have a global network providing live streaming services for broadcasts with data centers located in three continents. He also explains why streaming using LTN is better than simply streaming a file to the Internet. In addition, he speaks upon how they recently acquired a company called Niles.

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 2:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Larry O'Connor, CEO, OWC
- Larry O’Connor with OWC talks about their newest ThunderBlade technology for extreme high-speed storage. He also talks about their Mac upgrades, accessories, monitor technology and the continual increases in storage capacity that they’ve announced at NAB 2019.
Dale Backus, Co-Founder, SmallHD
- SmallHD’s Dale Backus explains how their field monitors has an emphasis in user experience and interface. He emphasizes how they’re a cost effective monitor, with sufficient brightness to be seen even in daylight. He also talks about how they fixed many of the features in their 702 Bright Monitor based on customer feedback and describes the different monitors they have.
Brenda Klemme, CEO, K-Tek
- Brenda Klemme from K-Tek discusses how their microphone boom poles have been revolutionizing the on-set audio industry since 1996. The poles use high-tech, carbon fiber and are considered an extension of the audio operator's body. She also talks about how they’ve been expanding their product line outside boom poles, into equipment bags and backpacks.
Greg Dolan, Chief Commercial Officer, Xytech
- Xytech’s Greg Dolan joins us to talk about their facility management software which now has a new interface. He explains about how easy it is to install with an excellent team of engineers for installation and support, and how they now provide both on-site and Cloud offerings.

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Patrick Palmer, Principal Product Manager of Video Editing, Adobe
- Adobe’s Patrick Palmer discusses how they’ve been working on stability and performance improvements, along with new features. He mentioned an improved user feedback website: User Voice. He then covered many new features in detail.
Andy Liebman, CEO / Founder, EditShare
- Andy Liebman with Editshare talks about how their media management tools help you work smoothly and is able to let you access your storage anywhere in the world. He also explains their file auditing feature addressing security, then explains in depth what auditing is and discusses all their new features.
David Schleifer, Chief Operations Officer, Primestream
- In their 20th anniversary, Primestream’s David Schleifer articulates how they have a unique approach to media management by focusing on listening to customers and developing features that customers needs. He describes new features such as third-party integration with Apple, new extensions, AI integration and more.
Drew Hahn, Director of Product Management, Graphics and Workflow, ChyronHego
- ChryronHego’s Drew Hahn discusses how their product has been changing the sports world for over 50 years and how their controls span multiple uses. He talks about how their product tracks athlete performance and generates related statistics to make the at home viewing experience unique. He also announces the product no longer needs a large truck of people to use anymore and all the other features they released.

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 11:00 am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Dave Walton, Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications, JVC Professional Video
- Dave Walton from JVC Professional Video discusses their camera business and their Connected Cam Series. He talks about their concept of connected cam and how it’s an ecosystem of products. He also mentions their Multi Camera Switcher and their brand new 500 series cameras and other new products at the show.
Michael Accardi, President, CueScript
- CueScript’s Michael Accardi explains their full range of teleprompters and also their Mac-based software. He talks about their new CSMV2 prompters that come in 17 and 19 inch sizes. He also discusses their prompter for PTZ ca,eras with all the other new announcements at NAB 2019.
Dr. Arianne Hinds, Chairman of the Board, IDEA
- Dr. Arianne Hinds describes the origin of IDEA (Immersive Digital Experiences Alliance) who launched at this year’s NAB. Their goal is to create an alliance to define a format that meets the needs of all immersive media and the capabilities of visual displays. She invites input from all filmmakers.
Maxim Jago, Director, MaximJago.com
- Maxim Jago from MaximJago.com talks about how the energy at NAB 2019 has been noticeably higher than in years past with the acceptance of more women entering the tech industry. He also discusses the benefits of 8K acquisition and his interest in VR headsets and VR technology.

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 10:00 am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Jeromy Young, CEO, Atomos
- Atomos’s Jeromy Young talks about post production and how they have installed 500,000 units and now support more than 350 camera. He also explains their Ninja, Shogun and Sumo external hard disk/monitors. In addition, he talks about their new Shogun 7 with increased support for HDR and improved monitoring.
Emery Wells, CEO / Co-Founder, Frame.io
- Frame.io’s Emery Wells talks about their video review software and collaboration. He explains their long-term investment in security. He also showcases their latest features such as PDF support, @ mentioning, new private team commenting, integrated archiving and newly-released API.
Nick Mattingly, CEO / Co-Founder, Switcher Studio
- Nick Mattingly with Switcher Studio, talks about their mobile production platform that allows you to edit your videos while you shoot with the use of an iPhone or iPad. He introduces Switcher for Teams, which can help users in the same company create multiple profiles to manage multiple accounts standardize graphics and looks between accounts. He also announced a partnership with LinkedIn and Microsoft for streaming distribution.
Christopher Spahr, VP of Sales and Marketing, USA, DPA Microphones
- Christopher Spahr and DPA Microphones emphasizes that their sound quality and size of their microphones sets them apart from competitors. He announces a new model series, the “6066 lavalier microphone” which is only 3mm in size and gives a much more accurate sound.

Interview scheduled for Wednesday April 10th, 2019 @ 1:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Janel Fleming, Sales Manager, Sports, LiveU
- Janel Fleming from LiveU talks about how their product bonds multiple cellular signals together providing the bandwidth for the highest quality live stream video. She announces their new management profile called Live U Matrix, which can immediately distribute a live video without interrupting the current transmission and you can stream content anywhere without another piece of software.
John Hickey, Senior Director, KVM and Pro AV Business, Black Box
- Black Box’s John Hickey gives an update on their recent security upgrades with Boxilla. In addition, he announces their brand new KVM software app that is Windows 10 compatible with any laptop, tablet or phone allowing secure remote access from anywhere.
Bryan McKoen, President, FingerWorks Telestrators
- Bryan McKoen, with FingerWork Telestrators, (yes, THOSE Telestrators!) has telestrators with every NFL team and discusses their new Fingerworks 6 interface that has a completely new look to it and the ability to change colors on the fly. He also announces how they have a new VR product that supports adding text and logos in VR video.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, doddleNews
- DoddleNews’s James DeRuvo wraps up Day 2 of the 2019 NAB Show by talking about Adobe’s revolutionary content-aware fill, which they added to After Effects. He also discusses his perspective of what he saw from Hit Film. He concludes by describing the application Luma Touch version 2.0 for the iPad and eSports.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 5:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Jakob Ballinger, Gaffer / Founder, The Light Bridge
- Jakob Ballinger, with The Light Bridge, explains how their lighting makes natural looking key lights that help light travel further to create more beautiful shadows and more. He gives a background of the history of how he got into lighting and the type of lights he likes to work with the most.
Peter Plesner, Founder, BB&S Lighting
- Celebrating their 20th year anniversary, Peter Plesner, with BB&S Lighting, explains their high quality lighting equipment made for professionals and how over 70% of their products are found in TV studios. He also mentions their new Area 48 Color LED Light, which gives everyone who uses their product the option to use a five color system (RGB, warm white and daylight).
Stefan Karle, Managing Director and Owner, DoPchoice
- Stefan Karle, with DoPchoice, talks about the light-shaping tools they make that are placed front of the light. He discusses their brand new egg crates and soft panels for tube lights, along with portable snapbacks that can fit up to eight tubes of light.
Jon Grieve, Sales Manager UK, bebob
- Jon Grieve with Bebob explains how even though they’ve been around for more than 20 years they restructured four years ago to focus on batteries. He describes their brand new B-Mount battery that emphasizes durability along with a new partnership with Arri to standardize that mount on Arri cameras starting next year.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 4:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Nick Mattingly, CEO / Co-Founder, Switcher Studio
- Nick Mattingly with Switcher Studio, talks about their mobile production platform that allows you to edit your videos while you shoot with the use of an iPhone or iPad. He introduces Switcher for Teams, which can help users in the same company create multiple profiles to manage multiple accounts standardize graphics and looks between accounts. He also announced a partnership with LinkedIn and Microsoft for streaming distribution.
Josh Cetnar, Business Development, Videon Central
- Videon Central’s Josh Cetnar discusses how they provide coding for live streaming. He explains their new workflow services and product lines that help you stream natively to more sites at once. Their new device: “Versa Streamer” is going to be released in a month and he announces their partnership with Amazon web services.
Christopher Spahr, VP of Sales and Marketing, USA, DPA Microphones
- Christopher Spahr and DPA Microphones emphasizes that their sound quality and size of their microphones sets them apart from competitors. He announces a new model series, the “6066 lavalier microphone” which is only 3mm in size and gives a much more accurate sound.
Jim Dugan, President, Wisycom
- Jim Dugan, from Wisycom, talks about their wireless systems. Their wireless gear uses a wide frequency band providing more room for frequency agility. Their microphones are also multi manufacturable and work with other.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 3:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

John Tkaczewski, President / Co-Founder, FileCatalyst
- FileCatalyst’s John Tkaczewski discusses their file transfer software and how they continue to find ways to speed up the process. He also talks about how they have 50 venders here at NAB that have integrated their technology and announce how they’re launching a product called: “FileCatalyst Spaces” for prosumers with larger size files.
Jon W Gacek, Sales and Marketing, Veritone
- Jon Gacek from Veritone explains his operating system for AI and how the system is able to provide a transcript that’s enables you to search and find massive amounts of data. The system allows you to search for not just words but can even find faces, objects and words. Some of the clients include CBS and ESPN. They also work with filmmakers.
Wilson McCoy, Senior Developer, Pronology
- Wilson McCoy from Pronology discusses how they work in encoding, content management and storage. Their typical user for their product will is someone who’s interested in recording live events and wants to stream live and want to have highlights of a show. Typical customers have recorded events, live shows and concerts.
Emery Wells, CEO / Co-Founder, Frame.io
- Frame.io’s Emery Wells talks about their video review software and collaboration. He explains their long-term investment in security. He also showcases their latest features such as PDF support, @ mentioning, new private team commenting, integrated archiving and newly-released API.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 2:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Scott Murray, Vice President of Product Management, Telestream
- Celebrating their 20th anniversary last year, Scott Murray from Telestream describes how they’re "all in" on The Cloud and how they recently acquired a new CEO, Scott Puopolo. He also talks about their new products for The Cloud called: “Vantage Cloud Protection” and “Optiq.”
James McKenna, VP Marketing, Facilis Technology
- James McKenna from Facilis Technology discusses their shared storage for post production and broadcast and how their system is unique and customized. He talks about how their traditional audience is large studios who focus primarily on video. He also announces their new release of: “Facilis Hub Shared Storage” that’ll be released in a couple weeks focused on pro-sumer users.
Tamas Vass, CMO, Pebble Beach Systems
- Pebble Beach System’s Tamas Vass celebrates being a stand-alone company for almost two years. He also talks their support for VoIP in their streaming system and how they’re using Cloud deployment systems.
Vernon Freedlander, Strategic Partnerships, Bannister Lake
- Vernon Freelander from Bannister Lake talks about how their software provides data aggregation and graphics software solution for broadcast and streaming. He also talks about how they’re not just specializing in traditional broadcasters but how they’re becoming highly involved in the world of eSports.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Jeffrey Wilks, Chief Revenue Officer, Pond5
- Pond5’s Jeffrey Wilks talks about how they’re continually looking ways to improve their visual search tool for the 15,000,000+ video clips they have for their marketplace. He also discusses their partnerships with DJI, Red Camera’s and also ProRes Raw.
Tod Musgrave, Director of Cameras, Marshall Electronics
- Tod Musgrave from Marshall Electronics goes in depth about their new CV503 camera that is coming out this month. He discusses Marshall’s mini-cameras and how the cameras are revolutionizing how people shoot sports and international racing. He also talks about expanding their product line and the continual growth in their camera selection.
Roger Mabon, CEO, mLogic
- Roger Mabon of mLogic talk about their specialization in LTO tape archive solutions. He discusses their Thunderbolt connection to tape drives, their LFTS (linear tape file system) application that comes with all their products and their latest integrated Thunderbolt RAID with LTO drive.
Jared Ivy, Senior Technical Representative, Sigma
- Jared Ivy from Sigma brought a variety of Sigma lenses, while discussing their most popular Art line of cinema lenses as well as their new “Global Vision Lens.” In addition, he explained the differences between each lens and the capabilities of each. He also discusses the recent news of expanding their lens line to include new L mounts.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 11:00 am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Jeromy Young, CEO, Atomos
- Atomos’s Jeromy Young talks about post production and how they have installed 500,000 units and now support more than 350 camera. He also explains their Ninja, Shogun and Sumo external hard disk/monitors. In addition, he talks about their new Shogun 7 with increased support for HDR and improved monitoring.
Dr. Marc Batschkus, Business Development Manager, Archiware
- Marc Batschkus from Archiware explains the ABC’s of data management and how their products support a broad range of customers from small workgroups to the enterprise. He talks about new partnerships with Kyno, LumaForge jellyfish and QNA. He showcases the upcoming Version 6 with an improved new interface coming in the new few months.
Bruno Munger, Director of Business Development, Colorfront
- Bruno Munger with Colorfront announces their new partnership with Pomfort LiveGrade Pro, which allows the ability to use discreet color management. He talks about Dolby Vision 4.0 as well and how their color pipeline products can differentiate themselves from competitors, while maintaining color integrity during post.
Emily Stadulis, Senior Account Rep, DMG Lumiére by Rosco
- Emily Stadulis from DMG Lumiére by Rosco discusses how they’re adding full spectrum color to the LED lighting. In addition, she goes into depth about their new app and their announcements they’re bringing to NAB 2019.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 10:00 am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design
- Blackmagic Design’s Dan May describes in depth how they’re adding new capabilities into DaVinci Resolve. He also talks about their new “Cut Page,” a high-speed editing pages within Resolve that edits media the quickest and most efficient way possible. He also discusses their new hardware development involving 8K products as well.
Boris Yamnitsky, Founder / President, Boris FX
- Boris Yamnitsky from Boris FX describes how their company specializes in visual effects. Boris FX also announces new features for their three main product lines of Boris Continuum, Sapphire and Mocha which are all going to be released mid summer.
Robert Krüger, Managing Partner, Lesspain Software
- Robert Krüger, with Lesspain Software showcases the new features in version 1.6; released a few weeks ago. The update includes metadata exporting, importing and merging for footage. He also provided a preview of version 1.7 which is scheduled to be released in three to four weeks, focusing on new integration with Frame.io and improved Final Cut workflow.
Andrew Donahue, Director of Marketing, Killer Tracks
- In their 30th anniversary, Andrew Donahue from Killer Tracks talks about how they’ve developed a great relationship with Youtube to help users avoid copyright issues when dealing with music uploaded in videos. He talks about their extension panel that was released last year for Adobe Premiere Pro and how they now have made enhancements that adds automatic cue sheet generation for video projects. He also announces their music label: “Abby Road Masters” which has original music with each track.

Interview scheduled for Tuesday April 9th, 2019 @ 1:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Tama Berkeljon, CEO, Creamsource
- Tama Berkeljon from Creamsource talks about their LED technology and how their early experience with LED design has given them a unique perspective on application and design. He also explains their new SpaceX lighting system, a LED system with a broad color palette.
Michael Shabun, Marketing Director, Insta360
- Insta360’s Michael Shabun brought examples of his two 3D camera’s the Insta360 One and Insta 360 Eve. The Insta360 One is a unique action camera that is able to shoot in 360 then takes that imagery and places it into 2D video at up to 100 frame a second. The Insta 360 Eve shoots 180 degrees in 3D.
Jeffrey Stansfield, CEO / President, Advantage Video Systems
- Jeffrey Stansfield from Advantage Video Systems talks about his current highlights at NAB this year and how everyone seems to be getting into live streaming. He also explains why media pros should develop their own brand and get out of YouTube.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, doddleNews
- James DeRuvo from doddleNews gives his review of current NAB highlights and discusses how DJI, GoPro and virtual reality all absent at this year's show. He also reflects on what he saw from Blackmagic Design at the press conference this morning, and new features in Davinci Resolve.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 8th, 2019 @ 5:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

- Philip Hodgetts, President / CEO, Lumberjack System - Lumberjack System’s Philip Hodgetts describes their new text-driven Lumberjack Builder. He reflects upon the ability to edit video based on text transcripts; similar to video editing using a word processor.
- Bob Vassar, VP WW Technology Sales & Service, Tiger Technology
  - Tiger Technology’s Bob Vassar talks about their shared file storage system. He goes into depth about how they can move projects seamlessly between collaborators and how storage can be pulled into a production at will. He also describes a starter storage system starting at 64 terabytes.
- Andrew Donahue, Director of Marketing, Killer Tracks
  - In their 30th anniversary, Andrew Donahue from Killer Tracks talks about how they’ve developed a great relationship with Youtube to help users avoid copyright issues when dealing with music uploaded in videos. He talks about their extension panel that was released last year for Adobe Premiere Pro and how they now have made enhancements that adds automatic cue sheet generation for video projects. He also announces their music label: “Abby Road Masters” which has original music with each track.
- Randy Reck, Director of Product Development, MTI Film
  - Randy Reck from MTI Film describes how Cortex is used in DIT work, while DRS Nova is a staple software tool for file restoration. He also announces a new version of Cortex titled: “Cortex QC” and how it enables producers to find problems in their media before submitting it to distribution.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 8th, 2019 @ 4:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design
- Blackmagic Design’s Dan May describes in depth how they’re adding new capabilities into DaVinci Resolve. He also talks about their new “Cut Page,” a high-speed editing pages within Resolve that edits media the quickest and most efficient way possible. He also discusses their new hardware development involving 8K products as well.
David McGavran, CEO, Maxon
- David McGavran from Maxon discusses their industry leading 3D modeling software - Cinema 4D. He describes their new acquisition of Red Shift Rendering to provide high-speed GPU rendering. He also reflects about their academy awards and highlights the R.20 release in September.
Aharon Rabinowitz, Head of Marketing, Red Giant
- Red Giant’s Aharon Rabinowitz talks about Red Giant’s effects software. He announces Trap Code Fluid Dynamics, where you can use particle systems to create fluid dynamic look for powerful visual effects. He also discusses Red Giant Universe 2.0 which provides over 70 tools and templates that editors can use for motion graphics.
Paul Isaacs, Director of Product Management and Design, Sound Devices
- Paul Issac from Sound Devices discusses Sound Design’s family of portable recorders. He goes into depth about Scorpio, their most premium product ever developed replacing 7818 which has 32 channels, 36 tracks and more.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 8th, 2019 @ 3:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Boris Yamnitsky, Founder / President, Boris FX
- Boris Yanitsky from BorisFX describes how their company specializes in visual effects. BorisFX also announces new features for their three main product lines of Boris Continuum, Sapphire and Mocha which are all going to be released mid summer.
Durin Gleaves, Product Manager, Audio, Adobe
- Adobe’s Durin Gleaves discusses Premiere’s new ability to manipulate audio effects in new ways. In addition he announces the brand new Punch-and-Roll recording technique in Audition that helps you correct mistakes more easily instead of starting over. He also talks about auto-ducking to quickly set levels.
Robert Krüger, Managing Partner, Lesspain Software
- Robert Krüger, with Lesspain Software showcases the new features in version 1.6; released a few weeks ago. The update includes metadata exporting, importing and merging for footage. He also provided a preview of version 1.7 which is scheduled to be released in three to four weeks, focusing on new integration with Frame.io and improved Final Cut workflow.
Bruce Long, CEO / Co-Founder, BeBop Technology
- Bruce Long from BeBop Technology gives his perspective on The Cloud being a creative partner and how he wants your computer to easily switch between local and Cloud computing. He also announces their partnerships with Avid and AutoDesk and the ability to use any PC or laptop to access the software you need to finish your project.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 8th, 2019 @ 2:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Carol Hess, Global VP Z by HP Products, HP
- Z by HP’s Carol Hess discusses their new scalable Xeon processors for the Z by HP computers that improve performance. She also talks about Dream Color monitors, along with new partnerships with Avid and RGS.
Michael Gailing, VP Marketing, Teradek
- Michael Galing from Teradek talks about how they recently required Animon specifically to boost their support for wireless communication. At NAB, they announced the world’s first 4k wireless transmitters from camera to the “video village.”. The product will be shipping in about a month.
Bryce Button, Director of Product Marketing, AJA Video Systems
- AJA Video System’s Bryce Button goes into depth about 8k and working with the Unreal gaming engine to give smaller operations the ability to integrate CGI into their workflow. He also announces Open Gear Cards for image processing and conversion.
Justin Emge, Applications Engineer Manager, Clear-Com
- Justin Emge of Clear-Com announces communications gear that supports AES67, a new standard, providing low latency audio over an IP network. He also talks about an IP transceiver that can connect up to 10 belt packs using standard Ethernet connections without a central frame.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 8th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Chris Brown, EVP, Convention and Business Operations, NAB
- Chris Brown from NAB talks about several focused sections in this year’s NAB Show, including eSports and Connected Car experiences in the North Hall. Chris also talks about his goals for the NAB show, along with other new technologies such as AI and 5G, and podcasts that are featured at NAB 2019.
Paulina Borowski, Show Producer, Digital Production BuZZ
- Paulina Borowski from the Digital Production Buzz goes into depth about her role now with The Buzz and how her job has evolved from last year. Paulina is responsible for overall booth operation as well as hosting all of the guests featured on The Buzz at NAB 2019.
Victoria Nece, Senior Product Manager, Motion Graphics and Visual Effects, Adobe
- Victoria Nece announces how Adobe is bringing content-aware fill to video in After Effects. This feature looks at the entire video, instead of just a single frame. Other features Victoria announces are for Premiere Pro, which will bring a free form view for the Files panel and new features in Adobe Audition CC. (Repeated from the 11 AM show.)
Dave Colantuoni, VP of Product Management, Avid
- Dave Colantuoni discusses Avid’s relaunch of a new product user interface for Media Composer and a new render farm distributed process around 8K editing. He also goes into depth on his two goals for improving the workflow for editors and improving ways to make it easier to step into Avid’s Media Composer. (Repeated from the 11 AM show.)

Interview scheduled for Monday April 8th, 2019 @ 1:00 pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Dave Colantuoni, VP of Product Management, Avid
- Dave Colantuoni discusses Avid’s relaunch of a new product user interface for Media Composer and a new render farm distributed process around 8K editing. He also goes into depth on his two goals for improving the workflow for editors and improving ways to make it easier to step into Avid’s Media Composer.
Victoria Nece, Senior Product Manager, Motion Graphics and Visual Effects, Adobe
- - Victoria Nece announces how Adobe is bringing content-aware fill to video in After Effects. This feature looks at the entire video, instead of just a single frame. Other features Victoria announces are for Premiere Pro, which will bring a free form view for the Files panel and new features in Adobe Audition CC.
Jon Finegold, Chief Marketing Officer, Signiant
- Jon Finegold from Signiant talks about their new program: Signiant Jet. Signiant Jet simplifies file transfer for smaller to mid-sized companies using subscription pricing.
Dan Montgomery, President, Imagine Products
- Dan Montgomery of Imagine Products discusses Shotput Pro and his new partnerships with Frame.io and Kodak. He also announces how Imagine Products Cloud is now able the DIT to share clips with other people in real time using a web portal. He also talks about True Check Macintosh to make sure files transfer accurately throughout the post-production process.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 8th, 2019 @ 11:00 am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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On the Buzz tonight, we talk with several of our regular correspondents about their expectations for new trends and technology in production and post at the 2019 NAB Show.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Horton, Ned Soltz, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

Introducing: “Faster Together!”
NAB Preview: Focus on Performance
NAB Preview: Technology Trends
NAB Preview: Production Technology
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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We cover a wide range of subjects on t his week's episode of The Buzz. The Writers Guild is upending the entire media industry, DaVinci Resolve provides state-of-the-art collaboration tools for editors and colorists, wireless network speeds are getting fast enough to replace a wired connection and an inside look at the insane world of stunts.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Dan Judy, Todd Krautkremer, Jack Gill and James DeRuvo.

WGA vs. Talent Agents – Update
Color Grading & Collaboration
Get Ready: 5G is Coming
Stunts: Planning Not To Die
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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We cover a wide range of subjects tonight on The Buzz. The Writers Guild is upending the entire media industry, DaVinci Resolve provides state-of-the-art collaboration tools for editors and colorists, wireless network speeds are getting faster and an inside look at the insane world of stunts.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Dan Judy, Todd Krautkremer, Jack Gill and James DeRuvo.

WGA vs. Talent Agents – Update
Color Grading & Collaboration
Get Ready: 5G is Coming
Stunts: Planning Not To Die
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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On this episode of The Buzz we are talking about intriguing ideas that caught our attention – from new camera technology to new ways of working in The Cloud to whether spending more money for a commercial creates a “better” commercial.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jen Soulé, Ned Soltz, Michael Kammes, Philip Hodgetts and James DeRuvo.

OWC Acquires Three Companies
Intriguing Tech: Camera Gear
Intriguing Tech: Cloud Workflow
Intriguing Tech: Production Budgets
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update
And a Tribute to Norman Hollyn

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This week we are talking about intriguing ideas that caught our attention - from new camera technology to new ways of working in The Cloud to whether spending more money for a commercial creates a "better" commercial.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jen Soulé, Ned Soltz, Michael Kammes, Philip Hodgetts and James DeRuvo.

OWC Acquires Three Companies
Intriguing Tech: Camera Gear
Intriguing Tech: Cloud Workflow
Intriguing Tech: Production Budgets
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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On this episode of The Buzz we look inside eSports. This growing phenomena on college campuses appeals to highly competitive non-athletes. Tonight, we chat with members of the USC eSports Club. Then, learn how Clear-com enables teams to communicate. Finally, discover what it takes to make online video looks good.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Brenton Ough, Tom Sloper, Leon Pao, Sophie Chu, Miguel Mendoza, John Kowalski and James DeRuvo.

Video Quality Starts In the Stream
An Overview of eSports
Organizing eSports at USC
eSports: A Player Perspective
Clear-Com Connects Teams
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight on The Buzz we look inside eSports. This growing phenomena on college campuses appeals to highly competitive non-athletes. Tonight, we chat with members of the USC eSports Club. Then, learn how Clear-com enables teams to communicate. Finally, discover what it takes to make online video looks good.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Brenton Ough, Tom Sloper, Leon Pao, Sophie Chu, Miguel Mendoza, John Kowalski and James DeRuvo.

Video Quality Starts In the Stream
An Overview of eSports
Organizing eSports at USC
eSports: A Player Perspective
Clear-Com Connects Teams
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we have an in-depth conversation with Oscar-winning editor William Goldenberg (“Argo,”), a look at new trends and technology in visual effects, and an update on how the Writer’s Guild managed to make everyone in Hollywood angry this week.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Ross Shain, Joseph Nilo, William Goldenberg and James DeRuvo.

Guild Update: WGA Angers Everybody
State-of-the-Art Trends in Effects
Create Compelling Demos
Editing – The Invisible Art
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Ross Shain, Joseph Nilo, William Goldenberg and James DeRuvo.

Guild Update: WGA Angers Everybody
State-of-the-Art Trends in Effects
Create Compelling Software Demos
Editing - The Invisible Art
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight is all about the latest in storage technology. Our data is about to get MUCH faster! New hardware, new protocols, new software – all designed to speed media creation to gigabyte speeds! Plus, in “NAB Insight,” we look at an NAB event focused on improving diversity in VR.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jim Malcolm, Tom Coughlin, Larry O’Connor, Sam Mestman, Jordan Winkelman and James DeRuvo.

NAB Insight: VR & Diversity
FAR Faster Storage Is On the Horizon
Latest News in Direct-Attached Storage
New, Faster Shared Storage Technology
Quantum Delivers High-Performance Storage
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight is all about the latest in storage technology. Data is about to get MUCH faster! New hardware, new protocols, new software – all designed to speed media creation to gigabyte speeds! Plus, in “NAB Insight,” we look at an NAB event focused on improving diversity in VR.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jim Malcolm, Tom Coughlin, Larry O'Connor, Sam Mestman, Jordan Winkelman and James DeRuvo.

NAB Insight: VR & Diversity
FAR Faster Storage Is On the Horizon
Latest News in Direct-Attached Storage
New, Faster Shared Storage Technology
Quantum Delivers High-Performance Storage
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Mentoring is a hot topic and tonight, we talk with Bernard Weiser, President of the newly-formed Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance about why they began. Then, we look at emerging audio trends to watch as NAB gets closer – including Audio Over IP, Dante and changes to wireless audio tech that will affect all of us.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Bernard Weiser, Paul Isaacs, Robert Noone, Durin Gleaves and James DeRuvo.

Mentors Teach By Example
New Audio Technology Coming Soon
Location Sound: One-stop Rent or Buy
Audio Trends: The Intersection of Audio and AI
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Bernard Weiser, Paul Isaacs, Robert Noone, Durin Gleaves and James DeRuvo.

Mentors Teach By Example
New Audio Technology Coming Soon
Location Sound: One-stop Rent or Buy
Audio Trends: The Intersection of Audio and AI
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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This week “NAB Insight” highlights how the NAB Show programs their main stage keynotes and on-floor theaters. Then, after casting light on the inner workings of the NAB Show, we look at lighting and lighting gear, including some new technology that harkens back to how the ancient Egyptians used light. Cool stuff!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Toomey, Pat Grosswendt, Stefan Karle, Jakob Ballinger and James DeRuvo.

NAB Insight: Programming Keynotes
The Hardware of Light
Techniques to Shape Light
The Light Bridge: Brilliant Reflections
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Toomey, Pat Grosswendt, Stefan Karle, Jakob Ballinger and James DeRuvo.

NAB Insight: Programming Keynotes
The Hardware of Light
Techniques to Shape Light
The Light Bridge: Brilliant Reflections
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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NAB is eight weeks away, so, to help us get ready, we kick off “NAB Insight” – a behind-the-scenes look at what’s next at this year's show. Plus, we discuss new ways to buy or rent gear, and an amazing story from DPA on how they are sending a mic to Mars so we can hear actual sounds beyond earth – in real time.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Chris Brown, Barbara Griffith, Marius Ciocirlan, René Morch and James DeRuvo.

NAB Insight: Planning the 2019 Show
A Better Way to Finance the Gear You Need
ShareGrid: A Rental Service for Filmmakers
DPA: The Sound of Mars – LIVE!
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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NAB is eight weeks away, so, to help us all get ready, we are kicking off "NAB Insight" - a behind-the-scenes look at what's next. Plus, we discuss new ways to buy or rent gear, plus, an amazing story from DPA on how they are sending a mic to Mars. so we can hear actual sounds beyond earth - in real time.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Chris Brown, Barbara Griffith, Marius Ciocirlan, René Morch and James DeRuvo.

NAB Insight: Planning the 2019 Show
A Better Way to Finance the Gear You Need
ShareGrid: A Rental Service for Filmmakers
DPA: The Sound of Mars - LIVE!
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we cover a range of topics from cosplay to color grading to archiving. Plus, Michael Kammes shares his thoughts on the latest changes in workflow, codecs and technology.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ted “Evil Ted” Smith, Mike Nuget, Roger Mabon, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

From Feature Films to Cosplay Props
FilmLight Makes Color Grading Flexible
A Better Way to Archive Assets
Better Ideas to Improve Workflow
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we cover a range of topics from cosplay to color grading to archiving. Plus, Michael Kammes shares his thoughts on the latest changes in workflow, codecs and technology.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ted "Evil Ted" Smith, Mike Nuget, Roger Mabon, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

From Feature Films to Cosplay Props
FilmLight Extends Color Grading
A Better Way to Archive Assets
Better Ideas to Improve Workflow
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we look at the challenges facing young people just entering the media industry. What first got them interested in media and what excites them about their careers? Plus we learn about a new mentoring program for women and an update on industry labor news.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Paulina Borowski, Trevor Horton, Madeline Leachand Sadie Groom.

The State of Labor in Media Today
A Student’s Perspective on Media
An Accidental Editorial Career
How Mentors Help Build a Career
The Rise Mentoring Program for Women

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Paulina Borowski, Trevor Horton, Madeline Leach and Sadie Groom.

The State of Labor in Media Today
A Student's Perspective on Media
An Accidental Editorial Career
How Mentors Help Build a Career
The Rise Mentoring Program for Women

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As more companies move media production and post to The Cloud, security becomes an ever-present concern. This week, we talk with experts on what it takes to keep our projects secure as collaboration increases and more assets are stored in The Cloud.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Harrison, Jim Tierney, David Benson, and Emery Wells.

Basics of Cloud-based Media Security
We’ve Been Hacked! Now what?
Increase Collaboration, But Stay Safe
Security is a Never-Ending Process

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Harrison, Jim Tierney, David Benson and Emery Wells.

Security Basics for Cloud-based Media
We've Been Hacked! Now what?
Increase Collaboration, But Stay Safe
Security: A Never-Ending Process

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Live production and streaming have never been easier – but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Tonight, we talk with the experts about the current state of live production and streaming.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with George Klippel, Rony Sebok, Scott Murray, Nick Mattingly and James DeRuvo.

LiveU Means Live Anywhere
1 Beyond Automates Live Video
Telestream Wirecast Streams Live
Switcher Studio: Mobile Live Production
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Live production and streaming have never been easier - but that doesn't mean it's easy. Tonight, we talk with the experts about the current state of live production and streaming.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with George Klippel, Rony Sebok, Scott Murray, Nick Mattingly and James DeRuvo.

LiveU Means Live Anywhere
1 Beyond Automates Live Video
Telestream Wirecast Streams Live
Switcher Studio: Mobile Live Production
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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This week, to celebrate the new year, we reflect back on 2018, then look forward into 2019 to spot emerging trends that will impact the media industry this year. We've invited seven futurists to share their thoughts on what's coming.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Kammes, Philip Hodgetts, Maxim Jago, Larry O’Connor, Emery Wells, Paul Babb and James DeRuvo.

Kammes: What to Expect in 2019
Hodgetts: What to Expect in 2019
Jago: Blockchain and Smart Payments
O’Connor: Top Hardware Trends in 2019
Wells: The Next-Gen Content Creator
Babb: The VFX Artist is the Industry
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Kammes, Philip Hodgetts, Maxim Jago, Larry O'Connor, Emery Wells, Paul Babb and James DeRuvo.

Kammes: What to Expect in 2019
Hodgetts: What to Expect in 2019
Jago: Blockchain and Smart Payments
O'Connor: Top Hardware Trends in 2019
Wells: The Next-Gen Content Creator
Babb: The VFX Artist is the Industry
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This week, we conclude our four-part series looking at the state of today's media industry in these conversations with three experienced cinematographers. From new technology to new clients to new challenges, our experts provide creative ideas on coping with change, competition and technology.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with cinematographers Ned Soltz, Nancy Schreiber, Jody Eldred and James DeRuvo.

The Challenge of Creativity
An Abundance of Hope
More than Tools or Tech – It’s Craft!
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Nancy Schreiber, Jody Eldred and James DeRuvo.

The Challenge of Creativity
An Abundance of Hope
More than Tools or Tech: It's Craft!
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight on The Buzz we look at the changing role of the Editor: how tasks are evolving in today’s market, as well as the business challenges of working with clients, tighter deadlines and constricting budgets. Listen to these experts explain how to make your business stand apart from the crowd.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Sue Lawson, William Boodell, Adam Bedford, Alan Edward Bell and James DeRuvo.

Secrets to Working with Clients
The Evolving Role of the Editor
Stand Out From the Competition
The Future of Feature Film Editing
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight on The Buzz we look at the changing role of the Editor: how tasks are evolving in today's market, as well as the business challenges of working with clients, tighter deadlines and constricting budgets. Listen to these experts explain how to make your business stand apart from the crowd.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Sue Lawson, William Boodell, Adam Bedford, Alan Edward Bell and James DeRuvo.

Secrets to Working with Clients
The Evolving Role of the Editor
Stand Out From the Competition
The Challenge of Editing Features
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Tonight on The Buzz we turn our attention to post-production and the companies that specialize in it. How is the business of post changing? Who are their customers and what do they want? And what does the future look like for professional post?

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Oliver Peters, Terry Curren, Mike Hendricks, Mark Raudonis and James DeRuvo.

Post-Production: An Evolving Market
The Challenge of “Good Enough”
Using Post to Support Production
The "Faster – Better – Cheaper" Challenge
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Oliver Peters, Terry Curren, Mike Hendricks, Mark Raudonis and James DeRuvo.

Post-Production: An Evolving Market
The Challenge of "Good Enough"
Using Post to Support Production
The "Faster - Better - Cheaper" Challenge
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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This week on The BuZZ we turn our attention to the evolving role of producers and the state of production today. How are they coping with changes in audience, technology, budgets and clients? Tonight, these experienced producers share their views of production from the inside.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Bob Bain, David Tillman, JJ Kelleyand James DeRuvo.

Producing for Broadcast in an Era of Change
The Evolving Role of Producer
Producing Docs in a World of “Fake News”
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This week on The BuZZ we turn our attention to the evolving role of producers and the state of production today. How are producers coping with changes in audience, technology, budgets and clients? Tonight, these experienced producers share their views of production from the inside.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Bob Bain, David Tillman, JJ Kelley and James DeRuvo.

Producing: The Challenge of Change
The Evolving Role of Producer
Producing Docs in a World of “Fake News”
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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We are used to pressing a button and having the words on screen appear on paper. But, today, we can press a button and have the object on our screen printed using a 3D printer. In tonight’s show, we look at what these things are, how they work, and how they are used in education and media.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Joel Telling, Braydon Moreno, John Jordan and James DeRuvo.

Get Started with 3D Printing
Pick the Right 3D Printer
3D Printing in Education
3D Printing in Media
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We press a button and the words on our screen appear on paper. Now, we can also press a button and the object on our screen prints using a 3D printer. In tonight's show, we look at what these things are, how they work, and how they are used in education and media.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Joel Telling, Braydon Moreno, John Jordan and James DeRuvo.

Get Started with 3D Printing
Pick the Right 3D Printer
3D Printing in Education
3D Printing in Media
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Thanksgiving, here in the US, reminds us to take time and be thankful for what we have. This includes family, friends and health, of course. But, here at The Buzz, we are also grateful for our guests and our audience. So, in celebration of the season, here are some of our favorite interviews from the recent past.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Norman Hollyn, Mark Harrison, Barbara Griffiths, Jim Malcolm and James DeRuvo.

The Art of Telling a Story
How Production Handles Technological Change
A Better Way to Finance Your Gear
A 360/VR Leap Into Space
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Norman Hollyn, Mark Harrison, Barbara Griffiths, Jim Malcolm and James DeRuvo.

The Art of Telling a Story
How Production Handles Change
A Better Way to Finance Gear
A 360/VR Leap Into Space
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Just as we can’t have “too much” storage, media can't be “too organized.” It seems we spend way too much time trying to find the one specific clip we need for our project. Tonight, we look at different ways to manage media – from asset managers to better ways of working – all focused on individual editors and smaller work groups. From better ways to use the Finder to media asset management packages, tonight’s show will help you work faster and better.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Rod Harrison, Robert Krüger, David Schleifer, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

Drobo’s Fastest Storage: The 8D
Sneak Peak: Kyno 1.6 Media Manager
Primestream: Everything Everywhere
Tips for Better Media Management
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Just as we can't have "too much" storage, media can not be "too organized." It seems we spend way too much time trying to find the one specific clip we need for our project. Tonight, we look at different ways to manage media - from asset managers to better ways of working - all focused on individual editors and smaller work groups. From better ways to use the Finder to media asset management packages, tonight's show will help you work faster and better.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Rod Harrison, Robert Krüger, David Schleifer, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

Drobo's Fastest Storage: The 8D
Sneak Peak: Kyno 1.6 Media Manager
Primestream: Everything Everywhere
Tips for Better Media Management
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Apple released new hardware last week, so this week, we take a look at their new gear. Plus, we look at new, emerging media technologies you also need to know.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O’Connor, Jim Tierney, Kieran Farr, Adrian Herrera and James DeRuvo.

Close Look at Apple’s New Hardware
Search Premiere Everywhere – All At Once
High-Quality, Automated Media Handling
A Better Way to Store Your Media?
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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Apple released new hardware last week, so this week, we take a look at their new gear. Plus, we look at new, emerging media technologies you also need to know about.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O'Connor, Jim Tierney, Kieran Farr, Adrian Herrera and James DeRuvo.

Close Look at Apple's New Hardware
Search Premiere Everywhere - All At Once
High-Quality, Automated Media Handling
A Better Way to Store Your Media?
The Weekly doddleNEWS Update

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This week, we take an in-depth look at all the latest media products from Adobe; from Premiere to Premiere Rush. We talk directly with the product managers responsible for these new releases, why they created them and how we can benefit from them.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with product managers: Patrick Palmer, Dennis Radeke, Danielle Darby, Durin Gleaves, and, as always, James DeRuvo.

New Features: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
New Features: Adobe Stock
New Features: Adobe Premiere Rush
New Features: Audio at Adobe
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Patrick Palmer, Dennis Radeke, Danielle Darby, Durin Gleaves and James DeRuvo.

New Features: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
New Features: Adobe Stock
New! Adobe Premiere Rush
New Features: Audio at Adobe
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This week we look at Artificial Intelligence (AI). This seemed to burst on the scene a couple of years ago, then skyrocketed. Tonight we talk with industry thought leaders about what AI is, where it’s used and how it impacts the media work we do.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Andy Steinbach, Sam Bogoch and James DeRuvo.

The Basics of AI – Explained
A Physicist’s View of AI
Practical Uses of AI in Media
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Andy Steinbach, Sam Bogoch and James DeRuvo.

The Basics of AI – Explained
A Physicist's View of AI
Practical Uses of AI in Media
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we look at the business of running a creative company. Can we still earn a living in today’s market? Is being “creative” enough? Discover the pitfalls and promises tonight and look at what can help us in our never-ending quest to pay the rent as budgets shrink and competition expands.

By the way, if you enjoy The Buzz, please give us a positive rating and review in the iTunes Store. We appreciate your support to help us grow our audience.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Babb, Mark Toia, Tom Jennings, and Steve Weiss.

How To Run a Successful Creative Business
Turn Creativity Into Revenue
Pitching Programs to the Networks
Is Creativity Enough? Um, no.

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This week we look at the business of running a creative company. Can we still earn a living in today's market? Is being "creative" enough? Discover the pitfalls and promises tonight and look at what can help us in our never-ending quest to pay the rent as budgets shrink and competition expands.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Babb, Mark Toia, Tom Jennings and Steve Weiss.

How To Run a Successful Creative Business
Turn Creativity Into Revenue
Pitching Programs to the Networks
Is Creativity Enough? Um, No.

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Nothing has revolutionized filming quite like drones. They enable us to get shots that were impossible before. Tonight, we talk with manufacturers, pilots, trainers and stock footage companies about how drones. From picking the right drone, to safe shooting techniques, to finding the right drone footage for your projects, this show has what you need to know now.

By the way, if you enjoy The Buzz, please give us a positive rating and review in the iTunes Store. We appreciate your support to help us grow our audience.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Patrick Santucci, Cory Acey, Brian Streem, Jason Teichman and James DeRuvo.

Find the Right Drone, Then Fly Safely
Learn to Fly with a Drone Simulator
Specialists in Drone Footage for Film
Pond5 Now Sells Drone Footage
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Nothing has revolutionized filming quite like drones. They enable us to get shots that were often impossible before, even with helicopters. Tonight, we talk with drone manufacturers, pilots, trainers and stock footage companies about how to pick the right drone, safe shooting techniques, and how to find the best drone footage for your projects.

By the way, if you enjoy The Buzz, please give us a positive rating and review in the iTunes Store. We appreciate your support to help us grow our audience.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Patrick Santucci, Cory Acey, Brian Streem, Jason Teichman and James DeRuvo.

Find the Right Drone, Then Fly Safely
Learn to Fly with a Drone Simulator
Specialists in Drone Footage for Film
Pond5 Now Sells Drone Footage
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we look at the world of stunts. How they work, who creates them and what it’s like to perform them. We talk with four professional stunt people about how they got into the industry, how they setup a stunt and what it’s like to crash a car at 100 miles per hour!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Melissa Stubbs, Jack Gill, Georgia Durante, Buddy Joe Hooker and James DeRuvo.

Melissa Stubbs: Professional Stunts
Jack Gill: Action Designer/Director
From Mob Driver to Stunt Driver
“Stunts Unlimited:” The Back-Story
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Melissa Stubbs, Jack Gill, Georgia Durante, Buddy Joe Hooker and James DeRuvo.

Melissa Stubbs: Professional Stunts
Jack Gill: Action Designer/Director
From Mob Driver to Stunt Driver
"Stunts Unlimited:" The Back-Story
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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IBC continues generating news this week as we talk with NewTek, Clear-Com, Small HD and Axle Video about their latest announcements and product that they introduced at the trade show.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Brian Olson, Michael Ashman, Bob Boster, Sam Bogoch and James DeRuvo.

IBC 2018: NewTek
IBC 2018: Small HD
IBC 2018: Clear-Com
IBC 2018: Axle Video
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IBC continues generating news this week as we talk with NewTek, SmallHD, Clear-Com, and Axle.ai about their latest announcements and products that they introduced at the annual trade show.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Brian Olson, Michael Ashman, Bob Boster, Sam Bogoch and James DeRuvo.

IBC 2018: NewTek
IBC 2018: SmallHD
IBC 2018: Clear-Com
IBC 2018: Axle.ai
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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IBC just ended and tonight, we talk with Adobe Systems, Avid and Blackmagic Design about their latest products, announcements and news. If you want to learn where our industry is headed, these interviews will point the way.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Dan May, Ray Thompson, Bill Roberts and James DeRuvo.

Blackmagic Design News From IBC 2018
Avid News From IBC 2018
Adobe News From IBC 2018
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IBC just ended and tonight, we talk with Adobe Systems, Avid and Blackmagic Design about their latest products and news. If you want to learn where our industry is headed, these interviews will point the way.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Dan May, Ray Thompson, Bill Roberts and James DeRuvo.

Blackmagic Design News From IBC 2018
Avid News From IBC 2018
Adobe News From IBC 2018
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we split our focus between new technology and the age-old craft of storytelling. We start with news from IBC and a report on a live multicam stream from boats sailing in San Francisco Bay. Then, we talk with three leading filmmakers about their process of storytelling; from first idea to finished edit. Discover what it takes to make a story work.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ron Vargas , Norman Hollyn, Tom Jennings, Josh Apter and James DeRuvo.

Multicam Live Streaming
The Art of Telling a Story
Documentary Storytelling
The Process of Creating a Story
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we split our focus between new technology and the age-old craft of storytelling. We start with news from IBC and a report on a live multicam stream from boats in San Francisco Bay. Then, we talk with three leading filmmakers about their process of storytelling; from first idea to finished edit. Discover what it takes to make a story work.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ron Vargas , Norman Hollyn, Tom Jennings, Josh Apter and James DeRuvo.

Multicam Live Streaming
The Art of Telling a Story
Documentary Storytelling
The Process of Creating a Story
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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IBC is exactly one week away, so, this week, we decided to showcase some of the trends, technology and products that we can expect next week when the show opens. We’ll start with a big picture view of what to expect, then look at some new and exciting products.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Stefan Karle, Mike Palmer, Piet Thiele and James DeRuvo.

Expectations for IBC 2018
New at IBC 2018: Lighting
New at IBC 2018: Media Asset Management
Lenses, Filters & Changing Tastes
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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IBC is exactly one week away, so, this week, we decided to showcase some of the trends, technology and products that we can expect next week when the show opens. We'll start with a big picture view of what to expect, then look at some new and exciting products.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Stefan Karle, Mike Palmer, Piet Thiele and James DeRuvo.

Expectations for IBC 2018
New at IBC 2018: Lighting
New at IBC 2018: Media Asset Management
Lenses, Filters & Changing Tastes
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Technology affects every aspect of media; including production. Tonight, we talk to the DPP about a recent survey on how production companies cope with changing technology. Then, Executive Producer Aaron Semmel discusses technology and story-telling. Next, Frame.io tells us about their new award: the Masters Series. Finally, we chat with their first Master: Mark Toia about the challenges of production today.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Harrison, Aaron Semmel, Emery Wells, Mark Toia and James DeRuvo.

Survey: How Production Handles Change
Producer POV: Telling Stories vs. Tech
The Frame.io Masters Series
The First Frame.io Master
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Harrison, Aaron Semmel, Emery Wells, Mark Toia and James DeRuvo.

How Production Handles Change
Producing: Stories vs. Technology
The Frame.io Masters Series
The First Frame.io Master
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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More than ever, as technology changes, it is important to keep our skills up-to-date. That means training. These few remaining days of summer are a perfect time to hone our existing skills or learn something new. Tonight we talk with a variety of different training firms about their approach to training and how to decide what works best for you.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Johnathon Amayo, Jim Malcolm, Ben Kozuch, Mak Azadi and James DeRuvo.

Training Media Professionals
New Ways to Teach VR
20 Years of Professional Training
Inside Look at Online Training
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Johnathon Amayo, Jim Malcolm, Ben Kozuch, Mak Azadi and James DeRuvo.

Training Media Professionals
New Ways to Teach VR
20 Years of Professional Training
Inside Look at Online Training
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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We are deep into the summer months but IBC and children going back to school is just around the corner. Tonight we talk with some industry leaders about what is coming in the Fall and where the industry is going right now.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Spencer, Philip Hodgetts, Ned Soltz, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

An Inside Look at Creating Plug-ins
Looking Back – Looking Ahead
Camera Trends and Technology
Technology, Power and Efficiency
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We are in the trailing days of summer and children are (finally) starting to go back to school. Even better, that means that IBC is just around the corner. Tonight we talk with key industry leaders about what's coming this fall and where our industry is heading.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Spencer, Philip Hodgetts, Ned Soltz, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

An Inside Look at Creating Plug-ins
Looking Back - Looking Ahead
Camera Trends and Technology
Technology, Power and Efficiency
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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The classroom is evolving and tonight we look at how technology is used in education; both in the classroom and in adult learning. Are we using technology to teach or teaching technology. And what's the difference between online vs. in-classroom education?

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Van Bedient, Brian Gaffney, Patrick Dent, Holly Ludgate and James DeRuvo.

Adobe Opens Office Focused on Filmmakers
SMPTE: Education for Engineers
Educating Entrepreneurs
Education, Tech and Teens
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The classroom is evolving and tonight we look at how technology is used in education; both in the classroom and online. Are we using technology to teach or teaching technology - and is there an educational difference between online vs. in-classroom education?

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Van Bedient, Brian Gaffney, Patrick Dent, Holly Ludgate and James DeRuvo.

Adobe Opens Office Focused on Filmmakers
SMPTE: Education for Engineers
Educating Entrepreneurs
Education, Tech and Teens
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Changes in camera technology are driving dramatic changes in the lighting gear we use. Tonight we talk with both instrument and accessory makers to discover the latest trends and technology in lighting.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jakob Ballinger, Toby Sali, Freider Hochheim, Stefan Karle and James DeRuvo.

The Light Bridge: Quality of Light
Brighter, More Accurate, Lights
The Lights That Changed Hollywood
New Technology to Shape Light
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jakob Ballinger, Toby Sali, Freider Hochheim, Stefan Karle and James DeRuvo.

Light Bridge: Light For Tight Spaces
Brighter, More Accurate, Lights
The Lights That Changed Hollywood
New Technology to Shape Light
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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The media industry is amazingly vast. Tonight we look at creating a script, a new way to update script notes, low-cost, high-quality audio products and an in-depth look at a new media workflows using IP and how it affects broadcast, post-production and distribution.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Steve Vitolo, Dave Willard, Tony Orme and James DeRuvo.

Script-writing Software that Works
Scriptation – Faster Script Revisions
Great Audio at a Great Price
Migrating from SDI to IP means Changes
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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The media industry is amazingly vast. Tonight we look at creating a script, a new way to update script notes, low-cost, high-quality audio products and an in-depth look at a new media workflow over IP and how it affects broadcast, post-production and distribution.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Steve Vitolo, Dave Willard, Tony Orme and James DeRuvo.

Script-writing Software that Works
Scriptation - Faster Script Revisions
Great Audio at a Great Price
Migrating from SDI to IP means Changes
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight on The Buzz we are looking at the current state of virtual reality. VR is expanding far beyond media and entertainment. Tonight, we look at other industries where VR is becoming increasingly popular, as well as new ways to improve VR workflow and distribution.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ryan Ritchey, Nick Jushchyshyn, Sean Safreedand James DeRuvo.

The State of VR Today
VR in Education & Training
An Easier Way to Create VR
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight on The Buzz we look at the current state of virtual reality (VR). VR is expanding far beyond media and entertainment. In fact, VR is becoming increasingly popular in education and training. Tonight, we look at where VR is succeeding, as well as new ways to improve VR workflow and distribution.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ryan Ritchey, Nick Jushchyshyn, Sean Safreed and James DeRuvo.

The State of VR Today
VR in Education & Training
An Easier Way to Create VR
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we look at archiving our projects. There are three ways to archive: Cloud, tape and disk. Which is the best? Tonight, we talk to key technologists to help us figure out the best way to preserve our projects and media for the long term. It is surprisingly difficult.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O’Connor, Andy Klein, Anthony Juliano, Chris May, Denis Leconte and James DeRuvo.

Three Long-Term Storage Options
Archive in The Cloud?
Tape Archives Everything
Prep Your Files For Archiving
You Saved It, Now Bring It Back
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O'Connor, Andy Klein, Anthony Juliano, Chris May, Denis Leconte and James DeRuvo.

Three Long-Term Archive Options
Archive in The Cloud?
Tape Archives Everything
Prep Your Files For Archiving
You Saved It, Now Bring It Back
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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You’ve got your camera and a selection of lenses, what else do you need? This week, we talk with camera accessory manufacturers and users about products we should consider adding to our kit to make our filmmaking faster, easier, or better.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Peter Waisnor, Steve Eisen, Tommy Mack, Steve Weiss, Brian Valenteand James DeRuvo.

Camera Bags for the Professional Photographer
What’s in your Camera Bag?
Filmtools Now Sells Cameras
Zacuto: Production-grade Camera Monitors
Redrock Micro: Everything that isn’t a Camera
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Peter Waisnor, Steve Eisen, Tommy Mack, Steve Weiss, Brian Valente and James DeRuvo.

Camera Bags for the Professional Photographer
What's in your Camera Bag?
Filmtools Now Sells Cameras
Zacuto: Production-grade Camera Monitors
Redrock Micro: Everything that isn't a Camera
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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User groups were at the heart of the personal computer revolution – but where are they now? What makes a user group successful? What are the challenges in running a group? This week, we talk with user group leaders across the US to learn what it takes to run a user group, how they pick topics and how they see the future of user groups.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Horton, Sue Lawson, Wendy Woodhall, Carey Dissmore and James DeRuvo.

There from the Beginning: LACPUG
ChiCPUG: A Chicago User Community
LAPPG: Ten Years, Still Going Strong
IMUG: A World-Wide User Group
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User groups were at the heart of the personal computer revolution - but where are they now? What makes a user group successful? What are the challenges in running a group? This week, we talk with user group leaders across the US to learn what it takes to run a user group, how they pick topics and how they see the future of user groups.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Horton, Sue Lawson, Wendy Woodhall, Carey Dissmore and James DeRuvo.

There from the Beginning: LACPUG
ChiCPUG: A Chicago User Community
LAPPG: Ten Years, Still Going Strong
IMUG: A World-Wide User Group
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we talk with people who play with fire - both on-set and in software. Tonight on The Buzz, we enter the world of special effects. From pyrotechnics to massive monitor walls to the latest in effects software, if you can imagine it one of guests tonight can help you create it.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Matt Dillingham, Philip Galler, Boris Yamnitsky, Niclas Bahn, Aharon Rabinowitz and James DeRuvo.

The Art of Playing with Fire: Pyrotechnics
Better Than Green-Screen: In-Camera
Current Trends and Effects from BorisFX
FXFactory: An App Store for Effects
Effects, Tutorials and Films from Red Giant
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Matt Dillingham, Philip Galler, Boris Yamnitsky, Niclas Bahn, Aharon Rabinowitz and James DeRuvo.

The Art of Playing with Fire: Pyrotechnics
Better Than Green-Screen: In-Camera
Current Trends and Effects from BorisFX
FXFactory: An App Store for Effects
Effects, Tutorials and Films from Red Giant
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we take a deeper look at two subjects: more affordable ways to finance your gear and the current state of VR tools and cameras. Plus, we take a special VR trip to the International Space Station.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Barbara Griffith, Aden Bahadori, Jim Malcolm and James DeRuvo.

A Better Way to Finance Gear
Better Tools for Immersive VR Video
A 360/VR Leap Into Space
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Barbara Griffith, Aden Bahadori, Jim Malcolm and James DeRuvo.

A Better Way to Finance Gear
Better Tools for Immersive VR Video
A 360 VR Leap Into Space
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Apple showcased the future and we have two reports on WWDC18. Then, we look at the state-of-the-art in media collaboration tools with reports from Avid, Adobe and Frame.io, each highlighting how we can all work together more easily and what the future holds.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tim Standing, Alan Hoff, Alissa Johnson, Emery Wells and James DeRuvo.

A Developer Reports from WWDC18
Collaboration Tools From Avid
Collaboration Tools from Adobe
Collaboration Tools from Frame.io
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tim Standing, Alan Hoff, Alissa Johnson, Emery Wells and James DeRuvo.

A Developer Reports from WWDC18
Collaboration Tools From Avid
Collaboration Tools from Adobe
Collaboration Tools from Frame.io
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we talk with women about the challenges and opportunities to working in media. How to succeed in a male-dominated industry, the importance of mentors and advice to women trying to grow their careers.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tuesday McGowan, Erin Sarofsky, Leandra Dichirico, Phoenix Gonzalez, Carrie Wootten and James DeRuvo.

Creating WomenInMograph.com
Creative Careers Are A Tricky Balance
Using Audio Gear Designed for Men
Where Do Career Obstacles Come From?
The Right Mentor Fast-Tracks a Career
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tuesday McGowan, Erin Sarofsky, Leandra Dichirico, Phoenix Gonzalez, Carrie Wooten and James DeRuvo.

Creating WomenInMograph.com
A Creative Career is a Tricky Balance
Using Gear Designed for Men
Where do Career Obstacles come from?
The Right Mentor Fast-Tracks a Career
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we look at the latest in audio technology and gear – from recording on-set to networking to live production to mixing consoles. Plus, we take a side trip into learning about new ways to distribute your content.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Isaacs, Derek Badala, Jeremy Mims, Rob Read and James DeRuvo.

New Gear for On-Set Audio Recording & Mixing
RME: The Difference is in the Drivers
Creating Content for the “New” Radio
New Audio Technology from Roland
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Tonight, we look at the latest in audio technology and gear - from networking to live production to on-set mixers. Plus, we take a side trip into learning about new ways to distribute your content.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Isaacs, Derek Badala, Jeremy Mims, Rob Read and James DeRuvo.

New Gear for On-Set Audio Recording & Mixing
RME: The Difference is in the Drivers
Creating Content for the "New" Radio
New Audio Technology from Roland
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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If you want to be as efficient as you can be, you need an effective workflow – a formal, organized process for completing a task efficiently. This can be as simple as pen and paper or much more complex like a 3rd-party application. Tonight we talk with industry leaders in workflow to see what’s available and how to create a workflow that works for you.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Cioni, Joel Stoner, Andy Shenkler, Greg Dolan, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

Defining a Good Workflow
Studio Suite Helps Facilities Manage
“One:” Cloud-based Workflow for Filmmakers
The Power of an Automated Workflow
Build a Better Workflow
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If you want to be as efficient as you can be, you need an effective workflow - a formal, organized process for completing a task efficiently. This can be as simple as a paper-trail or more complicated like a 3rd-party application. Tonight we talk with industry leaders in workflow to see what's available and how to create a workflow that works for you.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Cioni, Joel Stoner, Andy Shenkler, Greg Dolan, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

Defining a Good Workflow
Studio Suite Helps Facilities Manage
"One:" Cloud-based Workflow for Filmmakers
The Power of an Automated Workflow
Build a Better Workflow
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Storage is a constantly evolving technology that’s increasingly critical to media creation. Tonight we talk with Key thought leaders in the storage world about what’s new, what we need to watch and how to keep older systems current.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tom Coughlin, David Feller, Nathaniel Cooper, Larry O’Connor and James DeRuvo.

Explaining Tomorrow’s Storage Technology Trends
Spectra Logic Stands For Storage
Why Consider Promax Shared Storage
Better Ways to Upgrade Your Mac
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Storage is a constantly evolving technology that's increasingly critical to media creation. Tonight we talk with Key thought leaders in the storage world about what's new, what we need to watch and how to keep older systems current.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tom Coughlin, David Feller, Nathaniel Cooper, Larry O'Connor and James DeRuvo.

Explaining Tomorrow's Storage Technology
Spectra Logic Stands For Storage
Why Consider Promax Shared Storage
Better Ways to Upgrade Your Mac
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Technology has never been more important to filmmakers. Tonight, we showcase exciting new trends that exploded at NAB: eGPUs, Cloud-based animation, drones, and ProRes RAW. New today, these will be the workhorses of tomorrow.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O’Connor, Rex Grignon, Brian Streem, Jeromy Young and James DeRuvo.

The Inside Scoop on eGPUs
Revolutionizing Animation with The Cloud
A Team That Creates Perfect Aerials
Digital Recorders and ProRes RAW
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O'Connor, Rex Grignon, Brian Streem, Jeromy Young and James DeRuvo.

The Inside Scoop on eGPUs
Revolutionizing Animation with The Cloud
A Team That Creates Perfect Aerials
Digital Recorders and ProRes RAW
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This week, we look at the intersection of The Cloud with collaboration, visual effects and storage, with some very interesting discussions regarding new products and services announced at NAB 2018.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Thomas Burns, Matt Mazerolle, Vijay Char, Ahin Thomas and James DeRuvo.

Scalable, Flexible Storage for Media Collaboration
New for VFX collaboration: Athera
New Storage Technology from Promise
The Benefits of Cloud-Based Backups
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This evening, we're focusing on the intersection of The Cloud with collaboration, visual effects and storage, with some very interesting discussions regarding new products and services announced at NAB 2018.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Thomas Burns, Matt Mazerolle, Vijay Char, Ahin Thomas and James DeRuvo.

Scalable, Flexible Storage for Media Collaboration
New for VFX collaboration: Athera
New Storage Technology from Promise
The Benefits of Cloud-Based Backups
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Now that the 2018 NAB Show is over, we have a chance to look back and see what significant trends and products we were unable to discuss as part of our live coverage. Tonight, we talk with several of the companies that we couldn’t fit on our NAB Show BuZZ broadcasts.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jeff Stansfield, Kevin Waehner, Chris Bailey, Wilson McCoy, Ali Ahamadi and James DeRuvo.

Trends and Products at NAB 2018
New Wireless Gear from Sennheiser
A Faster Way to Move Files
Better Media Capture and Management
Better Booms and Bags
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Now that the 2018 NAB Show is over, we have a chance to look back and see what significant trends and products we were unable to cover. Tonight, we talk with several of the companies that we couldn't fit on our NAB Show BuZZ broadcasts.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jeff Stansfield, Kevin Waehner, Chris Bailey, Wilson McCoy, Ali Ahmadi and James DeRuvo.

Trends and Products at NAB 2018
New Wireless Gear from Sennheiser
A Faster Way to Move Files
Better Media Capture and Management
Better Booms and Bags
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Bernard Lamborelle, Director of Sales, Tiger Technology
Boris Yamnitsky, Founder and President, Boris FX
Randy Reck, Director of Product Development, MTI Film
Brian Nimens, President, Sound Ideas

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NAB Show BuZZ LIVE 2018 – Show 5 (April 12, 6pm)

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Chris Brown, EVP, Convention and Business Operations, NAB
- Chris Brown talks about the large amount of preparation work to host the NAB Show, and also gives his opinion on the latest trends in the media industry and their plans for next year.
Laura Williams Argilla, Director of Product Management for Professional Audio and Video, Professional Video, Adobe
- Laura Williams Argilla introduces Adobe's latest updates for their video and audio software. For Adobe Premiere Pro, updates include shot-matching, split-screen view to compare color adjustments, auto ducking, and supporting more complex motion graphics. For Adobe After Effects, the update offers master properties, which allows master-child relations between parameters, and the puppet tool is upgraded for more complexity and points of interaction. Additionally, Adobe Audition now offers clip matching, and importing sequences from Adobe Premiere Pro. Laura also explained Adobe’s plans for the future.
- Matthew Bennion, Senior Product Marketing Manager, G-Technology
  - Matthew Bennion introduces G-Technology's three new SSDs, including a new portable SSD, a new desktop product called G-Drive Pro SSD, and lastly, a new RAID called G-SPEED Shuttle.
- Eric Larsen, Director of Marketing, TASCAM
  - Eric Larsen talks about TASCAM's latest products, including a firmware update for their DSLR recorder, which now supports ambisonic audio recording. He also talks about their new Dante converter that uses Cat5 and Cat6 cables to deliver audio over IP.

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NAB Show BuZZ LIVE 2018 – Show 3 (April 12, 12pm)

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Robert Krüger,Managing Partner, Lesspain Software
- Robert Krüger talks about Lesspain Software's latest version of Kyno, a media management, workflow solution software. Kyno v1.5 includes Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro integration, batch corrections, and even modifying the clock time of recorded material. Lesspain Software will soon offer a premium version of Kyno that is targeted for broadcasters and larger users.
Mark Nakano, Senior Director Product Marketing, NAGRA
- Mark Nakano discusses NAGRA's forensic video and audio watermarks. These allow studios to know if a piece of video or audio has been pirated. NAGRA offers two types of watermarks, one for theaters, and one for studios.
Bruno Munger, Director of Business Development, Colorfront
- Bruno Munger introduces Colorfront's newest HDR Image Analyzer targeted towards artists, colorists, and editors. He also talks about Colorfront's latest product upgrades including more complete streamline solutions for IMF, support for new codecs like Apple ProRes RAW, and a colorfront engine.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, DoddleNews
- James DeRuvo shares highlights of his 25-mile walk around the NAB Show, including Vimeo's 4K Multi-camera that allows users to shoot in 1080p. He also talks about Contour Design's amazing mouses - the Unimouse - and Shuttle Pro v2. Additionally, James discusses RED's "vampire for light" Gemini camera for extreme low-light shooting.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 12:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Sam Mestman, President and Founder, LumaForge Inc.
- Sam Mestman explains LumaForge's workflow storage tools allowing collaboration for Adobe, Apple and Blackmagic Design users. New at NAB is a revised, easier-to-use client-side Jellyfish app allowing users to connect to a Jellyfish server. LumaForge also has a new configuration page that makes server setup simple.
Parham Azimi,CEO, Cantemo
- Parham Azimi discusses Cantemo's new hybrid media management cloud service - iconik, which transcodes proxies into metadata stored in The Cloud. Also, Cantemo's local MAM, Portal, now has the ability to support different projects and media, as well as enhanced metadata support. Cantemo on The Cloud also offers authentications and secure link for extra security measures.
Rory McGregor, CEO, Cospective
- Rory McGregor talks about cineSync, Cospective's media review tool that lets team members watch high resolution, high frame rate video in sync in real-time. cineSync also has a simple drawing tool, allowing directors to take notes on the image using a mouse or pen. The software is also integrating secure file transfers.
Derek Barrilleaux, CEO, FlavourSys Technology
- Derek Barrilleaux introduces FlavourSys Technology's newest project-based asset management software - Strawberry 5.4, which now has a communications system. The system allows users to mention another user through comments. This system allows effective communication and collaboration between users. Additionally, Strawberry 5.4 also includes functionality aspects and multitrack audio processing support.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 11:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Laura Williams Argilla, Director of Product Management for Professional Audio and Video, Professional Video, Adobe
- Laura Williams Argilla introduces Adobe's latest updates for their video and audio software. For Adobe Premiere Pro, updates include shot-matching, split-screen view to compare color adjustments, auto ducking, and supporting more complex motion graphics. For Adobe After Effects, the update offers master properties, which allows master-child relations between parameters, and the puppet tool is upgraded for more complexity and points of interaction. Additionally, Adobe Audition now offers clip matching, and importing sequences from Adobe Premiere Pro. Laura also explained Adobe’s plans for the future.
Erik Weaver,Global Director, M&E Market Development, Western Digital
- Erik Weaver discusses the importance of storage, including object storage and The Cloud, an how object storage fits in a media production workflow. He also recommends different factors when deciding on the best storage device to use.
Rudy Pohlert, Manager, PRL Lighting
- Rudy Pohlert introduces PRL Lighting's newest product - Lustra L50 3-lite Kit. The lightweight kit comes in a backpack of three lights to make it easy to transport. The lights provide daylight lighting, and the kit comes with a dedicated softbox, filter set, and mount.
Steve Crouch, SVP Worldwide Sales, Acromove Inc.
- Steve Crouch talks about Acromove's new portable, ruggedized Thunderbolt 3 RAID. The RAID not only includes eight disk drives which can hold up to 40TB, but also has AES-256 hardware encryption. Acromove is also launching a web-based security key management system.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 12th, 2018 @ 10:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Dave Walton, Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications, JVC Professional Video
- Dave Walton talks about JVC's latest connected camera that has wifi and bonded cellphone connectivity capabilities. He also discusses video over IP, how the camera compresses video to IP, and transmits the video. JVC has also upgraded the HM200 Camera by including graphics titles as well as a larger sensor.
Ric Viers, Author, Sound Designer, Blastwave FX
- Ric Viers discusses the role of sound effects in sound design and his latest book which focuses on recording sound effects for teens.
Bob Boster, President, Clear-Com
- Bob Boster discusses Clear-Com's new audio IP card which supports AES67. This new technology includes 64 virtual ports, integration with third parties, and allows user to connect to Clear-Com's virtual panels. P.S. Happy 50th Anniversary, Clear-Com!
Michael Kammes, Director of Technology, Keycode Media
- Michael Kammes discusses the newest technologies he has found throughout the NAB Show, including some interesting startups with an emphasis on workflow.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 12:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Alex Sax, Pro Market Specialist, Canon
- Alex Sax announces Canon's newest Digital Cinema Camera EOS C700, which has a large full-frame sensor in the body and offers global shutter. Additionally, Canon is releasing a new 20mm prime lens with an EF mount.
Chris Brown, EVP, Convention and Business Operations, NAB
- Chris Brown talks about the large amount of preparation work to host the NAB Show, and also gives his opinion on the latest trends in the media industry and their plans for next year.
Stephanie Bauer Marshall,Managing Director, SPROCKIT
- Stephanie Bauer Marshall discusses SPROCKIT's service in helping established start-ups expand their business, and the services they offer to help them gain support or partnerships from large enterprises.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, DoddleNews
- James DeRuvo tells us his day's adventure exploring the Central Hall at the NAB show, including his visits to Steadypod, LITRA, Anti-Gravity Camera, and Back-Bone Ribcage.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 5:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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NAB Show BuZZ LIVE 2018 – Show 7 (April 11, 4pm)

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Matthew Bennion, Senior Product Marketing Manager, G-Technology
- Matthew Bennion introduces G-Technology's three new SSDs, including a new portable SSD, a new desktop product called G-Drive Pro SSD, and lastly, a new RAID called G-SPEED Shuttle.
Michele Yamazaki,VP Marketing, Toolfarm
- Professional pluginologist Michele Yamazaki talks about her new-found discoveries during the NAB Show, along with her experience at Toolfarm recommending plugins to users with different needs.
Eric Larsen, Director of Marketing, TASCAM
- Eric Larsen talks about TASCAM's latest products, including a firmware update for their DSLR recorder, which now supports ambisonic audio recording. He also talks about their new Dante converter that uses Cat5 and Cat6 cables to deliver audio over IP.
Rod Aaron Gammons, Managing Director, Rotolight
- Rod Aaron Gammons shares Rotolight's cutting-edge new lighting instrument - Anova Pro 2, which is perfect for interviews, small-scale news studios, and professional photographers. He also describes the special effects that can be easily created by Rotolight instruments.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 4:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Emery Wells,CEO, Co-Founder, Frame.io
- Emery Wells introduces an all-new rewrite of Frame.io that now supports three new asset types, including an image viewer, along with support for raw image formats, and audio viewer and meters. In additional, Frame.io is expanding the comments and annotations features by expanding to range-based comments, @ mentions, and even real-time viewing presence.
Jon Tatooles, Co-Founder/Chief Business Development Officer, Sound Devices
- Jon Tatooles shares the news of Sound Devices recently purchasing UK-based company, Audio Limited. Sound Devices is delving into transmitting audio on IP using RF links, and introducing a wireless digital system that works with multiple systems. He also talks about Sound Device's new MixPre series, a cost-effective way to get started with Sound Devices equipment.
Roger Mabon, CEO, mLogic
- Roger Mabon talks about mLogic's tape drive - mTape, a Thunderbolt 3 LTO-8 archive device, the brand-new mSpeed, and mSAN. He also talks about working with other companies that offer archiving software, and bundling archiving software with their hardware. Additionally, mLogic is introducing a new line of RAID storage products called mSpeed, which are tower units that can be a combination of 8 or 12 disks hard disks or SSDs.
Nils de Montgrand, Vice President, DMG Lumiére by Rosco
- Nils de Montgrand discusses DMG’s LED lighting instruments - MIX - which is offered in three sizes including SL1, MINI, and MAXI. Plus he introduces the new full-color Mist series in the same range of sizes as Switch.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 3:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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NAB Show BuZZ LIVE 2018 – Show 5 (April 11, 2pm)

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Andy Liebman,CEO & Founder, EditShare
- Andy Liebman talks about EditShare's new timeline editor - Flow Story that can stream, do multilayer timeline editing, mix high resolution local content with low resolution archived content. Flow Story's new features include an auditing system, all records of each file. EditShare has also decoupled Flow Media asset management from its storage. He also discusses EditShare's new automated quality control product line, including QScan One, QScan Max, QScan Pro.
Dave Clack, CEO, Square Box Systems
- Dave Clack presents CAT DV's integration into Google AI, having image identification abilities. Also, a new feature that can integrate into an Adobe panel in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Affect Effects, even Telestream's Vantage. Other features are the accelerated file upload and download speeds, and calibrated player for Sony's DSC-P2 Sony Camera.
Bjorn Kolbeck, Co Founder and CEO, Quobyte
- Bjorn Kolbeck explains what Quobyte File System is and it’s newest features targeted towards media and entertainment. One new feature prefetches frames for 4K raw DPX playback. Additionally, Quobyte servers can support up to three 4K workflows.
Maxim Jago, Director, maximjago.com
- Maxim Jago shares his opinions on the battle between marketing, and training, and the need for increased staff training. He also talks about the latest improves in AI technology, along with an amazing new 8K projector from Sony.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 2:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Ginny Grove, Product Marketing Manager, Vinten, Vitec Production Solutions (a division of Vitec Group)
- Ginny Grove discusses Vinten's robotic cameras that are controlled with a joystick panel. She also introduces new products including, Floor Track - Robotic pedestals on a track, and Ceiling Track, which can integrate with an HDVRC system.
Morgan Angove, International Business Development Director, Firefly
- Morgan Angove talks about the new version of the Firefly suite - V7, with upgrades to support new cameras and new formats. He also promotes FireFly's new FireVision, which is software that allows videos shot on-set to be converter into a lighter format and pushed onto the web, and FirePost - a color grading software.
Steven Manios, Founder and President, Manios Digital and Film
- Steven Manios highlights Manios Digital and Film's new lines, including a partnership with Hawk-Woods, a UK-based battery company that produce one of the smallest and lightest batteries. He also talks about new tripods from CARTONI.
Tobias Keuthen and Luke Thomas,Director, Global Product Marketing Management (Sachtler), Freelance Camera Operator (Sachtler Ambassador), Vitec Production Solutions (A division of Vitec Group)
- Tobias Keuthen and Luke Thomas showcase a new joint-project between Sachtler and Vinten's - the Flowtech tripod with a 75mm ball support. The tripod has efficient locking mechanisms, is lightweight, durable, extremely fast to setup and allows users to use any fluid head.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 12:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Adrian “AJ” Herrera,VP of Marketing, Caringo, Inc.
- Adrian “AJ” Herrera explains how object storage applies to media creators, how it works, and the new security aspect of Caringo's storage software.
Ulrike Lauterbach, Director of Sales and Marketing, RTW
- Ulrike Lauterbach discusses RTW's loudness monitoring hardware including touch monitors, as well as new software plugins can monitor loudness levels. She also talks about an upcoming product - PD Dante - created with a partner company - Nixer - to provide loudness monitoring in an audio-over-IP environment.
John Hickey, Senior Director, KVM and PRO AV Business, Black Box
- John Hickey explains what KVM technology does and Black Box's next generation Emerald KVM Platform, which has virtualization capabilities. Additionally, Emerald also provides a web-based management system called Boxzilla.
John Payne IV, President, IMT Vislink
- John Payne IV shares about IMT Vislink's wireless camera products that can deliver live camera feeds just about anywhere low latency IP. He also talks about IMT Vislink's products are used in creating live news feeds and integration in the newsroom.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 11:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Boris Yamnitsky, Founder and President, Boris FX
- Boris Yamnitsky talks about Boris FX's new product, Particle Units with an all new user interface, fully modernized. He also discusses Mocha's new visual workflow and URI.
Larry O'Connor, CEO, OWC (Other World Computing) Digital
- Larry O'Connor shares OWC's new ThunderBlade SSD, which saves time and money for editing, and their new certified eGPU system for the macOS.
Bram Desmet, President/CEO, Flanders Scientific, Inc.
- Bram Desmet talks about Flanders Scientific's new 65-inch UHD OLED Monitor supporting both SDR and HDR, along with SDI inputs. He also discusses Flanders Scientific's new LCD Monitors with their own backlight, as well as the challenges in supporting HDR.
Philip Hodgetts, President/CEO, Lumberjack Systems/Intelligent Assistance
- Philip Hodgetts comments on Apple's new codec - ProRes Raw. He also discusses Lumberjack System's new product Lumberjack Builder, which focuses on transcription, with additional features including keyword narration and emotion extraction, all contributing to the ability to edit video by editing the transcript.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 10:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Michael Kammes, Director of Technology, Keycode Media
- Michael Kammes discusses the newest technologies he has found throughout the NAB Show, including some interesting startups with an emphasis on workflow.
Dave Walton,Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications, JVC Professional Video
- Dave Walton talks about JVC's latest connected camera that has wifi and bonded cellphone connectivity capabilities. He also discusses video over IP, how the camera compresses video to IP, and transmits the video. JVC has also upgraded the HM200 Camera by including graphics titles as well as a larger sensor.
Stefan Lederer, CEO & Co-Founder, Bitmovin
- Stefan Lederer shares Bitmovin's newest compression and distribution software infrastructure which makes it easier to encode complex scenes, lowering the bandwidth without affecting video's the quality for channels and broadcasters.
Michael Pace, Business Development Head, Contour Design, Inc.
- Michael Pace promotes Contour Design's productivity device - The Shuttle, which has timeline shuttle control, keyboard shortcuts (which can be personalized), and improves workflow not just for video editing. He also talks about Contour Design's Unimouse, which is a mouse that allows for custom sizing to fit the shape of your hand with its adjustable hinge and thumb support.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 11th, 2018 @ 10:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Tod Musgrave, Director of Cameras, Marshall Electronics
- Tod Musgrave discusses Marshall Electronic's RCP unit to adjust colors remotely using an XLR connection. Marshall Electronics is also introducing a new line of IP Cameras, including some 4K and UHD camera that have a variety of frame rate capabilities.
Paul Tapper, Founder, Technical Director, NUGEN Audio
- Paul Tapper talks about NUGEN Audio's Loudness Tool Kit, which includes 3 plugins that can adjust for loudness during the mix, or in a batch afterwards. Other new tools include: Halo Upmix to mix from stereo sound to surround sound, and Halo Downmix which changes surround sound to stereo.
James McKenna, VP Marketing & Pre-Sales Engineering, Facilis
- James McKenna presents Facilis’ hardware offering an improved shared storage and file management environment. He also introduces their 8D drive that has the ability to integrate with panels in Adobe Premiere Pro.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, DoddleNews
- James DeRuvo talks about his journey throughout the NAB Show, including RED, Facebook, Google, and Vimeo's new cylindrical shaped camera - Mevo. He also covered EVA, Lumberjack Systems, CoreMelt, as well as talking about companies that are not at NAB.
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Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 5:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Claudia Barbiero, VP of Marketing, LiveU
- Claudia Barbiero talks about LiveU's newest hardware for streaming video using IP to improve remote collaboration for newscasters and others originating video from the field. Enhancements include improved notifications and content distribution.
Scott Murray, Vice President of Product Management, Media, Telestream
- Scott Murray discusses Telestream Cloud, which offers access to both the public Cloud, or the ability to create a private cloud, solving privacy and bandwidth issues. He also mentions that Vantage now offers transcoding, workflow capabilities, and access to The Cloud. In addition, Telestream's newest up-coming release - Wirecast 9 - offers live streaming and storage services. P.S. Happy 20th Anniversary, Telestream!
Christopher Spahr, VP of Sales and Marketing, USA, DPA Microphones
- Christopher Spahr discusses DPA Microphones' miniature microphones, lavalieres, and Dedicate, a recording-studio style microphone. DPA has also reengineered their A/D convertor - Core - to reduce noise and distortion.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 4:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Eamon Drew, Chief Marketing Officer, BirdDog
- Eamon Drew discusses BirdDog's newest hardware including Studio NDI, a HDMI and SDI encoder, and the BirdDog Mini. The Mini provides HDMI conversion to NDI, while the Studio NDI provides both SDI and HDMI conversion to NDI.
Cirina Catania, Founder and Lead Creative, The Catania Group
- Cirina Catania promotes her latest documentaries and shares her excitement about working with Lumberjack Builder to transcribe and edit the documentary. Cirina also talks about the importance of being organized when preparing for a production, and media management.
Phil Galler, CTO, Lux Machina Consulting
- Phil Galler talks about Lux Machina Consulting providing full-service consulting for on-set immersive environments using large-scale monitor walls.
Josh Apter and Jon Goldberg, Founder & CEO, President, Padcaster
- Josh Apter and Jon Goldberg introduce the Padcaster Verse, which has 2 configurations, a flexible tripod, and a pressure grip. Padcaster also has a kit that has 12 additional mounting points, a unidirectional mic, and many more additional features. They also introduced two additional products - The Parrot and Tucan teleprompters.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 3:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Paul Kobelja, Production Technology Specialist, VER
- Paul Kobelja talks about the new technology of using large LED monitor walls to create an enhanced environments on set to replace many green screen scenes with a more organic, actor-friendly environment.
Stefan Karle, Managing Director and Owner, DoP Choice
- Stefan Karle explains the lighting accessories offered by DoP Choice, including their Rabbit-Ear Snapbags allowing scrims, balloons and egg crates to be mounted to LED panels and easily transported between locations.
Weston Phillips, Co-Founder, SmallHD
- Weston Phillips shows us SmallHD's newest camera-mounted monitor, which is bright enough to be viewed outside.
Gary Baker, SVP, Corporate Development, Cinamaker
- Gary Baker introduces Cinamaker's mobile multi-camera streaming app which synchronizes multiple cameras on one platform for simple editing and live streaming.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 2:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Larry O'Connor, CEO, OWC (Other World Computing) Digital
- Larry O'Connor shares OWC's new ThunderBlade SSD, which saves time and money for editing, and their new certified eGPU system for the macOS.
Philip Hodgetts, President/CEO, Lumberjack Systems/Intelligent Assistance
- Philip Hodgetts comments on Apple's new codec - ProRes Raw. He also discusses Lumberjack System's new product Lumberjack Builder, which focuses on transcription, with additional features including keyword narration and emotion extraction, all contributing to the ability to edit video by editing the transcript.
Andrew Donahue, Director of Marketing, Killer Tracks
- Andrew Donahue introduces Killer Tracks' new and free extension panel for Adobe Premiere Pro, which allows users to search for music tracks their proejct. The extension also extracts Adobe Audition tracks and adds the track to the Adobe Premiere Pro workflow.
Eric Bolten, VP Strategic Account Development, Zixi
- Eric Bolten talks about Zixi's product - Zen Master. Zen Master, targeted at networks and OTT providers, democratizes the streaming workflow. The product has additional security, encryption, DTLS security, and hitless fail overs with an emphasis on distributing media using the Internet.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 12:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Bram Desmet, President/CEO, Flanders Scientific, Inc.
- Bram Desmet talks about Flanders Scientific's new 65-inch UHD OLED Monitor supporting both SDR and HDR, along with SDI inputs. He also discusses Flanders Scientific's new LCD Monitors with their own backlight, as well as the challenges in supporting HDR.
Jim Tierney, President, Digital Anarchy
- Jim Tierney introduces Digital Anarchy's new product, Transcriptive, which has an Adobe Premiere panel to bring in transcripts. He also shares that Transcriptive has a web-based version at transcriptive.com, which includes a cloud based AI system allowing for collaboration.
Dr. Marc Batchkus, Business Development Manager, Archiware
- Dr. Marc Batchkus shares Archiware's P5 Backup software updates, which include extended Cloud support, NAS support, and a LTFS drive incorporation.
Bob Boster, President, Clear-Com
- Bob Boster discusses Clear-Com's new audio IP card which supports AES67. This new technology includes 64 virtual ports, integration with third parties, and allows user to connect to Clear-Com's virtual panels. P.S. Happy 50th Anniversary, Clear-Com!

Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 11:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design
- Dan May discusses DaVinci Resolve 15, Fusion, and their newest product the 4K Pocket Camera.
Alan Hoff,Vice President, Marketing Solutions, Avid
- Alan Hoff talks about Avid's media central editorial management, improved collaboration, Avid connect app, the growing Avid Artist Community, and new tools for content creators.
Will Waters, Director, IP Workflow, NewTek
- Will Waters discusses Newtek's Video over IP Workflow (NDI) and how this workflow extends into virtual control rooms and production environments.
Durin Gleaves, Product Manager, Audio, Adobe Systems, Inc
- Durin Gleaves summarizes the popularity of Adobe Audition, his favorite feature called Remix. He also discusses Adobe Premiere Pro's ability to work on audio through the Essentials Sound Panels.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 1:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Bernard Lamborelle, Director of Sales, Tiger Technology
- Bernard Lamborelle introduces Tiger Technology's newest virtual file systems - Tiger Spaces, Tiger Store, Tiger Pool, and Tiger Bridge, which allow files to connect to different devices for easy file movement, and include capabilities into The Cloud.
Boris Yamnitsky, Founder and President, Boris FX
- Boris Yamnitsky talks about Boris FX's new product, Particle Units with an all new user interface, fully modernized. He also discusses Mocha's new visual workflow and URI.
Randy Reck, Director of Product Development, MTI Film
- Randy Reck discusses MTI Film's two new products including, film restoration software - DRS Nova, and the DIT-focused Cortex with new features to make an IMF or DCP package, and Dolby Vision.
Brian Nimens, President, Sound Ideas
- Brian Nimens talks about Sound Ideas' new products, including General HD 4, an add-on to the General HD sound effects library, and a whole new sound library by Michael Medina. He also showcases the new surround library to be released at later this year.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 10th, 2018 @ 10:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Les Zellan, Chairman, Cooke Optics
- Les Zellan talks about their newest lens series as well as how its lens are used in the motion pictures and TV industry.
Ric Viers, Author, Sound Designer, Blastwave FX
- Ric Viers discusses the role of sound effects in sound design and his latest book which focuses on recording sound effects for teens.
Durin Gleaves, Product Manager, Audio, Adobe Systems, Inc
- Durin Gleaves summarizes the popularity of Adobe Audition, his favorite feature called Remix. He also discusses Adobe Premiere Pro's ability to work on audio through the Essentials Sound Panels.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, DoddleNews
- James DeRuvo updates with news from DJI, BoxCast, Blackmagic Design's 4K Pocket Camera, TASCAM's new audio adapter, SLR Magic's new lenses.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 9th, 2018 @ 5:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Paul Babb,President/CEO, MAXON US
- Paul Babb talks about the development of Cineversity, an educational site about Cinema 4D for filmmakers, along with their integration with Adobe After Effects.
Christopher Johnson, President and Founder, mediaworkstations.net
- Christopher Johnson introduces its latest hardware in order to run multiple applications and software, along with their new partnership with Kingston.
Phillip Adams, Managing Director, PHABRIX
- Phillip Adams talks about video over IP and how to measure audio and video signals in an IP workflow.
Pat Grosswendt, Senior Sales Specialist, Litepanels
- Pat Grosswendt discusses its new LED lighting product, the Gemini, which includes full spectrum daylight and tungsten color temperatures, as well as HSL control to create intense color light.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 9th, 2018 @ 4:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Don Shafer, Director of Sales and Marketing, Schneider Optics, Inc.
- Don Shafer talks about Schneider Optics' various lenses, filters, and effects, including its newest tilt lens.
Kevin Schroll, Director for the Digital Signage Product Group, Samsung Electronics America
- Kevin Schroll discusses Samsung’s latest digital signage for filmmakers, including support for HDR, and the different between LED monitors and its display signage and monitor walls.s
Jason Teichman, CEO, Pond5
- Jason Teichman talks about stock video footage, their new search technology and about its partnership with DJI.
Ralph Hogan, Vice President, IEEE Broadcast Technology Society
- Ralph Hogan shares about the history of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, and its role within the broadcast society.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 9th, 2018 @ 2:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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The Digital Production Buzz goes behind-the-scenes to learn how this year's NAB Show was designed and produced, as well as the contents of its conference.
Plus, we talk with the producer of The Buzz's live coverage at NAB,
along with changes to its news operation.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Chris Brown,Executive Vice-President, Conventions and Business, National Association of Broadcasters
- Chris Brown gives us a behind the scenes look on how this year’s NAB Show was designed.
Michelle Kelly, Senior Vice-President, Content, National Association of Broadcasters
- Michelle Kelly talks about why NAB emphasizes content as part of their annual trade show, along with the newest features they are presenting this year.
Debbie Price, Senior Producer, Digital Production Buzz
- Debbie Price discusses the preparation behind this year’s live broadcasts of the Digital Production Buzz coverage at NAB.
James DeRuvo, Editor-in-Chief, DoddleNews
- James DeRuvo discusses his plans for covering NAB for DoddleNews.com.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 9th, 2018 @ 1:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Gordon Daily,CEO and Co-Founder, BoxCast
- Gordon Daily introduce BoxCast's new video encoder, along with its new streaming package.
Michael Shabun, Marketing Director, Insta360
- Michael Shabun shares their new product which allows users to create a 360 panoramic shot, livestream in 360, and even take regular photos and videos.
Jon Finegold, Chief Marketing Officer, Signiant
- Jon Finegold talks about its new iCloud subscription-based product.
Jim Malcolm, General Manager, North America, Humaneyes Technologies
- Jim Malcolm talks about their new Vuze + camera which records stereoscopic 3D 360 VR video.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 9th, 2018 @ 3:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Chris Bobotis,Director of Immersive, Adobe
- Chris Bobotis talks about the growing role of immersive media, Adobe Dimension and getting started with virtual reality.
Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design
- Dan May discusses DaVinci Resolve 15, Fusion, and their newest product the 4K Pocket Camera.
Michael Horton, President and Co-Producer, Supermeet
- Michael Horton previews this week’s 17th Las Vegas Annual SuperMeet.
Mathew Gilliat-Smith, CEO, Fortium Technologies
- Mathew Gilliat-Smith talks about the importance of content security during production and post, and the latest update to MediaSeal version 3.71.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 9th, 2018 @ 12:00pm at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the NAB Show floor, as he talks with:

Alan Hoff,Vice President, Marketing Solutions, Avid
- Alan Hoff talks about Avid's media central editorial management, improved collaboration, Avid connect app, the growing Avid Artist Community, and new tools for content creators.
Xavier Garcia, VP/GM Workstations, HP
- Xavier Garcia talks about HP's DreamColor monitors, new and secure high-performance workstations, and new technologies to improve workflow.
Will Waters, Director, IP Workflow, NewTek
- Will Waters discusses Newtek's Video over IP Workflow (NDI) and how this workflow extends into virtual control rooms and production environments.
Bryce Button, Director of Product Marketing, AJA Video Systems, Inc.
- Bryce Button talks about the shift from video to IP, AJA's new Kona card and the balance between a traditional video workflow and the new video over IP.

Interview scheduled for Monday April 9th, 2018 @ 11:00am at our Digital Production BuZZ booth ( SL10527 in the South Lower hall ).

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The 2018 NAB Shows opens in just a few days. Tonight, we preview what to expect at the show, key trends to watch and some advice if this is your first time at the show.

Join hos, Larry Jordan, as he talks with Chris Brown, Ned Soltz, Terence Curren, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

What to Expect at The 2018 NAB Show
NAB 2018 Preview: Cameras
NAB 2018 Preview: Post-Production
NAB 2018 Preview: Technology
NAB 2018 Preview: Collaboration and Video over IP
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The 2018 NAB Shows opens in just a few days. Tonight, we preview what to expect at the show, key trends to watch and some advice if this is your first time at the show.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Chris Brown, Ned Soltz, Terence Curren, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

What to Expect at The 2018 NAB Show
NAB 2018 Preview: Cameras
NAB 2018 Preview: Post-Production
NAB 2018 Preview: Technology
NAB 2018 Preview: Technology
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This week on the BuZZ we talk with companies who can help with production planning, renting gear and finding the right people both in front and behind the camera. Plus, we have an inside look at the upcoming SuperMeet at NAB!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Horton, Paul Friedman, Aaton Cohen-Sitt, Steve Lack and James DeRuvo.

SuperMeet - NAB 2018 Preview
A Better Way to Rent Your Gear
Let Gorilla Get The Monkey Off Your Back
Mandy: A Better Way to Find Work
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This week on The BuZZ we talk with companies who can help us with production planning, renting gear and finding the right people both in front of and behind the camera. Plus, we have an inside look at the upcoming SuperMeet at NAB!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Horton, Paul Friedman, Aaton Cohen-Sitt, Steve Lack and James DeRuvo.

SuperMeet 2018 Preview
A Better Way to Rent Your Gear
Let Gorilla Get The Monkey Off Your Back
Mandy: A Better Way to Find Work
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we look at the state of the media industry two weeks before NAB redefines it for the coming year. From issues like hardware trends that fail to succeed, net neutrality, too many free-lancers chasing too few jobs and the changing role of women in media, we look at the current state of the industry and see where we are heading. Not all the new is good, but all of it is important.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Harrison, Douglas Sheer, Stefan Lederer, Randi Altman and James DeRuvo.

The Future Isn’t What We Think It Is
Media is in for some Rough Times
The Unintended Consequences of Net Neutrality
Women’s Roles in Media are Changing
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Harrison, Douglas Sheer, Stefan Lederer, Randi Altman and James DeRuvo.

The Future Isn't What We Think It Is
Media is in for some Rough Times
The Unintended Consequences of Net Neutrality
Women's Roles in Media are Changing
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we look at audio and production planning. We start by talking with three Academy-nominated audio mixers, chat about new audio network standards being developed by AES, learn about custom-built, high-performance hardware and discover better ways to plan a production. Plus, the weekly DoddleNEWS Update!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Julian Slater, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Jeff Berryman, Christopher Johnson, Robert Kiraz and James DeRuvo.

Secrets of a Superstar Sound Mixer
Audio Mixing “The Shape of Water”
Improve Your Audio Network Knowledge
Custom, High-Performance Media Hardware
StudioBinder Improves Production Planning
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we look at audio, hardware and production planning. We start by talking with three Academy-nominated audio mixers, chat about new audio network standards being developed by AES, learn about custom-built, high-performance computer hardware and discover better ways to plan a production. Plus, the weekly DoddleNEWS Update!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Julian Slater, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Jeff Berryman, Christopher Johnson, Robert Kiraz and James DeRuvo.

Secrets of a Superstar Mixer
Audio Mixing "The Shape of Water"
Creating Audio Network Standards
Custom, High-Performance Media Hardware
StudioBinder Improves Production Planning
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we take an updated look at VR and AR, as we catch up with past guests, learn more about their current projects and discover lots of tips on what to consider when you start experimenting with VR. Plus, we talk about the current state of VR headsets and how they are becoming easier to use.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jim Malcolm, Srinivas Krishna, Ethan Shaftel, Matthew Celia and James DeRuvo.

The Expanding Uses of VR
VR Moves Into the Physical World
Immersive Media Is Not Your Traditional Film
Creating a Story-Driven VR Project
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jim Malcolm, Srinivas Krishna, Ethan Shaftel, Matthew Celia and James DeRuvo.

Experiment with VR Inexpensively
VR Moves Into the Physical World
Immersive Media Is Not Your Traditional Film
Creating a Story-Driven VR Project
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week on The BuZZ we look at renting gear. With new gear evolving so quickly and costing so much, sometimes it’s better NOT to buy new equipment, but to rent it when you need it. Tonight we look at renting from the perspective of the person who needs the gear and the person that owns it.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, James DeRuvo, Les Zellan, and Carl Cook.

Ins and Outs of Renting Gear
Renting gear using the Web
Selling Lenses to Rent
Renting Gear from a Rental House
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week on The BuZZ we look at renting gear. With new gear evolving so quickly, and costing so much, sometimes it’s better NOT to buy new equipment, but to rent it when you need it. Tonight we look at renting from the perspective of the person who needs the gear and the person that owns it.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, James DeRuvo, Les Zellan and Carl Cook.

Ins and Outs of Renting Gear
Renting Gear using the Web
Selling Lenses to Rent
Renting Gear from a Rental House
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week on The BuZZ we look at creating budgets. Budgets are essential to production, but that doesn't mean we like to build them. Tonight, we talk with producers from TV, film and theater about how they build a better budget and how their budgets allow them to "bring their creativity to life."

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Aaron Semmel, Andrew David James, Cirina Catania and James DeRuvo.

An Executive Producer’s View of Budgets
Budgeting for Theater
Budgeting for Studio Projects
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Aaron Semmel, Andrew David James, Cirina Catania and James DeRuvo.

An Executive Producer's View of Budgets
Budgeting for Theater
Budgeting for Studio Projects
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, The BuZZ discusses an important and politically-charged subject: net neutrality. Since many of us distribute our projects via the web, and all of us access the web, it makes sense to understand the changes that are coming. We start with an extended interview with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr who presents what net neutrality is, what the new policy will be, and why they made the change. Then Jonathan and Philip look at the likely impact of the ruling.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Commissioner Carr, Jonathan Handel, Philip Hodgetts and James DeRuvo.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr: Net Neutrality
Legal Perspectives on Net Neutrality
A Developer’s Perspective on Net Neutrality
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Commissioner Carr, Jonathan Handel, Philip Hodgetts and James DeRuvo.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr: Net Neutrality
Legal Perspectives on Net Neutrality
A Developer's Perspective on Net Neutrality
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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As more media and services migrate to The Cloud, what do we need to know to keep our assets secure? Is security even possible? Tonight, we talk with industry experts to learn the best practices and techniques to keep our media, projects and company data secure.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O’Connor, John Tkacezewski, Mathew Gilliat-Smith, Pierson Clair, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

The Basics of Keeping Your Media Secure
Secure Your Media “In Motion”
High-Speed Encryption During Editing
Minimize Your Online Security Risks
Real-World Tips for Media Security
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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As more media and services migrate to The Cloud, what do we need to know to keep our assets secure? Is security even possible? Tonight, we talk with industry experts to learn best practices and techniques to keep our media, projects and company data secure.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O'Connor, John Tkaczewski, Mathew Gilliat-Smith, Pierson Clair, Michael Kammes and James DeRuvo.

The Basics of Keeping Your Media Secure
Secure Your Media "In Motion"
High-Speed Encryption During Editing
Minimize Your Online Security Risks
Real-World Tips for Media Security
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Media creates tens of thousands files in every size, format and description; with file sizes extending into the terabytes. All of which we need to safely store, track, find and manipulate. Current storage technology is overwhelmed; perhaps Object Storage can help? Tonight, we talk with industry leaders about what Object Storage is, how it works and whether it can help us manage our files.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Alex Grossman, Tom Coughlin, Adrian “AJ” Herrera, Erik Weaver and James DeRuvo.

What the Heck is Object Storage?
Bringing Object Storage to the Desktop
Object Storage in Media & Entertainment
Our Storage Technology Needs to Change
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tom Coughlin, Alex Grossman, Adrian "AJ" Herrera, Erik Weaver and James DeRuvo.

What the Heck is Object Storage?
Bringing Object Storage to the Desktop
Object Storage in Media & Entertainment
Our Storage Technology Needs to Change
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Whether it’s a movie set or theater stage, there is so much more that goes into it than just putting pieces of wood together. Tonight we talk with production designers, art directors and visual artists about creating and working with physical and digital sets.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Chuck Parker, Mark Andrew Reyes, Marti Romances, Jayse Hansen, and James DeRuvo.

Report from the Sundance Film Festival
The Art of Production and Set Design
Set Design for Nonprofessional Theater
Make a Set Look Believable
Creating Holographic and Virtual Sets
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Whether it's a theatre stage or a movie set - there is so much more that goes into it than just putting pieces of wood together. Tonight we talk with designers or sets that are both physical and virtual.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Chuck Parker, Mark Reyes, Marti Romances, Jayse Hansen, and James DeRuvo.

Report from the Sundance Film Festival
The Art of Designing a Set
Set Design for Nonprofessional Theater
Make a Set Look Believable
Creating Holographic and Virtual Sets
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Documentaries are a genre we don’t often cover, but there are all manner of things we need to bear in mind when we set out to make them. Tonight we talk to a variety of documentary filmmakers who have been doing this for a while to learn their thoughts and process on creating a successful doc.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, David Tillman, Hoyt Richards, and James DeRuvo.

Producing a Documentary
The Process of Editing a Doc
Creating a Personal Documentary
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update
"Best of Show" at CES 2018

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Documentaries are a genre we don't often cover, but there are all manner of things we need to bear in mind when we set out to make them. Tonight we talk to a variety of documentary filmmakers who have been doing this for a while to learn their thoughts and process on creating a successful doc.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, David Tillman, Hoyt Richards, and James DeRuvo.

Producing a Documentary
The Process of Editing a Doc
Creating a Personal Documentary
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update
"Best of Show" at CES 2018

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Plug-ins can be enticing, exciting or simply a necessary part of our editing and effects toolbox. Tonight we talk with key plug-in developers about how plug-ins have changed over the past few years, how they cope with the constant pressure for change, and what they have now that’s new.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Boris Yamnitsky, Aharon Rabinowitz, Jim Tierney, Pete Litwinowicz, and James DeRuvo.

Plug-ins from BorisFX
Plug-ins from Red Giant
Plug-ins from Digital Anarchy
Plug-ins from Re:Vision Effects
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Boris Yamnitsky, Aharon Rabinowitz, Jim Tierney, Pete Litwinowicz, and James DeRuvo.

CES 2018 Update
Plug-ins from BorisFX
Plug-ins from Red Giant
Plug-ins from Digital Anarchy
Plug-ins from Re:Vision Effects
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Last week, our analysts looked back at 2017. This week, they turn their attention to 2018 to forecast the trends they expect to predominate over the next 12 months. Their opinions will surprise you. Take a listen!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Randi Altman, Jonathan Handel, Michele Yamazaki, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.

Ned Soltz: HDR, VR and 8K
Randi Altman: VR, AR and Diversity
Jonathan Handel: Diversity and Industry Consolidation
Michele Yamazaki: VFX, VR and Business Trends
Philip Hodgetts: Smart Assistants, HDR and VR
Michael Kammes: ATSC 3.0, OTT, New Mac Tech, and Subscriptions
James DeRuvo: DoddleNEWS Forecasts 2018 Trends

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Last week, our analysts looked back at 2017. This week, they turn their attention to 2018 and forecast the trends they expect to predominate over the next 12 months. Their opinions will surprise you.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Randi Altman, Jonathan Handel, Michele Yamazaki, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.

Key Trends: HDR, VR and 8K
VR, AR and Diversity
Diversity and Industry Consolidation
VFX, VR and Business Trends
Smart Assistants, HDR and VR
ATSC 3.0, OTT, New Mac Tech, and Subscriptions
DoddleNEWS Forecasts 2018 Trends

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Tonight, our leading analysts look back at 2017 and highlight the key trends and events that made the most impact on the industry. You’ll be surprised at the diversity of their opinions - in fact, almost no one agrees with anyone else! Join us and see if their opinions match yours.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Randi Altman, Jonathan Handel, Michele Yamazaki, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.

DoddleNEWS In 2017
Ned Soltz: 2017 In Review
Randi Altman: 2017 In Review
Jonathan Handel: 2017 In Review
Michele Yamazaki: 2017 in Review
Philip Hodgetts: 2017 In Review
Michael Kammes: 2017 In Review

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Tonight, our leading analysts look back at 2017 and highlight the key trends and events that made the most impact on our industry. You’ll be surprised at the diversity of their opinions - in fact, almost no one agrees with anyone else! Join us and see if their opinions match yours.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Randi Altman, Jonathan Handel, Michele Yamazaki, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.

DoddleNEWS In 2017
Ned Soltz: 2017 In Review
Randi Altman: 2017 In Review
Jonathan Handel: 2017 In Review
Michele Yamazaki: 2017 in Review
Philip Hodgetts: 2017 In Review
Michael Kammes: 2017 In Review

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Tonight, The Buzz puts the spotlight on… lighting! We talk with manufacturers and cinematographers about the latest trends in lighting tech and how it’s being used everyday on set.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Pat Grosswendt, Bobby Finley, III, Tama Berkeljon, Joel Lipton, and James DeRuvo.

The Craft and Technology of Lighting
Enhanced Lighting Environments
New Trends in Lighting Tech
Lighting for Stills and Video
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, The Buzz puts the spotlight on... lighting! We talk with manufacturers and cinematographers about the latest trends in lighting tech and how it's being used everyday on set.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tama Berkeljon, Bobby Finley III, Joel Lipton, Pat Grosswendt, and James DeRuvo.

Lighting a Scene
Lighting Live Productions
New Trends in Lighting Tech
Putting Lighting to Work
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Virtual Reality (VR) is starting to develop some structure as a medium, and story-telling is increasingly possible. Tonight, we talk with several creators who are deeply involved in discovering how to tell engaging stories in VR.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Kain Teitzel, Ian Forester, Ryan Ritchey, Nick Bicanic, and James DeRuvo.

The Challenge of Immersive Entertainment
Interactive VR Story-telling
VRonMac: An Online Resource
Writing the VR Script
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Whether you are a skeptic or not VR is gathering momentum. Tonight we talk with people working in a variety of media within the VR environment.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Kain Teitzel, Ryan Ritchey, Ian Forester, Nick Bicanic, and James DeRuvo.

Immersive Entertainment You Can Explore
VRonMac: An Online Resource
Interactive VR Story-telling
Writing the VR Script
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight’s show looks at the gear and techniques you can use to improve your sound. From live broadcasts to better communication to mixing, tips from tonight’s guests can improve the quality of your audio immediately.

Plus, we take a behind-the-scenes look at the new DoddleNEWS website with their editor-in-chief.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Heath McKnight, Simon Browne, Rob Reid, Ali Ahmadi, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.

DoddleNEWS Rolls Out New Website
Stay In-Touch with Clear-Com
Better Audio for Live Broadcasts
Get Your Audio Act Together
Pick the Right Headphones for Mixing
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight's show looks at the gear and techniques you can use to improve our sound. From live broadcasts to better communication, tips from tonight's guests can improve the quality of your audio immediately.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Heath McKnight, Simon Browne, Rob Reid, Ali Ahmadi, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.

DoddleNEWS Rolls Out New Website
Stay In-Touch with Clear-Com
Better Audio for Live Broadcasts
Get Your Audio Act Together
Pick the Right Headphones
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Storage technology and media management are at the center of media today. File sizes are growing exponentially - driven by 4K, HDR, and VR - while collaboration demands that multiple users be able to find a specific file. This week we revisit the latest trends in storage technology to see what’s coming and where it fits in our workflow. Then, we take a look at two wildly different software for media asset management.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O’Connor, Gary Watson, David Schleifer, Greg Crosby, and Peter Agelasto IV.

Trends in Storage Technology
Storage Designed for Media
Don’t Get Buried in Bytes
New Storage from G-Technology
Media Management From PrimeStream

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Storage technology and media management are at the center of media today. File sizes are growing exponentially driven by 4K, HDR, VR, while collaboration demands that multiple users be able to find a specific file. This week we revisit the latest trends in storage technology to see what's coming and where it fits in our workflow.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O'Connor, Gary Watson, David Schleifer, Greg Crosby, Peter Agelasto IV, and James DeRuvo.

Trends in Storage Technology
Storage Designed for Media
Don't Get Buried in Bytes
New Storage from G-Technology
Media Management From PrimeStream
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This Thanksgiving holiday gives us a chance to present some of our most interesting interviews that we've had over the past few months and be thankful for all our guests, what they so gladly share with us, and for the friends and family we have around us this holiday season.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with JJ Kelley, Tom Coughlin, John Pritchard, Terence Curren, and James DeRuvo.

Reporting From the Wilds of the World
A Backgrounder on Cloud Storage
Tips To Winning a Film Festival
How To Survive The Transition to AI
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with JJ Kelley, Tom Coughlin, John Pritchard, Terence Curren, and James DeRuvo.

Reporting From the Wilds of the World
A Backgrounder on Cloud Storage
Tips To Winning a Film Festival
How To Survive The Transition to AI
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we invited several key regulars to share their perspective on recent industry news, then we take a more detailed look at the role of machine learning and editing, with a discussion on why editors hate using media asset management software and how machine learning can make that process easier.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Philip Hodgetts, Randi Altman, Michael Kammes, Sam Bogoch, and James DeRuvo.

How Weinstein Exploded Into #MeToo
Machine learning and editing
Cutting-edge trends in Post-production
Why editors resist using MAM software
Let AI log your media
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Philip Hodgetts, Randi Altman, Michael Kammes, Sam Bogoch, and James DeRuvo.

How Weinstein Exploded Into #MeToo
Machine Learning and Editing
Cutting-edge Trends in Post-production
Why Editors Resist Using MAM Software
Let AI Log Your Media
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Virtual Reality (VR) is captivating the imagination of many filmmakers. But what is it, how is it different from traditional film, and what do filmmakers need to know to make it work? This week, we answer those questions.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Wohl, Matthew Celia, Michele Yamazaki, Andy Cochrane, Chris Bobotis, and James DeRuvo.

Explaining Virtual Reality
Telling Stories with 360/VR
360/VR Software and Plug-ins
VR Production Requires New Skills
A Developer's Perspective on 360/VR
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Virtual Reality (VR) is captivating the imagination of many filmmakers. But what is it, how is it different from traditional film, and what do filmmakers need to know about it? This week, we answer those questions.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Wohl, Michele Yamazaki, Matthew Celia, Andy Cochrane, Chris Bobotis, and James DeRuvo.

Explaining 360/VR
360/VR Plug-ins - What's Available?
Telling Stories With 360/VR
VR Storytelling Requires New Skills
A Developer's Perspective on 360/VR
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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All the major trade shows for 2017 are over. So, tonight, we take a look at emerging technology, trends and products in our industry that we need to watch moving forward.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Riley Stricklin, Clark Weber, Philip Hodgetts, Nigel Booth, and James DeRuvo.

Emerging Trends in Camera Technology
High-Quality, Low-Cost Lighting Gear
New Cameras From GoPro
Tomorrow’s Trends Explained Today
Media Asset Management in The Cloud
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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All the major trade shows for 2017 are over. So, tonight, we take a look at emerging technology, trends and products in our industry that we need to watch moving forward.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Riley Stricklin, Clark Weber, Philip Hodgetts, Nigel Booth, and James DeRuvo.

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Tonight we talk about commercials with companies from Britain to Australia to the US. How do we get the sponsor's message across in just 30 seconds - and avoid clichés or confusing the audience in the process. Actually, it is really, really difficult!

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mark Jackson, Craig Ratcliffe, Cirina Catania, Jon Schellenger, and James DeRuvo.

Creating Visually Powerful Commercials
Create That Perfect Shot
Create “Branded Entertainment” for the Web
Create Successful Local Commercials
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight we talk about creating commercials with companies from Britain to Australia to the US. How do we get the sponsor’s message across in just 30 seconds – and avoid clichés or confusing the audience in the process? Actually, it’s really, really difficult!

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Tonight, we have breaking news from NAB in New York, plus an in-depth look at travel bloggers.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Bill Roberts, Ned Soltz, Jonathan Handel, Paul Lasley, J.J. Kelley, and James DeRuvo.

The Latest Releases from Adobe
Report from NAB – New York
Update: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Back When Flying was Fun
Reporting From the Wilds of the World
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we have breaking news from Adobe, NAB in New York, and the Weinstein scandal, plus an in-depth look at travel bloggers.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Bill Roberts, Ned Soltz, Jonathan Handel, Paul Lasley, J.J. Kelley, and James DeRuvo.

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Tonight we look at several new and emerging technologies and talk to the companies who are evolving their products to keep pace with the latest trends in technology.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Pat Grosswendt, Michael Kammes, Wayne Read, Martin Baker, Dave Walton, and James DeRuvo.

LitePanels Enlightens Us
Hot Industry Trends for 2017
New Storage from Glyph
SpeedScriber Transcribes Faster
JVC Video Cameras in the Age of Smart Phones
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight we look at several new and emerging technologies and talk to the companies who are evolving their products to keep pace with the latest trends in technology.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Pat Grosswendt, Michael Kammes, Wayne Read, Martin Baker, Dave Walton, and James DeRuvo.

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There are many elements to successfully running a creative business – so tonight we chat with experts about producing, funding, management, and distribution.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Sarah Meister, Martin Simmons, David Ciccarelli, Greg Fornero, and James DeRuvo.

Tips to Pick a Project
Crowdfund Your Next Project
The Challenges in Running a One-Man Shop
Voices.com – Story of a Start-up
Create DCPs for Theatrical Distribution
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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There are many elements to successfully running a creative business – so tonight we chat with experts about producing, funding, management, and distribution.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Sarah Meister, Martin Simmons, David Ciccarelli, Greg Fornero, and James DeRuvo.

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Tonight we have a final report from IBC, along with exciting new products from Lumberjack System, Multicam Systems, DoP Choice and ProMax. Plus, James DeRuvo has a special report from San Francisco on GoPro's latest cameras.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Terry Hope, James DeRuvo, Philip Hodgetts, Paul Stewart, Stefan Karle, and Jess Hartmann.

IBC 2017 – New Storage Products
GoPro Announces New Cameras and other industry news
New at IBC: Builder
Live, Automated Streaming Systems
Better Ways to Shape Light on Set
Better Shared Storage for Small Groups

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Terry Hope, James DeRuvo, Philip Hodgetts, Paul Stewart, Stefan Karle, and Jess Hartmann.

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With IBC 2017 ending this week, we reached out for the latest news from industry leaders Adobe Systems, AJA Video, Dell EMC and Blackmagic Design. Plus, we have two additional reports from James DeRuvo and Terry Hope.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Terry Hope, Laura Williams-Argilla, Bryce Button, Thomas Burns, Dan May and James DeRuvo.

Production From the Halls of IBC 2017
Adobe News at IBC 2017
AJA News at IBC 2017
Dell News at IBC 2017
Blackmagic Design News at IBC 2017
DoddleNEWS Update on IBC 2017

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Terry Hope, Laura Williams-Argilla, Bryce Button, Thomas Burns, Dan May and James DeRuvo.

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The IBC trade show began this morning. Tonight, we have series of reports covering some of the latest news from the show. Then, we head outside IBC to meet some new people and companies that are worth getting to know better.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Terry Hope, James DeRuvo, John Pritchard, Andy White, and Robin Bronk.

A First Look at IBC 2017
DoddleNEWS Covers IBC 2017
Tips to Winning a Film Festival
The Cutting-Edge of Visual Effects
Funding the Arts is Everyone's Business

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The IBC trade show is only days away. Tonight, we get a jump on key industry announcements by talking with several companies who hope to make news with their latest products.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Accardi, Matthew Kellogg, Charlie Dunn, Nigel Booth, Gordon Daily, and James DeRuvo.

Pick the Perfect Prompter
StreamGuys Delivers Content to the World
New Products from Tektronix
Better Ways to Manage Assets
Boxcast Streams Live to the World
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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The IBC trade show is only days away. Tonight, we get a jump on key industry announcements by talking with several companies who hope to make news with their latest products.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michael Accardi, Matthew Kellogg, Charlie Dunn, Nigel Booth, Gordon Daily, and James DeRuvo.

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Tonight, we meet some of the key standards organizations in the media industry. These are the folks that create the specs that allow all our gear and software to work together. They also determine the direction of our industry by setting the ground rules for future technology. Join us for a fascinating look “behind the scenes!”

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Howard Lukk, Rich Cabot, Bill Hayes, Mark Harrison and James DeRuvo.

SMPTE: Driving the Media Industry Forward
AES: All Things Audio
DPP: Enabling Full Digital Media Distribution
IEEE: Advancing Technology Globally
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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What makes for a successful film? Is there a magic button that creates success? Tonight, we talk with five successful filmmakers about their process, their mistakes, what they’ve learned and their ideas on what it takes to create a successful film.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Cirina Catania, Bruce Logan, William Boodell, Yvonne Russo, Nancy Schreibrer and James DeRuvo.

The Process of Filmmaking
Tips for Successful Filmmaking
What Makes for a Successful Film?
Producing is the Art of Juggling
Avoid Common Filmmaking Pitfalls
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we have a variety of new things to share with you. An update on security, Vimeo’s latest tools for filmmakers, new cameras, faster flash drives and go behind-the-scenes of Microsoft Azure.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mathew Gilliat-Smith, Ned, Soltz, Derick Rhodes, Richard Leonarz, Tad Brockway and James DeRuvo.

Affordable Security for Filmmakers
New Cameras, New Gear, New Trends
New Filmmaking Tools from Vimeo
Faster Flash Drives – From Samsung
Cloud Services from Microsoft Azure
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we showcase a variety of new technology: An update on file security, Vimeo’s latest tools for filmmakers, new cameras, faster SSD drives and a behind-the-scenes look at Microsoft Azure.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Mathew Gilliat-Smith, Derick Rhodes, Ned Soltz, Richard Leonarz, Tad Brockway and James DeRuvo.

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This week we look at the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning on video and film. What exactly are they? Should we be worried for our jobs or embrace it? How should we prepare for the future? Tonight, we learn more.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Terry Curren, Josh Wiggins, Jim Tierney, Laurent Martin and James DeRuvo.

What Is Artificial Intelligence?
How to Survive the Transition to AI
The Role of AI in Movie Distribution
AI Automates Text Transcripts
AI Creates New Music in Real-time
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week we look at Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning. What exactly are they? Should we be worried for our jobs or embrace it? How should we prepare for the future? Tonight, we learn more.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Terry Curren, Josh Wiggins, Jim Tierney, Laurent Martin and James DeRuvo.

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This week we look at how to build your audience. Everyone creating content – from films to music to images – needs to present it to an audience. This week, our guests have lots of advice on how to use today’s technology to attract and hold an audience. Plus, James DeRuvo reports on this week’s SIGGRAPH.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks withGriffin Hammond, Scott Page, Maxim Jago and James DeRuvo.

Build Your Audience – Podcasts
Build Your Audience – Tools
Build Your Audience – VR
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update
SIGGRAPH 2017 - Special Report

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One of the nice things about doing a weekly show is that we collect some great interviews. Tonight, we present our favorites from the last six months with subjects that include: financing, security, backups, color grading and voice-acting.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Jim Cummings, Pierson Clair, Stephen Nakamura, Maxim Jago, and James DeRuvo.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Pierson Clair, Philip Hodgetts, Stephen Nakamura, Jim Cummings andJames DeRuvo.

Get Your Film Project Financed
Are You Really Safe in The Cloud?
The Basics of Backups and Archives
Color and Emotions
Voice Acting - Invisible Movie Stars
A DoddleNEWS Look-Back

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Tonight, we look at the world of effects – from the early days of Star Wars to the latest in 360-degree VR effects. And a whole lot of very cool stuff in-between.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michele Yamazaki, Bruce Logan, Nancy Eperjesy, Miguel Angel Doncel, Ric Viers, and James DeRuvo.

VFX Technology is Exploding!
You Blew Up The Death Star?
Effects for 360-degree VR Video
VFX: To 8K and Beyond!
Great Sound Effects Make Your Visuals Real
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we look at the world of effects – from the early days of Star Wars to the latest in 360-degree VR effects. And a whole lot of very cool stuff in-between.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Michele Yamazaki, Bruce Logan, Nancy Eperjesy, Miguel Angel Doncel, Ric Viers, and James DeRuvo.

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Tonight, The Buzz concentrates on digital asset management. Why is this so difficult? What affordable products are out there? What do you need to know to make the right choice? Listen to leaders in the industry explain what you need to know now.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Kevin Duggan, Robert Krueger, Steve Shim, Erika Nortemann, Sam Bogoch, and James DeRuvo.

Introduction to Asset Management
Do “Easy” and “Asset Management” Belong Together?
Kyno – A Better Way to Manage Media
KeyFlow Pro – Designed For Collaboration
Asset Management in The Cloud
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we look more closely at the benefits and the limitations of Cloud storage from a variety of perspectives. As well, we have breaking news from RED, SAG/AFTRA, Writers Guild, Adobe and more.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Rohan Vora, Tom Coughlin, Jonathan Handel, Andy Klein, and James DeRuvo.

A Backgrounder on Cloud Storage
Dropbox: Cloud Storage and Collaboration
Backblaze: Cloud Backups for Everyone
SAG/AFTRA Settles – Now What?
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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This week, we look more closely at the benefits and the limitations of Cloud storage from a variety of perspectives. As well, we have breaking news from RED, SAG/AFTRA, Writers Guild, Adobe and more.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tom Coughlin, Rohan Vora, Andy Klein, Jonathan Handel, and James DeRuvo.

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This week, we have a variety of new technology to share – all revolving loosely around production. From VR to still photography to video and mobile editing, this week’s show is a fascinating collection of new toys.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tim Feess, Bob Dawe, Bob Benson, Erika Nortemann, Michael Rubin, and James DeRuvo.

Gnarbox: Faster Image Capture and Posting
Use MoCap to Improve Brain Health?
Wireless Focus Control
Make More Money on Your Images
Choosing a 360-Degree Camera
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tim Feess, Bob Dawe, Bob Benson, Erika Nortemann, Michael Rubin, and James DeRuvo.

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IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) has the same power to disrupt traditional media creation as did digital video or NLEs. But what is it? Is it just Cloud storage or is it something much more? Tonight, we find out.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Babb, Pierson Clair, Emery Wells, Denise Muyco, Bruce Long, and James DeRuvo.

IaaS – Redefining Media Creation
How to Keep Your Data Safe in The Cloud
Frame.io – Collaborate in The Cloud
Create Visual Effects in The Cloud
IaaS – The Bigger Picture
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Babb, Pierson Clair, Emery Wells, Denise Muyco, Bruce Long, and James DeRuvo.

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Tonight, The Buzz discusses collaboration. What is it and how does it work? We look at new technology enabling collaboration for both video editors and musicians, along with a discussion of what prevents collaboration from working more smoothly.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tony Cariddi, Rollo Wenlock, Jennifer Jesperson, Rory O’Farrell, Sam Mestman, and James DeRuvo.

Musical Collaboration Using ProTools
Collaboration Tools For Video Editors
Wipster: Collaboration, Review & Approval for Teams
Music Rights Tools for Producers and Editors
Melosity – Online Collaboration for Musicians
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Tony Cariddi, Rollo Wenlock, Jennifer Jesperson, Rory O’Farrell, Sam Mestman, and James DeRuvo.

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Tonight, we focus on live video streaming. We start with the basics, then look at what you need to know, what hardware to use and what to avoid when creating your own streaming service. Plus, in addtion to our weekly DoddleNEWS Update, we also have a report on Apple’s WWDC.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Scott Murray, Rony Sebok, Claudia Barbiero, George Hall, Benjamin Nowak and James DeRuvo.

The Basics of Video Streaming
Live, Multi-camera Streaming From Mobile Devices
1 Beyond: Streaming in a Box
How LiveU Helps Stream Your Next Event
The Challenges of Video Streaming
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight, we look at a variety of ways to do things better. From running your business better, to buying better gear, communicating better, lighting better and making your audio sound better. Tonight, is all about self-improvement.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with John DeBevoise, Paul Rodriguez, Jim Bask, Aasim Saied, Kaur Kallas and James DeRuvo.

Better Ways to Run a Business
Better Audio from the MPSE
Video Guys: A Focus on Customer Service
A Phone With Build-in Video Projector
Color Tunable Lights Controlled From Your iPhone
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with John DeBevoise, Paul Rodriguez, Jim Bask, Aasim Saied, Kaur Kallas and James DeRuvo.

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Media files are exploding in size and quantity, which we need to preserve for increasingly longer periods of time. Tonight, we talk with experts on archiving, LTO, storage and media to help you plan how to organize, preserve and restore your assets. Join host *Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Laura Loredo, Carlos Sandoval-Castro, Terry Cochran, Phil Storey, John Tkacewski, Tim Jones, and James DeRuvo*.

The Basics of Backups
LTO: The Heart of Long-term Storage
Practical Advice For LTO Archiving and Backup
XenData - Archive Gateway to The Cloud
Move Media Faster
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Philip Hodgetts, Laura Loredo, Carlos Sandoval-Castro, Terry Cochran, Phil Storey, John Tkacewski, Tim Jones, and James DeRuvo.

LTO: The Heart of Long-term Storage
Practical Advice For LTO Archiving and Backup
The Basics of Backups
XenData - Archive to The Cloud
Move Media Faster
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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tonight on The Buzz, we are looking for reasons for hope. Working in media it is easy to become cynical and depressed. Constant change, decreasing budgets and increasing competition make it hard to stay cheerful. So, tonight, we talk with industry thought-leaders to get their view on how we move forward. Hopefully.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Babb, Carey Dissmore, George Hall, Norman Hollyn, Louis Hernandez, Jr. and James DeRuvo.

Reasons for Hope: Visual Effects
“The Storytellers Dilemma”
Reasons for Hope: Post-production
Reasons for Hope: Get Noticed
Reasons for Hope: Education
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Babb, Carey Dissmore, George Hall, Norman Hollyn, Louis Hernandez and James DeRuvo.

Reasons for Hope: Visual Effects
"The Storytellers Dilemma"
Reasons for Hope: Post-production
Reasons for Hope: Get Noticed
Reasons for Hope: Education
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Tonight, The Buzz looks back at the 2017 NAB Show to spot the newest trends and key highlights at the event, along with projecting what we need to watch for the rest of this year.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Michele Yamazaki, Michael Kammes, Gary Watson, Philip Hodgetts and James DeRuvo.

Ned Soltz: Trends from NAB 2017
Philip Hodgetts: Highlights from NAB 2017
Michele Yamazaki: Was NAB 2017 a Bust?
Michael Kammes: Highlights of 2017 NAB
Customized Storage, Designed for Media
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Ned Soltz, Michele Yamazaki, Michael Kammes, Gary Watson, Philip Hodgetts and James DeRuvo.

Ned Soltz: Trends from NAB 2017
Philip Hodgetts: Highlights from NAB 2017
Michele Yamazaki: Was NAB 2017 a Bust?
Michael Kammes: Highlights of 2017 NAB
Customized Storage, Designed for Media
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Tonight's show features breaking news on the Writers Guild / Studio negotiations, then a host of interviews looking at new products introduced at the 2017 NAB Show.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Erik Weaver, Alx Klive, Nigel Booth, Harry Ostaff and James DeRuvo.

Writers Guild and Studios Agree to New Contract Terms
The Challenges of Cloud Storage
Live VR Capture for 360-Video
All-in-One Media Asset Management
Collaboration, Communication and Control
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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jonathan Handel, Erik Weaver, Alx Klive, Nigel Booth, Harry Ostaffe and James DeRuvo.

Writers Guild and Studios Agree to Terms
The Challenges of Cloud Storage
Live VR Capture for 360-Video
All-in-One Media Asset Management
Collaboration, Communication and Control
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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These are the highlights from some of the best interviews from the NAB Show 2017:

James DeRuvo shares his takeaways from his jam-packed week at the NAB Show 2017 including the streaming trend, HDR, drones and colors.

Dan May talks about the new DaVinci Resolve 14 with multiple editor capability and a bluetooth update for the URSA Mini-Pro along with various additional updates.

David Walton talks about JVC and their IP connected cameras unveiled here at the NAB Show 2017, including a sports production camera with score overlay and a second camera specifically designed for houses of worship.

Jeromy Young showcases the new Sumo 19”, a digital monitor-recorder with touch screen and recording from Atomos.

Andy Liebman discusses EditShare and making EFS scalable for smaller facilities. He talks about their remote editor called Flowstory and their acquisition of Quallis.

Alan Hoff talks about AVID’s new free media composer, DNXIQ (IO box), Nexus PRO, and a new version of Pro Tools. He also discusses a move to the cloud.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Paul Isaacs, Director of Product Management and Design of Sound Devices, LLC
Sam Mestman, CEO of Lumaforge
Bram Desmet, President/CEO of Flanders Scientific
Kevin Duggan, Product Manager/Director of iMedia

Paul Isaacs describes Sound Devices. He showcases their new sound recording devices targeted at people new to audio recording, the Mix Pre-3 and the Mix Pre-6.

Sam Mestman discusses Lumaforge and their different shared media products including Jellyfish, Sharestation, and Workflow.

Bran Desmet talks about Flanders Scientific, what separates them from other monitor brands, the challenges of monitoring HDR and their HDR displays including their DM Series, XM 55U, and OLED.

Kevin Duggan discusses iMedia and Focal Point Server, which provides asses management from an editors point of view. He also announces their latest features in the software.

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These are the highlights of some of the best interviews from the last 24 hours here at NAB 2017.

David Colantuoni describes news about AVID Media Composer|First, Pro Tools and why AVID development is moving at such a quick pace. He also talks about his favorite new Media Composer|First feature.

Andy Liebman discusses EditShare and making EFS scalable for smaller facilities. He talks about their remote editor called Flowstory and their acquisition of Quallis.

Aharon Rabinowitz discusses Red Giant and Magic Bullet Suite 13. He explains what separates them from the competition and what Red Giant Films is working on.

Oliver Peters shares what caught his attention and what he is looking forward to seeing at the NAB Show 2017. He also talks about some of his current projects.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Jess Hartman, President/CEO of ProMAX Systems
Danny Peters, Director of Creative Services of SAM
Chris Steele, Managing Director of Marquis Broadcast
Gary Antanasio, Director of Sales, Americas of Mo-Sys

Jess Hartman talks about ProMAX and their platform product line. He introduces 3 new features including new Adobe Integration and their own encoding engine.

Danny Peters discusses Snell Advances Media software and hardware designed for media management and sharing at the enterprise level.

Chris Steele showcases Marquis Broadcast and how their software enables sharing media and projects between applications. He also discusses their new product launched Wednesday called Worx4.

Gary Antanasio talks about Mo-Sys, camera tracking and their announcement of StarTracker.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Stephen Shyn - Manager, Field Application Engineering for Promise Tech
Matt Geller - Representative of Malgn
Steven Manios, Founder/President of Manios Digital & Film
James DeRuvo, Senior Writer of DoddleNEWS

Stephen Shyn introduces Promise Technology and shares details of their new Thunderbolt 3 product line including Pegasus M4 and V Sky Cube.

Matt Geller details the newest version of Keyflow Pro and why it is important to have a media asset management system.

Steven Manios talks about Manios and details their latest products from Cartoni, Vocas, Kinothnik, and Veydra.

James DeRuvo shares his takeaways from his jam-packed week at the NAB Show 2017 including the streaming trend, HDR, drones and colors.

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These are the highlights of some of the best interviews from the last 24 hours here at NAB 2017.

Boris Yamnitsky discusses the acquisitions that Boris FX made in the last year and the benefits of integrating them. He introduces newly announced continuum Sapphire 11 with Mocha integration and discusses Mocha VR.

Jeromy Young showcases the new Sumo 19”, a digital monitor-recorder with touch screen and recording from Atomos.

Trisha Maas describes Cineo Lighting. She gives her pitch for Cineo over competitors and talks about the new Quantum C80 lighting fixture.

Colin Cupp discusses a new version of Flame and a new render engine named Arnold with updates including a shader. He also discusses what he thinks the future looks for visual effects in the cloud.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Chris Brown, EVP Convention and Business Operations of NAB
Will Waters, Director of Professional Services of NewTek
Lance Ohara, Senior Director of Product Management of LaCie
James DeRuvo, Senior Writer of Doddle News with a round up of the day

Chris Brown shares statistics of the current NAB Show 2017, what he has on his upcoming schedule, and plans for next year’s show.

Will Waters discusses NewTek and the debut of their IP Series product line along with new additions to the Tricaster family.

Lance Ohara talks about new storage products from Seagate and LaCie, including the 2 Big Dock.

James DeRuvo updates us on the latest news from the NAB show floor. He covered; Sennheiser Mic, GoPro, Sigma Lenses, Radiant Images Head - Mounted 360 Camera, Epson AR Glasses, and Pocar Pro hand-held stabilizer.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Robbie Carmen, Colorist and Co-Founder of Mixing Light
Charlie Collias, Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales of Zylight
Michael Smollin, Senior DI Colorist of Roundabout Post

Robbie Carmen explains his role a colorist, his training company Mixing Light and why he felt it was important to start a company focused on color training.

Charlie Collias talks about Zylight and their LED lighting. He shares their announcements on new lighting fixtures and color controls.

Michael Smollin is a colorist at Rounabout Post. In this session, he shares his thoughts on significant color software here at the show; along with getting ready for HDR.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

David Walton, Assistant Vice President of Marketing Communications of JVC Kenwood USA Corporation
Sam Bogosh, President of Axle Video
Matthew Bennion, Senior Marketing Manager of G-Technology

Sam Bogosh talks about Axle Video, their media asset management system, and how they enable smaller companies and workgroups to track, find and review their media. He shares their announcement of Axle AI and its pricing.

Matthew Bennion talks about G-Technology and highlights a variety of new storage products.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Jose Flores, International Channel Sales of Core SWX
Hank Frecon, CEO of Source Digital

*John Payne IV, President of IMT

Sam Coupe, Vice President of Digital Operations of Broadway Video

Jose Flores discusses Core SWX and their sleek batteries. He also showcases their newest battery, the Hypercore mini 9 and their Fleet Micro Chargers.

Hank Frecon talks about Source Digital and how they integrate real-time metadata into on-screen displays and captions.

John Payne IV talks about IMT and shares their newest acquisition, Vislink. He describes their newest wireless video products, including the Dragonfly.

Sam Coupe showcases Broadway Video and shares their aggregation service for content producers that puts their content on Roku, Netflix, and other services.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Brian Nimens, CEO of Sound Ideas
Laurence Stoll, CEO of Marquise Technologies
Rory McGregor, CEO of Cospective
Randy Reck, Director of Product Development of MTI Film

Brian Nimens talks about Sound Ideas and releasing a new sound effects library every month. He also shares how he makes sound recordings.

Laurence Stoll explains what Marquise Technologies does and their latest announcements including Mist, support for Dolby Vision and proper HDR monitoring.

Rory McGregor describes Cospective and their visual communication tools. He also talks about their new security features.

Randy Reck talks about MTI Film and their new subscription to their Enterprise software. He also tells us what trends he is looking towards to for the future.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

David Colantuoni, Senior Director of Product Management of Avid Technology
Aharon Rabinowitz, Head of Marketing of Red Giant
Brian Larter, Managing Director of CueScript
Andrew Donahue, Director of Marketing of Killer Tracks

David Colantuoni describes news about AVID Media Composer|First, Pro Tools and why AVID development is moving at such a quick pace. He also talks about his favorite new Media Composer|First feature.

Aharon Rabinowitz discusses Red Giant and Magic Bullet Suite 13. He explains what separates them from the competition and what Red Giant Films is working on.

Brian Larter explains what CueScript is, their products, and how their new teleprompter system works.

Andrew Donahue explains what Killer Tracks does and how they weave their way through the crowded space of licensing production music. He also talks about their newest music tool, Score Addiction.

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from the trade show floor at the 2017 NAB Show, in this episode of the Digital Production Buzz, as he discusses the latest news and announcements with:

Oliver Peters, Colorist of Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
David Schleifer, Chief Operations Officer of Primestream
Bob Boster, President of Clear-Com
Rehan Fernando, VP Marketing of Morro Systems

Oliver Peters shares what caught his attention and what he is looking forward to seeing at the NAB Show 2017. He also talks about some of his current projects.

David Schleifer talks about Primestream, their customers, and how their software enables enterprises to mange their assets.

Bob Boster describes Clear-Com and how they differentiate from other communication systems.

Rehan Fenando discusses Morro Systems and gives us the scoop on the Morro Cache Drive. He also talks about ways their device is being used today to speed file transfers.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Sean Le Blanc, Jiri Matela, Martin Tlaskal, Bruno Munger, Simon Robinson, and James DeRuvo.

Pick the Right Video Monitor
Foundry: Create Stunning Visual Effects
High-Speed Video Compression
FilmLight Updates BaseLight
High-Speed, High-Quality Transcoding
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Duncan Russell, Alexis Van Hurkman, Stephen Nakamura, Brad Malcolm, Jordan Snider, and James DeRuvo.

The Process of Color Grading
Filming with HDR in Mind
The Basics of Color Grading
What Makes a Picture "Perfect?"
Correcting Color On Set
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jim Cummings, Robert Noone, Zack Allen, Michael Kammes, Edd Hall, and James DeRuvo.

The Collaborative Process of Voice Acting
Get Started in Voice Acting
To Rent or Buy - THAT is the Question
Tips to Great Production Sound
The Process of Working with Voice Actors
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Zach Lipovsky, Michele Yamazaki, Robert Cohen, Damian Allen, Linda Tadic, and James DeRuvo.

ShotLister: Plan, Schedule, Revise and Shoot
To Preserve and Protect...Your Media
Latest Plug-ins and Effects Software
New Software for Multicam Productions
Coffee-Break Film School
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Sadie Groom, Jonathan Handel, Andy Marken, Scott Page, Eric Trabb, and James DeRuvo.

Discovering the New Marketing
The Evolving Face of Traditional Media
Update: Writers Guild Negotiations
Make Your PR Work Better For You
Successful New Marketing Techniques
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Maxim Jago, Richard Wright, Griffin Hammond, Chris Sobchak, Max Votolato, and James DeRuvo.

Financing Your Next Film
The Distribution Choice: Free or Paid?
Financing the Historical Documentary
The Perils and Pluses of Self-Distribution
Pick the Right Distribution
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Marc Batschkus, Michael Kammes, James Tucci, Larry O'Connor, Clement Barberis, and James DeRuvo.

Understanding Storage, Backup and Archiving
LaCie Plans for the Future
Storage and Archiving Drives Workflow
Creating Ultra-High-Performance Storage
Planning the Future of Storage
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Brian Glasscock, Nick Bicanic, Andy Cochrane, Duncan Shepherd, Chris Bobotis, and James DeRuvo.

Explaining the Basics of VR
VR Production Techniques
Ambisonic Mics for 360° VR Sound
VR Editing Techniques
3D and VR Plug-ins
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Dave Colantuoni, Michael Kammes, Oliver Peters, Sam Mestman, Alec Schreck, and James DeRuvo.

Configure an Avid Media Composer System
High-Performance iPhone Workflow
The Basics of Creating a Workflow
Create a Better Workflow
Design a Custom Workflow
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Bob Caniglia, Yvonne Russo, Ned Soltz, Jourdan Aldredge, Tama Berkeljon, and James DeRuvo.

The Latest Blackmagic Design Cameras
How To Pick the Right Camera For You
An Inside Look at Planning a Documentary
A Better Way to Create LED Lights
Creative Tips for Better Filmmaking
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Cirina Catania, Jonathan Handel, Philip Hodgetts, Anne Toole, Andrew David James, and James DeRuvo.

Even Non-scripted Shows have Scripts
Writing Stories for Children
The Accidental Journalist
Automating the Scripting Process
Writing for Webisodes and Video Games
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Phil Galler, Heath McKnight, Allison O'Keefe, Michael Kammes, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

Stunning Visuals on a Massive Scale
DiGiGrid: Networked Audio Interfaces
Behind-the-scenes at DoddleNEWS
A Look Back at the 2017 Editors Retreat
Open Minds: Media Trends for 2017
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Emma Dewing, Patrick Vest, Meline Tovmasian, Robert Salas, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

Teaching Dance and Choreography
Choreographing Fight Scenes
The Art of Choreography
Learning the Basics of Movement
Highlights from NAMM 2017
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Nancy Schreiber, Kimberly Smith, Michele Yamazaki, Jonathan Handel, and James DeRuvo.

Nancy Schreiber: Award-Winning Cinematographer
"Movie Games" - Exercises That Teach Production by Improvising Movie-making
Cross-Over Jobs and the Art of Continual Learning
The Rise of the Synthespians
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Laurent Martin, Kevin Klingler, Tony Cariddi, Peder Jorgensen, Scott Page, James DeRuvo.

Aitokaiku Creates Ever-changing Interactive Musical Concerts
Smartsound: Customize Music Instantly
ProTools Updates with New Tools
Soundly: Sound Design Collaboration in The Cloud
When Music No Longer Requires a Musician
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Dave Colantuoni, Steven Roth, Cirina Catania, Philip Hodgetts, Ned Soltz, and James DeRuvo.

Avid's Plans for 2017
Thalo Looks Ahead to 2017
Cirina Catania's Thoughts for 2017
Philip Hodgett's Key Trends for 2017
Ned Soltz's Predictions for 2017
The Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Larry O'Connor, Jonathan Handel, Michele Yamazaki, Michael Kammes, James DeRuvo.

Technology Highs and Lows for 2016
A Look at the New MacBook Pro
Labor and Industry Highlights of 2016
A Look at Plug-ins and 3D Software in 2016
2016 Technology That Will Drive 2017
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Joel Lipton, Bram Desmet, Jourdan Aldredge, Scott Freiman, Randi Altman, James DeRuvo.

Secrets to Photographing Food
High-quality Video Monitors for Production and Post
Top 7 Inexpensive Gifts for Filmmakers
New Collaboration Tools for Music Administration
Randi Altman Looks Back at Key Trends of 2016
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Dave Colantuoni, Chris Brown, Bob Bain, Karl Kresser, Daniel Sacchelli, James DeRuvo.

Product News from Avid Technologies
Planning NAB 2017
Planning CineGear 2017
Planning BVE 2017 in London
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Patricia Rattray, Tyler Phillips, Wes Phillips, Ned Soltz, Toby Sali, and James DeRuvo.

Dollies and Sliders Born Out of Frustration
From the Folks Who Invented the C-Stand
Built on a Foundation of Potato Chips
The Best Rigs for DSLR Cameras
Better LED Lights
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Aharon Rabinowitz, Michele Terpstra, Michael Kammes, Travis White, Jonathan Handel, and James DeRuvo.

New Plug-ins from Red Giant
Titler Pro 5 from NewBlueFX
Obscure, But Highly Useful, Plug-ins
Michael Kammes' Favorite Plug-ins
SAG/AFTRA and The Magic Castle
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Paul Kobelja, Nick Mattingly, Terry Curren, Dylan Higginbotham, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

Change Backgrounds Without Green Screen
Stream Live Video on YouTube With Your iPhone
Challenges to Finishing in 4K
Developing Plug-ins For Final Cut Pro X
Improve Your Social Media Promotion Techniques
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Cirina Catania, Per Larsson, Justin Thomson, Philip Hodgetts, Chris Bross, and James DeRuvo.

Picking the Right Gear for A Shoot
Shooting CBS' "The Amazing Race"
Shooting Films in the Arctic Circle
Connect to the Web from the Road
Protect and Recover Your Precious Media
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Alex Keller, Nicolia Wiles, Zach Bloom, Ned Soltz, Jonathan Handel, and James DeRuvo.

Emergency Services vs. Drones
New Drones from GDU
Operator's Perspective: Flying a Drone
Drones and New Tech at NAB in NYC
SAG/AFTRA Extends Their Strike of Video Game Developers
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jim Tierney, Greg Fornero, Laura Blum, Lewis McGregor, Sean Deveraux, and James DeRuvo.

Sharpen Images Without Getting Edgy
New DCP Service for Independent Filmmakers
DOC NYC Preview
Creating Practical Visual Effects in Your Kitchen
Bringing Invisible Effects to Life
Our Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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Today Apple announced new laptops and software, plus Halloween is only four days away – a perfect time to talk about horror films.

Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Gus Krieger, Jeff Farley, Jonathan Handel, Lisa Younger, Jeff G Rack, and James DeRuvo.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Laura Blum, Hoyt Richards, Cirina Catania, Tara-Nicole Azarian, Philip Hodgetts, and James DeRuvo.

The Power of Film Festivals
Creating an Award-Winning Film
The Founding of Sundance
Prep Your Film For a Film Festival
Automatic Editing?

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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests Rachel Addington, Andrew David James, Allan Hunt, Debbie Zipp, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

New Microphones From Sennheiser
Mixing Live Audio Makes the Music Become Magic
Mixing Audio LIVE Audio for the SuperMeet
From Audio Post to Perfection
Creating Kyno, a Better Way To Manage Media
This Week's DoddleNEWS Update

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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests Rachel Addington, Andrew David James, Allan Hunt, Debbie Zipp, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

Marketing Yourself to Get Work as an Actor
Keep Your Business Running Smoothly While Away From Home
Make Yourself the Best You Can Be
Self-Help Guide To Marketing You
Build Relationships - Use the Phone
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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests Alexander Rea, Les Zellan, Wes Plate, Michael Kammes, Laura Blum, and James DeRuvo.

Its True: Take A School Bus to Mars!
New Lenses Coming From Cooke
Film-making in Times of Revolution
Wes Plate Looks At New Technology
The Ins and Outs of Transcoding
Weekly DoddleNEWS Update

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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests Dan May, Boris Yamnitsky, Ned Soltz, Laura Blum, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

Blackmagic Design Discusses Their IBC Announcements
BorisFX Discusses Their IBC Announcements
Thalo Arts: Arab Spring (Pt. 2)
New Cameras, Lenses and IP/Video Workflow Announcements
Startup Artist: Use SPACE to Grow Your Business (Pt. 5)
DoddleNEWS Update: GoPro and Photokina

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Al Mooney, Michael Karg, Cirina Catania, Laura Blum, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

Al Mooney Shares Adobe's Latest Announcements
"Interviews R Us" - an inside look at The Interview Company
Narrative Films of the Arab Spring (Pt. 1)
Use SPACE to Grow Your Creative Business (Pt. 4)
Supervising Producer Cirina Catania Says Farewell!
The Latest from DoddleNEWS

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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests Tom Andersen, Philip Hodgetts, Maxim Jago, Ned Soltz, Scott Page, and James DeRuvo.

Save, Search and Archive Your Email
A Look-Ahead to IBC 2016
The Venice Film Festival 2016
New Cameras Expected at IBC 2016
Use SPACE to Grow Your Creative Business (Pt. 3)
The Latest from DoddleNEWS

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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests Paul Babb, Michael Horton, Dan Berube, James DeRuvo, Philip Hodgetts, Laura Blum, and Scott Page.

Motion Graphics & IBC Preview
Supermeet: IBC Preview
Portrayals of Disability in Media (Pt 2)
Grow Your Creative Business with the "SPACE Process" (Pt 2)
A Tribute to Podcast Pioneer Scott Sheppard

WATCH FULL SHOW

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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests Sebastian Sage, Ryan Postas, James DeRuvo, Laura Blum, Jonathan Handel, and Scott Page.

Inside a Creative Journey
Using Arri Cameras On Set and In Post
Ang Lee, Canon and DaVinci Resolve
Disability in Filmmaking - Getting it Right
Hollywood Tackles Diversity
Use SPACE to Help Your Business Succeed

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On the Digital Production Buzz, host Larry Jordan talks with guests James DeRuvo, Patrick Southern, Laura Blum, Ned Soltz, Lucas Maciel, and Michael Kammes.

The Latest from DoddleNEWS
The Era of the Super Editor
Hybrid Filmmaking, Part 3
Can Your Vacation Photos Look Professional?
The Public Domain Project at Pond5
Hollywood is Getting Behind in Tech

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests James DeRuvo, Maxim Jago, Laura Blum, Scott Page, Jonathan Handel, and Chris Bross.

The Latest from DoddleNEWS
Financing Lessions for Indie Films
When Documentaries Act Like Features
Think Like a Startup
Trouble in Telemundo
Avoid the Disaster of Data Loss

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests James DeRuvo, Peter Hamilton, Laura Blum, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, and Sam Mestman.

2 Takeaways from Comic Con
Tentpoles and No Tent
Truth Games: Creative Trends in Documentary
Organizing Your Documentary Film
Everything Old is New Again
What Independent Filmmakers Need to Know to be Successful

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In this the final episode of Doddle Talks Technology, James talks to Stu Maschwitz, co-founder of the visual effects firm The Orphanage and author of "The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap."

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On this week's Digital Production BuZZ, Larry Jordan and Mike Horton talk with guests Philip Hodgetts, Carey Dissmore, Heath McKnight, Ned Soltz and Michael Kammes as we all take a look back at the 2016 NAB Show.

An Overview of All The New Technology at NAB
Building Community: MediaMotion Ball and SuperMeet
Covering the Breaking News for DoddleNEWS
New Cameras and Camera Gear
Workflow and Team-Editing

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The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE at NAB 2016!

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The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE at NAB 2016!

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The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE at NAB 2016!

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The Digital Production BuZZ is LIVE at NAB 2016!

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Introducing Thalo.com and its Creative Community
Welcome to DoddleMe.com
Preview: The Buzz at NAB 2016

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Mike Horton talk with guests Steve Martin, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, Ned Soltz, and Cirina Catania.

Randi's Perspective
The Beginnings of The Buzz
A Look Ahead to NAB 2016
The Buzz from the Producer’s Point of View

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Mike Horton talk with guests Kevin Bourke, James Mathers, and Rick Barrett.

Overview of Today's Media Industry
The Media Industry From a Cinematographer's Perspective
The Media Industry From a Software Perspective

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Tim Jones, Roger Mabon, and Marc Batschkus.

How to Safely Archive Your Projects
Hardware Options for Long-Term Archiving
Software Options for Archiving our Projects

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Tim Dashwood, Mike Woodworth, and Rollo Wenlock. .

An Eye on the Future of Tech
Better Software Tools for Post-Production
Wipster: Cloud-based Collaboration and Review

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Cirina Catania, Melissa Davies-Barnett, and George Olver.

Does Collaborating in The Cloud Actually Work?
Arc 9: Online Collaboration and Workflow Tools
Movidiam: Worldwide Rolodex and Project Manager
Randi's Perspective: The Latest from 2016 Oscars
Tech Talk: Optical Flow Inside Premiere Pro CC

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Daniel Sacchelli, Simon Tillyer, and Rex Palmer.

Inside Look at BVE
U.K. Media from a Publisher’s Point of View
A Freelance Perspective on U.K. Media
Tech Talk: Conform a Clip in FCP X

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Ned Soltz, Cirina Catania, and Aharon Rabinowitz.

Ned Soltz: Pick the Right Camera
Films Making an Impact at the Berlinale
New Effects and Software from Red Giant
Randi's Perspective: The Latest from HPA's Tech Retreat
Tech Talk: Basic Operations of Adobe Media Encoder

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests David Colantuoni, Philip Hodgetts, and Dan Montgomery.

Avid Updates Media Composer
Buy New Gear - or Do Nothing? How To Decide
A Better Way to Archive Projects and Media
Randi's Perspective: HPA's Retreat, Canon's DSLR, and More!
Tech Talk: Masks in FCP X

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Philip Nelson, Cirina Catania, and Michael Kammes.

NewTek TalkShow: A Better Way to Skype
First Look: The Berlin Film Festival
Is Cloud-based Video Editing Ready for Prime-time?
Tech Talk: Drones

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Suzanne LaChasse, Marianne Bourg, and Larry O'Connor.

Create a Demo Reel That Gets You Noticed!
Getting Work as an Actor
Software RAID vs. Hardware RAID: What's the Difference?
Tech Talk: Using Library Backups in FCP X

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests David Tillman, Rob Tharp, Carlos Grijalva, and Nick Mattingly.

Editing "O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes"
Drone Do's and Don'ts
Live Multicam Streaming Direct to YouTube Using Switcher Studio
Randi Altman's Perspective: Sundance Film Festival
Tech Talk: FCP X Media Management

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Srinivas Krishna, Gabe Cheifetz, and Cirina Catania.

Location-Aware Virtual Reality Bring the Past to Life
Create Precise Camera Slides Using Motion Control
The Future of Filmmaking
Randi Altman's Perspective: Thoughts on CES 2016, Oscar Nominees, and More

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Zack Allen, Wendy Woodhall, and Chris Bross.

Zack Allen: Secrets of the "Sound Geek"
The 1st-Annual L.A. Post Festival
Recover A Dead Hard Disk

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Philip Hodgetts, Ned Soltz, Michael Kammes, Larry O'Connor, and Jonathan Handel.

Trends to Watch in 2016: Technology
Trends to Watch in 2016: Cameras
Trends to Watch in 2016: Workflow
Trends to Watch in 2016: Storage
Trends to Watch in 2016: Labor
Randi's Perspective: The Future of Virtual Reality, Drone Development, and More

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Philip Hodgetts, Ned Soltz, Michael Kammes, Larry O'Connor, and Jonathan Handel.

Technology Trends of 2015
Key Camera Technologies from 2015
Workflow Trends from 2015
Storage Trends from 2015
A Look Back at Labor in 2015
Randi's Perspective: Key News Trends for 2015

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Joseph Tully, Kendall Eckman, and Lynette Kent.

What Happens When Your Drone Goes Rogue?
How to Pick the Best Camera
The Art of Being a Professional Photographer
Randi's Perspective: Editing Wars, RED's Latest Camera, & more
Tech Talk: Adobe Stock & Libraries

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Sue Lawson, Maxim Jago, and Max Votolato.

"Reel Heroes" - Preserving the Past for the Future
Is 8K the Future.. or HDR... or What?
"The One Time Poker Capitol of the World"
Randi's Perspective: Technical Trends Behind This Season’s Award Nominees
Tech Talk: Restore Files with BRU PE

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Patrick Southern, Christina Horgan, and Charles Dautremont.

Editing Tips from a Professional Editor
Get Great Production Sound
Solve Problems with Cinedeck's "Insert Edit"
Randi's Perspective: The Latest From Adobe and Assimilate

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Philip Hodgetts, Ned Soltz, and Achim Gleissner.

Tips to Successful Family Interviews
Holiday Gift Guide for the Gear Head
Capturing the Sound of Family Memories

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests John Putch, James Mathers, and Nick Mattingly.

Directing Film vs. TV
What's the Best 4K Workflow?
Multicam Production with iOS Devices

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Chris Haeffner, Walter Biscardi, and Scott Sorensen.

New Media Storage for Workgroups
Walter Biscardi: Atlanta is a Major Media Town
Behind-the-Scenes at "MythBusters"

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Evan Williams and Ryan Neil Postas.

The Production Technology Behind Google IO Events
A Filmmaker’s View of the Canon EOS 5DSR

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Brad Malcolm, André Gabriel, Jonathan Burcin, Cirina Catania, and Maxim Jago.

Better Selfies with One-Touch Image Correction
CUNY Filmmakers at the SMPTE Student Film Festival
Thoughts on the SMPTE Student Film Festival
Creativity, Acting, and Becoming James Bond

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Mike Horton talk with guests Zane Pond, Cas Anvar, Richard Hatch, and Larry O'Connor.

Dying is Easy. Comedy is Hard.
Cas Anvar and Richard Hatch at The Geekie Awards
Problems Between Mac El Capitan and RAIDs

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Mike Horton talk with guests Philip Nelson, Kevin Bourke, and Kristen Nedopak.

The NewTek TalkShow for Better Skype Interviews
The Differences Between Marketing and PR
The Geekie Awards - Live from the Red Carpet!

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Mathias Omotola, Ned Soltz, and Emery Wells.

Planning Trade Shows and User Communities
Color Grading Software Overview
How to Raise Venture Capital
Tech Talk: Avid DNxIO

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Jayse Hansen, Jonathan Handel, and Jessica Sitomer.

Make the Dream Real - User Interfaces for Film
IATSE Changes Residuals for Indies
Don't Be an Idiot! Tips For Finding Work
Tech Talk: Color Correction in FCP X
Randi Altman's Perspective

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Denver Riddle, Jonathan Handel, and Simon Walker.

Better Color with Color Finale
Changes in Labor Law that Affect Filmmakers
An Update on IBC, Adobe and HDR Video
Tech Talk: Enhance Your Skype Video And Audio (NewTek TalkShow VS-100)

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Carlos Grijalva, Rob Tharp, Philip Hodgetts, and Kim Furst.

The Challenges of Flying and Filming with Drones
Philip Hodgetts Reports on FCPExpo
Marketing "Flying the Feathered Edge"

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Wes Plate, Michael Horton, Randi Altman, and Josh Apter.

Automatic Duck Lives! And Partners with Red Giant
Randi Altman and Mike Horton: Reporting from IBC
Techniques for Better Images
Tech Talk with Michael Kammes: Avid ISIS 1000

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Patrick Griffis, Steve Carson, and Jayce Venditti.

New Technology to Make Better Looking Pixels
Sneak Peek at the New DaVinci Resolve 12 Beta
An Artistic Vision that Gives Back to the Community

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Jonathan Handel, Avery Lu, and Casey Hupke.

More Conflicts at SAG/AFTRA
The Power and Risk of Wearable Technology
A Love of Art, Comedy, and Particle Effects

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Philip Hodgetts, Sean Mullen, and Doug Sheer:

The Haiku of Production
Explore the World of 4K Effects
Analyzing the Current State of Professional Media

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Larry O'Connor, Chris Bross, and Art Adams:

Keep Your Data Safe with RAIDs
Recover Lost Data From A Hard Drive Crash
Lighting for a Perfect Scene

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Randi Altman, Mike Mihalik, Steve Eisen, and John Feland:

Randi Altman's Perspective: Exploring The Reality of Virtual Reality at SIGGRAPH 2015
The Future of Storage Technology
1,000 Feet from New York City to Chicago
Predicting the Future Using Technology

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Andy Maisner, Tim Bajarin, Paul Saccone and Pilar Alessandra:

New Trends In Production Gear
Predicting the Future of Technology
Tech Talk: Insider Preview of the New DaVinci Resolve 12
Create a Successful, Sellable Script

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Danny Manus, Jonathan Handel, and Sean Wycliffe:

Maximize Your Creative Writing Success
Court Ruling: Should Interns Be Paid?
Bringing People Back To The Movies

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests William "Bill" LaChasse, Jonathan Handel, and Suzanne LaChasse:

Techniques for Lighting for Advertising
New SAG-AFTRA Rates for Indie Films
How to Survive as an Actor in LA

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Scott Hosfeld, Jonny Videl, and Steve Leon:

Music Composing for Film & TV
Online Digital Call Sheets
Discover the Power of Media Events

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests John Putch, Tom Inglesby, and Kristen Nedopak:

Creating Successful Indie Films on a Micro Budget
The Future of Storage for Independent Filmmakers
Geeks Rule the World

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Starr Ackerman, James Castle Stevens, and Cullie Poseria:

Audio Gear To Make Your Music Sing!
Directing from an Actor’s Point of View
Behind the Scenes of Successful Cinematography

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Philip Hodgetts, Curtis Fritsch, and Marco Missinato:

All You Need For Production - In One Small Bag
Secrets of International Audio
The Emotional Power of Music

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Oliver Hollis-Leick, Larry O'Connor, and Tim Smith:

Inside Tips on MoCap Acting
Not All Cables Are Created Equal
Pick the Right Lens for Your Camera

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Eddie Robison, James Cullen Bressack, and Louis Kravitz:

Creating Visual Effects for NBC's Grimm
Bloody Horror! What's the Workflow?
Creating Stunning Still Images

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Jon Chappell, Ed Golya, and Andy Bellamy:

Kollaborate for Collaboration from Digital Rebellion
Emmy-Award Winning Audio Mixing
Update on the CION Camera from AJA

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Uwe Greunke, Jeff Stansfield, and Brady Betzel:

Sennheiser Promotes Better Audio Through "The Oracle"
4K in the Field with 4Kase
3D Modeling and Animation for Reality TV

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Mark August, Iain Richardson, and Seth Worley:

Secrets of a Successful Cinematographer
Beamshare: Collaborative Media Share and Review
Creating Viral Videos that Work!

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Josh Apter, Bruce Nazarian, and Garret Savage:

An Update on Editing in the Big Apple
DVDs on Demand
Deconstructing a Scene Helps Improve Editing

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests James Gardiner, Jess Hartmann, and Justin Thomson:

News from CinemaCon About Digital Exhibition
ProMAX Tools for Media Backup and Archive
A Young Filmmaker’s Take on NAB and SuperMeet

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan and Michael Horton talk with guests Jem Schofield, Sam Mestman, and Bryan McMahan:

New Products from TheC47
FCP X Workflow for "Focus"
Color Grading Terrence Malick’s "Knight of Cups"

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On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests Jeromy Young, Don Shafer, Rollo Wenlock, Phil Storey, Joel Stoner, and Doug Pircher with Gert Wagner:

Atomos
Schneider Optics
Wipster
Xendata
AlterMedia
International Supplies & hipjib

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Dan Saccheli, Event Manager, BVE

Daniel Saccheli is the Event Manager for BVE 2015 in London. This year’s show continues to set attendance records with more exhibitors than ever. Listen as Dan explains what it takes to stage a successful trade show and describes his plans for the future.

John Kelly, General Manager, JVC/Europe

JVC announced new cameras this week at BVE 2015 in London. John Kelly, General Manager for JVC in Europe, joins us to explain why JVC considers BVE worth exhibiting at and showcases their latest cameras.

Jeromy Young, CEO, Atomos

Atomos announced products and upgrades to their digital video recorders this week at BVE 2015. We interviewed Jeromy Young, co-founder and CEO for Atomos, in his booth at the show as he explains what’s new.

Nigel Wilkes, General Manager, Panasonic/Europe

How are traditional camera companies responding to new competition from computer companies like Blackmagic Design and AJA? We talked with Nigel Wilkes, Group Manager for Panasonic/Europe, about the success of their GH4 camera, a major new dramatic show using Varicams, and how Panasonic views the increased competition from new companies releasing professional cameras.

Jim Marks, DP/Director

When you are shooting commercials, the “look” is everything. And nothing is more important to the look than the lens you put in front of your camera. Jim Marks is a DP and director, specializing in high-end commercials. At BVE, we talked about Schneider Optics new lens for 4K media, how to pick the right lens for your project, and the differences between prime and zoom lenses.

Michael Accardi, President, CueScript

We stopped by the CueScript booth at BVE 2015 to talk with Michael Accardi, co-founder and president. Michael gave us a tour of the challenges to creating good prompters, when and how they should be used and some practical advice on how to add prompters to your next shoot.

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Kanen Flowers, Chief Mayhem Officer, That Studio

In 2014, Kanen Flowers founded THAT STUDIO with a focus on Independent Visual Effects, Creative Content and Distribution of new films. Along with his co-founder, Alan E. Bell, Kanen helps new, and existing, artists get their content onto the Internet. This week, Kanan joins us in our studio to preview upcoming highlights at the 2015 NAB Show.

Dan Berube, President, Boston Final Cut Pro User Group

Daniel Bérubé is the Founder of the Boston Creative Pro User Group and co-producer of the world-famous Supermeets. Recently, he spoke at Sundance and was involved with the yearly Editors’ Retreat in Florida. This week, he shares his thoughts about both.

Maxim Jago, Director, MaximJago.com

Maxim Jago is a film director, screen writer, and author who shares his time between film making and speaking as a futurologist. He’s a regular speaker at media technology conferences, film festivals and events celebrating creativity. He’s also Chief Innovation Officer at filmdoo.com and a mentor for new film makers. This week, he shares his thoughts on the future of filmmaking.

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Peter Hamilton, Founder and Editor, DocumentaryTelevision.com

Peter Hamilton is a senior consultant who works with the nonfiction industry on marketing and business development. A former CBS executive, his clients include A+E Networks, the BBC, National Geographic, and many other media groups, governments and non-profits. He joins us this week to talk about the global market for documentaries.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Lumberjack System

Philip Hodgetts is the CEO of Intelligent Assistance and Lumberjack System and is involved in the technology of virtually every area of digital production and post-production. He joins us this week to talk about recording audio in the field.

Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs Inc.

Terry Curren is the founder and president of Alpha Dogs, an LA-based post-production company. This week, Terry stops by to explain what we can do to improve the quality of our sound in post-production.

Erik Valenzuela, ReRecording Mixer, Sound Waves Post, LLC & Alpha Dogs Inc.

Terry Curren is the founder and president of Alpha Dogs, an LA-based post-production company. This week, Terry stops by with Audio Mixer Erik Valenzuela to explain what we can do to improve the quality of our sound in post-production.

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Gesine Thomson, Filmmaker/Futurist/Visionary Architect, GTbyDesign

Gesine Thomson is a filmmaker, artist, futurist, and visionary architect. She is a speaker at TED Conferences. This week, she joins us to talk about the impact media has on current culture.

Grant Burton, Producer and Digital Analyst, Royal Australian Air Force

Grant Burton has been creating training videos for the Royal Australian Air Force for almost 20 years, where is he now a Producer and Digital Analyst – first as a member of the RAAF and now as a civilian. This week, he updates us on his recent education under renowned cinematographer John Brawley.

Adrian Belic, Director, Wadi Rum Films

We first met Adrian Belic, and his brother Roko, four years ago when their first film after college was the Academy Award nominated “Genghis Blues.” His follow up films were the multi-award winning “Beyond the Call, and the international success, “Happy.” We talk about how he views the impact of film on society.

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Jon Chappell, CEO, Digital Rebellion

Digital Rebellion has designed a cloud-based system of video review and collaboration called: Kollaborate. This week, Jon Chappell, CEO, joins us to explain what the system is and how it works.

Ken Choy, Journalist/TV Writer, GizmoPorn

Ken Choy is an avowed gearhead, and writer for Gizmoporn.com. He shares his thoughts on CES with us this week.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel is the entertainment labor reporter for the Hollywood Reporter. This week, he brings us up to date on a variety of labor issues in Hollywood.

Kevin Gilbert, Photojournalist, Memory Evangelist, Mylio LLC

If you shoot stills, chances are you have them spread all over the place: on Facebook, your phone, your computer, USB sticks… everywhere. Mylio helps find, organize and protect those assets and memories. Photographer Kevin Gilbert stops by to tell us more about it.

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Matthijs Wouter Knol, Director, European Film Market

Matthijs Wouter Knol is the new director of the European Film Market – one of the three largest film markets in the world. He joins us this week to tell us about the EFM, what we can expect at this year’s market and his goals for the future. If you are looking for international distribution, you need to listen to this interview.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Our favorite job coach, Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, returns with more good advice on finding and keeping work.

Kai Pradel, CEO/Founder, MediaSilo

Kai Pradel is the CEO and Founder of MediaSilo, which is a cloud-based video-sharing and media asset management platform which he started in 2008. This week, he joins us to talk about the cool stuff they’re doing to help post-production professionals maximize efficiency in their workflows, including EditCompanion, a panel that gives editors access to MediaSilo from within Adobe Premiere.

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Boris Yamnitsky, Owner, BorisFX

Recently, Boris FX announced they had acquired Imagineer Systems, makers of the world-famous mocha Pro tracking technology. This week, Boris Yamnitsky, CEO of Boris FX, joins us to explain what they did and why they did it.

Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer, Imagineer Systems

Since we were talking with Boris about their acquisition, we thought it would also be interesting to get the perspective of the folks at Imagineer Systems. Ross Shain shares his thoughts on the advantages of the new partnership and what they hope to do with it during the coming months.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

On-location production gear continues to evolve, as do our needs for handling media. This week, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Lumberjack Systems, describes what he takes when he goes into production and how he manages media and metadata.

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Michael Horton, Co-Host, Digital Production BuZZ

His thoughts on user groups, trade shows, and industry trends.

Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production BuZZ

Her thoughts on industry trends and new Buzz guests going into 2015.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video Magazine

His thoughts on cameras and camera technology.

Michael Kammes, Director, Technology & Marketing, Key Code Media

His thoughts on workflow, automation, and hardware.

Michele Yamazaki, VP Marketing, Toolfarm

Her thoughts on software, plug-ins, and 3rd-party developers.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

His thoughts on workflow, codecs, and technology.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

His thoughts on labor and workplace issues.

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Pär M Ekberg, Cinematographer, Coldplay, “Magic”

Cinematographer Pär Ekberg chose a unique black and white look and stark lighting to achieve his goals for Coldplay’s viral video, “Magic.”

Kim Furst, Producer/Director, Kilo Foxtrot Films

Kim Furst is an award-winning documentary film producer, director and editor. Flying the Feathered Edge is Kim’s fifth aviation documentary. She is now distributing the film and this week we learn what’s working and what isn’t.

Matt Abourezk, Director/Photographer, Talkingbox Digital Media Group, Inc.

Director/Photographer Matt Abourezk chose the new Panasonic PX270 cameras for his productions. We’ll ask why and find out what makes this gear unique.

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Julian Mack, Creative Content Producer, Nightjar

Felix Mack, Filmmaker, Nightjar

Los Angeles-base Nightjar, owned by brothers Felix and Julian Mack, has been creating innovative content for multimedia, video, animation and sound since 1999. Most recently they produced Hillary Duff’s music video for her hit single, “All About You,” and a mind-bending end-credit sequence for XBox One’s Sunset Overdrive. Tonight Julian takes us inside the company to explain how they work.

Benoit Fouchard, Chief Strategy Officer, ATEME

Being “on the scene” is “oh so 2014.” The new idea, once you’re on the scene is 360-degree coverage. Everthing everywhere. Tonight, Benoit Fouchard, Chief Strategy Office for ATEME, joins us to explain their new spherical capture device.

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron

Kim Snyder, CEO & President, Panavision

One of the industry’s most respected companies, Panavision, just acquired Light Iron. Kim Snyder, CEO and President of Panavision and Michael Cioni, Founder and CEO of Light Iron give us the inside scoop and what it means for the post-producion industry.

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Yvonne Russo, Producer/Director

Yvonne Russo is an award-winning producer, director and writer of film, television and web. Her most recent production, VIVA VERDI! is a documentary about life inside Casa Di Riposo per Musicisti of Milan, the home that Giuseppe Verdi built in 1896 for retired opera singers and the musical artists who live there. Tonight, she discusses how she used crowd-funding to finance her film.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

A grab-bag look at issues affecting the cloud, the guilds, and Hollywood, with Jonathan Handel.

Rory McVicar, Head of Product, A-Frame

A-frame is a company specializing in cloud-based media distribution and review. Tonight we talk with Rory McVicar, Head of Product, about their latest technology to enable filmmakers to do more faster.

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Jordan Kelly Montgomery, Producer/Director, Jordan Stone Productions

For over a decade Jordan Stone Productions has partnered with some of the largest production companies to produce exciting content from development through post. Recent productions include Hoplite Entertainment’s reality series STABLE WARS for Fox Sports. However, for many editors, the real challenge is what to deliver when the editing is complete. This week, we talk with Jordan Montgomery about creating “deliverables.”

David Foley, Sr. Technologist & Founder, Nanotech Entertainment

David Foley, senior technologist and founder of Nanotech, is focused on high-resolution video. This week, he joins us to talk about 4K workflows, monitors and delivering 4K media to consumers.

Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin and Associates

Tom Coughlin is the president of Coughlin Associates, Inc. For more than 20 years, Tom’s been studying, consulting to and reporting on the storage industry. Every year, he surveys media companies to figure out where the future is taking us. This week, he gives us a detailed look at what he’s learned.

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David Colantuoni, Senior Director Product Management, Creative Apps/Storage, Avid Technology

Avid Pro Tools is an industry standard for audio editing and mixing. Recently, they announced new licensing rules, as Dave Colantuoni, Senior Director of Product Management for Avid Technology explains.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video Magazine, Ned Soltz Inc.

Last week, we spoke with Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor for Digital Video Magazine, about the latest camera technology. This week, we talk with Ned about killer new camera accessories that you need to know.

Robert Neivert, Chief Operations Officer, Private.me

Robert Neivert is the COO of Private.me, a company that enables people to search online without being tracked. With over 15 years of experience with technology and consumer relations he is an expert in both personal privacy and the current issue of Net Neutrality. This week, we talk with him about both.

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Barry Frechette, Director of Integrated Production, Connelly Partners

Barry Frechette is the Director of Integrated Production for Connelly Partners. He produces TV ads, videos, websites and other products for their clients. Recently, he discovered a story that he just had to create on his own and “Paper Lantern” was born. Barry launched and closed a successful Kickstarter campaign. We’re fascinated by the story and also want to know more about how he was able to raise his financing.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video Magazine, Ned Soltz Inc.

Nobody knows media hardware like Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor for Digital Video Magazine. It’s been a while since Ned was last on the show, so we invited him back to catch up on the latest toys.

Kevin J. Railsback, Director of Photography, Filmmaking Naturally

Kevin Railsback is a director of photography who specializes in nature and wildlife cinematography. His work has appeared in programs on National Geographic, Animal Planet, The Discovery Channel as well as theatrically-released films and commercials for such corporate giants as AT&T. This week, he shares his secrets to successful wildlife filmmaking.

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Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

Neil Patrick Harris recently declared that his upcoming variety show, produced by ITV, will be “crafted by union writers.” But in the ongoing labor negotiations, what does this mean? Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for “The Hollywood Reporter” joins us this week to explain.

Josh Apter, Founder & President, Manhattan Edit Workshop

The viral video of Princess Leia silently walking through Manhattan, in costume, exploded on YouTube. Josh Apter, president of the Manhattan Edit Workshop, joins us to explain.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Metadata is essential to every creative project and few are getting trained in how to use it to tame massive, numerous media files. Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, joins us to explain what we need to know.

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Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

More and more high-end productions are originating projects for the web. But making money on the web is entirely different from traditional funding methods. Recently, Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and the Metropolitan Opera got into a major tussle about revenue and residuals for streaming events. Legal expert Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould in Los Angeles, joins us to explain.

Dror Gill, CTO, Beamr

Dror Gill is the CTO of BeamrVideo, a company that has found a way to reduce the costs associated with storing and transmitting media files by recompressing media files without reducing image quality or introducing artifacts. He joins us this week to explain how this works.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Becoming complacent may reduce your stress, but it also reduces the quality of your work. In this highly informative interview, Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, explains how to overcome complacency with “mental conditioning.”

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Darroch Greer, Co-Director/Producer, “The Millionaires’ Unit”

“The Millionaires’ Unit” is a documentary made by Humanus Documentary Films Foundation and directed by Darroch Greer about a group of Yale students who became U.S. Naval Aviators in the First World War. He and his co-directing partner, Ron King, have been working on this film for years and it is finally complete. We talk with him about it this week.

Larry O’Connor, President & Founder, Other World Computing

Larry O’Connor is the CEO of Other World Computing (OWC). They’ve been providing quality hardware products and support to the computer industry since 1988. There seems to be a problem with SSD drives and Yosemite (Apple’s latest operating system.) Larry joins us to explain what you need to know to keep your system running smoothly

. Sean Williams, VP Design, AlphaDogs, Inc.

AlphaDogs, Inc., just completed major VFX and color grading work on “The Millionaire’s Unit.” This week, we talk with Sean Williams, VP Design, Russell Frazier, senior designer and animator, and Sean Stack, Online Editor and Colorist, about the project and what they did.

Russell Frazier, Senior Designer/Animator, AlphaDogs, Inc.

Sean Stack, Colorist and Finishing Editor, Alpha Dogs, Inc.

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Michael Kammes, Director, Technology & Marketing at Key Code Media, Key Code Media

Michael Kammes keeps busy as the Director of Technology and Marketing for Key Code Media, in Los Angeles. But…as a side project, he just launched a new web tech series called, “5 Things!” Tonight, we go behind-the-scenes to learn more.

Brandon Reza Parvini, Co-Founder/Creative Director, Ghost Town Media

Brandon Reza Parvini is creative director and co-founder of Ghost Town Media, an LA-based visual effects and design boutique. Their recent VFX work on the film “Mall” joins their award-winning work for film, broadcast commercials and live-visuals for the world’s top performers including Muse, Linkin Park and others. Tonight we learn how they do it.

Paul Babb, President/CEO, MAXON US

Paul Babb is a graphics software technology expert and President/CEO of MAXON US with more than a decade of experience in 3D animation, visual effects and motion graphics. He is the technology keynote speaker at the upcoming World Animation & VFX Summit. Tonight we want to talk with him about whether technology is making art easier or harder.

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Danny Manus, CEO/Script Consultant, No Bull Script Consulting

Danny Manus, CEO of No Bull Script Consulting, is an in-demand script consultant. He is also the author of “No. B.S. for Screenwriters: Advice from the Executive Perspective.” Tonight, we learn the secrets to improving our scripts.

Dan Montgomery, CEO, Imagine Products, Inc.

Dan Montgomery is the CEO of Imagine Products, Inc. They developed Shotput Pro and other tools which enable filmmakers to work more easily with their media. Recently, they released a series of new products to help with archiving our projects, as Dan explains tonight.

Rob Bessette, Colorist, Finish Boston

Rob Bessette is a colorist for Finish Boston. He’s an exceptionally talented colorist who has been working non-stop for over eight years making his clients visions come to life on the large and the small screen. Tonight, he shares his insider’s perspective on how color can improve any project.

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Brian Drewes, Co-founder, ZEROvfx

Sean Devereauz, Co-founder and Lead VFX Supervisor, ZEROvfx

Brian Drewes and Sean Devereaux are the Co-Founders of ZEROvfx, a Boston-based effects house, that recently handled the visual effects work on “The Equalizer,” starring Denzel Washington and directed by Antoine Fuqua. We talk with them about what they did, how they did it, and how it worked out.

Dan Berube, Founder, Boston Creative Pro User Group (BOSCPUG)

Dan Berube is the president of the Boston Creative Pro User Group. This week we talk with Dan and co-host Mike Horton about the role user groups play in enabling media folks to do more with technology.

Tim Buttner, Founder, Tim Butt 2 Productions

Tim Buttner is a multi-talented individual. An accomplished photographer, writer, director and producer, Tim recently shot Owl City’s newest track, “Wolf Bite,” using the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (EF) and color graded on DaVinci Resolve 11. We talk with him about his experiences using both the camera and latest version of Resolve.

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Luis Barreto, Producer/Director

Reality television continues to dominate the ratings. This week, we talk with Luis Barreto, Emmy-nominated producer for “The Mole-2: The Next Betrayal”, “Mole: Celebrity Edition,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and “Texas Ranch House” about what it’s like creating reality today.

George Olver, Founder, Movidiam

George Olver is the founder of Movidiam, a creative network that allows brands, agencies and filmmakers across the globe to connect, collaborate and create films. Their web service just recently started pre-launch sign-ups, so this week, we talk with George about their new service.

Oliver Meiseberg, Product Manager, Cinema 4D, Maxon

The Maxon booth at IBC 2014 featured leading visual effects artists showcasing the state of 3D art. Buzz Producer Cirina Catania spoke with Cinema 4D product manager Oliver Meiseberg, along with artists Gunter Nikodim and Lars Scholten at the show and files this week’s report.

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Tom Bassett, Founder & CEO, Bassett Partners

You are pitching your idea to the client. What should be in the creative brief? Brand strategist/filmmaker Tom Bassett has spent the last year probing some of the World’s greatest creative minds about the same topic. The culmination of that search is Briefly, a new free online documentary that explores the creative relationship that exists between the client and those tasked with executing the client’s vision. Tom joins us this week to explain what he’s learned and what he did.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board ordered CNN to rehire more than 100 union technicians, compensate more than 200 others, and recognize a unit of the Communications Workers of America as their bargaining representative. Why? Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter for The Hollywood Reporter, explains.

Rollo Wenlock, CEO, Founder, Wipster

Wipster is a new, Cloud-based media review system that’s launching this week. Join us tonight as we talk with Rollo Wenlock, CEO and Founder of Wipster, and find out more about this platform designed for content creators, media teams, and anyone creating short-form video projects.

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Steve Roberts, CEO, eyeon Software

The big news out of IBC 2014 was that Blackmagic Design purchased eyeon Software. eyeon makes Fusion, a compositing tool used on over a 1,000 feature films. This week, we talk with Steve Roberts, CEO of eyeon, about the acquisition and what it means for the future.

Jim Geduldick, Cinema & Photo Marketing Manager, GoPro

Cirina Catania interviews Jim Geduldick, Cinema & Photo Marketing Manager for GoPro, at IBC 2014. Jim discusses the latest camera and attachment technology from GoPro.

Sam Nuttmann, Freefly Systems

Sam Nuttmann is interviewed by BuZZ producer Cirina Catania at IBC 2014. Sam talks about the latest UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) technology from Freefly Systems.

Graham Sharp, SVP Global Products, Vitec Videocom

Graham Sharp, SVP for Global Products at Vitec Videocom, got his start in broadcasting more than 30 years ago. In this interview with Cirina Catania, BuZZ producer, Graham looks back at how the industry has changed over the last thirty years and how IBC has changed with it. He also offers his thoughts on the rising influence of independent filmmakers on broadcast television.

Steve Forde, Principal Product Manager, Visual Effects, Creative Cloud

Alissa Johnson, Product Manager for Collaborative Workflows, Adobe Anywhere

Adobe Systems announced new software at IBC 2014. Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, was at the Adobe booth and interviewed Steve Forde, Principal Product Manager, and Alissa Johnson, Product Manager, about the new announcements, with an eye on visual effects.

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Jordan Soles, Executive Producer/CTO, Rodeo FX

Rodeo FX is a Montreal-based team of visual effects artists who just won an Emmy for their visual effects on “Game of Thrones.” This week, Jordan Soles, Executive Producer and CTO, joins us to talk about their work, their awards, and their workflow.

Manon Banta, Executive Director, The Mobile Film Classroom

The Mobile Film Classroom is a digital media production studio-on-wheels that brings digital media instruction to at-risk and under-served youth in Los Angeles County. Manon Banta is the Executive Director and explains their work and their successes on this week’s show.

Grant Burton, Producer and Digital Analyst, Royal Australian Air Force

Grant Burton is a long-time Buzz listener. He’s also the Producer and Digital Analyst for the Royal Australian Air Force. He joins us this week to talk about video production in some VERY challenging environments.

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Joel Stoner, President, CEO, AlterMedia

Joel Stoner is the Founder and CEO of AlterMedia, the creator of Studio Suite. This is a studio management software solution used by facilities in more than 50 countries to budget, schedule, produce, manage, deliver and bill for massive quantities of content. He joins us this week to explain how it works.

Patricia Siqueriros, Senior Program Director, College Counselor, Variety Boys & Girls Club

Patricia Siqueiros, Senior Program Director and College Counselor at the Variety Boys & Girls Club (VBGC) uses creativity to enhance leadership and college eligibility opportunities for young students in East and Central Los Angeles. Her goal is to convince youth of the importance of a post-secondary education. We talk with her about her work.

Cathy Aron, Executive Director, PACA/Digital Media Licensing Association

Cathy Aron, Executive Director and former President of PACA (Digital Media Licensing Association), has been actively involved in the stock photo industry for over 30 years. She was also formerly the president of Photo Network Stock, a successful general stock photo rights managed archive. Cathy shares her thoughts on copyright protection of our digital assets.

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Jane Jensen, Designer & Founder, Pinkerton Road Studio

A game designer and writer, Jane Jensen is best known for her work on the award-winning Gabriel Knight® adventure games and hidden object games such as “Dying for Daylight.” She talks with us today about game design and innovation.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer has some real-world advice about how to market yourself online. It is often hard to find the right balance between work and online marketing. Jessica has some specific tips you can use along with ideas on how to balance your time between work and online.

Ali Ahmadi, Senior Product Manager, LED Lighting, Vitec Videocom

Ali Ahmadi is a multi-national tour de force in the lighting industry, having designed systems literally all over the world. He is Senior Product Manager at Vitec Videocom. This week, he talks about the differences in lighting techniques between Europe, Asia, and North America.

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Tom Seufert, Creative Director, Visual Music

Tom Seufert is the Creative Director of Visual Music, a boutique music house with an elite roster of world-class composers, emerging artists, songwriters and sound designers. Tom was originally a recording artist on Epic and Ariola Records and now markets and produces music for all media. This week, he helps us understand the current state of the music industry.

Grover Crisp, Executive Vice President, Asset Management, Film Restoration & Digital Mastering, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Grover Crisp, Executive Vice President for Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Mastering at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), is co-organizer with Michael Friend, also at SPE as the Director of Digital Archives, of “The Reel Thing,” a unique event opening tonight that attracts technologists, archivists, programmers and asset managers, as well as people who simply love movies, television and all things related to moving image and sound preservation. Learn more tonight.

Hunter Williams, Executive Director, Production Music Association

The Production Music Conference is a new, daylong event that brings together the entire music community: Composers, libraries, technology providers and music users. Hunter Williams is the Executive Director of the Conference and joins us this week to tell us what its about.

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Peter Hamilton, Founder and Editor, DocumentaryTelevision.com

Peter Hamilton is a senior consultant who works with the nonfiction industry on marketing & business development. A former CBS executive, his clients include A+E Networks, the BBC, National Geographic, and many others. We talk with him this week about the challenges of doing business in China.

Arie Stavchansky, PhD, Founder, DataClay

Arie Stavchansky is a software developer in Austin, Texas, whose company, “DataClay,” recently released Templater. This is an After Effects plug-in that easily integrates external data into After Effects templates. We talk with him about how this can be used to easily create customized videos.

Stefanie Mullen, CFO, Web Designer, Rampant Design

Stefanie Mullen is an artist with a business mind. She runs the business side of Rampant Design Tools, yet is an artist in her own right with an extensive portfollio of oil paintings. We talk with her about the challenges of artistic entrepreneurship.

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Tony Cacciarelli, Product Marketing Manager, AJA Video Systems

Tony Cacciarelli, product marketing manager for AJA Video Systems, is deeply involved in the industry’s shift to higher-resolution video. This week, he talks with us about current experiments using 8K video for sports, the benefits of shooting extreme high-resolution video and the intriguing shift from panning the camera to panning the frame.

Lydia Cornell, Actress

Lydia Cornell is an LA-based actress who has appeared in numerous theater, film and television shows, including the hit series, “Too Close for Comfort.” She talks with us today about building a successful acting career, how to polish your acting skills, the importance of relationships and her plans for the future.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

What do producers need to know to prevent problems like sexual harassment or unsafe working conditions on set? Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould in Los Angeles, and the entertainment labor reporter for “The Hollywood Reporter,” joins us this week to help us understand how to avoid problems like sexual harassment or unsafe working conditions on set.

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Ian Fritzsche, Director of Media Services, Southeastern University

Ian Fritzsche is the Director of Media Services for Southeastern University. Recently, they added Panasonic AK-HD3800 cameras to their studio. We talk with him this week to learn the why and how.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Avid has focused their company on “Avid Everywhere.” But what does this mean? Philip Hodgetts is attending a special briefing from the CEO of Avid and joins us this week to explain what was said.

Johnny Brower, Writer/Producer, The POP 69 Movie, Bella Luma Films

Johnny Brower is the writer and producer of “The Pop 69 Movie.” He returns this week with more stories from making the movie and his adventures with The Beatles.

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Zack Arnold, Editor/Director

Zack Arnold has been a professional editor for 15 years, most recently on the TV series “Burn Notice.” He made his directorial debut on the documentary: “GO FAR: The Christopher Rush Story.” Zack’s latest venture is founding “Fitness In Post,” an online resource and community built specifically for people in the post-production industry who want to live a healthier lifestyle but don’t know where to start. This week, he tells us more about it.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

SAG/AFTRA is claiming “significant gains” in the new contract just ratified. Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney and labor reporter for “The Hollywood Reporter” gives us the details.

Marty Lafferty, CEO, DCIA (Distributed Computing Industry Association)

The DCIA (Distributed Computing Industry Association) is an international trade organization focused on commercial advancement of cloud computing and related technologies, particularly as they are deployed for the delivery of high-value content. Marty Lafferty, CEO of DCIA, joins us this week to explain how big data, globalization and cloud computing is dramatically changing telecommunications.

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Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Marketing a business is not the same as marketing a film. Films are one-time-only, while a business is on-going. This week, Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, shares her thoughts on successful marketing for creative companies..

Michele Yamazaki, VP Marketing, Toolfarm

Michele Yamazaki, VP Marketing at Toolfarm, has researched all the plug-in tools available for skin retouching in video clips. What should we use? How much is too much? And what are her “beauty” secrets?

Emery Wells, CEO, Co-Founder, Frame.io

Frame.io just launched a new cloud-based video review, storage, transcoding, versioning and task management platform for creative media teams. It combines the attributes of Vimeo, Dropbox, Gmail and collaborative review and approval applications into a singular home base application for creative video projects. Emery Wells, CEO and co-founder of Frame.io, joins us this week to explain.

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Larry O’Connor, President & Founder, Other World Computing

Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO of Other World Computing (OWC) returns to showcase their latest release: a Thunderbolt 2 RAID designed for high-performance media production. Along the way, we’ll discuss real-world speeds, the advantages and disadvantages of using SSDs, and picking the right drive to use with a RAID.

Kevin Spark, Graphic Artist, Onion Creative

Kevin Spark is a graphic artist for “Onion Creative, an Australia-based agency. He joins us this week to discuss how to find creative answers for demanding clients.

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Jonathan Handel, OfCounsel, Troy Gould

Late last week, the Supreme Court ruled against Aereo in a copyright case brought by broadcasters. This week, Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at TroyGould briefs us on the significance of this landmark case.

Jeremy Pollard, Product Manager, Cospective

Cospective’s new online service, Frankie 2.0, builds on the technology behind the developer’s Academy Award-winning cineSync to provide a remote shot-review and approval system that runs in an ordinary web browser. Jeremy Pollard, Product Manager, showcases their latest version and tells us how it can help us with remote collaboration.

Philip Bloom, DOP, Editor, Director

This week, we continue our interview with Philip Bloom, filmmaker and director. Recorded in London, we talk about how to pick the best 4K camera as well as when it makes sense to shoot and edit 4K video. If you are thinking about working in high-resolution media, you need to hear this interview.

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Jonathan Handel, OfCounsel, Troy Gould

Jonathan Handel, OfCounsel at Troy Gould in Los Angeles, joins us with an update on the Supreme Court’s Aereo decision. This has a significant impact on independent producers as well as broadcasters. Jonathan explains what was decided, and why we need to know.

Jim Jachetta, CEO, VidOvation

Jim Jachetta is the Founder and CEO of VidOvation. VidOvation specializes in gear for video and data communication systems for broadcast television, sports, corporate and government markets. Recently, they’ve been working with the NHL to deliver wireless video in a production environment. This week, Jim explains how they did it.

Sean Mullen, CEO & Lead Creative, Rampant Design Tools

Sean Mullen, the CEO of Rampant Design Tools, is a creative powerhouse. He also runs a business. This week, we talk with him about how he balances the two. It’s a discussion of left-brain vs. right-brain.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Earlier this week, Philip Hodgetts, the CEO of Intelligent Assistance, moderated a panel entitled, “Making the Cut: Storage Challenges and Opportunities in Post Production” at the Creative Storage Conference in Burbank. Storage is even more critical for media creators than the computers we use. So, we want to talk with Philip about what they talked about and what he learned.

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Kim Furst, Producer/Director, Kilo Foxtrot Films

Kim Furst is a filmmaker who has produced, directed OR edited several independent documentaries, including “Flying The Feathered Edge”, “The Horsemen Cometh”, and “One Six Right.” Tonight, Kim joins The BuZZ to share some of her thoughts on what it takes to successfully market and sell your documentary.

Phil Storey, Co-founder & CEO, XenData, Inc.

As media files continue to explode in size and quantity, long-term archiving is becoming more essential – and confusing. Dr. Phil Storey, CEO of XenData, joins us with an update on new archiving tools from XenData.

Philip Bloom, DOP, Editor, Director

In the first of a two-part interview, recorded in England, DP/Director/Editor Philip Bloom shares his thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of shooting, editing and distributing 4K video

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Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron

Remote collaboration is forcing on-set video review to shift to The Cloud. Michael Cioni, CEO of Light Iron, joins us this week to discuss the challenges of today’s production and Light Iron’s latest release of Live Play 3.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Productions are no longer studio-based. Cast and crew are traveling to the far corners of the world and working with new people every day. Jessica Sitomer, CEO of The Greenlight Coach, joins us to discuss the human size of “going remote.”

Oliver Peters, Editor, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC

Avid recently announced “Avid Everywhere.” This week, Oliver Peters, President of Oliver Peters Post-Production Services, joins us to explain what this means in the real-world.

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Michael Berenbaum, A.C.E.

Good people, good work…that is what success is all about. Michael Berenbaum, A.C.E., has multiple awards for editing, including a Primetime Emmy. We talk with him this week on how he views the craft of ediing.

Doug Pircher, General Manager, International Supplies

CineGear opens in Los Angeles on Friday, June 6th. Why do we need to go? Doug Pircher, General Manager of International Supplies has an opinion on the value of actually seeing the gear before you buy it. He joins us this week to explain why.

Chris Layhe, Director/DP/Editor, CLAi

Chris Layhe is Director, DP and Editor at CLAi, a company he formed in San Francisco to produce for a long roster of high-end clients, including IBM, Nokia, ABC, Ford and Renault. This week he tells us how to successful handle high-end clients.

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Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs Inc.

Terry Curren, Founder & President of Alpha Dogs weighs in on 4K.

David Foley, Sr. Technologist & Founder, NanoTech

David Foley, is Senior Technologist and Founder of NanoTech, the first company to offer 4K programming via OTT for consumers.

Andy Shipsides, Director of Education, AbelCine

Andy Shipsides, Director of Education at AbelCine has all the info you need on the new Varicams from Panasonic.

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Marty Murray, Producer, Kill Game

Marty Murray, is the producer of “Kill Game,” currently screening at Cannes. We talk with him this week about why he decided to shoot his feature using the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and how the images were handled during post-production.

Michele Yamazaki, VP Marketing, Toolfarm

Michele Yamazaki, is the official Pluginologist for Toolfarm, and joins us this week with her picks on cool new plug-ins and the power of social media to promote them.

Josh Apter, Founder & President, Manhattan Edit Workshop

Josh Apter, is the Founder and President of Manhattan Edit Workshops and is prepping for their “Sight, Sound & Story” event with some of our industry’s most prominent editors. Josh joins us this week to tell us more about it.

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David Newman, Sr. Director, Software Engineering , GoPro

David Newman, Sr. Director of Software Engineering at GoPro, joins us this week with updates on the latest news from GoPro, including the adding support for the high-performance VC-5 video compression format.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney & Labor Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney and labor reporter for The Hollywood Reporter joins us this week to talk about all the labor issues swirling in Hollywood; from the musicians unions, to Fox interns, the Brian Singer case and the Writer’s Guild.

Brian Drewes, Co-Founder, ZEROvfx

The world of visual effects (VFX) is struggling to survive. VFX skills have never been in more demand, and budgets have never been more strained. Brian Drewes, Co-founder of ZEROvfx, joins us this week to bring us up-to-date on the technology and the industry.

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Larry O’Connor, President & Founder, Other World Computing

Larry O’Connor started Other World Computing (OWC) when he was 14. Many, many years have passed and OWC is still going strong. Larry shares his thoughts on running a successful business and what it takes to survive in today’s economy.

Brad Weyl, COO, ADS

Brad Weyl is the COO of ADS, a Hollywood-based digital video and audio services company. Recently, they celebrated 20 years in business. This week, Brad explains the secrets to their business success.

Dan Borunda, Director of Sales & Marketing, G2

This week, we look at “The Secret to Success.” Dan Borunda is the Director of Sales and Marketing for G2, a family-owned graphics business. In operation since 1969, Dan talks with us this week about their secrets to long-term business survival.

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Gesine Thomson, Filmmaker/Futurist/Architect

Gesine Thomson, Filmmaker/Futurist/Architect and speaker at TEDx, talks about work, motherhood and filmmaking in honor of next week’s Mother’s Day celebration.

Bruce Nazarian, CEO, Digital Media Consulting Group, Inc.

DVDs and Blu-ray Discs are NOT dead — especially if you want to distribute your film yourself. Bruce Nazarian, CEO of the Digital Media Consulting Group, tells us everything we need to know about creating a DVD master for your independent feature release.

Joel Edwards, Founder/Director, Evolve

Evolve, based in Chicago and spearheaded by founder and Director, Joel Edwards, is producing some pretty amazing work on behalf of their clients, such as National Geographic, ABC, and ESPN. Joel joins us to share some of their secrets.

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Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney and Reporter, TroyGould and The Hollywood Reporter

The Aereo vs. Broadcasters Supreme Court case has huge implications for the industry. Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould in Los Angeles is following the case and joins us this week with a update on what’s happening and what it means.

Michael Hiltzik, Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik, Business Columnist for the Los Angeles Times weighs in on the FCC’s recent rulings allowing companies to pay for faster web access.

Jonathan Eric Tyrrell, Editor, PostPost.TV

Jonathan Eric Tyrell is the editor of PostPost.TV, a company that specializes in helping editors become more efficient by improving their workflow. We talk with Jonathan this week about why workflows are so important and what we need to know to improve ours.

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Christina Lee Storm, Producer, Accelerated Entertainment

As of April 17th, 2014, the 30-minute documentary “Life After Pi,” chronicling the death of one of Hollywood’s most prominent visual effects houses, Rhythm & Hues. R&H received the Oscar for Visual Effects in 2013, eleven days after declaring bankruptcy. Filmmaker Christina Lee Storm documented the behind-the-scenes factors that led to this sad and unforgettable moment in the history of Hollywood. She joins us tonight to talk about it.

Dirk Norris, President/Executive Director, New Mexico Film Foundation Brad Stoddard, President, New Mexico Post Alliance

Dirk Norris formed the New Mexico Film Foundation, where he is now president and Executive Director, to help grow the independent film community there. Brad Stoddard is the President of the New Mexico Post Alliance and a certified Final Cut Pro X trainer at the University of New Mexico. They join us this evening to talk about a new campaign, “Life in New Mexico,” with an invitation to participate.

Jessica Hall, Director, Innovate Practice / 3Pillar Global

Jessica Hall is the Director of Innovate Practice at 3Pillar Global, a firm that helps convert great ideas into money. Recently, she spoke at the 2014 NAB Show on “Monetizing Content in the New Digital World.” Tonight, she joins us to talk about what independent film producers need to know and do to convert their films into cash with engaged fan bases.

Nic Novicki, Founder/Director, Disability Film Challenge

Nic Novicki is an actor, comedian and producer who started the “48 Hour Disability Film Challenge” to encourage disabled filmmakers to further their careers. Tonight he explains the contest and why he created it.

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This is day 7 at the 2014 NAB Show. Special report with guests:

Ric Viers, Sound Designer, Blastwave FX
Bob Zelan, Chief Technology Officer, Maxx Digital
Devon Cook, Workflow Specialist, Maxx Digital
Steve Modica, Chief Technology Officer, Small Tree
James Lambert-Knott, Technical Director, Take 1 Transcription
Martin Tlaskal, Head of Development, FilmLight
Ross Kanarek, Business Development Manager, Switronix, Inc.
Patrick Morgan, Product Manager, Digital Vision

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This is day 6 at the 2014 NAB Show. Special report with guests:

Roger Mabon, CEO, mLogic
Keith Warburton, President, Global Distribution
Mark Hudgins, Senior Software Engineer, Imagine Products
Doug Pircher, General Manager, International Supplies
Brian Zarlenga, Marketing, Apogee Electronics
Rony Sebok, VP Technology, 1 Beyond, Inc
Miguel Saldate, Technical Product Specialist, JMR Electronics
Andrew Young, Director, Product Management - Optics, Panavision
Haluki Sadahiro, Director, Product Management - Cameras, Panavision

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This is day 5 at the 2014 NAB Show. Special report with guests:

Pete Litwinowicz, Co-Founder, RE:Vision Effects, Inc
Craig Nimens, Production Consultant, Sound Ideas
Tom Dickinson, Chief Technical Officer, Bexel
Jeffrey Stansfield, Founder, Advantage Video Systems
Gabe Cheifetz , Co-Founder, CrumplePop
Tabb Firchau, President, Freefly

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This is day 4 at the 2014 NAB Show. Special report with guests:

Alexis Van Hurkman, Writer, Director, Colorist, Van Hurkman Productions
Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video Magazine
Carey Dissmore, Principal, Carey Dissmore Productions
Michele Yamazaki, Pluginologist, Toolfarm
Alicia Van Heulen, Marketing Manager, Toolfarm
Oliver Peters, Editor/Colorist, Oliver Peters Post Production Services
Corey Roberts, Actor/Writer
Larry Jordan, Host, Digital Production BuZZ

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Durin Gleaves, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Elaine Kwok, Promise Technology
Rob D'Amico, iZotope, Inc.
Derick Rhodes, Shutterstock, Inc.

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This is day 3 at the 2014 NAB Show. Special report with guests:

Sean Mullen, CEO/Founder, Rampant Design Tools
Kanen Flowers, Creative Director, That Studio
David Tobie, Imaging Product & Technology Manager, Datacolor
Jim Tierney, Chief Executive Anarchist, Digital Anarchy
Mohammed Aboul-Magd, Product Manager, Signiant
John Tkaczewski, President/Co-Founder, File Catalyst
Angus Mackay, Marketing Director, Tiger Technology

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Kanen Flowers, That Studio
Phil Ritti, Cache-A Corporation
Michele Yamazaki, Toolfarm
Duane Sherwood, The Tiffen Company

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Dave Walton, JVC Professional Products Company
Peter McAuley, Boris FX
Andrew Page, NVIDIA
Andy Liebman, Editshare

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This is day 2 at the 2014 NAB Show. Special report with guests:

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video Magazine
Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer, Imagineer Systems
Kieren Foster, VP Product Management, Anton Bauer
James Capparelle, Sales & Marketing Representative, DPA Microphones
Kevin Waehner, Channel Manager, Sennheiser
Tobias Keuthen, Global Brand Manager, Sachtler

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Aharon Rabinowitz, Red Giant
Andrew Little, Red Giant
Marc Hamaker, Autodesk
Les Zellan, Cooke Optics

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Dana Ruzicka, Avid
Paul Babb, MAXON Computer
Steven Cooperman, Panasonic
Jon Tatooles, Sound Devices, LLC

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This is day 1 at the 2014 NAB Show. Special report with guests:

Pat Grosswendt, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer, LitePanels
David Peto, CEO, Aframe
Szymon Masiak, Owner/President, Motion VFX
Tim Jones, President/CTO, TOLIS Group
Philip Storey, CEO, XenData
Kennon Hulett, Customer Development Manager, Pond5

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Ryan Connolly, Film Riot
Bryce Button, AJA Video Systems, Inc
Carter Holland, NewTek
Suzette Ferguson, Cinedeck

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Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Bill Roberts, Adobe.
Bob Caniglia, Blackmagic Design.
Greg Crosby, G-Technology.
Kevin Louden, Telestream.

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Jeff Foster, Writer Producer, Trainer, Adobe Community Professional, Pixel Painter

Jeff Foster joins us tonight to talk about an exciting new field trip, just before the start of NAB, covering Aerial Videography. Think of this as “Drones for Filmmakers.”

Micki Krimmel, General Manager, Creative District

Micki Krimmel runs Creative District, an online professional network for filmmakers and creatives backed by Technicolor. She talks tonight about how Creative District enables filmmakers to share ideas, network, and continue improving their skills.

Jon Carr, Independent Filmmaker, Marshall Electronics

Jon Carr is an independent filmmaker who’s been traveling the world shooting images with the latest cameras from Blackmagic Design. Tonight he shares his thoughts on what he likes, what he dislikes and what we need to get the best possible images from these devices.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Sam Mestman, Workflow Architect, FCP Works

Philip Hodgetts and Sam Mestman are getting ready to leave for Las Vegas and the 2014 NAB Show. Before they head out, though, we want to ask them what they expect to see and what they HOPE to see.

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Andrew Kowalchuk, Technical Supervisor, Banger Films, Inc.

One of the challenges of working with older footage is getting it to look great. “Super Duper Alice Cooper,” a documentary from Banger Films used Teranex extensively to convert old film and video tape into digital files. Andrew Kowalchuk, Technical Supervisor for Banger Films, Inc. explains what they did.

Julie Janata, Producer, Director, Editor

Julie Janata is an Emmy-winning producer, director and writer with two films premiering at festivals in the same month. We talk with her this week on how she got her films entered and accepted.

Devan Cress, Director of Sales, Marshall Electronics

Devan Cress is the Director of Sales at Marshall Electronics. He has been in the industry for 15 years. Tonight, we discuss new products from Marshall as well as what to keep in mind when picking a video monitor.

Brandon Reza Parvini, Founder / Creative Director, Ghost Town Media

Brandon Reza Parvini is the founder and lead creative director of Ghost Town Media, creating amazing work in narrative film, branding, broadcast and live visuals, many of which use Cinema 4D. Tonight, we take a look at creating visual effects in a 3D world.

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Sean Safreed, Co-Founder, Red Giant

Sean Safreed, Co-Founder at Red Giant announced Universe last week. An online community providing visual effects and training; both free and via subscription. We learn more about why this is so important in this week’s show.

Ela Thier, Writer / Director / Producer,

Writer/Director/Producer, Ela Thier has successfully financed a feature that is available on Netflix, Hulu and most other digital platforms. She joins us this week to explain how she did it.

Misha Tenenbaum, Founder, EditStock

Misha Tenenbaum, is an Assistant Editor on such shows as “Jobs,” “American Horror Story” and Chris Carter’s “The After.” He is also the Founder of EditStock, an online service that allows editors to download professionally shot film footage so they can practice editing. We’re interested in talking with him about how editors can learn the craft of editing.

Jeff Pickard, CEO, President, Lucion Technologies

Former practicing attorney, Jeff Pickard, is the CEO and President of Lucion Technologies, a go-to source for document management and paperless office software. Its one thing to clear off a messy desk, Jeff explains how we can find everything again.

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John Swanbeck, Writer/Director/Producer, BlueSwan Films

Continuing our look at the craft of acting, John Swanbeck, Writer/Director/Producer of “The Big Kahuna,” tells us “How to Steal the Scene and End Up Playing the Lead”. (It’s his new book now available on Amazon.)

Johnny Brower, Writer/Producer, The POP 69 Movie

Johnny Brower is the writer and producer of “The POP 69 Movie.” This is based upon the historical events that prompted John Lennon and Yoko Ono to travel across the world to perform for the first time as the Plastic Ono Band. He tells us the inside story tonight.

LaToya Morgan, Writer/Producer

LaToya Morgan is an award-winning screenwriter, a 2013 Producer’s Guild of America Diversity Workshop Fellow and a member of the WGA-West Non-Fiction Caucus. She talks about what it takes to be a successful Hollywood writer.

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John Putch, Director/Writer/Producer, Putch Films

Director/Writer/Producer John Putch shares an insider’s view of how “the system” treats indie films

John Tkaczewski, Co-Founder/President, FileCatalyst

John Tkaczewski, Co-Founder and President of FileCatalyst, gives us advice about how to move large media files across the web using their technology.

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron

Michael Cioni, CEO of Light Iron, looks at the new MacPro and its impact on 4K and UltraHD media workflows.

Aria Emory, Actor/Writer/Producer, Made in America

Joseph Atash, Actor/Writer, Made in America

Actor/Writer, Joseph Atash, is currently starring in “Made In America” at Playhouse West, in Los Angeles. Directed by Kathleen Randazzo, the play has been extended due to popular demand. This week, we talk with the two writers about creating plays and writing dialog.

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Stuart Ashton, Director EMEA, Blackmagic Design

Stuart Ashton, Director for EMEA for Blackmagic Design, with a look at why Blackmagic is expanding into so many different product areas.

Anna Boyd-Smith, Tourism Officer, Hampshire County Council

Anna Boyd-Smith, Tourism Officer for the Hampshire County Council, on picking film locations. And why Hampshire County? Well, that’s where “Downton Abbey” is located.

Jim Keating, Sales Manager, Portaprompt

Jim Keating, Sales Manager for Portaprompt, talks about new iPad and iPad Mini prompting systems.

Bram Desmet, General Manager, Flanders Scientific

Bram Desmet, General Manager of Flanders Scientific, explains how to pick the best video monitor for your projects.

Ryan Kempley, Founder and Director, Coptercraft

Ryan Kempley, the Founder and Director of Coptercraft, joins us to share his thoughts on the current state of remote controlled aircraft for filming – and why they really aren’t considered drones.

William Fox, Director, Bluebox (UK distributor of Soloshot)

William Fox is the Director of Bluebox, the UK distributor for SoloShot. This is a wireless device that pans, tilts and zooms the camera as you move. Imagine how this can be useful in shooting extreme sports when you need closeups and there’s no one to run the camera.

Julian Chiverton, Sales Director, Doughty Engineering Limited

Julian Chiverton is the Sales Director for Doughty Engineering, which makes all kinds of rigging, which is the gear that attaches lights to just about anything.

Duncan Say, Founder, Camdec

Duncan Say is the founder of Camdec, a brand-new company that’s created a better way to attach and balance cameras to tripods and shoulder mounts

Joe Bull, Managing Director, JoeCo Limited

Joe Bull is the managing director for JoeCo, which makes multi-channel digital audio recorders. Not just four or eight channels, but from 22 up to 64 channels. Imagine what you can do with these for reality shows, live musical events, or a production with a gazillion actors!

Mark Chapman, Managing Director, Bristol VFX

Mark Chapman, the managing director for Bristol VFX, which manufactures portable and permanent green screen equipment and supplies.

BVE was an amazing opportunity to discover smaller companies that don’t often make the spotlight. And we have some great interviews to share with you tonight.

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Martha Cotton, Filmmaker, Finally Films

Martha Cotton is a partner in Hot Flash Films, as well as an award-winning former NBC Network news producer. She now works in Hollywood as a writer, producer and director working on her own films. Her background provides her a unique perspective on film-making, which she shares with us this week.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, Troy Gould

Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for “The Hollywood Reporter,” returns this week with an update on the continuing Writers Guild/AMPTP negotiations.

Frank Morrone, President, Motion Picture Sound Editors

Frank Morrone is the President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. He is also a multiple award-winning independent re-recording mixer who has worked in both film & television. He re-joins us this week to talk about the role of audio and sound editing in any project.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, Troy Gould

Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for “The Hollywood Reporter,” returns for the second time tonight, this time with an update on the changes within SAG/AFTRA.

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Sam Mestman, CEO, FCPWORKS

Sam Mestman is the CEO of FCPWorks, a company specializing in helping studios make the most of their editing software. This week, Sam joins us to talk about 4K editing, collaboration, plug-ins that simplify editing and a whole host of new technology that is coming to Final Cut Pro X.

Mike Timm, Filmmaker, Universal Home Video

Mike Timm is a filmmaker who is winning awards with his first project, “A Guy, A Girl, A Space Helmet.” He is prepping and casting his next feature, “Thug in Love.” He joins us this week to talk about the casting process from a director’s point of view.

Jared van Fleet, Communications & Business Development, Pond 5

Jared van Fleet, Communications and Business Development Director for Pond 5 give us tips on how to make money selling our stock footage.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance and developer of the Lumberjack System, brings us up to date on new technology to improve getting ready for editing.

Frank Morrone, President, Motion Picture Sound Editors

High-quality sound is crucial to any successful project and we celebrate the upcoming winners of the MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors) awards. MPSE President, Frank Morrone, tells us more about what to expect at their ceremony next week.

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Brad Malcolm, President, Perfectly Clear

Athentech Imaging has created “Perfectly Clear,” a set of plug-ins and applications that allow you to automatically correct, fine-tune, and batch process images; on both desktops and mobile devices. President Brad Malcolm joins us this week to tell us more.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, Troy Gould

Producer/Guild negotiations are well underway with the WGA next on the list. Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, joins us this week with an update.

Hans-Werner Meyer, Actor

Hans-Werner Meyer is one of the most visible working actors in Germany. He has starred, or performed in, more than 120 films and TV productions. He is also a singer in his A-Capella group “Meier und die Geier” and on the board and spokesperson for the German Actors´ Guild/Association. He joins us this week to talk about making a career as an actor, and the up-coming German Actor’s Award Ceremony, later this week.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, is a regular on The Buzz; helping all of us find work. This week, she has thoughts on how to make the most of a Guild (or union) membership.

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Peter Hamilton, Founder and Editor, DocumentaryTelevision.com

Why are feature documentaries so hard to find on broadcast television? Peter Hamilton, Founder and Editor of DocumentaryTelevision.com, discusses the U.S., Canadian and European markets this week on The Buzz.

Christopher Zitterbart, CEO, Watchmen Productions

It’s not easy getting your film into competition at the prestigious Berlinale, in Berlin, Germany. Christopher Zitterbart, producer at Watchmen Productions, tells us the story of “Praia do Futuro,” the first Brazilian/German co-production to be entered into the competition.

Beki Probst, Director, European Film Market (EFM)

Beki Probst has headed the European Film Festival (EFM) in Berlin since 1988. Under her guidance, the EFM has become one of the largest film markets in the world. She has a unique perspective on the business as well as the creative side of film-making and shares her views with us this week.

Nick Dager, Editor & Publisher, Digital Cinema Report

Nick Dager, Editor & Publisher of Digital Cinema Report, talks about the Sundance Film Festival and the past, present and future of art-house cinema.

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Michael Hiltzik, Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of five books, including “The New Deal: A Modern History.” He’s written recently about court decisions affecting net neutrality, which we want to talk with him about this week.

Oliver Peters, Editor, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC

Oliver Peters, Editor and Owner of Oliver Peters Post Production, discusses the Oscar race for Best Editing and gives us a lesson on LUX for FCP X.

Josh Apter, Founder & President, Manhattan Edit Workshop

Josh Apter, Founder & President of Manhattan Edit, developed Padcaster for iPad and is now utilizing Kickstarter for his next product, Padcaster for the mini iPad. Oh, and did you notice the Padcaster is featured in Apple’s latest commercials?

JonathanL, Radio Jock, The Lopsided World of L

Rocking across the world of Internet radio and based in Berlin, Germany, JonathanL was nominated for Best International Radio Personality by All Access Magazine. He joins us this week to explain the award, the magazine, and his role in alternative rock music.

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Ryan Neil Postas, Filmmaker, Elevated Minds Entertainment

Ryan Neil Postas had the luxury of working with more than one camera on his latest shoot. Um, more than five cameras, in fact. Actually, more than 10. Sigh… OK, he used 20 cameras for his latest production. Find out why, and how, and what happened,

Leon Silverman, President/Co-Founder, Hollywood Post Alliance

Jerry Pierce, Vice President, Hollywood Post Alliance

20 years ago, the Hollywood Post Alliance began. This year’s event addresses the major issues facing post production executives, as it celebrates its 20th Anniversary. What is the Hollywood Post Alliance and why should we care about it? Join Leon Silverman, president and co-founder, and Jerry Pierce, Vice President, of the Hollywood Post Alliance, to learn more about the HPA tech retreat and the Hollywood Post Alliance.

Noel Cordero, Partner & Creative Director, The Timelapse Group

It took 12 hours and over 18,000 stills to capture this timelapse video of Times Square at New Year 2014. Noel Cordero, Creative Director of The Timelapse Group takes us behind the scenes to explain how they created this very cool movie.

Dom Bourne, CEO, Take 1 Transcription

When your memory is not enough to keep track of your projects, transcripts can step in and fill the blanks. But, should you use automated transcription or real people typing? Are transcriptions affordable? And are they accurate? We’ll learn the answers to these and other questions from Dom Bourne, CEO of Take 1 Transcription on this week’s show.

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Sheldon Laube, CEO, Artkick.com

Sheldon Laube has successfully co-founded four startups and has held high-level executive positions with companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and USWeb. He is currently CEO of Artkick.com, a company that streams museum-quality art directly to your TV.

Steve Dispensa, Producer/Director, DDI Productions

Steve Dispensa is the director of a new web series, “Hitting Home,” which tells the story of a hitman working to pay off his student loans… while living at home with his parents. We talk with him this week about his creative process.

Marcel James, Director, Sales & Marketing, Antelope Audio

How do you record a string instrument that spans two mountains? Very, very carefully. Marcel James is an expert at audio compression, but recently turned his hand to recording the largest string instrument in the world. He shares his story with us tonight.

Larry Jordan, Host, Digital Production BuZZ

Storage Visions 2014 is an annual event looking at trends in storage. In this report, Larry Jordan interviews Tom Coughlin, founder of Storage Visions 2014, Richard Wright, from Akitio, and Elaine Kwok from Promise Technology.

Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production BuZZ

CES 2014 is a celebration of the latest in high-technology gadgets. Buzz Producer Cirina Catania is covering the show and sends us this report.

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2013 was another watershed year as our industry continued shifting into all-digital production with rapidly changing product lines and a never-ending release of new and improved products.

This week, we take a look forward into 2014 as our experts attempt the impossible: predicting the future.

Join us for a lively and fascinating conversation with:

Philip Hodgetts – technology

Michael Kammes – editing systems

Jerome Courshon – distribution

Michele Yamazaki – plug-ins and utilities

Ned Soltz – cameras and production

Jonathan Handel – labor

Jessica Sitomer – job hunting

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2013 was another watershed year as our industry continued shifting into all-digital production with rapidly changing product lines and a never-ending release of new and improved products.

This week, The Buzz looks back at the year and tries to make sense of it all. What was hype and what will actually change how we work?

Then, next week, we take a look forward into 2014 as our experts attempt the impossible: predicting the future.

Join us for a lively and fascinating conversation with:

Philip Hodgets – technology

Michael Kammes – editing systems

Jerome Courshon – distribution

Cirina Catania – industry

Michele Yamazaki – plug-ins and utilities

Ned Soltz – cameras and production

Jessica Sitomer – Challenges to getting a Job

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Norman Hollyn, Editor and Professor, USC Film School

Norman Hollyn is an award-winning editor and professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Earlier this week, he returned from Prague, where he’s been teaching editors about the craft of editing. He joins us this week to share his thoughts.

Dave Basulto, Media Arts & Animation Instructor, San Marino High School

Dave Basulto‘s Kickstarter campaign for the iOgrapher – a mobile media case for the iPad – was a huge success. He visits the BuZZ this week to tell us how he accomplished it.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, heads a team of developers creating plug-ins and applications for editing systems. He joins us this week to share his thoughts on the development process, and trends he’s watching for the future. Sean Mullen, CEO & Lead Creative, Rampant Design Tools

What do you get when you shoot footage with a Blackmagic Cinema Camera to create drag and drop Visual FX? Sean Mullen, CEO & Lead Creative at Rampant Design joins us this week to share what he’s learned about shooting this camera.

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Thom Calabro, Director, Marketing & Product Development, Fujifilm Optical Division

Lenses, lenses, lenses – which to choose and why. Thom Calabro, Director of Marketing & Product Development at Fujinon has an opinion on this issue. Join us and discover how to pick the best lens for your next project.

Lan Bui, Cinematographer, The Bui Brothers

Looking for cast and crew? Lan Bui, and his business partner Aaron Dieppa, have invented a new, web-based solution to finding the right cast and crew for independent projects. This week, we learn more about castandcrewcall.com.

Brian Drewes, Co-Founder, ZEROvfx

Move over LA, Boston has a hot VFX house that is working on major films and commercials. Brian Drewes, Co-Founder of ZEROvfx stops by to explain what they are doing and how they are keeping the doors open.

Beverley Horne, Head of TV Post, LipSync Post

LipSync Post is a complete facility providing every aspect of post-production for film and television. Based on London’s Wardour Street, Beverly Horne is the head of TV Post and joins us this week to share her thoughts on the current state of television post-production.

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Guisela Moro, Director/Actor, Newfoundland Films

Guisela Moro writes, directs and acts, and “Hollow Creek” was her first directorial effort. This week, we hear what she learned in shooting her first feature and how she was able to wrangle Burt Reynolds as a guest star.

Jessica Sitomer , President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach and founder of GreatOnlineCoverLetters.com, helps us remember that the holidays are a time for looking back and feeling grateful (or relieved) for the past year. This week, she shares her secrets of coping with both with us.

Rodney Mitchell

Rodney Mitchell joins us to discuss GV Expo and his user Group

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Michael Coleman, Sr. Product Mgr, Collaborative Workflows, Professional Video, Adobe

Recently, Adobe released “Adobe Anywhere,” their new collaborative software for sharing media between geographically dispersed teams. This week, Adobe’s Senior Product Manager, Michael Coleman, stops by to explain what Adobe Anywhere is, who it’s for, and how it works.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, Troy Gould

The DGA and AMPTP recently announced a new, groundbreaking collective bargaining agreement under the guidance of DGA President Paris Barclay. Jonathan Handel, entertainment and technology attorney Of Counsel with Troy/Gould and a Buzz regular, joins us this week to explain the significance.

Marrsha Sill, Executive Vice President, Chicago Music Library

Music drives the emotions. But finding the right music can be tricky. Marrsha Sill, Executive Vice-President of Chicago Music has been placing music in film and television for 20 years. She joins us this week to explain how to find the most elusive creative elements for your productions.

Marty Lafferty, CEO, DCIA (Distributed Computing Industry Association)

Marty Lafferty, the CEO of DCIA (Distributed Computing Industry Association) has organized two days of educational sessions at this year’s Pro Media Conference, which is part of GV Expo. This week, he explains his organization’s interest in The Cloud, what it means to government services, and what they are offering at the conference.

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Brent Bucci, VP, Developer and Brand Relations, MediaFire

Every month, more than 100 million people use MediaFire. MediaFire is a cloud storage service that helps people store, organize, and share data via the Internet. But is it ready for media? Brent Bucci, VP of Developer and Brand Relations, joins us to explain how a cloud service can enable better collaboration.

Evan Daugherty, Principal, Feudal Systems

Evan Daugherty wrote his first screenplay while in college; and it turned into the $400 million dollar “Snow White and the Huntsman.” Now, he and Maker Studios’ recently released “The Four Players,” four new short films, each one reimagining a different character from Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Evan shares his secrets to successful screen-writing with us this week.

Kathleen Randazzo, Acting Coach, Playhouse West

An acting coach enables an actor to develop their craft. Kathleen Randazzo is an actress who spends most of her time coaching others at the prestigious Playhouse West in Hollywood. She shares her secrets of acting and coaching on this week’s show.

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Bryan Carroll, Producer/Director, “Why We Ride,” Walking West Entertainment & Gnarlynow Entertainment

Bryan Carroll, producer/director, is no stranger to films and television, having worked on technically complex productions such as “Collateral,” “Titanic,” “Public Enemies,” and “Miami Vice.” “Why We Ride,” is his feature documentary directorial debut and just opened in Los Angeles and New York. We talk with him about the challenges of launching a national roll-out of an independent film.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Final Cut Pro X continues to generate controversy. Some of it earned, much of it false or misleading. Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance, joins us this week to separate fact from fiction and help us understand whether Final Cut Pro X is right for our projects.

John Tkaczewski, Co-Founder & President, FileCatalyst

Moving media in and out of The Cloud is an important consideration for almost every creative business. Is it safe? Is it big enough? Is it fast enough? John Tkaczewski, Co-Founder and President of File Catalyst, creates with enterprise-level solutions targeted to media creators. We talk with him this week to learn if now is finally the time to move to The Cloud.

David Zimmerman, CEO/Founder/President, LC Technology International

Who hasn’t lost data on SD cards and external drives? It can be frightening, frustrating and infuriating! Don’t panic, all may not be lost. David Zimmerman, the founder and president of LC Technology International, is here to tell us how to save those valuable assets when those dreaded error messages appear!

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Jon Tatooles, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Sound Devices LLC

Sound Devices makes high-quality audio and video digital recorders for production. Their products include audio recorders, video recorders, and portable audio mixer. Jon Tatooles, Co-Founder and Managing Director for Sound Devices joins us this week to tall us about their latest products and what makes them such a desirable addition to the audio production team.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Double-system audio is a process for recording audio on one device, while video is recorded on a second device. Then, you need to sync them together. Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance, describes the challenges of working with double–system audio and new software that makes syncing faster and easier.

Howard Bowler, President/Founder, HOBO Audio Chris Stangroom, VP & Senior Audio Engineer, HOBO Audio

HOBO is an audio post-production house located in New York City. Founder Howard Bowler and Senior Audio Engineer, Chris Stangroom, join us this week to share their techniques on what it takes to make production audio sound great!

Lucas Gilman, Photographer & G-Team Ambassador

Lucas Gilman is one of the leading sports and adventure photographers in the industry. He stops by this week to share his techniques on how to shoot successful sports and adventure videos.

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Jeff Gerrard, Owner, Jeff Gerrard Casting

Jeff Gerrard is a casting director for feature films and episodic television. Over the last few years, the world of casting has changed as technology makes more and more information about actors available on-line. Jeff joins us this week to talk about the new world of casting and how to find exactly the actors you need for your next project.

Steffinnie Phrommany, Actress

Steffinnie Phrommany is a working actress. Which means that she has figured out how to successfully negotiate the new world of casting. She joins us this week to give us an actor’s perspective on what it takes to get cast. More importantly, she has tips you can use to harness technology for your next casting session.

Jane Jenkins, Casting Director, The Casting Company

What do “Princess Bride,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and “When Harry Met Sally,” all have in common? Jane Jenkins, casting director. Jane joins us this week to talk about finding the right people for the right part.

Van Maximillian Carlson, Writer/Director, The Troll (movie) You have a story, you have a script. Now, how do you bring it to live? Director Van Maximillian Carlson, talks about how he went about finding a cast for his film, “The Troll.” He joins us this week to show us his process.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer is a former actress who now specializes in helping behind-the-scenes crew find work. But she still remembers the casting process. This week, she joins us to talk about staying cool when everyone around you is looking for reasons to say “No.”

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Greg Crosby, Product Line Manager, G-Technology/HGST

G-Technology is at PhotoPlus in New York this week. Greg Crosby, product line manager for G-Technology, takes time from the trade show floor to talk about their newest storage products.

John Malec, CEO, Visible Spectrum, Inc.

Visible Spectrum, Inc., is a new company that has found a way to automate and simplify creating custom video ads. All advertising is becoming increasingly local, so, as CEO John Malec explains, their system is designed to provide a fast easy way to create hyper-local ads – by the hundreds.

Bryce Button, Product Marketing Manager, AJA Video Systems

Bryce Button is the product marketing manager for AJA Video Systems. He stops by this week to explore the challenges in working with high-resolution video and showcase some of AJA’s latest products that can help in the editorial process.

Michael Bird, Owner & Co-Founder, TenEighty Media

Michael Bird is the owner and co-founder, along with David Cleaves, of TenEightyMedia. They wanted to create a resource dedicated solely to supporting corporate staging and broadcast specializing in a high-end HD. The latest Sony Cameras are helping them do just that and we want to learn what gear they are using, how they are using it, and why they picked it.

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Armen Kevorkian, Visual Effects Supervisor, Encore VFX, Hollywood

Visual Effects Supervisor, Armen Kevorkian, works at Encore VFX in Hollywood where he supervises VFX on “Homeland” and “Ray Donovan.” The company recently received an Emmy for “Supporting Special Visual Effects” on the Cinemax show, “Banshee.” He joins us this week to tell us about his work.

Ryan Neil Postas, Filmmaker, Elevated Minds Entertainment

Los Angeles-based filmmaker, Ryan Postas, works as a cinematographer and director — frequently with music videos. He recently shot a project using RED’s Dragon and we’re interested in his reaction to the new camera.

Ben Consoli, Director, Editor and Owner, BC Media Productions

Ben Consoli, Director/Editor/Owner of BC Media Productions, is a 10-year veteran of the commercial arena, a successful podcast host and a power FCP X user. He stops by to share his thoughts on creating commercials and provide his take on the current upheaval in editing software.

Jon Schellenger, President, Cinematic Motion Pictures

Jon Schellenger, President of Florida-based Cinematic Motion Pictures, works on local and national TV commercials, corporate videos and now independent features. His current project is “Hollow Creek,” from director Giusela Moro. He joins us this week to tell us more about it.

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Justin Thomson, Founder, Ashridge Films

How do you shoot, Bestival, the world’s largest musical event with over 15 event stages and more than 100 acts? How do you crank out a highlight video every evening for 4 days straight? Tonight, Justin Thomson, Founder of Ashridge Films, explains how.

Collin Blake, Senior Sales Engineer, Nexidia

Nexidia provides speech analysis technologies for the media and entertainment, call center, government, and legal markets. Nexidia Dialogue Search allows users to quickly search large archives of media based solely on the spoken word. Sr. Sales Engineer, Collin Blake explains how Nexidia lets you search audio media without first creating transcripts.

Matthew D. Green, Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute

When Adobe announced last week that it was hacked, we decided it was time to learn more about security. Matthew D. Green, PhD, is an Assistant Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute. His research includes techniques for privacy-enhanced information storage, anonymous payment systems and bilinear map-based cryptography. This week, he tells us how to keep our data safe.

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Russo Anastasio, President, Shapeshifter

Russo Anastasio is the President of Shapeshifter, a LA-based post house. Recently, Shapeshifter used Blackmagic Design’s Teranex and DaVinci Resolve to finish the Mel Brooks PBS documentary, “Make a Noise.” Their work included handling all of the color correction and conversions for the documentary, including the conversion of archival footage from five decades of Mel’s work. This week, we find out how well the process worked.

Bob Kovacs, Editor, Government Video magazine

Government Video Expo 2013 is just around the corner and Bob Kovacs, Editor of Government Video magazine gives us a look at what we can expect. As long as we are chatting, we want to find out the impact of the federal shutdown on government video channels, as well as get his take on why trade shows are relevant in this age of the Internet.

Jerome Courshon, Film Distribution Expert, The Secrets to Film Distribution

Jerome Courshon is one of today’s leading experts in independent film distribution. He teaches a course, “The Secrets to Distribution: Get Your Movie Distributed Now,” to both neophyte and established Producers & Directors. This week, we learn how to take the guesswork out of distributing a film.

Patrick Sculley, CEO, Pixelflow

Patrick Sculley is Founder and CEO of PixelFlow, a hosted service that allows content creators to share, review and deliver video online. Their recent announcement of PixelFlow Air caught our eye at the recent DV Expo, so we invited Patrick on the show to tell us more about it.

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Kevin Louden, Enterprise Sales Engineer, Telestream

Codecs and streaming software sound boring. BUT, new software being developed by Telestream can make your live projects looks great, while using a fraction of the bandwidth. Kevin Louden, Enterprise Sales Engineer for Telestream joins us this week to explain what’s going on and how it affects you.

Kevin Kent, Writer-Producer, www.inspired.com

Kevin Kent is the independent writer/producer who created “Life’s an Itch,” a comedy about a crisis. Recently, Kevin found a distributor for his movie and is about to start a new IndieGoGo campaign. We talk with him this week about how he found distribution and his plans to, finally, make some money from his movie.

Sean Mullen, CEO & Lead Creative, Rampant Design Tools

Rampant Design Tools creates high-quality, drag-drop-and-go visual effects that editors can integrate into their own projects. Earlier this week, they moved into new studios and released a flock of new products. CEO and Lead Creative Sean Mullen joins us to talk about their new facility and how they go about making money creating visual images for other artists to use.

Bruce Nazarian, CEO, Digital Media Consulting Group, Inc.

DV Expo 2013 is currently running at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Buzz Regular Contributor Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, toured the show and talked to the experts to get the inside story on cool new products you’ve never heard about. He shares his discoveries with us this week.

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Sebastien Francoeur, Senior CG Artist, Rodeo Visual Effects Company.

When it comes to creating amazing visual effect, the Rodeo Effects Company, based in Montreal, Canada, ranks among the best. Their films include: Red Tails, The Immortals, Pacific Rim, Pain & Gain, Now You See Me, The Amazing Spiderman and many others. Sebastien Francoeur is a Senior CG Artist with Rodeo Visual Effects. He has recently worked on Now You See Me, and Pacific Rim. We talk with him this week about the process of creating visual effects..

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach.

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, returns to The Buzz to talk about how to handle ourselves in a pitch meeting – demeanor, dress, perception of confidence and more. And, if we are lucky, she can explain how to get that pitch meeting in the first place. Jessica is filled with useful tips you can put to work immediately!.

Jeremy Pollard, Product Manager, Cospective.

Cospective, based in Glenside, Australia, created “Frankie,” an interactive application allowing multiple people to review and discuss a video — think client meetings where the clients are off-site. Jeremy Pollard is the Product Manager at Cospective and stops by this week to tell us about Frankie and their new, version 2, update..

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance.

Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, just returned from a week in Europe attending the IBC trade show in Amsterdam. He joins us to share his perspectives of the new technology launched, or discussed, at the show.

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Michael Kammes, Director, Technology & Marketing, Key Code Media

What makes a wedding unique? A bride, a groom and a POV camera. Buzz Regular Michael Kammes taped his wedding from the groom’s point of view and the video exploded on the web. Discover what its like to be “The Geek Groom” when we talk to Michael about what he did… and why.

Marc Hamaker, Senior Manager Product Marketing, Autodesk, Inc

This week, Autodesk announced “Pay as you go” pricing on their popular video products. This closely follows the subscription model first announced by Adobe with their Creative Cloud release. Is software rental the wave of the future? Marc Hamaker, Sr. Mgr. of Product Marketing at Autodesk gives us the details.

Michael Jorgenson, Writer, Producer, Director, “Unclaimed,” Myth Merchant Films

Moving, emotional and controversial, the documentary “Unclaimed” is set to open Westdocs next week. Written, produced and directed by Emmy-award winner Michael Jorgenson, Michael joins us this week to describe the production.

Nick Howell, Producer, “Studio City”

Comedy works on the web and Nick Howell has been editing the wacky, irreverent and completely silly series, “Studio City.” He joins us this week to explain how each show is created.

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Peter Hamilton, Founder and Editor, DocumentaryTelevision

Peter Hamilton is the founder and editor of the leading industry e-newsletter DocumentaryTelevision.com. His upcoming Master Class in conjunction with producer Ed Hersh, at Westdoc 2013 will reveal what U.S. networks are looking for and how we can get our projects green lit. We’re happy to have him on the BuZZ to give us a preview!

Shawn Griffith, Broadcast Studio Producer, CLZ-TV, Channel 39 (The Child Life Zone)

Shawn Griffith comes from a feature film background. He has taught Film and Video production at the college level and worked with many big names in the industry. Then, he got hooked by the kids at Cook Children’s Hospital and, with the help of organizations such as Panasonic, is now immersed in the Child Life Zone at CLZ-TV, Channel 39, in Fort Worth, Texas, where the kids are creating original programming!

Chuck Braverman, Co-Founder, The WESTDOC Conference

Co-Founder of Westdoc and award-winning producer, Chuck Braverman, is back to update us on new speakers for Westdoc 2013. He’ll also discuss the new landscape for documentary content providers and network executives. Think you knew everything about docs? Guess again!

Tim Clapham, Director, Luxx

Luxx is world-famous for its VFX work using Cinema 4D. Tim Clapham, Director at Luxx, joins us to talk about creating visual effects, surviving in the business and what he looks for in his tools.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts is on his way to the IBC in Amsterdam, but before he flies out, we wanted to talk to him about his company‘s recent release of Producers Best Friend, an app that will save us many hours when creating reports for the networks.

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Zack Arnold, Editor/Director

Where do you go after you have edited an award-winning series like “Burn Notice?” Zack Arnold is raising funds for a new film called: “Go Far: The Christopher Rush Story,” about a young man with muscular dystrophy who inspired millions with his achievements. This week, we talk with Zack about his experience editing “Burn Notice,” and his plans for his next film.

David Basulto, Media Arts & Animation Instructor, San Marino High School

David Basulto is the media arts and animation instructor at San Marino High School in Southern California. In his first three years of teaching, his students have won Silver and Bronze medals in the Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program (LACOROP) annual filmmaking competition. Outside the classroom, David is both a reviewer and an inventor. In March of this year, we learned of the iOgrapher for iPad which David invented. Now, after months of waiting, it is shipping on September 13th. Dave is here to tell us about what it took to get to this point!

Lee Cipolla, Director, Fieldlight Films

Up-and-coming director Lee Cipolla just made the finals in the prestigious short film competition sponsored by Canon and juried by the likes of Ron Howard. His short, Reflection, is imaginative, engaging and empowering. We talk with him about how he made it and his plans for the future.

Philip Storey, Co-founder & CEO, XenData, Inc.

Xen Data just announced a new partnership with Blue Lucy Media to offer partial data restoration from LTO drives. The LTO market continues to develop new software and hardware for archiving huge media projects and Philip Storey joins us to explain their latest news.

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Diana Thater, Artist, Diana Thater Studio

Diana Thater, of Diana Thater Studio, is an artist that specializes in creating videos for museums and other public venues. She shoots and edits her own work, which can often take months or years to produce. Some of her most recent projects include Chernobyl, a study of the effects of the nuclear disaster in Russia. This week, we talk with her about how she creates her video and the challenges of shooting video in a very hostile environment.

Jonathan Laurence, Artist

Jonathan Laurence is an artist, Mainer, adventurer, and uncle. His first career was as a professional snowboarder. Then, he spent a year living in the desert. But his first love was motion graphics and video. This week, he joins us to talk about the exploding trend of iPhone video and photography. Does this herald the death of civilization as we know it? Jonathan has an interesting perspective on the emerging world of new age art.

Nancy Wilhelms, Executive Director, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

Nancy Wilhelms is the executive director of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, in Aspen, Colorado. Founded in the mid-1970′s, the ranch is a retreat and training center for both the fine arts – such as sculpture and painting -and crafts, such as furniture design, wood-turning, ceramics, print-making and photography. This week, and last, The Buzz has been exploring the intersection of art and technology. This week, we hear from Nancy about why The Ranch is so important to both.

David Ellsworth, Studio Wood-Turner, Ellsworth Studios

David Ellsworth is a studio wood-turner at Ellsworth Studios in rural Pennsylvania. He is the former president of the American Association of Wood-Turners, and its first Honorary Life Member. Now why, you may ask, are we interviewing David? First, because the quality of his art is beyond stunning. But, even more, because of his thoughts on creativity and the creative process. Whether you work in video, or wood, you’ll find David’s thoughts an inspiration.

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Andrea Wallace, Artistic Director, Digital Media and Photography, Anderson Ranch

Andrea Wallace is the Artistic Director for Digital Media and Photography at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, Colorado. Host Larry Jordan is spending the week teaching video editing at “The Ranch” and is exploring the intersection of the arts with digital media. Our show begins with an overview of how current technology is changing traditional arts and crafts.

Jason Schneider, Studio Director, Furniture Design and Woodworking, Anderson Ranch

Jason Schneider is the studio director for furniture design and woodworking at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. What does this have to do with digital media? How they are applying new digital technology to traditional design and crafts.

George Jardine, Photographer, George Jardine Photography

George Jardine began his career as a photographer, until he joined Adobe Systems Inc in the mid-90′s to help develop Premiere, After Effects and Lightroom (of which he was the product manager). We talk with him about the early days of non-linear editing, and how technology has changed the way photographers and cinematographers think about capturing images.

Mac Holbert, Co-Founder, The Image Collective

Greg Gorman, Photographer, Gorman Photography

Mac Holbert started his career developing image with Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills, and Nash fame) and Greg Gorman started his career shooting photos of Jimi Hendrix. From there, their careers ranged from creating images for movie posters (Greg) to portraiture and image processing (Mac). This week, we talk with both of them about the importance of light, how to work with actors and models, and how their art has evolved as technology changed.

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Chuck Braverman, Co-Founder, The WESTDOC Conference

The WESTDOC Conference for the Documentary and Reality communities brings together senior network execs, program buyers, production companies and creatives. In its fourth year, Co-Founder Chuck Braverman gives us the inside take on what’s new for 2013.

Doug Hansel, Marketing Manager for Pro Video, Avid

Avid’s Media Composer 7 is shipping. Doug Hansel is the Marketing Manager for Pro Video with all the details of the new version. We are very interested in learning about both the new features and what Avid feels is the future direction of editing.

William Boodell, Editor, Sharknado

“Sharknado” flew into our living rooms out of nowhere and has taken the country by Twitter storm. We talk with editor William Boodell about what it was like – cutting with sharks.

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Ric Perez-Selsky, Independent Filmmaker

We first met Ric Perez-Selsky in his role as the Technical Director for Popsugar, but like many of us, he makes films as well! His recent short, “Contrition,” was given an Award of Merit at the Accolade Film Competition and he is now submitting it to Sundance. We’ll speak with him about this process and his plans for the film.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, TroyGould

The BuZZ is fortunate to have Jonathan Handel, our very own legal eagle, as a regular contributor. This week, he updates us on the guilds and takes us behind the scenes to witness more very interesting events.

Rony Sebok, VP Technology, 1 Beyond

Everything you ever wanted to know about LTO from Rony Sebok, VP Technology at 1 Beyond, Inc.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, the Greenlight Coach, is perhaps one of the most insightful career advisors on the planet. This week she is back to the BuZZ with more tips on how to be successful in the entertainment arena.

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Mike Scheibinger, Senior Product Manager, Sony Creative Software.

Mike Scheibinger is the product manager for the brand new Sound Forge Pro 11 and the amazing Spectral Layers Pro 2; both of which were released on Monday by Sony Creative Software. We don’t get much opportunity to talk about media software for the PC, so we invited Mike to stop by and tell us more..

Nicholas Pisarro, Jr., Founder, NP Associates LLC.

Nicholas Pisarro, Jr.,CEO of NP Associates, LLC, has developed complex software and hardware for over 40 years. He’s also been working with Final Cut since version 1. Recently, he created a new product for Final Cut Pro X, called “Backups for Final Cut Pro” that makes backups… easy! We talk with him this week about some recent updates and a survey about who’s actually using Final Cut Pro X and his software..

Andrew Kimery, Editor, "Looking for Lenny".

Andrew Kimery was the editor on “Looking for Lenny,” an in-depth, controversial documentary – six years in the making – explores the boundaries of free speech and free thought in the context of Lenny Bruce’s comic legacy. Director Elan Gale created an amazing film, but the real saga was in how the film was finally assembled for release – which Andrew tells us about this week..

CJ Bruce, Managing Director, New Antics.

CJ Bruce is a Founder and Managing Director of New Antics. Previously the CEO of Video Army, CJ has been providing video marketing and production services for brands from Jamba Juice to Salesforce.com to smaller brands and local businesses for over five years. So, why is he on The Buzz? Because his company specializes in creating interactive videos for marketing. We want to learn more to see if there are ways the rest of us can make some money with this.

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Lan Bui, Cinematographer, The Bui Brothers

Redemption: The Darkness Descending is a multi-platform project that started as a 24-episode web series. Cinematographer Lan Bui, of The Bui Brothers, had some real challenges lighting it and we have questions about what he used and how he lit the sets depicting the streets of underground New York City.

Gary Fudge, Director of Sales, Mcor

Gary Fudge is the Director of Sales for Mcor Technologies, a Irish-based 3D printer manufacturer whose printers use standard office paper as the build material to create full-color, photo-realistic 3D models… from paper! This is so cool, we wanted to learn more.

Anu Rangachar, Deputy Director, 15th Mumbai Film Festival

Anu Rangachar is the Deputy Director of the prestigious Mumbai International Film Festival, in Mumbai, India. The Festival is entering its 15th year with a stronger program than ever. We want to learn how she turned her love of film into managing one of the world’s premiere film festivals..

Dom Bourne, Founder/CEO, Take 1 Transcription

In a world of reality TV, documentaries and interviews, transcripts are king. Dom Bourne founded Take 1 Transcriptions 15 years ago and grew it into one of the dominant transcription houses in the world. This week, we talk with him about the challenges of creating accurate transcripts and what producers need to know to convert their media into accurate words on paper – quickly.

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Nick Campbell, Animator and Photographer, Greyscalegorilla

Nick Campbell worked at Digital Kitchen as an animator and a photographer where he made TV commercials and title sequences. He also founded an iPhone App company called BananaCameraCo and a motion design education and product site called Greyscalegorilla. Nick has recently been speaking to students and creatives about how to be creative and get paid to do what you love. This is a speech we want to hear ourselves!

Josh Mitchell, Filmmaker, “Helen Keller Had a Pit bull”

Josh Mitchell is a writer, director, actor and publicist. He recently created a film called, “Helen Keller had a Pit bull.” Just on the title alone, we thought it would be interesting, then we saw the trailer. Wow.

Ric Perez-Selsky, Technical Director, Popsugar.com

Ric Perez-Selsky, Technical Director for Popsugar.com, also works as an independent filmmaker and loves to direct narrative film when he is not directing live broadcasts for PopSugar. We want to learn more about creating live broadcasts for the web.

Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design, Inc.

Earlier this week, Blackmagic Design announced support for Avid Media Composer 7. So we invited Dan May, President of Blackmagic Design, Inc. to tell us this week about Blackmagic’s support for Avid, their recently announced support for Adobe Creative Cloud, and his thoughts on Apple’s up-coming MacPro.

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This is a special July 4 holiday show – featuring your favorite interviews from the last six months as counted by your views — and new interviews from the Creative Storage Conference. (Interviews below are not listed in show order.)

Jess Hartmann, President, Promax

Promax recently returned to its roots in creating new hardware and software for media professionals. We caught up with Jess Hartmann, President, Promax, at the recent Creative Storage Conference in Culver City, California, to talk with him about their change in direction and latest product: “The Platform.”

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

One of top four most popular interviews from the first half of 2013, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, shares his views on the future of Final Cut Pro X. Interviews were selected based upon the number of people listening to them in the Interview Archives section of the Buzz website.

Stephen Nakamura, Digital Colorist, Company 3

This is another of our Top Four interviews from 2013. Stephen Nakamura is a digital colorist for Company 3, and recently did the color grading on the feature film: “Oz The Great and Powerful.” We talk with him about what he did, why he did it, and the tools he used.

Anthony Juliano, Senior Account Executive, Fujifilm

Fujifilm was another company at the Creative Storage Conference. They were showing a cloud-based archiving project that they recently introduced for filmmakers and media professionals. In this interview, Anthony Juliano explains their new system and how it can benefit filmmakers.

Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer, Imagineer Systems

This is another of our Top Four interviews from 2013. Mocha is a planar tracking system, which is widely regarded as the best in the industry. Except, ah, just what IS a planar tracking system; and who should consider using it? Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer for Imagineer Systems explains.

Sam Bogoch, CEO, Axle Video

This is another of our Top 4 interviews from 2013. Mention the phrase “Media Asset Management System,” and most people will run screaming from the room. Which is fine, until you can’t find that one file you need to finish your project. Axle has developed a “radically simple” media management system that runs on a Mac Mini, as Sam Bogoch, CEO of Axle Video, explains.

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JJim Tierney, President, Digital Anarchy

JDigital Anarchy recently announced a new version of Beauty Box, their video plug-in that softens and retouches skin tones. With all the talk recently about stars who do NOT want to be touched up – we thought it would be fun and timely to discuss with Jim Tierney, president of Digital Anarchy, what their software does and when beauty is fine just as it is!

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Last week, at the WWDC, Apple provided a sneak peek at the upcoming revision to their MacPro computer. Reactions were instantaneous, with one very loud discussion centering on graphics card support and capability. Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, joins us this week with his evaluation of the new MacPros, and his thoughts on the graphics card controversy.

Al Scirocco, Creative Director, leftchannel

Albert Scirocco, Creative Director for leftchannel, hails originally from a long line of Italian artists. He came to the U.S. in 2003 and channeled his own passion for art into a successful venture, leftchannel, handling motion graphics for film, advertising, broadcast, and environmental design among others. This week, we talk with him about his company, his clients, his projects, and his perspective on production.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

JA couple of weeks ago, we had Bruce Nazarian, “The Digital Guy,” on the show to introduce us to Lemonade Weekend 2 – a massive multi-day musical event scheduled for 2014.We ran out of time, so we’ve invited him back to continue the discussion on how to plan an event designed to attract hundreds of thousands of people. It’s a fascinating process!

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Gavin Fisher, Founder, Fisher Film Works

Gavin Fisher is a Cinematographer/Colorist/Editor based in Los Angeles. His company, Fisher Film Works. offers various post-production services including color correction / finishing, editorial, and visual effects. His company recently completed a colorful Arby’s national campaign using Blackmagic Design cameras and DaVinci Resolve, which is what we want to talk with him about tonight.

Luis Pelayo, President, Hollywood Tools

You just wrapped the last shot. Now what? You’ve got dozens of hours of interviews, but the only way to figure out what you actually have is to get all your media transcribed into something you can read. How do you get it transcribed quickly and efficiently? That’s where Hollywood Tools comes in, as President, Luis Pelayo, explains.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

Sometimes the most interesting dramas occur behind the scenes, as seems to be the case with the current SAG/AFTRA lawsuit. Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for The Hollywood Reporter joins us for an extended session tonight to explain what the actors union is doing, as well as a look at what he’s teaching the next generation of entertainment lawyers at UCLA.

Maxim Antonov, President, The Takes

We first met Maxim Antonov, president of TheTakes.com, at the recent CineGear expo. The Takes is brand new project management software designed to simplify managing all the elements that go into production. We talk with Maxim this week to learn about his new software, what it does, who its designed for and how it works.

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Kanen Flowers, Creative Director, Scruffy TV

Kanen Flowers, Creative Director of Scruffy TV, gives us an update on Scruffy TV, the state of the media industry in the Bay Area, and his recent success in funding his next feature – Hero Punk – using KickStarter.com. Why did he pick KickStarter?

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, has a new project: “The Lemonade Weekend 2.” It’s four days of great musical events taking place in historic Hollywood, March 20-23, 2014. We want to talk with Bruce about what he’s planning, who’s going to be attending, and what we can do to support it.

Sean Mullen, President, Rampant Design Tools

Rampant Design Tools has created some great effects titles for After Effects. From hard-to-create smoke and gunshot visuals, to more complex visual stock elements, Sean and his team have been some amazing visual effects. This week, he talks about the process of creating visual effects and how they decide what to create.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

our favorite job coach, Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, returns with suggestions on how to develop and maintain relationships in the digital age. These days, everything seems fast-paced and often superficial, which is not what you need when building a job network. What do you need to know to really connect with people? Jessica has the answers.

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Sean Stack, Colorist and Finishing Editor, Alpha Dogs, and Matt Jackson, Director, “Love in the Time of Monsters”

What color is a zombie? When Director, Matt Jackson, brought “Love in the Time of Monsters” to Sean Stack, Colorist and Finishing Editor at Alpha Dogs in Burbank, CA, this was more than an idle question. This week, we speak with both Matt and Sean to learn how they approached creating the final color “look” of the film, and why picking the right color for a zombie was so difficult.

Nick Gold, Director of Business Development, Chesapeake Systems

As media files continue to grow ever larger, it becomes more and more difficult to store files locally at the computer. Instead, we need to move them to a network-attached device, called a “SAN,” so that those media files can be accessed from more than one computer. But what’s the best way to do than and what gear should you consider? Nick Gold, Director of Business Development for storage developer Chesapeake Systems, stops by this week to explain their new SAN Fusion system.

Sean Safreed, Co-founder and CTO, Red Giant

When Red Giant announced their newest product it got a lot of attention. Not because it created pretty effects, but because it helped to manage and protect editing projects. As “BulletProof” wraps up beta testing and gets ready for release, Sean Safreed, Co-founder of Red Giant, tells us what Bulletproof is and why so many people are so excited about it.

Wendy Woodhall, Co-founder/Executive Director, Los Angeles Post Production Group

Post-production is part technology, part craft, and part story-telling. And no one knows that better than the Los Angeles Post Production Group, a user group that looks more at techniques than technology. This LA-based user group has a birthday coming up and co-founder Wendy Woodhall stops by to celebrate.

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Woody MacPhail, Producer, Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival and Luke Van Dyk, Head Engineer, Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

Gone are the days of sending film reels to film festivals. Everything is now digital. But the media files are massive! Woody MacPhail is the Producer of the renowned Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour and Luke van Dyk is the Head Engineer, Film & Media for the Banff Centre. The Festival makes extensive use of Signiant’s Media Shuttle for high-speed file transfers between producers and the festival. We want to learn more about how this whole process works.

Nicholas Pisarro, President, NP Associates, LLC

Making backups of your projects is supposed to be easy. But when media files are involved, suddenly, “easy” isn’t so simple. Nicholas Pisarro, president of NP Associates, developed “Backups,” new software that makes backing up Final Cut Pro X files easy again. Too good to be true? Tune in this week to learn more.

Bobbie O’Steen, Author and Film Editing Historian

Bobbie O’Steen is the driving force behind the “Inside The Cutting Room” event being held at Manhattan Editing Workshop in NYC on June 8th. She is also the author of two prestigious books on editors and editing: “The Invisible Cut – How Editors Make Movie Magic,” and “Cut to the Chase – 45 Years of Editing America’s Favorite Movies.” She joins us this week to talk about the craft of editing, what works, what doesn’t, and who does it best.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Recently on The BuZZ we discussed the “10 Worst” College Majors with Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach. During that conversation, Larry and Jessica started talking about the intense competition that exists for all media jobs. So, on this week’s BuZZ, we invited Jessica back to provide answers to how we can rise above the competition and land the job.

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Alan Heim, President, American Cinema Editors (ACE)

Alan Heim is President of the American Cinema Editors, with a list of credits a mile long, including the current release: “Gods Behaving Badly.” He joins us this week to talk about the upcoming “Inside the Cutting Room” workshop in New York City, his outstanding book on editing, “The Cutting Edge History of Film,” and his experiences as an editor.

Michele Yamazaki, Vice-President of Marketing, ToolFarm

Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing for Toolfarm, is a regular on The Buzz, bringing us the latest news on great plug-ins for our editing software. This week she has new ideas on how to create rain effects during editing, as well as tips on how to integrate standard-definition (SD) video into a high-definition (HD) project.

Michael Bergeron, Sr. Business Development Manager, Panasonic

Our producer, Cirina Catania, interviewed Michael Bergeron, Senior Business Development Manager of Panasonic last month at NAB. During this insightful talk, he discusses the benefits of shooting and editing AVC Ultra, along with showcasing his favorite camcorder.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

Unrest continues between labor unions and producers. This week, the writers for the Fashion Police are on strike. Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter for The Hollywood Reporter, joins us to discuss the news and explain why it matters.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A 30 minutes live update with:

Philip Nelson, NewTek, Inc.
Oliver Masciarotte, Minnetonka Audio Software, Inc.
Barbara DeHart, Telestream, Inc.
Andy Liebman, EditShare.

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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.

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A 30 minutes live update with:

Steven Cooperman, Panasonic.
Andrew Page, NVIDIA.
Jon Tatooles, Sound Devices L.L.C

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A 30 minutes live update with:

Dave Walton, JVC.
Steve Tiffen, The Tiffen Company.
Chuck Westfall, Canon USA.

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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.

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Les Zellan, Cooke Optics.
Stuart Ashton, Blackmagic Design.

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Marc Hamaker, Autodesk, inc.
Paul Babb, MAXON.
David Newman, GoPro.
Phil Ritti, Cache-A.

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Vaughan Smith, Frontline Club - London.
David Peto, Aframe.
Steve Turner, OConnor.
Ben Pfeifer, Shutterstock, Inc.
Ryan Avery, Shneider Optics.
Dave Fisk, K-Tek.
Ned Soltz, Newbay Media L.L.C.

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Bill Roberts, Adobe.
Nick Rashby, AJA.
Ian Andes, G-Technology.
Aharon Rabinowitz, Red Giant Software.

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As the 2013 NAB Show brings our industry together, this week we look at our roots and family.

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Tim Jenison, Founder, NewTek

If desktop video could be considered to have a father, Tim Jenison is it. The developer of the original Video Toaster, which first allowed video editing on desktop computers, and the founder of NewTek, which has revolutionized video production for everyone from hobbyists to networks, Tim has created jobs for virtually all of us. (Not to mention a multi-billion dollar industry.) He joins us this week to talk about how it all began, what it was like to watch the industry grow, and share his thoughts for the future. We are REALLY excited to be talking with him this week!

Grant Burton, Producer and Digital Analyst, Royal Australian Air Force

Grant Burton, Producer, Royal Australian Air Force, creates videos at the speed of sound and 30,000 feet off the ground. He began listening to The Buzz almost at the beginning, and is a constant on-line presence during our Live Chat each week. He’s stopped off on his way to the 2013 NAB Show, to share his thoughts on how his work has changed over the years; both in terms of gear and results.

Matt Nelson and Tom Hinton, Co-founders, Remix Your Brand

In a world where too much production sounds like it was thrown out of an elevator, Matt Nelson and Tim Hinton, Co-founders, Remix Your Brand, have harnessed the power of today’s electronic sounds and are creating collaborations between ’tastemaker’ music artists and creative clients. We talk with them this week about why they decided to start their own business, how they create their music, and what we can do to make our projects sound better.

Carey Dissmore, Editor and Founder of IMUG

If you’ve ever needed to get a question answered at 3 AM, chances are you turned to IMUG, the International Media Users Group. Founded by Carey Dissmore, who is a full-time video editor when he’s not answering questions, it is a life-line for people struggling against deadlines to get their gear to work, or how are doing their homework before buying that new set of blinking lights. Carey stops by to give us an update on IMUG, his perceptions of the industry for 2013, and a sneak peek at the Media-Motion Ball, which is an annual event at the NAB Show.

Eric Harnden, Founder, Independent Filmmakers of the Inland Empire

Eric Harnden founded the Independent Filmmakers of the Inland Empire as a user group to help local filmmakers. Which gave him a great perspective from which to view the NAB Show. He realized that the NAB Show is not just about technology and TV. It is a chance for the tech and creative communities to meet once a year to …. well, golf! Eric organizes an annual mini golf tournament at NAB – think of it as “Golf for Geeks,” and we want to know where to tee off.

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Zoe Schack, Producer/Editor, Dosa Hunt

By day, Zoe Schack works as a per-visualization artist for a mid-town Manhattan post house. However, in her spare time, she recently produced and edited “Dosa Hunt;” which follows seven men searching for New York City’s best savory South Indian Crepe. We talk with her this week about her experiences in producing her own independent film.

Michele Yamazaki, Vice-president, Marketing, ToolFarm

Recently, Video Copilot released the latest version of Element 3D, their 3D plug-in utility for After Effects. Now at version 1.6, this software makes integrating 3D elements into your projects a lot easier. Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing for ToolFarm, joins us to explain what this plug-in does, what the new features are, and who should consider using it.

Jesse Kurtz, Executive Producer, Mountain West Digital Network

In the past, the only way we could watch live sports was via a broadcast, or sometimes cable, network. Now, live streaming via the Internet makes live sports broadcasts more accessible. Six months ago, the Mountain West Digital Network was formed to cover Division 1 college sports from ten different colleges and Universities. Award-winning sports broadcaster Jesse Kurtz was picked to head the operation as Executive Producer. This week, he talks with us about what the network is, the gear they are using and his challenges in getting an Internet-based sports network off the ground.

Ryan Neil Postas, Filmmaker, Elevated Minds

Style. That’s the word that comes to mind when we look at the work of music video filmmaker Ryan Postas with Elevated Minds. This week, we talk with him about how he developed his visual style, the role style plays in developing the look of a music video, and whether he feels he is mirroring or leading the look of contemporary musical artists.

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Eileen Kramer, Executive Director, Hollywood Post Alliance

Very few industries are as challenged as post-production facilities. Recent high-profile bankruptcies like Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues put pressure on the rest of the industry. Eileen Kramer is the executive director of the Hollywood Post Alliance. HPA is a trade association for the post industry. She joins us this week to tell us about HPA, the stresses the post industry is under, how HPA can help, and their plans for NAB.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

As if the stresses of running a post house was not enough, the VFX industry is close to implosion. Recently, more than 400 artists held a VFX Town Meeting, with participants from around the world discussing the state of their industry. Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for The Hollywood Reporter explains what’s going on and why the VFX industry is making news now.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

It may start with an idea, but projects don’t become real until someone puts up the money to fund them. And finding funds isn’t funny. This week, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, looks at new options for funding television projects. Why television? Because it has a vast, insatiable demand for new programming. And the sources of funding are more diverse than you might expect, as Philip explains.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Three weeks ago, Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, began a discussion on new options in web video compression and distribution. He returns this week to pick up where he left off and showcase some of the low-cost content distribution networks (CDN) and on-line video compression services that can simplify the process of compressing your video and making it available across all platforms.

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Benoit Fouchard, Chief Strategy Officer, ATEME

We first spoke with Benoit Fouchard, Chief Strategy Officer for ATEME, on last week’s show. During that interview, we learned about the new H.265 compression codec, as well as the challenges in shooting Ultra HD (4K) video. This week, we invited Benoit back to talk more about what filmmakers need to know about shooting and compressing high-resolution images.

Shanaya Fastje, Producer, Author, and Motivational Speaker

Shanaya Fastje is a sought-after motivational speaker with a special commendation from President Obama. She is the author of 3 books, the most recent being, “Bully in the Mirror.” She runs a production company, 13th Productions, and is creating a web series entitled, “M.D. Squared.” Shanaya is also a singer/songwriter with two popular songs selling on iTunes. She is a high school graduate and… she is only 13! We talk with her this week to discover her secrets to success at such a young age.

Stephen Nakamura, Digital Intermediate Colorist, Company 3

“OZ The Great and Powerful” was recently released in theaters nationwide and there’s a lot of buzz about the “look” of the film. Stephen Nakamura, of Company 3. one of the most sought-after DI (digital intermediate) colorists in the industry, is one of the key people responsible for the look of this film. In addition to Oz, his work has been seen on countless features, including Prometheus, Zero Dark Thirty and the upcoming Spring Breakers, from director Harmony Korine.

David Basulto, Instructor, San Marino High School

David Basulto is the media arts and animation instructor at award-winning San Marino High School in Southern California. In his first three years of teaching, his students have won Silver and Bronze medals in the LACOROP annual competition. Outside the classroom, Basulto is an avid reviewer and influencer in the post-production community. He writes for Post Magazine and his own site Filmmaking Central. He is an Adobe Educational Leader and a fanatic about using iPads for teaching, content creation, and social media. He joins us this week to share this thoughts on technology and his new KickStarter campaign.

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Benoit Fouchard, Chief Strategy Officer, ATEME

Suddenly, 4K video (video with frame sizes about 4,000 by 2,000 pixels) is being talked about everywhere. What ISN’T being talked about is that, currently, we can’t broadcast, cablecast, nor reliably download these files from the web. The file sizes are just too gigantic. Last month, the ITU standards body approved a new codec (yes, Michael) that will solve this problem: H.265 (also called HEVC). This week, we talk with Benoit Fouchard, Chief Strategy Officer for ATEME. His company is taking this new standard and turning it into products. We want to learn more about this new codec.

Sean Mullen, CEO/Lead Creative, Rampant Design Tools

Sean Mullen is an Emmy-award winning visual effects artist with over 60 feature film and television credits, hundreds of music videos and features to his credit. His company, Rampant Design Tools offers drag and drop and royalty-free stock elements for video production and graphic design. We talk with him about the changing world of stock video.

Larry Jordan, Executive Producer, Digital Production Buzz

Last week, Larry Jordan took the Buzz microphones to the Broadcast Video Expo in London to see the latest new gear. This week, he presents: Chuck Silber, COO, NewTek, talking about the latest news from NewTek; Martin Toovey, Director, Build Your Own Drone Ltd., about new technology that makes inexpensive flying camera platforms possible; and Alex Panton, Agent, 4K London, about a new company that is an agent for DIT’s, helping them find work.

Phillip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

The Hollywood Post Alliance, HPA, is an organization at the forefront of technology as it pertains directly to post production in Hollywood. Last week, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance premiered: “Lumberjack,” a new application designed for reality programming. This week, Philip joins us to explain what it is and other new stuff that premiered at HPA.

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Richard Symons, Filmmaker, Spirit Level Films

Spirit Level Films is an independent studio the handles both production and distribution. Recently, they spent two years working on a multi-part documentary series called “The Price of Kings.” The series features in-depth interviews with Presidents Yassir Arafat, Shimon Peres, along with other political leaders in the Mideast. We want to learn more about how they created this series on global leadership.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, joins us this week with a look at the rapidly changing world of digital video on the web. How has the shift away from Flash toward HTML/5 changed how movies are compressed and distributed. Can HTML/5 replace Flash? And what about this new-comer: H.265? If you want your movies to look great on the web, you need to listen to what Bruce has to say.

Nicholas Recagno, Online Stereographer, SGO

There are the stars, then the people behind the stars, then the technical people that support them. Nicholas Recagno, Technical Consultant for SGO, helps filmmakers work with Mistika, a high-end finishing tool that was used in The Hobbit, The Amazing Spiderman, and other films. What we find fascinating, though, is Nicholas’ understanding of the challenges in 4K, 5K, even 8K images, stereo 3D, and whether our computers can even edit this stuff. This will be a fascinating interview.

Deborah Calla, Chair, PGA Diversity Committee

Just a few days ago, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) opened online applications for their annual Diversity Workshop. Here, 10-12 lucky producers will be personally mentored in how to bring their projects to life. Deborah Calla, Chair of the PGA Diversity Committee, joins us to explain what the Workshop is, who can participate, and why it even exists.

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This week we are looking into the future of technology.

New interviews every show! Join Larry Jordan this week as he talks with:

Michael Cioni, Founder/CEO, Light Iron

Michael Cioni, Founder/CEO of Light Iron, runs a high-end post-production facility based in Hollywood. Recently, they acquired Off Hollywood in New York City. Seeing as post facilities are on the endangered species list, we asked Michael why he did it. What we discovered is that Michael has a vision of the coming “post-studio” world. This will be a fascinating look into the future with one of our industries leading technologists.

Norman Hollyn, Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Last week, we spoke with Jeremy Hunt about his comedy short film called “Fix It In Post.” This week, we continue our discussion about comedy by visiting with USC Professor Norman Hollyn. Norman has edited a number of major feature film comedies, and we want to chat with him about how we can keep the “funny” in our films.

Michael Kammes, Director of Technology, KeyCode Media

One way to judge what the future holds is to look at the high-end of the market. This week, we asked Michael Kammes, Director of Technology for KeyCode Media, to give us his perspective of what’s happening in the high-end that’s likely to trickle down to the rest of us. Michael found three companies that he wants to talk about.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel believes you can get a good idea of what’s happening with labor by simply looking at the calendar. So, we asked him to look over the next 18 months and let us know if we are in for a rocky ride; labor/management-wise?

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

The best way to get a job is to nail the interview. But, what’s the best way to do that? Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, stops by to share her thoughts on how to turn “Thanks, we’ll put you on the list,” into “Glad to have you with us!”

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Tonight we are look at the creative process – and how to make money with it!

New interviews every show! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton this week as they talk with:

Vincent D, Production Manager, Switronix

Vincent D. has been the Domestic/International account manager with Switronix for over 6 years. His personal experience in the acting and entertainment industry has led him to the role of production manager for Reel Dreams, a new web series about student filmmakers.

Jeremy Hunt, Filmmaker, Screaming Death Monkey

Jeremy Hunt just released a new film called: “Fix It in Post.” Combining a fanciful sense of humor with some great effects, this is a showcase for what can be done using Autodesk Smoke. If you haven’t seen it, watch it here. Then join us for this week’s show as he explains how he created it.

Rob Chipman, Founder/CEO, BizVision

BizVision provides expertise across the country to simplify the often-complex task of webcasting and last week, BizVision announced the public launch of a nationwide videographer network that will be integrated into the company’s turnkey webcasting/streaming video platform. This sounds to us like jobs; which is a good thing. Founder and CEO Rob Chipman joins us to explain this in more detail.

Kevin Spark, Graphic Artist, Onion Creative

Kevin Spark is a Australian graphic artist with an interesting side profession, writing scripts. (OK, we know, everyone in LA is also writing a screenplay.) But,since we enjoy talking with creative people, we thought we’d invite him on the BuZZ to talk about the artists’ life “Downunder.”

Sophia Milton, Program Director, Broadcast Video Expo 2013

BVE is the largest film/broadcast industry trade show and conference in Brittain, and it starts Feb. 26. This week, we invited BVE Program Director Sophia Milton, to tell us more about the show, why she sees a need for training to be provided at a trade show, and how you can get in for FREE!

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Tonight we are look at the creative process – and how to make money with it!

New interviews every show! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton this week as they talk with:

Vincent D, Production Manager, Switronix

Jeremy Hunt, Filmmaker, Screaming Death Monkey

Rob Chipman, Founder/CEO, BizVision

Kevin Spark, Graphic Artist, Onion Creative

Sophia Milton, Program Director, Broadcast Video Expo 2013

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Tonight’s show contains lots of strong opinions. Bring a few yourself!

New interviews every show! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton this week as they talk with:

Michael Cox, Filmmaker

Michael Cox has over 20 years experience as a grip on major projects, an MBA and has recently produced three short films about public art. He has some very strong opinions about the state of our industry and we think you’ll be interested in his point of view. From one filmmaker to another… we’re just saying!

Paul Babb, President, Maxon

Maxon’s Cineversity continues to find new ways to deliver technical training in interesting ways. This week, we talk with Paul Babb, President of Maxon, about what they are doing with their latest training and how they are delivering it in their on-line training arm called: Cineversity.

Jeremy Danger, Fetish Photographer

Jeremy Danger is a Los Angeles-based photographer who takes immense joy in shooting beautiful naked women, the macabre, and anything that’s on fire. Coming from San Francisco as a fetish photographer, Jeremy has been shooting commercially for the last three years. The more we looked at his site the more we wondered whether this was art or over the edge. So, we invited him to join us this week to find out.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, is here in advance of the upcoming HPA Retreat, to give us a sneak preview of Lumberjack, a new logging application designed for reality and episodic TV producers. Anytime Philip wants to talk about technology, it pays for the rest of us to listen.

Highlights of MacWorld Expo 2013

For many years, MacWorld Expo, in San Francisco, has focused on the consumer. But, tucked away in small booths surrounded by iPhone covers and iPad accessories were several companies with interesting ideas for filmmakers. Cool hardware and software that can make your life easier. Host Larry Jordan took the Buzz microphones to the show and brings back some of his highlights.

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Dylan Higginbotham, Creator, Stupid Raisins

Ever want to know what it’s like to create plug-ins for video editors? Well, Stupid Raisins founder, Dylan Higginbotham designed some cool and easy to use transitions for FCP X, called “Block Pop.” We want to learn why he started his company, how he created the plug-ins, and what’s the reaction.

Dr. Philip Storey, CEO, XenData

The preferred method for archiving media is LTO, which is a tape-based archive system. Recently, the entire LTO industry upgraded to LTO-6. This week, we talk with Dr. Phil Storey, CEO of XenData, about this new format, what it offers media creators, and different options on archiving our media.

Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs, Inc.

Sean Stack, Finishing Editor, Alpha Dogs, Inc.

Terry Curren, President of Alpha Dogs, Inc., and Sean Stack, Finishing Editor at Alpha Dogs, have been busy. First, Terry is promoting a new video editor for the iPad called Touch Edit. Then, he got a last-minute call last month to handle post production on Google’s “Zeitgeist 2012 Year-In-Review.” Sean Stack stepped right up and did a great job, ultimately serving the video to over 13 million internet viewers. This week, we talk with Terry and Sean about both, and discover some tips to creating a really efficient post-production workflow.

Josh Apter, Founder/President, Manhattan Edit, Inc.

Ever had an idea for a new product and wished you had acted on it? Josh Apter, Founder and President of Manhattan Edit, put his money where his idea was and built a new product: the Padcaster. This is a frame made to hold an iPad for shooting video. This week, we talk with Josh about what it is, how it works, and why he did it!

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Durin Gleaves, Product Owner, Adobe Professional Audio

Adobe Audition CS6 is winning accolades for its speed, power, and ease-of-use as a professional audio editing system. Durin Gleaves, Product Owner for Adobe Professional Audio, joins us in the studio to tell us more about the current version of Audition and give us a sense of what we can expect for professional audio in the future.

John-Paul (J-P) Smith,CEO, Imagineer Systems, Inc.

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences announced that Imagineer Systems had won a Scientific and Technical Award for mocha and its Planar Tracking technology. In other words, mocha won an Oscar! (This was one of only nine technical awards given this year!) This week, we talk with J-P Smith, CEO, about the award and what it means.

Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Offices, Imagineer Systems, Inc.

As a follow-up to our segment with J-P Smith, we talk with Ross Shain, the chief marketing officer for Imagineer Systems, in more depth about what mocha is, who can use it, and what we can expect in the latest version. If you ever want to do motion tracking, you need to listen to this segment.

Randy Chan, Product Marketing Manager, Promise Technology

We’ve been talking a lot about storage recently, and probably the reigning speed champ for Thunderbolt systems is the Pegasus family of RAIDs from Promise Technology. This week, we talk with Randy Chan, product marketing manager, about speed, more speed, and still more speed in storage.

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Steve Wright, Senior Compositor/Master Trainer, VFXIO.com

Last week, we spoke with the founder of YUVsoft – Dmitriy Vatolin – about their new software tools to convert 2d video into 3D video. This week, Steve Wright, a 20 year veteran of feature film visual effects compositing with over 70 feature film credits, joins us to talk about the new training materials he is creating for YUVSoft, specifically targeted towards streamlined stereo 3D conversions from regular 2D media.

Meagan Eisenberg, VP Marketing, DocuSign

Meagen Eisenberg, vice-president of marketing for DocuSign, is an award-winning tech industry consultant and an IT Engineer with an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Recently, the IRS ruled on the use of electronic signatures for contracts, so we wanted to talk with her about what this means and how DocuSign can help us manage our contracts.

Michele Yamazaki, VP – Marketing, ToolFarm

Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing for ToolFarm, has an update for us on noise!

Sam Bogoch, CEO, Axle Video

Also at the Storage Visions 2013 Conference, we met Sam Bogoch, CEO, Axle Video. Sam tells us they created “radically simple media management.” We want to know more, since tapeless media files seem to breed like rabbits, and keeping track of them is almost impossible! Their software is especially helpful for small workgroups.

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Steven Chu, COO, Toon Boom Animation

Steven Chu is the COO of Toon Boom Animation, a highly-respected Emmy-Award-winning software company. He’s currently at CES, showcasing some of their latest products. We want to talk to him about what’s new, and where he sees the animation industry going in 2013.

Dmitriy Vatolin, CEO, YUVsoft

YUVsoft started ten years ago as a software developer based in Moscow, focused on video. Recently, they branched out into a new market – converting 2D images into stereoscopic 3D images. We talk with company founder and CEO, Dmitriy Vatolin, about what got him started, their clients, and the products they offer.

Chris Bross, Strategic Technical Alliances Manager, DriveSavers

One of the worst feelings in the world is discovering your hard drive crashed and took all your files with it. DriveSavers specializes in getting your data back. In this interview from the recent Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas, we talk with Chris Bross, Strategic Technical Alliances Manager at Drive Savers, about what to do when your hard drive dies and how they go about recovering crashed SSD drives.

Dr. Doug Hansen, CTO, Millenniata

We’ve known for a while that CDs and DVDs don’t store data indefinitely. But, until recently, they were our only options for low-cost archiving. Now, a new company – MDisc – has created a modified version of a DVD that etches your data into stone, using off-the-shelf DVD burners. And, according to the company, they offer a shelf-life of hundreds of years! We spoke with Doug Hansen, CTO at Millenniata, the makers of MDisc, at the recent Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas to discover the secret behind their products.

Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz

This week, more than 200,000 geeks descended upon Las Vegas for the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show) event. Our producer, Cirina Catania, was part of the mob. She has been taking notes like crazy and joins us this week to share her take on what’s new and what’s dead at CES.

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Welcome to 2013!

New interviews every show! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton this week as they talk with:

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital

Michael Cioni, Founder/CEO of LightIron Digital, works at the high-end of post-production. As such, he gets to play with hardware that hasn’t yet made it to the mainstream. We want to talk with him about trends – and hardware – that he saw developing in 2012 that we need to watch in 2013. Michael is always a great guest – if you want to know the state of the future, listen to what he has to say.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, joins us to reflect on Michael Cioni’s thoughts, then to discuss how to prep files for post-production. One of the questions we get asked a lot is how to get organized for editing. Philip has the answers.

Rajesh Ramachandran, President/CTO, Qube Cinema

Rajesh Ramachandran, President and CTO of Qube Cinema, is a digital cinema equipment manufacturer based in Burbank, California. Rajesh oversees the development of technologies that are contributing to the high frame rate and high resolution innovations in filmmaking. We want to talk with him about what these new technologies mean, their impact on production, and whether they will become niche or mainstream.

Anna Easteden, Actress

Anna Easteden is an Award Nominated Actress who has appeared on shows such as “Two and a Half Men,” “Bones” and “Days of Our Lives”. As a model Anna has worked with Calvin Klein, Ferragamo, Hermes, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. We want to learn how Anna is marketing herself to get acting gigs, because her use of social media and newsletters is intriguing.

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Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz

Cirina Catania is the Producer of the Digital Production Buzz. As such, she is integral to everything we do, from booking guests to keeping her eye on our entire industry to figure out what guests we need to book, and what issues we need to talk about. She will be on mic with us during the entire show, which is a rare treat for us, providing her perspectives on the industry.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV Magazine

We start our look back at 2012 with Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor for DV Magazine. We asked Ned to share his thoughts on the key hardware trends, cameras, codecs, and interoperability issues that caught his attention during the last year. Then, we’ll ask him the hard question: “What do we need to pay attention to in 2013?”

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

With Ned Soltz setting the basic hardware scene, its time for Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, to join the conversation on key software trends for 2012. We asked Philip to expand his gaze beyond editing software and look at some of the bigger software issues that we are grappling with.

Michael Kammes, Director of Technology and Marketing, Key Code Media

Michael Kammes, Director of Technology and Marketing for Key Code Media, then adds his thoughts to the discussion as he looks at the trends revealed by the editing software we use every day. Not just the latest features, but how are they perceiving where the industry is headed, and what have they done to position us for it.

Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing, Toolfarm

Next, Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing, Toolfarm adds her thoughts on how plug-in technology is changing. Plug-ins are now doing tasks that we used to expect our main editing software to handle. How did plug-in developers see the market evolve over the year and what trends can we look forward to next year?

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is back after a long absence doing radio. So we want to pick his brain about how audio has evolved over this last year. Not just the tools but the music. He’ll also give us his thoughts on key audio plug-ins that helped to define the audio market in 2012.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

We wrap up with labor issues and getting jobs. Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for The Hollywood Reporter, takes a look back at the Hollywood Guilds, the election, and the challenges for labor in the current economy. This time, we asked him to use a wider view as he shares his take on 2012 trends.

Jessica Sitomer, CEO, The Greenlight Coach

The Buzz would not be complete without Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, sharing her thoughts on how the job market evolved during 2012 with her ideas on where the jobs are and the trends we need to watch in 2013.

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David Lewandowski, Filmmaker and Animator

David Lewandowski is an animator turned director. In 2008 he began creating original works, and in 2011 his focus shifted to the intersection of comedy and visual effects. Recently, he created an amazing animated arm for Elijah Wood in Flying Lotus’ video “Tiny Tortures.” We want to talk with him about how comedy informs his animation. (By the way, David created the animated graphics and opening titles for Tron: Legacy.)

Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs, Inc.

Terry Curren, Founder and President of Alpha Dogs, Inc., has been hosting the Editor’s Lounge since 2004. This is a regular roundtable discussion on the craft of editing. This week, he shares his insights on the industry with a look back at 2012 in the world of post production. (And, knowing Terry, we’ll probably get some good stories in the bargain.)

Brian Arrowood, National Sales Director, StreamVu

StreamVu is a branded portal that distributes video content via the Internet. Brian Arrowood, National Sales Director for StreamVu, has a long background in broadcast sports and entertainment. We invited him to join us this week to share his insights on how filmmakers can leverage this new platform to distribute their projects.

Kathleen Kinsolving, Author, “Dogs of War”

In memory of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticutt, we invited Kathleen Kinsolving, author of the book “Dogs of War,” to talk with us about the K9 Rescue dogs that just journeyed 800 miles from Chicago to Newtown to comfort the families of the victims at funerals and other gatherings.

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Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin and Associates, Inc.

Tom Coughlin, President of Coughlin & Associates, is a Silicon Valley consultant, a storage analyst and and the organizer of the annual Storage Visions and Creative Visions Conferences. Storage has undergone a transformation over the last year, with the rapid growth of SSD, increased capacity of spinning media, and a new LTO format. We talk with Tom about what’s happened and what we can expect in 2013.

Mario Blandini, VP & Chief Evangelist, Drobo

This morning, Drobo announced the newest member of its family: the Drobo 5N. This joins the recently shipping, Thunderbolt-based Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini. Mario Blandini, VP & Chief Evangelist for Drobo, joins us to talk about their new products, how to understand what performance claims actually mean, and how to pick the right storage for your project. Here’s how to get answers all your questions about picking the right storage.

Eric Quanstrom, COO, Sorenson Media

Eric Quanstrom is COO of Sorenson Media , which just released Squeeze Server 2.0. This provides a streamlined version of the company’s high-volume video encoding solution. Video compression is central to the distribution of virtually every film and video, so we want to learn how to pick the best compression software to get the best results for, naturally, the lowest price. Without having to become a rocket scientist in the process.

Peter Stelzhammer, AV-Comparitives

Peter Stelzhammer is a self-described security addict. Ten years ago, Peter joined with fellow security junkie Andreas Clementi and founded AV-Comparatives, which specializes in independent testing of anti-virus software. He joins us today to talk about keeping our computers safe, avoiding problems when storing materials on-line, and where to go for recommendations on the best anti-virus software.

Ryan Rutz, Founder/CEO, Alkali Infusion

Ryan Rutz created MyInteractiveResume.com, a web -based video profile of himself – to help land a job in LA. He figured this was a great way to give employers a “first look” into his background and personality before that infamous first phone interview. We thought this was an interesting way of self-promotion, so we invited him on to tell us more.

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Dan Deluca, Founder, Contender Films

Dan Deluca is Founder of Contender Films. His latest endeavor is listed on Indiegogo where the production team is raising money for a sizzle reel. We want to learn whether funding films via crowd-sourcing actually works, what budget ranges are most effective, and how their fund-raising is going.

Hope Hall, White House Videographer

Filmmaker Hope Hall is the official videographer of the White House. We spoke with her at length after her keynote speech at the recent Government Video Expo 2012, and were struck by the balance she looks for when covering private meetings at the White House. As the official documentarian of the President of the United States, she literally can change history simply by turning on her camera. She has an amazing job and describes it in a fascinating way. You don’t want to miss this!

Jeff Mann, Founder/COO, RenderLife

RenderLife began only six months ago, and Jeff Mann is the founder. Based in Toronto, RenderLife sells assets for 3D projects. Whether you are looking for 3D shapes to put into Maya or Cinema 4D, something simple like a telephone, or complex like a Pentagon drone, RenderLife either has it, or can create it. Jeff joins us this week to describe how using their 3D elements can shave time and dollars off a tight production schedule.

Mark Spencer, Motion Graphic Artist, Day Street Productions

Mark Spencer, is a Bay-Area-based editor and motion graphics designer. He has been using, writing about, and teaching Motion since its introduction in 2004. He owns Day Street Productions, a production and post studio focused on corporate and industrial video. Recently, Mark has developed a series of plug-ins for Motion 5, the latest is called Optics. We want to talk with him about the process of developing plug-ins for this new platform.

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Navarro Parker, Motion Graphics Animator — and – Bradley “Gmunk” Munkowski, Design Directorr

The latest James Bond film, “Skyfall,” has captured the attention of movie-goers around the world and inspired other to emulate its effects. Recently, Sony created “Mouse and Cat,” a TV, print and web-based campaign which leverages the James Bond franchise. Two members of the effects team that created the broadcast commercial join us this week to talk about their work: Navarro Parker and Bradley “Gmunk” Munkowitz. We want to learn what they they did, the tools they used, and how they went about planning their effects. This will be an exciting interview.r

Michelle Yamazaki, VP – Marketing, ToolFarmr

Our favorite plug-in-ologist, Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing for ToolFarm, joins us again this week to share her latest findings on new plug-ins for filmmakers and editors. Cool tools, and some cool toys, as Michele explains on this week’s show.r

John Dower, Filmmaker, “Bradley Wiggins – A Year in Yellow”r

Filmmaker John Dower spent a year producing a documentary about the Tour de France and its winner, Bradley Wiggins. The film, “Bradley Wiggins – A Year in Yellow,” has just been released to the festival circuit. John joins us this week to tell us more about his film, and why he decided to make it.r

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporterr

When activists tried to unionize New Zealand actors on The Hobbit, they knew it wouldn’t be easy. In fact, New Zealand has the world’s only non-union English-language film business. In his book, The New Zealand Hobbit Crisis, reporter Jonathan Handel covered the negotiations and the repercussions. Jonathan joins us this week to tell us about the negotiations, the results and the book that chronicles all of it.r

SPECIAL REPORT: Government Video Expo 2012, Washington, DC.r

This week, the annual Government Video Expo is going in Washington, DC. On this week’s show, we have three interviews with some of the keynote speakers:r

Katie Snider, Executive Producer, “Oceans Today,” NOAAr

Kevin Beverley, Chief – Army Televisionr

Hope Hall, White House Videographer

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Douglas Sloan, Director, iContent Films

The photo is famous: a Vietnamese general shooting a Viet Cong during the Viet Nam war. Taken by photographer Eddie Adams, this one image changed the direction of the war. Filmmaker Douglas Sloan created a documentary about that image – and discovered that what it shows is only a part of the story. We talk with him this week about the power of a photograph, the back-story behind the image, and why he created his documentary: Saigon68.

David Newman, Senior Director of Software Engineering, GoPro

GoPro cameras are everywhere, but they don’t get a lot of respect. This week, we talk with David Newman, Senior Director of Software Engineering for GoPro, about their cameras and the latest update to the line: the Silver and Black Editions. For filmmakers looking for more image quality and control, these new cameras are worth a look, as David explains.

Elena Miliaresis, Filmmaker, “While Time Stands Still”

We’ve been following Elena Miliaresis on her journey as a first-time filmmaker as she works on “While Time Stands Still,” a documentary about the families of military personnel who are left behind when their soldier-spouse goes to war. Production is complete, and she is now in the middle of her final sound mix. We thought it would be a good time to check back to learn what we as producers, directors and editors need to know to prepare for a sound mix.

Rich Kwiat, Co-founder/Managing Director, Doddle and David Plant, Founder, Doddle/Canada

Doddle is a website devoted to saving filmmakers time. Whether it is their daily newsletter, or their Cloud-based production services, they have a range of new technology that can save filmmakers time, money and resources. In this interview, with Rich Kwiat, Managing Director of Doddle, and David Plant, co-Founder of Doddle/Canada, we talk about their recent expansion into Canada, their latest product offerings, and how transitioning from paper to the web can save producers thousands of dollars for each production.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video magazine

The holidays are approaching and its time to buy new gear! And who better to explain what gear we need to buy than Ned Soltz, contributing editor for Digital Video magazine. Ned is back with his take on what’s hot, what’s not, and where we should spend our holiday dollars.

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Natasha Deganello Giraudie, CEO/Founder, Micro-Documentaries

Natasha Deganello Giraudie, CEO & founder of Micro-Documentaries, managed crews from many corners of the world to produce a series of 3-4 minute films of young people demonstrating how they live, work and engage with technology. The project was sponsored by Cisco. We talk with her about what she did.

Grant Burton, Producer/Digital Analyst, Royal Australian Air Force

There is a continuing conversation about the business model of broadcast television. Where’s the money going to come from as audiences get smaller, and sponsors concentrate their efforts on more targeted media. Grant Burton, Editor with the Royal Australian Air Force return to the BuZZ to update us on the future of TV in Australia!

Ben Alpi and Jeff Handy, Cowboy Creed

Here’s another chance to learn how filmmakers get their projects done. Ben Alpi wrote and directed, and Jeff Handy edited, the short film “Cowboy Creed.” It was shot on 16mm, which is really unusual these days, and premiered recently in Los Angeles. We want to find out why they shot on film, how hard it was to work with, and how they completed their project.

Andrew Little, CEO, Red Giant Software

Red Giant Software continues finding exciting small companies to partner with. This summer, CrumblePop joined up with Red Giant. Andrew Little, CEO, Red Giant, stops by to talk about the new partnership, their latest products, and why they partnered with CrumblePop.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Earlier in the show, we heard Grant Burton’s take on the future of television. Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, has a different perspective, which is rooted on the economies of the micro-audience and micro-payments. He’s been talking about this for a while, but we decided it would be a good contrast to hear from both Grant and Philip in the same show.

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The BuZZ Show is live from 2012 ETE in Burbank, CA

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth #100, as he talks with:

Heather Williams, Global Business Development, Atomos

Malcolm Mills, Director of Sales, Cinemills

Eddie Barber, Founder, Barber Tech

Tony Davis, Founder, Tessive

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The BuZZ Show is live from 2012 ETE in Burbank, CA

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth #100, as he talks with:

Dave Walton, Assistant VP Marketing, JVC Professional

Doug Pircher, General Manager, International Supplies

Richard Schleuning, National Sales Manager, Carl Zeiss

Mas Omae, Sales Manager, Accusys, Inc.

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Dylan Carter, Director Non-Linear Workflows, Company 3

The lines between production and post are blurring. Digital workflows have changed how people think about working with creative assets and post is often on location with production. Dylan Carter, from Company 3 joins us today to talk about the new workflow.

Dave Walton, Assistant VP, Marketing Communications, JVC Professional Products

JVC continues to turn out cutting edge cameras for the semi-pro and professional markets. As part of our coverage of the Entertainment Technology Expo, in Burbank, CA, this week, we are talking with Dave Walton, Asst. VP of Marketing Communications for JVC about their latest cameras, the “600 Family.”

Jérôme Brunet, Owner, Jérôme Brunet Photography

Jerome Brunet is an award-winning music photographer who has been published internationally in such publications as Rolling Stone, Billboard, Premiere Guitar, PDN, American Photo, Forbes and the New York Times. How does he get these great shots, what gear does he use and how does he make those amazing prints we saw at PhotoPlus? (courtesy of Hahnemuhle).

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter for The Hollywood Reporter – and regular reporter for The BuZZ – joins us this week to bring us up-to-date on a number of labor issues, including California ballot propositions and Hollywood unions, a SAG/AFTRA Hurricane Sandy relief fund, and a cautionary tale about making sure you understand your job’s benefits.

Mark Anderson, Account Executive, G-Technology

This week, at the Entertainment and Technology Expo, we talk with Mark Anderson, Account Executive for G-Technology, about their latest storage products, a look at the speeds of USB(3) drives, and why Thunderbolt RAIDs are taking so long to come to market.

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The BuZZ Show is live from 2012 ETE in Burbank, CA

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Mark Anderson, Account Executive, G-Technology

Jose Larios, Sales and Marketing, Libec Sales of America

Greg LaPorte, VP Sales and Marketing, Sonnet Technologies

Timothy Decker, Director of Marketing and Advertising, Alan Gordon Enterprises

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Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy, Founder/President, Createasphere

Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo blasts its way into the Burbank Marriott on November 7 and 8. This annual show is a great way to see the latest in filmmaking technology. In fact, The BuZZ will be there next week, originating four live programs directly from the show floor. In advance of the event, Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy, Founder/President of Createsphere, previews all the excitement.

Chad Andrews, Vertical Strategist, Dell – Brandon Bussinger, CTO, Sixteen 19

As filmmaking becomes every more digital, media management is now increasingly done on the set. The Digital Process Workflow Lab at Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo (ETE) presents real-time demos of ideal media workflows and offers solutions to secure data handling, large data storage requirements, color management, and metadata issues. Chad Andrews, Vertical Strategist for Dell and Brandon Bussinger, CTO for Sixteen 19, join us to explain what they are premiering next week at Createasphere.

Dawn Wilson, Content Marketing Director, New Dawn Media

Dawn Wilson the Content Marketing Director at New Dawn Media, helps companies discover ways to engage potential customers. Since most of us need to increase both visibility and profitability, we invited Dawn on The BuZZ to give us some pointers geared to building business on the internet.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Nothing gets a discussion started like talking about Final Cut Pro X. With its major update last week from Apple, those discussions have increased. This week, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, follows up on his blog about the future of Final Cut Pro X. Join Larry, Philip, and Michael as they look to the future of where NLE software is heading.

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Dan Rayburn, Executive VP, StreamingMedia.com

he world is quickly shifting from distributing media on physical objects, to downloads and streaming over the web. Dan Rayburn, executive vice president of StreamingMedia.com, and the head of Streaming Media West, coming to LA later this month, joins us to explain what streaming media is, how filmmakers can take advantage of it, and spots some of the trends we need to watch over the coming months.

Norman Hollyn, Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Norman Hollyn is an experienced film editor, a professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts... and a world-traveler, helping filmmakers around the globe improve their story-telling skills. Norman joins us this week to discuss why filmmakers are looking to the US for hints on creating great movies. Their focus isn't on technology, its on the craft of story-telling, as Norman explains.

Lynn Elliott, Product Manager, Telestream

The good news is that Telestream has a big announcement for us. The bad news is that they aren't making it until just before our show starts. So, you'll just have to wait until Lynn Elliott, product manager at Telestream, stops by to explain what all the excitement is about. (It's pretty cool, though.)

Michael Cowan, Founder/Executive Producer, Commotion Machine Media

reating successful advertising is hard enough for most businesses. But when you are a professional, like a lawyer, the rules and regulations of your industry can make advertising far harder. Michael Cowan, Executive Producer for Commotion Machine Media, specializes in helping professionals advertise; both legally and successfully. Recently, Michael has featured a series of blogs called: "Weapons of Influence," which he shares with us on this week's show.

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Michael Earle, President, AIO TV

As the industry shifts from traditional distribution models – such as theatrical release, television broadcast, and DVD sales – filmmakers need to find new ways to make money on their projects. That’s where digital distribution comes in. New companies like AIO-TV are finding ways to connect films with an audience. AIO co-founder and president Michael Earle joins us today to explain what his company does and what filmmakers can do to find the money.

Tony Simmons, Actor

Tony Simmons is an actor that called California home for more than 20 years. Trained in both theater and film, Tony recently discovered that there are better opportunities for actors outside of LA. So he’s picked up and moved out. This week, we talk with him about what he sees as new options for actors outside of Hollywood.

Barry Snyder, President/Co-founder, MediaMine

Barry Snyder, president and co-founder of MediaMine, is a respected industry leader who specializes in taking legacy media collections and devising new ways to access, revitalize, and repurpose the content. In other words, he makes money on old stuff using new technology. There’s nothing better than making money on work you’ve already done – and Barry joins us this week to explain how it’s done.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Correspondent, Hollywood Reporter

With productions leaving LA for other parts of the world, and producer’s strong preference for non-union labor, these are tough times for Hollywood’s Guilds and craft unions. One of the current flash points are reality and half-hour comedy shows. Currently, IATSE is picketing the production offices of reality show “Fashion Star.” Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor correspondent for the Hollywood Reporter and Buzz regular, joins us this week to explain the issues.

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Patrick Longman, President, Active Camera Systems

Patrick Longman is President of Active Camera Systems, an aerial cinematography and rental company based in Florida. He recently discovered that he could mount the Sound Devices PIX 240 recorder directly on the helicopter’s console and voila.. a great solution for aerial shoots. He joins us this week to explain how his system works.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Work is stressful enough, but how do you cope when the stress is coming from outside events, beyond your control? Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, joins us this week to discuss managing stress and coping with outside pressures on your company.

Andy Sheldon, Director of Marketing, Class on Demand

Andy Sheldon, Director of Marketing at Class on Demand recently told us about a new partnership between Class on Demand and Amazon. Their goal is to make online learning more and more popular, so we thought we’d ask him a few questions about the new partnership and where Class on Demand is heading for the future.

Mark Ditmanson, Owner, FloLight

For the last several months, LitePanels has been embroiled in litigation over the patents it holds covering several aspects of LED lighting. Recently, we received an email from a group called PatentFreeLED that makes some strong charges about the impact LitePanels’ patents will have on LED lighting and our industry. We invited Mark Ditmanson, the Owner of FloLight, to come on the show to discuss his side of this issue. (We also invited LitePanels, but, because the litigation is pending, they declined to join us.)

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Woody Woodhall, President, Allied Post Audio

The best way to improve the quality of your picture is to improve the quality of your sound. But how? Woody Woodhall, CAS, is President of Allied Post Audio in Santa Monica, CA. and is a highly-respected supervising sound editor, sound-designer and re-recording mixer for independent feature films and television programming. We want to talk with him about audio and post-production.

Tony Robinson, Executive Director, KICKS Ministries

Recently, Tony Robinson, Executive Director of KICKS Ministries, shot two movies back-to-back, one using Canon DSLR cameras, and the other using a Sony FX100. We want to talk with him about what he liked about each system and how he’ll decide which camera to use in the future. We also want to learn if the different cameras require a different style of shooting.

Wendy Woodhall, Founder, LAPPG

Wendy Woodhall co-founded the Los Angeles Post Production Group (LAPPG) four years ago with her husband, Woody, and serves as the organization’s Executive Director. She’s been in the entertainment industry for 18 years in various capacities including television production, publicity, marketing and product placement but her passion currently is the creation and growth of the LAPPG. We talk with her this week about what it takes to make a user group work.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, is a regular on The Buzz and he returns this week to comment on his recent blog about the state of television today. Philip’s insights are always interesting and informed. This is one segment you don’t want to miss.

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Anthony Nalli, Executive Producer, The Aviators

The Aviators is a PBS reality / science show that follows the adventures of a group of pilots and aviation experts. Viewership of this program is skyrocketing and now boasts almost 10 million people per week in the U.S. and about 30 million internationally. We talk with Executive Producer, Anthony Nalli about how he created the show.

Jonathan L, Radio Producer and Host

Jonathan L is an American-born radio deejay, programmer and publisher who currently broadcasts via the internet from Berlin. His show, “The Lopsided World of L,” features independent alternative bands and is heard around the world. We caught up to him on one of his rare visits to Los Angeles and it is good to have him back.

Bjoern Adamski, Product Marketing Manager, Flip4Mac, Telestream

Earlier this week, Telestream released the latest version of Flip4Mac, the long-time workhorse for supporting Windows Media files on the Mac. This week, we talk with Bjoern Adamski, product marketing manager for Telestream, about what’s in the new version, along with the brand-new Flip Player. Both of these can make a media producer’s life a lot easier – join us as Bjoern explains.

Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs Inc.

Many independent producers are not given the luxury of owning expensive video decks and equipment. Working with limited budgets and small production and post-production teams makes completing projects even more challenging. AlphaDogs Digital Service Station is an interesting solution and Terry Curren, Founder and President join us this week to tell us more.

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Eric Trabb, VP & Group Publisher, NewBay Media

NewBay Media is the driving force behind Digital Video Expo, held this week in Pasadena, California. We talk with Eric Trabb, VP and Group Publisher for NewBay Media about why they feel trade shows are important, the relationship between trade shows and print magazines and what he sees as the future of our industry for the next couple of years.

Jan Crittenden-Livingston, Product Line Business Manager, Panasonic

Panasonic is showcasing its latest video cameras, but there’s a larger issue here: with so many cameras on the market, and with each camera becoming obsolete almost immediately, how do filmmakers decide which camera to buy? Jan Crittenden-Livingston, Product Line Business Manager for Panasonic Solutions Company, joins us for an extended discussion of which camera is the right camera.

Jody Eldred, Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Jody Eldred Productions

Continuing our discussion about picking the right camera, we talked with Jody Eldred just after he finished a premiere of the latest camera from Sony, the PVW-200. We talk about the the camera, but, more importantly, we talk about the challenges Jody has as a cinematographer of determining what’s the right camera for the job. When is the best answer to rent, rather than to buy? Jody has some very interesting opinions about this.

Doug Mullin, Western Regional Sales Engineer, JVC

It’s been a while since JVC was on The Buzz. We caught up with them at DV Expo and talked with Doug Mullin, Western Regional Sales Engineer for JVC, about their latest cameras. Did you know JVC now has WiFi to beam images from the camera directly to your hard disk? Some very cool cameras at a very attractive price, as you learn when you listen to Doug.

Mario Di Leo and Alessandro Di Leo, Cinematographers, The Ready Rig

As cameras get smaller and move off the shoulder, they also get harder to hold and to shoot. The Ready Rig is a very clever contraption invented by Mario Di Leo, cinematographer for shows like Battlestar Galactica, Hardcastle and McCormick, Murder She Wrote and dozens of others. This shoulder-based rig works with small and medium cameras to provide a solid shooting platform, with a wide range of shooting angles from low to high, left to right, even upside down! In this interview, Mario Di Leo and his son, Alessandro Di Leo, explain the benefits of this new system.

Bruce Master, Senior Program Manager for Tape Storage at IBM, and Paivi Juvonen from Quantum.

Archiving is another essential element of post-production and the current favorite archiving technology is LTO-5. We talk with two members of Ultrium, the LTO consortium: Bruce Master, Senior Program Manager for Tape Storage at IBM, and Paivi Juvonen from Quantum. Our conversation starts with the current state of LTO-5, then moves into a discussion of the upcoming LTO-6.

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John Putch, Director/Actor/Filmmaker, PutchFilms

John Putch Founder of PutchFilms, was raised in the film business. His acting career began at age five and includes over 41 titles: “Body of Proof,” “Cougar Town,” “Ugly Betty,” “Scrubs”, “American Pie Presents: Book of Love,” the made for TV “Poseidon Adventure” and the cult favorite: “Mojave Phone Booth.” Recently, he completed directing “Route 30, Too!” and joins us to describe the travail of attempting to make money on his film. In fact, John swears he’ll never hire another sales agent again! We want to know why.

Michael Cowan, Executive Producer, CommotionMachine Media

Marketing and PR reign in this digital age and social networking is a part of our daily lives, but… Where’s the money? Michael Cowan, executive producer for CommotionMachine Media, has one word for us… Focus! We think that is easy to say, the devil is in the details. We want to hear how he backs that up with specific actions we can take to turn social media into revenue.

Dan May President, Blackmagic Design/US

Blackmagic Design had so many announcements at the recent IBC trade show in Amsterdam that, well, let’s just say they have never announced that many products at one time, other than at NAB. Including a new camera, and gear that now supports 4K images! We caught up with US President, Dan May. and talked about the new version of their Digital Cinema Camera and got the low-down on all their 4K products. Discover why Blackmagic Design likes to shake things up.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

Good news on the labor front. Jonathan Handel, our legal labor expert, that IATSE just signed a three-year contract extension of the Area Standards Agreement which covers more than 8,000 production workers throughout North America outside of LA, NYC, and parts of the West. What does this mean? Who benefits? Why now? We invited Jonathan to explain it all to us this week.

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Baret Lepejian, Co-Owner, Julia Dean Photo Workshops LLC

Increasingly, still photographers are being asked to shoot both stills and video with their DSLR cameras. Baret Lepejian, Co-Owner of Julia Dean Photo Workshops, has more than 30 years of experience running successful professional photo labs. He joins us this week with ideas we can pitch to our clients to help them incorporate video in their business, as well as better understand the latest trend on what photographers need to shoot.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Times are tough and our budgets – both personal and professional – are being squeezed. How do you stay competitive when searching for new clients when you don’t have big bucks! jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, has some ideas that can help of us find work, whether we have a large, or small, budget.

Trevor Ward, Filmmaker, “I Met With An Accident”

Trevor Ward first visited The BuZZ in early 2011 to talk about his film, “I Met With An Accident.” Since then, he’s been in distribution … well… maybe that’s not the right word…! We could all learn from Trevor’s journey. What did he do right, what could he have done differently and what does he recommend to make our own project successful?

Jim Robertson & Rich Kwiat, Co-Founders, Doddle

Doddle burst onto the scene a short while ago and has reached an enormous audience for its daily news of the entertainment industry. It also created apps to help us with our call sheets during production. CoFounders Jim Robertson, and Rich Kwait, talk about their new startup and what it is like to report news in this digital age.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Adobe announced “Adobe Anywhere” earlier today, a new technology that supports multiple editors working remotely on the same project. However, The Buzz and Philip Hodgetts first brought you news of this as a technology “sneak-peek,” earlier this year in our coverage of the 2012 NAB Show. Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, joins us to explain why this news is so important to video editors.

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Mike Savello, Vice-president of Sales, LiveU

LiveU provides live video streaming over cellular phones. We first saw this at the NAB 2012 Show, but they have since used their technology to broadcast live from the 2012 Olympics in London. Mike Savello is their VP of Sales and joins us this week to explain their technology and how it can be used by filmmakers to create compelling new content – live!

Mark-André Ferguson, Smoke Product Evangelist, Autodesk

Autodesk is in the process of creating a major new release of Smoke. With the launch of their first public trial release in June, they have since released two updates. Release 3 arrived earlier this week and we talk with Mark-André Ferguson, Smoke Product Evangelist for Autodesk, about the new release and the reaction from the marketplace.

David Vassar and Sally Kaplan, Co-producers, “California Forever”

“California Forever” is a two-part PBS series that premieres in September that tells the story of California’s state parks. Produced by Sally Kaplan, and co-produced, written, and directed by David Vassar, shot on the Red camera, this series was almost four years in the making. What we are interested in learning about, though, was the permitting process that Sally went through to get permission to film in more than 40 state parks. Why were permits necessary, how hard was the process, and what can we learn from her experience?

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

This week, a California judge ruled that the Directors Guild of America is properly complying with a 2008 settlement agreement requiring the DGA to report foreign royalties. The problem, as stated in the lawsuit, was that the DGA reports were virtually incomprehensible. Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter for the Hollywood Reporter joins us this week to explain the situation and what it means to filmmakers selling films overseas who aren’t DGA members.

Phil Storey, Co-founder and CEO, XenData

XenData is a leading provider of digital video archiving products tailored for the media industry. They are announcing some new archiving gear next week at the IBC trade show in Amsterdam. So, we invited Dr. Phil Storey, CEO of XenData, to explain their latest announcements and what they mean to filmmakers.

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Mike Timm, Filmmaker, “A Girl, A Guy, a Space Helmet”

The last time we spoke with Mike Timm, the filmmaker behind “A Girl, A Guy, A Space Helmet,” was in March, just after he released his latest award-winning film. When we spoke with him then, he had won numerous awards, but hadn’t landed distribution. Now, he has. So, we follow-up with him this week to learn how he got his digital distribution deal, what the experience taught him, and how he came up with such a killer title!

Mark Schoneveld, Director of Community, PopTent

Mark Schoneveld is the Director of Community for PopTent, which is a community of filmmakers who are looking to connect with companies to produce advertising. From spec work to paying projects, this is a very cool way to show off your creative chops to companies that can afford to pay for them. We talk with Mark to learn more about how this works.

Ken Jones, Producer, Time Travel Movies

Ken Jones is the founder and producer of Time Travel Movies. He also has a passion for protecting the tropical forests and has taken that enthusiasm into his business. His successful podcast, “Calaveras Gold” is ongoing, but there is no moss growing under this man’s feet. We want to talk with him about how he combines growing a successful business with creativity.

Drew Henderson, Owner, Alzo Media LLC

Drew Henderson is the owner of Alzo Media, which provides video equipment kits for small production companies by manufacturing and selling direct to the end user. They are prepping some new DSLR hardware just in time for DV Expo next month in Pasadena and we want to get an early a sneak preview.

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Kevin Good, Creator, Weapons of Mass Production (Bammo)

A new webisode series – called Weapons of Mass Production – just appeared on the YouTube channel Bammo. Created by Kevin Good, it takes a humorous look at production techniques. In this first episode, Kevin goes on a search to find the best green screen paint and, along the way, discusses how to create green screen keys that your audience will never spot. Never has green screen work been so funny!

Michele Yamazaki, Chief Pluginology, Toolfarm

Michele Yamazaki loves plug-ins, which is why we love having her join us on The Buzz. This week, she looks at new releases from Red Giant Software, ZBrush, Maxon, and others. If you are looking for the latest ways to add cool to your projects, listen in when Michele starts talking.

Tom Coughlin, President, Tom Coughlin & Associates

Recently, Tom Coughlin & Associates conducted a survey examining how the entertainment industry uses digital storage. Not surprisingly, he discovered that we devour it by the metric ton. However, there are a lot of very interesting findings in his report that make our conversation today really enlightening. Join us for a discussion about digital storage, trends, growth, and discovering what’s on the horizon.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Last week, we talked with Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, about how they selected gear for a documentary production based on a a boat. In other words, small, light, and using limited power. This week, we return to that discussion, but looking at storage. Tom Coughlin shows us the trends. Philip Hodgetts explains how they apply in the real world.

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Alexis Van Hurkman, Colorist, Twitch Post

At the same time that Blackmagic Design updated DaVinci Resolve to version 9, Alexis Van Hurkman, Founder of Twitch Post, released a set of video training tutorials covering the new software. This week, we talk with Alexis about the stream-lined interface, faster workflow, and new features in the update – all to help you decide if the upgrade is right for you.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel, TroyGould, Los Angeles

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at TroyGould, is a regular on The Buzz, helping us keep track of both legal and labor issues in the industry. (Jonathan is also the Labor Correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter.) This week, he has an update on what’s happening with the guilds in Hollywood.

Michael Kammes, Senior Applications Editor and Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media

With all the new product releases, its time for shoot-outs and comparisons. Michael Kammes, Senior Applications Editor and Workflow Specialist for Keycode Media, recently hosted a very lively gathering of Mac users who were eager to debate the fate of the beloved Mac Pro. We’ve invited Michael to come on the BuZZ to talk about hardware, software and future ware.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Producing on location has many challenges, but when you are in the middle of nowhere (or in this case, floating on a boat in the middle of the ocean) with little or no electricity, and not a lot of room for gear, how do you manage? Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, is here to tell us what his challenges were, the gear he picked, and why he picked it.

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Mark Castaldo, Producer, Destiny Pictures

Mark Castaldo is President and Producer at Destiny Pictures and an active member of the Screen Actors’ Guild. He knows independent distribution, is a solid story-teller and his recent documentary, “My Run,” won 10 awards at Festivals and was screened in 500 movie theaters nationwide. We want to talk with him about what it takes to be a successful independent filmmaker.

Bryce Button, Product Marketing Manager, AJA Video Systems

Last week, AJA Video Systems announced that their KONA cards fully supported the Sonnet Thunderbolt expansion chassis. So we invited Bryce Button, Product Marketing Manager for AJA Video Systems to join us to talk about this new technology does. However, as we were talking, we realized that there is a much bigger issue here – with the speed of Thunderbolt, are tower computers – like the MacPro – even necessary anymore? What happens if you can expand your computer with expansion cards that don’t need an expansion slot? Bryce joins us again this week for a fascinating look into the future.

David Strohmaier, Restoration Director, Cinerama Inc.

David Strohmaier has worked as an editor for many years. Now, though, he’s trying to save the movies of the past. As Restoration Director for Cinerama, he is restoring some classic films for a festival this fall at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. (Do you know 2012 is the 60th Anniversary of the widescreen?) Join us for a fascinating look back at film history in the making.

Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design / US

Last week, Blackmagic Design announced the acquisition of all the intellectual property of Cintel, the film scanning folks. This week, they released the latest version of DaVinci Resolve 9. And, within a couple of weeks, they will release their eagerly anticipated Digital Camera. Dan May, president of Blackmagic Design/US, gives us an update on all their latest news. Some cool, cool stuff.

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Jon Paley, Co-Director, Baseball: Pelotero

In 2009, Jon Paley and a small team of documentary filmmakers traveled to the Dominican Republic to shoot a documentary about the high-stakes, high-pressure world of scouting and signing professional baseball players; kids who were just turning 16. His film is called Baseball: Pelotero and opened July 13 in New York and Los Angeles. This week, we talk with Jon about his four-year project, the gear he used, what he learned, and how he’s bringing it to market.

Steve Hullfish, Creative Director, Verascope Pictures

Noted author and colorist, Steve Hullfish, the Creative Director of Verascope Pictures, recently released his book: “The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction.” This week, we talk with Steve about the process of color grading with some tips for colorists that want to get better in their craft.

Eric Quanstrom, COO, Sorenson Media

This week, Sorenson Media updated Sorenson 360 - their online media management and distribution network – with a highly integrated review and approval process. We talk with Eric Quanstrom, COO of Sorenson Media, about why Sorenson 360 is so important to the company, the new features they added, how they’ve improved the security of the service, and a typical workflow editors can use to speed the review process.

Bryce Button, Product Marketing Manager, AJA Video Systems

This week, AJA Video Systems announced that their KONA cards fully supported the Sonnet Thunderbolt expansion chassis. This means that editors using computers that don’t allow adding PCIe cards – think iMacs and laptops – can now access KONA technology. But, there seemed a bigger story here, so we invited Bryce Button, Product Marketing Manager for AJA Video Systems to talk about what this new technology does, why development of Thunderbolt devices is taking so long, and speculate on where this technology is going in the future.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video magazine

OK. Just like everyone else, we’ve been lusting after the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display. But, what are they REALLY like? And who has one? Duh… Our favorite technology wizard – Ned Soltz, contributing editor for Digital Video magazine. So, we asked Ned to give us his impressions on the new hardware. (He’s about to write this up for the magazine, but we figured you’d rather hear about it here, first.)

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This week’s show is all about LOCATION!

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Marco Cordova, Director, Business Development and Production Planning, Entertainment Partners

Marco Cordova, Director of Business Development and Production Planning for Entertainment Partners, is an expert in tax incentives. And tax incentives, along with production credits, are how a lot of films are being funded today. We start our “Location!” show this week with an explanation of what tax incentives are and how to find them.

Melissa DeMonaco-Tapia, Director of Sales, Fairples So Cal

Did you know that the Fairplex in Pomona, California, with column-free sound stages, a 1/4 mile drag strip, horse race track, parks, Venetian carousel, hotel, conference center….etc!… is now in the TMZ. What’s the TMZ? It’s an amazing way to save on crew costs! Listen as Melissa DeMonaco-Tapia, Director of Sales for Fairplex, explains.

Joe Bessacini, VP, Film & TV Production Incentives, Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew offers a variety of services to the entertainment industry and VP Joe Bessacini has amassed an enormous amount of research in the area of tax incentives. He is one of the go-to guys in this area and we’re pleased to have him on the BuZZ to give us more details on how to fund our next production.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

All this traveling, deal-making and stress is hard on the left/right brain! Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, returns to The BuZZ to tell us about how to find and use our strengths to bolster us when the going gets rough. Learn how to give yourself some moral support.

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Bruce Sharpe, Founder, Singular Software

Earlier this week, Red Giant announced the purchase of Singular Software – makers of PluralEyes and DualEyes, among other products. This week, we invited Bruce Sharpe CEO of Singular Software, to talk about the transition, why he said “Yes,” what this means to him and the products we use every day and where he sees himself and their products going in the future.

Jonathan L, DJ, “The Lopsided World of L”

Jonathan L is an American-born radio deejay, programmer and publisher who currently broadcasts via the internet from Berlin. His show, “The Lopsided World of L,” features independent alternative bands and is heard around the world. Last week, we talked with Jonathan about the creative challenges of doing a weekly, worldwide broadcast. This week, we talk about the production issues in creating the show.

Simon Walker, Free-lance editor and trainer

Adobe just completed a nationwide road show promoting the CS6 release of its audio and video products – Production Premium. Part of the road show was a pavilion of third-party developers showing off products that support the new platform. Simon Walker is a free-lance editor and trainer who at the event on behalf of Red Giant. We want to talk with him about the significance of this new release from the point of view of plug-ins, products, and training. What does Adobe’s latest release mean for editors in the future?

Luis Pelayo, President, Hollywood Tools

With the possible exception of talking about metadata, nothing empties a room faster than a discussion of Digital Asset Management (DAM). Yet, increasingly in this tapeless world, if we can’t find the shots, they effectively don’t exist – tracking media becomes essential. We all need intelligent workflow solutions for digital asset management. Luis Pelayo, President of Hollywood Tools, offers workflow solutions across all industries.

Andy Liebman, Founder/CEO, EditShare

EditShare is a company that has evolved from selling shared storage, into providing a complete workflow for editing teams. From ingest and logging through editing and final output, EditShare is designed to simplify the process of working with media. Next week, EditShare is on the West Coast with two seminars in Los Angeles, so this week, we talk with company founder and CEO, Andy Liebman, about EditShare, their products and their plans for the seminars.

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Alan Edward Bell, Editor, The Amazing Spider-Man

The last time we spoke with Alan Edward Bell, he had just finished editing “Water For Elephants.” This time he’s back with stories of editing “The Amazing Spider-Man.” What’s it like working on a high-budget production? How does he organize his edit team? How does he determine the path from dailies to finished movie? How does he balance technology with story-telling? Alan is a great guest – be sure to listen in!

Jonathan L, DJ, “The Lopsided World of L”

Jonathan L is an American-born radio deejay, programmer and publisher who currently broadcasts via the internet from Berlin. His show, “The Lopsided World of L,” features independent alternative bands and is heard around the world. We last spoke with Jonathan a year ago and want an update on his vision of the intersection of creativity, alternative music, and the Internet.

Deborah Calla, Chair, Producers Guild of America Diversity Committee

Deborah Calla, writer/producer, is the Chair of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Diversity Committee and the Media Access Awards. This is an annual event honoring people in the industry who advance the employment and portrayal of people with disabilities. Her most recent works include writing a Movie of the Week for ABC Family, and writing and producing the feature film “A Beautiful Life” starring Dana Delany. We we are curious about why diversity is so important to the PGA.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Metadata logging – tedious yet necessary. Philip Hodgetts, the CEO of Intelligent Assistance, tells us everything we never knew to ask about logging our projects. And here’s our first question: “If metadata is so darn important, why is it so boring???”

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Robert Slutske, Industry Expert

Bob Slutske, an industry expert in efficiencies and effectiveness of media issues, tells us stories of how it was, how it is and how it just might be in the future. As George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” We are eager to get Bob’s take on the future.

Cristina Clapp, Editorial Director, New Bay Media

Cristina Clapp, Editorial Director of New Bay Media, reports on DV Expo – East and DV Expo – West. DV Expo is a great opportunity to take the pulse of our industry by checking in with key vendors and technology.

Michele Yamazaki, VP Marketing & Pluginologist, ToolFarm

Our favorite Pluginologist, Michele Yamazaki, is back to update us on the latest from Tool Farm. Plug-ins are the life-blood of every editing system – and Michele understands plug-ins like no one else. It’s going to be a great time this week, learning about all the latest toys, um, tools this week.

Stacey Duncan, Sr. Worldwide Marketing Mgr, Branded, HGST, a Western Digital Company

Creativity needs tools and when a hardware company gets behind boosting creative thinking, a great synergy can happen. Stacey Duncan, Sr. Worldwide Marketing Mgr, Branded at HGST, talks about G-Technology and reveals a new competition for filmmakers that you just may want to enter.

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Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital

Michael Cioni is the CEO of Light Iron Digital. In addition to doing state-of-the-art postproduction on a wide variety of high-end feature films, they recently announced a new “membership service” — pay as you go post-production. Is this a way for producers to reduce costs, future trends in post, or just another hare-brained idea? We invited Michael on to explain.

Charles Burket, Visual Product Development, Rampant Design Tools

Charles Burket heads visual product development for Rampant Design Tools. Rampant is a stock image supplier of high-resolution video, design, and audio elements. Charles joins us this week to tell us about their company, their products, and why we should pay attention to them when there are a lot of other great companies out there.

John Irwin, Writer/Director, Robinson Hope Creative

John Irwin is a freelance Writer/Director in Los Angeles. His short film, titled “Sold” has been chosen as a semi-finalist out of over 15,000 submissions for Ridley Scott’s “Your Film Festival” on YOuTube. If it’s voted in the top ten, he’ll be flown to open Venice Film Festival with his short film, with the chance to win the Grand prize, a $500,000 grant from Ridley Scott to direct a project of his choice. We want to talk with John about his process in creating a successful short film and his plans for marketing it.

Kevin Reagan, Chief Marketing Officer, Scenios, Inc.

Scenios developed a popular, cloud-based tools for film and video production – especially when it comes to planning and collaboration. Now, they’ve released a free version which allows film, TV and commercial producers to manage every aspect of their production, including 5 GB of cloud storage and an unlimited number of users. We want to talk with Kevin Reagan, Chief Marketing Officer for Scenios, about what this new version contains, who its designed for, and how it works.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

Lindsay Lohan was in the news this week for “working 85 hours in 4 days” on her new film. Except, that violates union contracts and California labor law if she is actually working that much. Then, there are two crew members from the same production, taken to the hospital for exhaustion. Buzz Regular Correspondent Jonathan Handel is covering the story about working conditions in the entertainment industry and joins us this week with a breaking news report.

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Jim Sherhart, Director of Marketing, Drobo

This morning, Drobo announced two new Thunderbolt storage systems specifically designed for media creators – the Drobo 5D and the Drobo Mini. Jim Sherhart, Marketing Director for Drobo, joins us this evening to discuss their latest hardware.

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Bill Kizorek, CEO, Two Parrot Productions

Bill Kizorek, CEO of Two Parrot Productions, has filmed in over 100 countries and authored a dozen books. He and his daughter work together to give back to the community by creating videos for non-profits. It is an exciting and very rewarding life for both! He joins us this week to tell us more.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, and a regular contributor to The Buzz follows on Bill’s conversation about the benefits of volunteering for industry committees. Because you are in the right place at the right time, volunteering can be great for your career! When it comes to finding great job hunting tips, Jessica’s website is the first place to go.

Jim Roberson, Co-Founder, Mobile Imagination

Rich Kwiat, Co-Founder, Mobile Imagination

Jim Robertson has been producing film and television projects since 1994. In 2009, out of necessity, Jim founded Mobile Imagination with long time pal Rich Kwiat to solve some fundamental issues facing the film and television industry working “in the field”. Together they have designed some mobile solution tools to make your production life as simple as possible so your creative juices can keep on flowing.

Johnny Staub, Instructor, Film & Television, Collins College

Johnny Staub is a veteran director of commercials and episodic television, and prior to joining the Collins College faculty taught commercial direction at UCLA. In his classes at Collins, he has migrated away from DSLR’s and is now primarily teaching with the Panasonic AF100. We want to know why, and whether teaching a particular camera is good or bad for students.

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Bill Mills, Director of Photography, Florida Film & Video

What’s it like, shooting big cats with small cameras? Bill Mills is the president of Florida Film & Video. He used a Panasonic AG-HPX250 P2 handheld camera for his recent trip to South Africa to shoot big cats. It was a long way from home, if anything went wrong. We invited him on this week to hear the stories.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video magazine

If Ned Soltz, contributing editor for Digital Video magazine is on the show, we must have new gear to talk about.. And we do, we just can’t tell you what it is, yet. But as a regular contributor to The Buzz, we’ve learned that no one know hardware like Ned Soltz. Stop by and hear what he has to say.

Susan Johnston, Founder/Director, New Media Film Festival

Actress Susan Johnston founded the New Media Film Festival which has its annual run next week in Los Angeles. We pulled her away from her last week of prep before opening at the Landmark Theatre Westside on June 12 & 13th. The screenings are almost sold out, so we want to hear what’s new at this year’s event.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, Troy Gould

Our legal expert, Jonathan Handel, tells us that the musicians are picketing against Disney/Avengers and that IATSE is trying to organize VFX artists at Imageworks. Elsewhere, the Cinematographer’s Guild met to talk about this subject this last weekend. Lots happening and Jonathan’s got the latest news on labor.

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Alonzo Crawford, Associate Professor, Howard University

Alonzo Crawford, MFA, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Radio, Television and Film at Howard University’s School of Communications where he has taught film directing, editing, scriptwriting and cinematography to graduate and undergrad students. Prof. Crawford also created and is the director of DC/HU/FILMWORKS, a film workshop, offered free to interested members of the community each summer. We want to talk with him about how he teaches the craft of film-making.

Gentille Gohoho, Founder, Stock4less.com

Gentille Gohoho founded Stock4less.com in 2007. Stock4less is a California-based online discount store providing high quality brand name products to worldwide consumers In less than 2 years, their line has grown to over 4,000 products. Recently, they began streaming movies as Video-on-Demand (VOD), integrated into his online shopping site. He holds a Bachelors degree in International Business and Finance from the American Business School in Paris, France and an MBA in Information Technology Management from California Lutheran University. We want to talk with him about why he’s using digital distribution for retail.

Josh Apter, Founder/President, Manhattan Edit Workshop

It’s almost time for another EditFest in New York and Josh Apter, Founder and President of the Manhattan Edit Workshop, has all the info about who is attending, what they will be covering, and why this kind of networking is important for those of us who spend most of our days in front of a computer screen!

Terry Curren, Founder/President, Alpha Dogs, Inc. In dog years, Alpha Dogs, a post production house in Burbank, California, is celebrating their seventieth birthday! (For us humans, that works out to ten years.) Terry Curren, President and Founder is a longtime member of our BuZZ audience and we want to get his tips on how to get and keep customers and how to find top-notch staff! If you are looking for work in the industry, listen to what Terry has to say.

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Nick Dager, Editor and Publisher, IndieFilm3D

Nick Dager is a 30-year veteran tech reporter who is currently Editor & Publisher at IndieFilm3D and the Digital Cinema Report. We had a great conversations with him at NAB about the changing face of our industry and wanted to invite him back to talk about the good old days when print was king and reporters ruled — and figure out the future of film in the digital age.

Aharon Rabinowitz, Director of Communities, Red Giant

Seth Worley, Director, “Plot Device” The Webbies are increasingly visible to geeks and web aficionados worldwide. When the folks at Red Giant announced that “Plot Device” had been nominated for a Webby, we were really pleased. Now that the short film actually won for “best editing,” we want to chat with director Seth Worley and executive producer Aharon Rabinowitz about their winning experience.

Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design, Inc.

When Blackmagic Design announce they acquired Teranex and lowered the price 90%, that was stunning. When they announced the Blackmagic Cinema camera at NAB, all the air left the room. This week, we talk with Dan May, president of Blackmagic Design, Inc., about their two latest announcements, what they are, and what they mean for our industry.

Snehal Shinde, Co-Founder, CEO Dhingana.com

Music. Always free, always legal. The millions of songs on Dhingana are heard by over 10 million visitors each month. It is the largest online collection of indian music and is streamed from sites that are simple, clean and uncluttered. No pop up windows here! And…it is free. Snehal Shinde, Co-Founder and CEO of Dhingana.com and his team from Sunnyvale, California, and Pune, India, looks to us as though they are living in geek heaven.

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Stephen Arnold, President/Founder, Stephen Arnold Music, Dallas

Chad Cook, VP of Creative Services, Stephen Arnold Music, Dallas

As a multiple Emmy, Addy and Promax Gold award-winning music production company, Stephen Arnold Music has over 15 years of success in delivering the sounds that make a difference to networks and producers the world over. Recently, they created an entire musical branding package for mainland China’s predominant television outlet – China Central Television America (CCTVA). We want to find out how a Dallas company creates memorable music for China? Stephen Arnold, President/Founder, and Chad Cook, VP of Creative Services, join us to explain.

Randon Morford, Director, Product Management, Sorenson Media

Last week, Sorenson Media upgraded Squeeze to version 8.5. This free upgrade provides significantly faster performance and supports yet more codecs. So, we invited Randon Morford, Director of Product Management for Sorenson Media, to explain the details. We want to find out just how much faster the update is and whether the world really needs yet more compression codecs.

Randy Hudson, Director of Digital Media Post Production, DuArt

Blu-ray Disc is NOT dead — at least, that’s according to DuArt. Randy Hudson, their Director of Digital Media and Post Production, joins us to explain what they are doing with Blu-ray. Along the way, we want to find out if Blu-ray is just for the high-end of the industry and how DuArt and its clients are competing against digital downloads. Should be a good discussion.

Tony Lee, Publisher, CareerCast.com

In a recent study by CareerCast.com, lumberjacks were rated as the worst job in the nation. Not particularly germane to The Buzz audience, until you consider the other two jobs at the bottom: newspaper reporter and broadcaster! Sheesh!! What’s going on here? Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com stops by to explain the findings of their study – and also suggest where to look for the highest rated jobs.

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Steve Kilisky, Director, Product Management, GenArts

GenArts has released a new version of Sapphire Edge – version 2. It’s now available for Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Sony Vegas. We wanted to learn more about it, so we invited Steve Kilisky, Director of Product Management at GenArts to tell us more.

Ryan Avery, National Sales Manager, Schneider Optics

We talk a lot about the cameras we use for our productions, but the lenses and filters we choose are equally important. The National Sales Manager for Schneider Optics, Ryan Avery, gives us some tips about what to look for in lenses and filters and how to pick the best ones for your project.

Mike Flanagan, Founder/CEO, Video Symphony, Inc.

Keeping our technical skills up to date is critical – especially given the rapid change in our industry and the pressures of competition. Mike Flanagan founded Video Symphony in Burbank, CA, a technical school focused on post-production skills for film and video. He also wrote a book called “Hollywood Jobs.” We are always interested in new techniques we can use to get work – so this is one interview you won’t want to miss!

Phillip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

He’s doing WHAT??? Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, is about to embark on an historic adventure – a 6,000 mile expedition around the Great Loop of North America in a solar-powered sailing craft. First, we want to know WHY? Then, we want to discover HOW he’s doing it and WHAT gear he’s bringing; especially when it all has to be solar powered. We can’t wait for him to explain.

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Ken Zamkow, Director, Sales & Marketing, LiveU

In a surprise announcement during the recent NAB Show, Panasonic revealed a new partnership with LiveU that specializes in bonded uplink video streaming. We got to demo one of their live streaming packs during NAB and were able to stream live news while walking around the show floor without a hitch. Marketing & Sales Director, Ken Zamkow, Director of Sales and Marketing for LiveU, tells us more about the company and the impact live streaming can have on your production.

Jay Costa, Licensing Director, Chicago Music Library

Jay Costa is the Licensing Director for the Chicago Music Library. He also works as a music supervisor. Since music is a world that is constantly changing, we want to ask him about how to make a living in this very competitive field.

Christian Ugbode, Co-Executive Director, The Blackline Magazine

It’s time for a creative change of pace. iPad Apps are not easy to write and funny iPad Apps are even harder. Christian Ugbode, Co-Executive Director for The Blackline Magazine, seems to know how to do it, however, so we’ve invited him on the BuZZ to tell us more about the creative process behind creating humor.

Dave Fisk, Sales Manager, K-Tek

Dave Fisk is the Sales Manager at K-Tek, known for their graphite and aluminum boom poles, K-microphone and camera accessories, but they have recently begun manufacturing products as accessories for iPhones. Does this portend the end of civilization as we know it?

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Rob Hoffman, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, 3D Products, Autodesk, Inc.

Autodesk recently announced their 2013 Digital Entertainment Creation Software Portfolio used by creatives in the film, game development, TV and advertising fields. Now that NAB is over, it’s time to take a closer look at this portfolio. We invited Senior Product Marketing Manager for 3D, Rob Hoffman, to answer our questions. He has over 20 years experience in the field, so we are looking for some great tips on how to maximize these powerful tools.

Scott Hamilton, Media & Entertainment Market Strategist, Dell Precision Product Marketing Group

Scott Hamilton, Media & Entertainment Market Strategist for the Dell Precision Marketing Group, has been involved in the media and entertainment industry for over 20 years in a variety of roles including technical specialist, engineering and production management, consulting services as well as major accounts manager. He is currently focused on developing market strategy and partner relationships for the Dell Precision workstation business, including the new towers they announced this week. We don’t often talk about computer hardware, so we want to learn why media professionals should give this gear a special look.

Patrick Donnelly, Director/Director of Photography

Director/DP Patrick Donnelly is launching the full-service production and post-production boutique, Cinema Five Films with fellow director Tim Pumphrey and editor Mark Breese. They are busy creating cross-promotional ads for MTV, Victoria’s Secret, Clean & Clear, and Subway…wait, did you say, Victoria’s Secret? Since life is obviously very tough for Patrick, we thought we’d cheer him up and invite him on the BuZZ to talk about life in the commercial lane.

Joseph Slomka, VP, Principal Color Scientist, FotoKem

When a well-respected company like FotoKem steals away a color scientist like Joseph Slomka, we are intrigued. Our first question is why bring a color scientist on staff? Then, while we are at it, we want to learn what it takes to create good color? How can producers manage the pipeline to help their images look great? Join us and discover the answers.

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This is our seventh show from NAB - filled with news, great guests and exciting new products.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

David Walton, Assistant VP, Marketing Communications, JVC Professional Products Co.
Pat Grosswendt, Co-founder/Chief Technical Consultant, LitePanels
Siobhann Chapman, Exhibition Manager, Vinten
Richard Schleuning, National Sales Manager, Americas, Carl Zeiss
Wayne Arvidson, VP Marketing, ATTO Technology
Josh Apter, Founder/Owner, Manhattan Edit Workshop
Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz
Ric Viers, Founder, Blastwave FX
Jim Tierney, Founder/President, Digital Anarchy

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This is our sixth show from NAB - filled with news, great guests and exciting new products.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Andy Liebman, Founder & CEO, EditShare
Oliver Peters, Owner, Oliver Peters Post Production
Bruce Sharpe, CEO, Singular Software
Michael Rubin, Director of Marketing, The Tiffen Company
Carey Dissmore, Founder, Carey Dissmore Productions, Inc.
Dan Maloney, Technical Marketing Manager, Matrox
Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz
Joe Hammer, Product Support Director, Fairlight

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This is our fifth show from NAB - filled with news, great guests and exciting new products.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Steve Cooperman, Product Manager - P2 cameras and monitors, Panasonic
Tim Dashwood, Founder, Dashwood Cinema Solutions
Sam Thomas, Business Development Manager, Petrol Bags
Philip Hodgetts, Special Correspondent & CEO, Intelligent Assistance
Dr. Philip Storey, CEO, XenData
Kyle Dann, Sales Supervisor, Product Specialist Group, Anton/Bauer
Robb Blumenreder, Channel Manager, Sennheiser Electronics Corporation

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Telestream leads todays Special Report from the 2012 NAB Show. New products, a new owner, and revised plans for the future. An NLE that doesn't get much coverage is Sony Vegas Pro - we have all the latest news on their recent update. Special Correspondent Walter Biscardi has his view of what's generating excitement here at the show. We get a look into lens making at Cooke Optics - and it isn't just the coatings. HVault is a brand new company with an archival storage system that lasts 50 years and doesn't require tape. Sound Devices has new digital audio and video recorders. And Doug Pircher has his usual collection of unusual stuff - including blink-in-the-dark badges for production staff.

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New announcements from Avid Technology lead today's Special Report from the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, we have Marquis Broadcast, which makes translation software for Avid and Final Cut Pro and Special Correspondent Ned Soltz with a look at the huge range of cameras on display. Pond5 showcases the incredible growth of their media marketplace, and Maxon gives us a sneak peek at new features for Cinema 4D. We wrap up with music news from SmartSound and a fire-breathing editing workstation from Lightbeam.

This is our third show from NAB - filled with news, great guests and exciting new products.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Dana Ruzicka, Vice President Media Enterprise, Avid.

Chris Steele, Product Manager, Marquis Broadcast.

Ned Soltz, Buzz Special Correspondent & Contributing Editor for DV Magazine.

Tom Bennett, CEO & Co-Founder, Pond5.

Paul Babb, President, Maxon.

Kevin Klingler, CEO, SmartSound.

Donn Gurule, President, Lightbeam Systems.

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The CS 6 announcements from Adobe Systems is the focus of today's Special Report from the 2012 NAB Show - with interviews covering their strategic focus, as well as detailed looks at Premiere Pro and After Effects. We also check out the stunning new announcements from Blackmagic Design, including their new 2.5K Digital Cinema Camera. Special Correspondent Michael Kammes looks at workflow automation, NewTek showcases their latest TriCaster, and Red Giant explains why they are creating their own creative community.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Bill Roberts, Director of Video Product Management, Adobe Systems.

Michael Horton, Founder, LAFCPUG.

Stuart Ashton, General Manager EMEA, Avid.

Michael Kammes, Buzz Special Correspondent & Post-production Consultant, Keycode Media.

Al Mooney, Product Manager, Video Editing, Adobe.

Steve Forde, Senior Product Manager, Adobe.

Philip Nelson, Senior VP Strategic Development , NewTek.

Andrew Little, Co-founder, Red Giant.

Aharon Rabinowitz, Director of Communities, Red Giant.

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On today's show we want to take a look at what it takes to get ready for NAB.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Marc-André Ferguson, Autodesk Smoke Industry Manager, Autodesk.

Marc Hamaker, Senior Manager of Marketing, Autodesk.

Kristin Petrovich Kennedy, President, Creatasphere.

Nick Rashby, CEO, AJA.

Ned Soltz, Buzz Special Correspondent & Contributing Editor for DV Magazine.

Pete Schlatter, Director of Business Development Services, G-Technology.

Justin Boitano, Director of Marketing, NVIDIA.

David Newman, Senior Director of Software Engineering, GoPro.

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Alex Gollner, President, Alex4D

Alex Gollner, Founder, Alex4D, discovered a bug in one of Final Cut 6’s videos several years ago and figured out how to fix it. Since then, he’s uploaded numerous free transitions, effects and titles to his blog (over 50 just since FCPX was released)! His popular blog gets over 50,000 visitors each month and is about to cross the 1 millionth guest mark. He joins us on the Buzz this week to talk about his life as Plug-in King.

Joel Edwards, Founder/Senior Director, Evolve Digital Cinema

Joel Edwards is the Founder and Senior Director at Evolve Digital Cinema, a boutique creative production agency that produces digital film, TV, HD Video and Photography, for clients around the world. Joel uses Mocha extensively, which is why we want to talk with him on this week’s show — how does he make money using Mocha?

James Mathers, Cinematographer

James Mathers is a veteran cinematographer – as well as the founder of the Digital Cinema Society. Recently, James was on set shooting “Brake” – a film about a man trapped in a trunk. This was certainly not an environment where he had a lot of room for light! We talk with him this week on how he used LED lights from LitePanels to achieve the look he wanted. (Oh! And we’ll talk with him about how he managed to squeeze an actor, lights, camera, and crew into a space the size of a shoebox!)

Craig Heiting, VP & General Manager, Market7

Craig Heiting, VP and General Manager for Media and Entertainment at Market7, is on his way to NAB to exhibit a new service to help solve specific collaboration issues for broadcasters, studios, etc. Market 7 is expanding and we are curious about how this will work for our major projects. Craig is here with a sneak preview of what they will present at NAB.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

The ever-popular Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, returns with a discussion of the creative process. Bruce runs a very popular web-radio program focused on independent music and jazz. We want to find out where he finds his artists, how he programs his show, and the creative process behind the music.

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Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with: Dan Montgomery, President/CEO, Imagine Products, Inc.

Dan Montgomery, President/CEO of Imagine Products, Inc., was an early proponent of tapeless digital workflows with their software ShotPut Pro. Recently, he told us about a new LTO backup solution they’ve invented for Mac users called PreRollPost Archiver, that will debut at NAB 2012. Since this may be one of the first truly affordable LTO solutions, we want to find out more before the NAB crush starts.

Ross Bentley, CEO, Rights Tracker

Karyn Bliss, Dir., Product Development, StorerTV

Ross Bentley, CEO of UK-based Rights Tracker, has decades of experience managing rights software implementations for media companies. His company recently partnered with StorerTV to expand its reach to the Americas. Karyn Bliss is the Director of Product Development for StorerTV, and is working with Rights Tracker in the US to deliver cost-effective business solutions that meet the needs of global media companies. She is an authority on media workflow solutions and is a founding member of the SMPTE BXF Standard Committee.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance, Inc

. By now, you probably guessed that the latest edition of the NAB Show is fast approaching. Terrance Curran’s Editors Lounge recently gathered some of our industry’s leading experts to prognosticate about what the main stories will be at this year’s show. Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance, covered the event and gives us his report on this week’s show.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

The NAB Show, one of the world’s largest and most important industry expos, starts in less than two weeks! How do we prepare? What should we do? How do we come home after the Expo feeling like we were successful? Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach says that you can never prepare too much. Darn, that’s depressing – find out what Jessica REALLY means on this week’s show!

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel, Troy/Gould:

Well, SAG and AFTA did it. They approved the merger. But, what does this mean for the rest of us? Our intrepid correspondent – Jonathan Handel – ventures where only the brave dare to go and explains what it all means. When he’s not reporting for The Buzz, Jonathan is Of Counsel at Troy/Gould and the entertainment labor reporter for The Hollywood Reporter.

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Alexis Van Hurkman, Author and Colorist

Alexis Van Hurkman recently created a seven-hour overview of DaVinci Resolve for Ripple Training. Alexis divides his time between working as a writer and colorist. He’s graded programs that have aired on The History Channel, The Learning Channel, and BBC Four, features and shorts that have played at the Telluride and Sundance film festivals. We invited him to tell us about his new training and why we need to consider adding Resolve to our workflow.

Michael DeVous, Jr., Publicist, NewFilmmakers – Los Angeles

Michael DeVous is on the advisory board for New Filmmakers and has over 20 years experience in the entertainment industry. He is providing his expertise to NewFilmmakers LA as they prepare for their short program screenings on April 16th. He joins us this week to tell us more about it.

Phil Bates, President, ArtBeats, Inc.

Great aerial footage, especially from stock sources is hard to find. Recently, Artbeats announced a new series of iconic shots of Washington D.C. To learn more, we asked Phil Bates, the President and CEO of Artbeats, to join us. A pioneer in the stock footage industry, Phil founded the company with the mission to provide top quality footage with high production value. Both he and his company are well-known for their gyro-stabilized aerials and special effects footage.

Carey Dissmore, Co-chair, IMUG

Has another year gone by already? Carey Dissmore is preparing another Media Motion Ball, one of our traditional get-togethers during the annual trek to NAB. Tickets are already going fast, so listen in and get the details here on the BuZZ.

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New Interviews! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Brian Rausch, VP Production, Vicon House of Moves

With over a decade of motion capture pipeline and animation production experience, Brian Rausch became the VP of Production at House of Moves in February 2008. Under his direction, the company has been the go-to provider of motion capture and animation for high profile clients on film, video game and commercial projects. The studio recently collaborated with The University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, Icon Imaging and Lightstage LLC to pioneer a new process to create digital doubles for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. We wnat to find out what this is, how it works, and whether the rest of us can benefit from it.

Mark Kienlen, Head of Production and Distribution, New Media, The Second City

Mike Damanskis, Associate Producer, New Media, The Second City

The Second City is synonymous with humor with alumni that rank among the Who’s Who in Comedy. Recently, they branched out into comedy programming over the Internet. We talked with Mark Kienlen, Head of Production and Distribution, and Mike Damanskis, Associate Producer, at SXSW to learn more about what they are doing, what works, and what doesn’t. [Visit here for all our SXSW coverage.

Dana Tower, COO & Co-founder, Pond5

Pond5 just celebrated their one millionth upload of royalty-free images to their online market. We talk with COO and Co-founder Dana Tower at the recent SXSW to learn more about what makes Pond5 so popular. [Visit here for all our SXSW coverage.

Susan Seidelman, Film Director

Susan Seidelman got her directing start in 1982 with Smithereens, and has gone on to direct such stellar independent films as Desperately Seeking Susan, and Boynton Beach Club, as well as directing multiple episodes of Sex and the City, numerous TV Movies and episodes of The Electric Company . She joins us this week to talk about her career as a director, what got her started, and what advice she has for women that are considering directing.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, Troy/Gould

On March 19th, Entertainment Attorney and regular contributor to the BuZZ, Jonathan Handel, reported that Judge James Otero had canceled the scheduled March 26th hearing in the lawsuit seeking to “preemptively void the SAG/AFTRA merger vote.” We asked Jonathan to explain to us what is happening and what it means to the impending March 30th merger vote.

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Dennis Butts, Founder, Military Comm Networks

We spoke with Dennis Butts, Founder of Military Comm Networks, a few months ago about the Military Comm Networks. Since Dr. Kiernan updated us on their educational programs, we thought it would be interesting to have Dennis comment on the latest in using this technology to reach out to military families.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts is a long-time contributor on the BuZZ. When we heard that he is prepping to embark on a six-month trip on a solar powered odyssey around “The Great Loop” with adventurer Jim Greer – well – we had to know how more about how you produce a television show entirely using solar powered equipment!

Roy Klieger, VP of Products, Magisto

Roy Klieger, is the VP of Products at Magisto, with over 14 years experience in online media, including web consumer products, web communities and social media. His company recently released a product to help people automatically edit their videos in the cloud. It is fascinating – but is it the future? Editing at the touch of a button…

Sounds and Voices from SXSW

SXSW, the South by Southwest Film Festival running this week in Austin, Texas, has been described as the place where ideas go to find money. We are covering this special event with a team of reporters and this week we present the first in our two-part series on the Festival. (You can see all our interviews here at this special show page.) Our reporters are Debbie Price and Laura Peters.

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Jacob Rosenberg, Chief Technical Officer, Bandito Brothers

Bandito Brothers is a production company that specializes in action/adventure films. Recently, they dominated the box office with “Act of Valor,” based on the real-life adventures of Navy SEALs. Tonight, we talk with Jacob Rosenberg, Chief Technical Officer at Bandito Brothers about how they put the film together. (Think TERABYTES of Canon Mark 5D footage, 35 mm film, HDCAM tape and a TON of media management. This is an interview you don’t want to miss!

Elena Miliaresis, Filmmaker, “While Time Stands Still”

We first talked with fiilmmaker Elana Miliaresis about a year ago, when she was in the middle of shooting her documentary on military families with family members deployed overseas: ”While Time Stands Still.” Now, the film is almost out of post, and we wanted to find out how she’s planning on marketing it.

Sean Safreed, Co-Owner/Director of Product Management, Red Giant

Red Giant is making a transition from being solely a plug-in software developer into creating creative communities. Sean Safreed is the Director of Product Management at Red Giant and is traveling to SXSW in Austin, Texas, next week to talk about video production using the iPhone. We want to ask: “WHY??”

By the way, The Buzz will be in Austin next week covering the 2012 SXSW Festival. Check out all our news reports here. (Sponsored by Pond5.)

Jan Crittenden-Livingston Product Line Business Manager, Panasonic

Panasonic has once again hosted its annual “Shoot It. Share It” contest and this year, they featured the AG-AF100 large imager camera. Jan Crittenden-Livingston is Panasonic Broadcast’s Product Line Business Manager for the company’s growing line of AVCCAM camcorders. She is also a regular guest on The Buzz, keeping us informed on the latest in Panasonic technology. This time, however, she wants to highlight some of the outstanding filmmakers that participated in this year’s event.

Michael Daoud, Co-founder, XShot LLC

Like all great ideas, it started on vacation. Michael Daoud was trying to take a photo with his iPhone – and realized he couldn’t. From that initial frustration, Michael founded XShot and a whole new line of photo accessories for the iPhone was born. He joins us tonight to explain what they are and how they work.

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Jeff Foster, Author/Producer

Jeff Foster is an internationally published author of several computer technology, animation, video production, and VFX books. He is an award-winning producer and compositor/VFX artist and is a nationally recognized speaker on this industry. What caught our attention is that he is working on creating a History of Compositing – which sounds very cool and we want to learn more.

Jonathan Handel, Attorney, TroyGould, and contributing editor, The Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel is an entertainment and technology attorney Of Counsel at TroyGould in Los Angeles. He also writes on entertainment labor issues for The Hollywood Reporter. Plus, he regularly reports on labor and legal issues here on the Buzz. This week, we want to talk with him about the latest news on the SAG/AFTRA union merger.

Siggy Ferstl, Director of Telecine, Company 3

Based at Company 3 in Los Angeles, Australian award-winning colorist Siggy Ferstl has nearly 30 years experience and is internationally-recognized as one of the pioneers in feature-film digital intermediate workflow. His credits include the Underworld series of films in 2D and 3D, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2D and 3D; Lincoln Lawyer and This Means War. Some of Ferstl’s commercial credits include Nike, Microsoft – Halo, Blackberry, Call of Duty – MW3 and Chrysler. We want to talk with him about color grading, the DaVinci Resolve, and the whole process of making images look great.

Norman Hollyn Editor and Professor, USC Film School

Norman Hollyn is a long-time film, television and music editor, plus he’s an Associate Professor and Head of the Editing Track at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Norman and Larry also co-host the popular website called: “Two Reel Guys.” He joins us this week to talk about how to collaborate successfully with folks around the world.

Mike Timm, Filmmaker

Mike Timm, is an independent filmmaker who is starting to make waves with his first picture: A Guy, A Girl, and a Space Helmet. Too cool. We want to learn more.

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Steve Cooperman, Product Manager, P2 HD Video Systems, Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems

Steve Cooperman is responsible for implementing product marketing and development strategies for Panasonic’s advanced P2 HD video systems. With the recent launch of Panasonic’s new 3DP1 camera, we have lots of questions and Steve is the perfect person to ask. Be sure to join us on the Live Chat — and ask your own questions!

Larry Jordan, Host, Digital Production Buzz

Last week, Larry Jordan attended the Broadcast Video Expo in London. The show was packed with both exhibitors and attendees. This week, he brings us a report on some of the people he talked with, including an update from the folks at Edit Share.

Michael Olmos, Director, Olmos Productions

Imagine you’re a young, new director and your film was just selected for the competition at Sundance. What’s it like to go to Sundance with your first film? How do you cope when everyone wants a piece of your time? That’s the situation Michael Olmos found himself in with his acclaimed film “Filly Brown.” This week, we talk with him about his experience; what he learned, what he did, and what he will keep in mind for “the next time.”

Steve Kilisky Driector, Product Management, GenArts

GenArts has released a bevy of new effects from Sapphire to Sapphire Edge to Monsters Gt. Steve Kilisky, Director of Product Management for GenArts, joins us this week to showcase their new releases and explain how they work.

Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz

Cirina Catania, producer of the Digital Production Buzz, was in Berlin attending the recent Berlinale Film Festival. She joins us this week with a report on the films, the stars, the directors, and all the excitement!

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: Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Digital Video

No one know tech better than Ned Soltz, contributing editor for Digital Video magazine. As a regular contirbutor to The Buzz, we get to share in Ned’s unique perspective on the latest gadgets in our industry. This week, Ned joins us to share his latest discoveries on color correction plug-ins for Final Cut Pro X. If you are looking for ways to make your images look as good as they can, you need to hear what Ned has to say.

Randon Morford, Director of Product Management, Sorenson Media

In the past, all we needed to do was compress our file and post it to the web. Today, we need to worry about compressing it for mobiel devices, tablets, computers and a mind-numbing quality of bit rates and bandwidths. The solution is “adaptive bit-rate compression.” Sounds cool, but what is it? Randon Morford, Director of Product Management for Sorenson Media joins us this week to explain what it is and how it can solve the problem of too many formats and not enough time.

Sydney Levine, Author, “SydneysBuzz”

Last week, we spoke with the Belic brothers on how they are using alternative distribution methods to make money on their films. This week, we talk with Sydney Levine, author of the widely-respected blog: “SydneysBuzz.” Sydney is an expert at international film distribution. This week, she joins us from Berlin, where she is attending the Berlinale Film Festival, with her insights on how filmmakers can make up to 70% of their revenue through international distribution. Tune in to learn how to turn your creative ideas into cold cash.

CJ Adams Founder/Colorist, Simplexity Digital

Recently, CJ Adams, Founder of Simplexity Digital, wrote an interesting blog on the advantages of creative professionals banding together to help each other find work. We like the sound of “finding work,” so we invited CJ on the show to explain his idea in more detail.

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Cirina Catania, Filmmaker and Producer, Digital Production Buzz

Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz, joins us from Berlin, Germany, where the Berlinale Film Festival starts today. This is her second time at this massive event and we look forward to her report on what’s new, what’s hot, and what’s getting attention.

Debra Kaufman, Associate Editor, Creative Cow

Debra Kaufman is one of our industry’s most respected technology journalists. She recently moved into a new position as Associate Editor at Creative Cow and continues to build a very impressive body of work for other publications such as Daily Variety. We’re delighted to be able to share some time with her on the BuZZ.

Ross Kanarek, Sales Manager, Switronix, Inc.

Ross Kanarek, Sales Manager for Switronix, Inc., specializes in merging their company’s products into applications as diverse as microwave transmitions or the toy industry! Switronix’s recently developed Recon Wireless Transmission System works well with uncompressed HD video. Ross joins us to explain more about this wireless video technology.

Adrian Belic and Roko Belic, Filmmakers

Filmmakers Adrian Belic and his brother, Roko Belic, are a welcome and familiar sight in the independent film world. We’ve invited them on the BuZZ to get their reactions to this year’s Sundance Film Fest and give us an update on their latest feature documentary, “Happy.”

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer is CEO at The Greenlight Coach and a frequent contributor to The BuZZ. She often works with international clients and we are curious about the cultural challenges involved when pitching ourselves for gigs in foreign territory.

Chris Potter, Co-Founder, Screenlight

Chris Potter is a co-founder of ScreenLight, a growing provider of a private video sharing and collaboration application for production companies, advertising agencies, and editors. ScreenLight makes it easy to securely review videos with clients, capture feedback, and get videos approved. As we become more and more involved in long-distance production management, these kinds of services can be very valuable. This week, we find out more about how ScreenLight works.

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Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

This is part two of our look ahead at the European Film Market (EFM), which starts in a week and runs in conjunction with the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin. EFM the third-largest film market in the world; after Cannes and the American Film Market. Catherine Buresi, Co-director of the EFM, joins us this week in the second of two interviews explaining what producers need to know to be successful at a film market.

Aharon Rabinowitz, Director of Communities, Red Giant Software

Aharon Rabinowitz is the Director of Communities for Red Giant, and the host of Red Giant TV. He began his career as a production intern at Sesame Street and has since served as Animation Designer, Producer, and Technical Manager for several networks and production companies. In addition, Aharon Co-founded After Effects New York, an association for professionals and enthusiasts using Adobe After Effects and related software to create imagery for video, film, and other media. If we can steal enough time with him, he’ll also talk about the new version of Looks 2 for Media Composer – what doesn’t this guy know?

Matthew Rehrer, Production Storage Manager, Harmonic

We will spend far more money for storage than we will ever spend for our computers. Storage for media production is a subject that we have been covering for a long time at the BuZZ. Matthew Rehrer is the Production Storage Manager at Harmonic, where he provides direction for products that empower digital content creation, management, and delivery. Between the floods in Thailand, the slow roll-out of Thunderbolt, and a shift to larger image sizes, there is an insatiable appetite for more storage. This week we talk with talk with Matthew about finding storage that can grow as we need, and works over existing Ethernet cables.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Earlier this week, Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.0.3. One of the centerpieces of the update is a new utility for converting projects from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X. Within a day, it jumped to be one of the Top 10 apps in the Mac App store! Philip Hodgetts and Greg Clark were the team at Intelligent Assistance that put this utility together – a six month process. This week, we talk with Philip about what this new utility does and how they managed to get the two programs to talk to each other.

Dan Berube, Co-producer, SuperMeets

This week, the organization behind the Supermeets changed their name – causing a flurry of discussion on the Web. So, we invited co-producers Mike Horton and Dan Berube on to talk about the name change, what it means for creative professionals, and where they see the shows heading in the future.

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Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

The European Film Market, which starts in two weeks and runs in conjunction with the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, is the third-largest film market in the world; after Cannes and the American Film Market. Catherine Buresi, Co-director of the EFM, joins us this week in the first of two interviews explaining what the market is, how film makers can use it to sell their projects, and suggestions on what genres are popular today.

Simon Chappuzeau, Founder, Digital Film Camps

Simon Chappuzeau is fascinated by crowds. We first met Simon last year during our Berlinale Film Festival coverage. He runs a two-day seminar, called Digital Film Camps, on crowd-sourcing — which is an Internet-based way to raise awareness and money for film projects. This year, we want to get an update on what’s happening in the world of crowd-sourcing.

Karsten Wenzlaff, CEO/Founder, Ikosom

Simon set the scene for crowd-sourcing. Next, we invited Karsten Wenzlaff, CEO of Ikosom, to give us specific suggestions we can use to make the most of crowd-sourcing. Ikosom is a research firm specializing in social media. Crowd-sourcing isn’t just for fund-raising, its also for building awareness, creating an audience, and allowing the audience to participate in the creative process. Karsten is filled with suggestions on what filmmakers should do – and should avoid doing – when crowd-sourcing your next project.

Karyn Benkendorfer, Producer/Writer

Karyn Benkendorfer is a free-lance producer/writer and chairman of the Producers Guild of America, West, Documentary/Non-Fiction Committee. A few years ago, they started “Rough Cuts,” which is a screening and round-table discussion of works in progress, to help filmmakers improve their projects. This week, we talk with her to learn more about Rough Cuts and the PGA in general.

Laurent Renard, CEO/Founder, i-Movix

Ever watch sports and see an instant replay in extreme slow-motion? Well, the gear that did that was probably created by i-Movix, a company founded and run by Laurent Renard. They wrapped a Phantom high-speed camera into a EVS control system and delivered then entire package as a turn-key solution for broadcasters and sports coverage. This week, Laurent explains what it is and how it works. (And, yes, you can rent these for your next production!)

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Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital!

Light Iron Digital has provided post production services for hundred’s of the top Hollywood productions. Michael Cioni, CEO, is in the middle of just about everything that goes on there. With the Sundance Film Festival around the corner and the Academy Awards looming, we thought it might be fun to bring Michael back to talk about their latest projects and how he thinks they will stack up against the competition. And, along the way, we’ll talk about the latest production techniques he sees in the industry.!

David Newman, Sr. Director, Software Engineering, GoPro!

GoPro just announced a new version of its 2D and 3D production software, the GoPro CineForm Studio (Premium and Professional). David Newman, GoPro’s Senior Director of Software Engineering joins us to explain what this new version means and give us an update on GoPro’s latest announcements at CES.!

Rory McKellar, Producer/Director, MindHeist!

UK-based Rory Kellar is a producer, director for MindHeist who works non-stop on both sides of the Atlantic. Staying creative and positive in what can be a very challenging business is the mark of a special individual. We invited him to provide us an update on the latest production techniques – and gossip – in the UK!!

Norman Hollyn, Editor & Professor, USC Film School!

Norman Hollyn is a regular contributor to The BuZZ. He is also an award-winning editor and a Professor at the USC Film School in Los Angeles. It’s a new year and we haven’t yet asked Norman what his plans are for his students at one of the country’s finest film schools. What hardware and software upgrades are planned and why? And how does changing technology affect creativity. Norman also co-hosts “2 Reel Guys” with Larry Jordan and we’ll try to get them to tell us what new episodes they are working on!

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Boris Yamnitsky, Founder/CEO, Boris FX

Boris Yamnitsky, the founder and president of Boris FX which acquired Media100 a few years ago, brings effects and graphics tools to the video post-production and broadcast markets. We’ve wrenched him away from his incredibly busy schedule to talk about the new version of Boris Continuum 8 for After Effects.

David Ferri, Business Development Manager, Sisvel Technology

There’s 3D and then there’s 3D Tile Format, a new dimension in 3D digital television. What is it and why does it look so darn good and how does it coexist with 2D broadcast television in a home environment? Davide Ferri the Business Development Manager of Sisvel, an Italian-based technology company join us this week to tell us more.

Oliver Peters, CEO, Oliver Peters Post-Production Services, LLC

Oliver Peters,CEO of 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. Recently, he wrote an article on new 4K image technology for Digital Video magazine. This week, we ask him about what 4K means, what cameras shoot it, and how to edit it. If truly high-definition is in your future, you need to hear this!

Simon Frostad, Chairman & Co-Founder, Bridge Technologies

Bridge Technologies was founded to bridge the gap between people who work with packets and those who work with pixels. They have developed a new monitoring service that seeks to improve image quality for media sent via cable or satellite while at the same time improving the speed and quality of customer service. Simen Frostad, Chairman and co-Founder joins us this week to explain what the news is all about. This is a technology you only hear about on The Buzz. Cool stuff.

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It’s the start of a New Year and we have a FREE TICKET to the Adobe Bootcamp – plus some great interviews! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they talk with:

Rob Legato, VFX Supervisor, “Hugo”

Oscar winner Rob Legato, whose numerous credits include Apollo 13, Titanic, Castaway, The Aviator, and The Departed, most recently was the visual effects supervisor, second-unit director, and second-unit director of photography for Hugo. For this project, Legato broke new ground, including Hugo’s application of genuine 3D, the use of the ARRI Alexa camera, re-creation of sets and techniques used in 1905, research of filmmaking history, as well as the film’s 800 highly stylized visual effects shots—each fine-tuned for discrete right and left eyes. In all his various capacities on the project, Legato relied on Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium software, including Adobe After Effects 5.5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, and Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. We want to talk with him about what he did, how he did it, and what he thinks of the results.

Rich D’Angelo, President/Founder, Channel Wolves

Rich D’Angelo is the President and Founder of Channel Wolves, a sales and marketing strategy and representation firm that works with some of the leading names in the digital media industry, including EditShare, Boris FX, Contour Design, Bluefish444, and PowerProduction Software. He joins the BuZZ this week to tell us about the hundreds of new transitions from Eye Scream Factory.

Jack Reilly, Event Manager, Future Media Concepts

Jack Reilly is the Event Manager for Future Media Concepts. FMC is producing the Adobe Boot Camp, an extensive training camp on all the major Adobe products starting Jan. 9 in Orlando, Florida. This immersive, in-depth training is different from other training centers and we want to learn more about it. Also, you can enter to win a FREE TICKET to the boot camp by listening to the show and visiting The Buzz Facebook page. This could save you HUNDREDS of dollars!! (Oh, and we wouldn’t object if you “liked” us as well…)

Jan Nordmann, Director, Marketing & Business Development, Fraunhofer IIS

Fraunhofer IIS is a major research institute in Germany that invetned MP3 and co-developed AAC. They are not simply resting on their laurels, however. This year at CES, they will be demonstrating new dialog enhancement technology and a new consumer version of the Sonnox Fraunhofer Codec specifically geared to music production. We invited Jan Nordmann, Director of Marketing and Business Development for Fraunhofer, to explain their new announcements.

Alex Grossman, CEO, Active Storage

Active Storage has been providing high-quality, high-performance storage hardware for media production for almost a decade. This week, CEO Alex Grossman gives us a sneak peak at a new announcement on media management that they are making later this week at the Storage Visions 2012 conference in Las Vegas.

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We have an amazing year-end show for you this week! Join Larry Jordan and Michael Horton as they look back at 2011 with:

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance returns to the BuZZ for our annual look back at the past year and his patented crystal ball prognostications looking forward to what we can expect in technology for 2012. Philip has an expert’s eye for marketing, distribution and digital technology. You’ll want to hear what he has to say.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

2011 was a tough year for many who were struggling to get jobs in the entertainment industry. But if you were listening in to Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach, you caught some valuable advice about how to get and keep a job. On this week’s BuZZ, Jessica talks about employment in 2011 and what to expect for 2012.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Government Video magazines

Who doesn’t love gear? And who doesn’t envy someone who gets to try out virtually everything new as soon as it appears on the horizon! Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor for DV & Videography magazines, and a regular contributor to the BuZZ, returns with a wrap-up of his favorite discoveries during 2011 and a list of what he’s hoping to see in 2012.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

2011 was a busy year for strikes and almost-strikes and if anyone was on the front lines of labor, it was our favorite legal expert, Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney of counsel with Troy Gould and entertainment reporter for the Hollywood Reporter. Jonathan shares his thoughts on the year past, with his expectations for what the coming year holds.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian , The Digital Guy, has gone back to his music roots and his musical journey during this past year has been an eye-opener for him as well as for us! We are always delighted to welcome him back and this week, he gives us a quick education in what happened in the music industry with some great advice about how to survive and prosper in 2012.

Cirina Catania, Producer, Digital Production Buzz

As Producer of the Digital Production BuZZ, Cirina Catania gets to talk with just about everyone in our industry and finds herself constantly on the front lines as news breaks. She’s a filmmaker, a journalist and a long-time member of our BuZZ family, booking our guests and predicting trends on a daily basis. She joins us live from Germany to talk about what was memorable for her this year and what she thinks will be on the radar for 2012

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Simon Walker, Colorist and Trainer

Colorist and trainer, Simon Walker, has released “Master Artists for Looks 2,” a collection of painterly pre-sets that will have your images looking like they were created by a true genius. We speak with Simon about the process of color grading an image, what works, what doesn’t, and why he created these new plug-ins.

Bob Kaminsky, Co-creator and Executive Producer, Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

It would take the entire show to list all of Bob Kaminsky’s credits. He is the co-creator and an Executive Producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, now in its 14th year. He is also the co-creator and an Executive Producer of The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Bob has produced hundreds of hours of music specials and worked with just about every music superstar or humorist you can think of including: The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bonnie Raitt, The Police, Reba McIntire, George Strait, George Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin. Bill Cosby. First, we’re gonna ask if he can introduce us, then, we want to go behind the scenes to learn how he produces a show like this.

Ralph Kelsey, President and Co-founder, Broadway Sound and Yossi Kimberg, Editor, Broadway Video

Broadway Video, and its audio division Broadway Sound, specialize in programs for television, radio, film and the theater. They handled many of the production duties in creating the recent Mark Twain Prize for American Humor program. Ralph Kelsey mixed the audio, while Yossi Kimberg edited the show. This week, we talk with both of them to learn how they approach a major network show like this and pick up some techniques we can use ourselves.

Paul Babb, President, Maxon

The Cinema 4D Education site, “Cineversity,” has been re-launched by Maxon U.S. and we’re looking forward to hearing more from Maxon President, Paul Babb. Why did they need to relaunch it? What did they improve? And how can you benefit from the new site?

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Arun Chaudhary, Former White House Videographer

What’s it like, being the official videographer for the Obama White House? This week, we talk with Arun Chaudhary who, for four years, was the official videographer inside the Obama White House. He shares his stories, his techniques, and his thoughts on his role in preserving history. He shares what he did day-to-day, and the balance between the press corps and his work. This will be a fascinating interview!

Michele Yamazaki, VP Marketing and Pluginologist, Toolfarm

We first met Michele Yamazaki, the VP of Marketing for Toolfarm, a month ago. And we had such positive response, we invited her back. After all, it isn’t every day that we get to talk to an “Official Pluginologist.” We want to spend more time talking about favorite plug-in, last minute gift ideas, and get a sense of what to watch for in the future.

Dan May, President, Blackmagic Design, Inc.

Two weeks ago, Blackmagic Design stunned the industry by acquiring Teranex – a state-of-the-art hardware technology providing video format conversions, up- and down-scaling, and conversion from 2D to 3D images. This week, we talk with Dan May, President of Blackmagic Design, Inc., about why they acquired the company, how Blackmagic Design expects to benefit from it and WHY, yesterday, they dropped the price $70,000!!!

Brian Campanotti, Chief Technology Officer, Front Porch Digital.

Front Porch Digital is a global leader in content storage management (CSM) solutions and the migration and preservation of analogue to digital files. CTO Brian Campanotti has direct responsibility for the overall design and development of the next generation of Front Porch products and services, one of which – their SAMMA system – is receiving a Technology and Engineering Emmy this coming February. Front Porch specializes in converting analog media to digital files, tracking them, and helping you make money on them later.

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Jim Sherhart Senior Director, Product Marketing, Drobo

Drobo first became known for its friendly, expandable, RAID-protected storage. Now, they are creating an ecosystem of applications revolving around storage and the Cloud. Jim Sherhart, Senior Director of Product Marketing and Business Development, joins us to talk about the new storage applications that Drobo is making available as well as what new storage products Drobo is working on.

Lisa Contoyannis, VP of E-commerce, Pogoplug

An example of one of these new Drobo applications is Pogoplug. They have created a cloud-storage system for mobile devices – what they call the “Personal Cloud.” And they just partnered with Drobo to provide cloud-based storage for remote file access, cloud storage and media streaming from any device. Lisa Contoyannis, VP of E-commerce, joins us to explain how their system works.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Government Video and Digital Video magazines

Ned Soltz is a regular contributor to The Buzz, as well as being an contributing editor to both Government Video and Digital Video magazines. This week, we want to chat with him about some of the new digital video recorders that recently appeared, such as the Samurai and Pix. Plus, when it comes to talking tech, nobody does a better job than Ned.

Highlights from Government Video Expo 2011

We have more interviews from Government Video Expo 2011 this week

Graham TC, CEO, Storage DNA, tells us about an inexpensive archiving solution which they’ve developed.
Colleen Meade, Account Executive, Omni Music, offers high-quality production music for filmmakers.
Erica Ginsberg, Executive Director for Docs in Progress, a user group for documentary filmmakers.

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John Buck Editor and Author, “Timeline: A History of Editing”

We often get so caught up in the “new” and “now,” that we forget that it grew out of what was in the past. John Buck has been an editor since he needed a way to cut his Super 8mm movies for screening in a makeshift neighborhood cinema, and to enter his work in young filmmakers’ festivals. After being fired from his full-time job as a junior agency TV producer, John was advised by his father to “get a job that people can understand what it is that you do.” Instead, he began a thirty-year editing career that spans MTV Awards, SuperBowl commercials, and highly-rated TV shows. He’s written a fascinating book on the history of electronic editing – called “Timeline – A History of Electronic Editing” – and this week, he explains that the software we edit on today had its roots in a toy shop in Paris in 1924.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is a regular contributor to The Buzz and joins us to talk about his reactions to John Buck’s book: Timeline. Philip has long been fascinated by history and the role the past plays in determining the future of technology. We asked Philip to join us this week to provide a second perspective on the serpentine route editing hardware and software has taken over the last 100 years.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer President, The Greenlight Coach, is another regular on The Buzz. This week, we wanted to spend a bit more time talking with her — about the business of running a business. Specifically, how to successfully run a virtual office. How and when should you do sales calls? What type of communication works the best? What’s the most effective relationship to have with a client? How do you stay focused when you are constantly traveling? As always, Jessica has great ideas and tips to share with all of us.

Highlights from Government Video Expo 2011

Government Video Expo 2011 closed about three hours ago. We are already editing the stories our reporters turned in and have a great selection for the show this week. Joining us are:

Michael Gailing, Director of Marketing, Teradek

Erica Hoffman, Account Executive, National Captioning Institute

Lt. Col. Francisco Hamm, Entertainment Liaison Office – LA, U.S. Air Force

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Alicia Hirsch, Senior Vice-president for Post-production, Fox Television Studios

Alicia Hirsch, Senior Vice-president, Post Production, at Fox Television Studios, oversees more than 20 one-hour dramas, pilots and reality talk shows delivered to a variety of cable networks. Some of her shows include “The Killing,” “Burn Notice,” “White Collar,” and “The Shield.” Alicia takes us behind the scenes to explain how all these shows get edited and delivered in time to meet their weekly deadlines. And wait till you hear her description of all the video formats she needs to work with!

Lynn Elliott, Screenflow Product Specialist, Telestream

Lynn Elliott is the Screenflow Product Specialist for Telestream. She has more than 20 years marketing experience and currently manages the marketing for ScreenFlow, an award-winning screen capturing software. Telestream says that ScreenFlow helps video producers create professional-looking videos, demos and tutorials, even if they have no previous experience. This week, we talk with Lynn to see if she can back up those claims.

Dennis Butts, Founder, Military Comm Networks

Dennis Butts, Founder of Military Comm Networks, Inc. will deliver a keynote speach at the upcoming Government Video Expo entitled, “Blending Video Conferencing with Broadcast.” Dennis is integrating multi-user interactive video conferencing with on-line video programming to create the feeling of watching TV programs with friends and family, even if you are separated by thousands of miles. He launched this to support far-flung military families and the results are amazing! (The Digital Production Buzz is the official podcast of Goverment Video Expo.)

Mike Flanagan, Founder and CEO, Video Symphony

Mike Flanagan is the president of Video Symphony, a professional post-production training school in Burbank, California. He’s been deeply involved with training and finding jobs for his students for many years. His book “Hollywood Jobs” provides guidance for job seekers who want to find work fast. This week, we talk with Mike about the options students have who want to enter the post-production industry

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Lydia Cornell. Award-winning Actress

Lydia Cornell 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. Her professional career extends beyond acting into theater, film, and television. She is also just about finished with her new novel. We first met on our Oct. 27 show and were so impressed we invited her back to talk about what it takes to succeed in Hollywood, tips for producers/directors on how to work with actors and, above all, the importance of being true to your creativity.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance, joins us to talk about thriving and growing in today's business climate. Today, customers think cheaper equipment should lead to cheaper production. There’s a “kid in a basement” underbidding at every turn and many traditional sources of production revenue are simply drying up. The advent of an economic downturn has accelerated the changes in our industry, while the Internet has radically changed communication and brought us powerful new tools for communicating with new and current customers. It's tough to make a living, but Philip has some ideas that can help.

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital

Michael Cioni, CEO, Light Iron Digital, has been a Digital Intermediate Supervisor on more than 200 feature films - such as Pirates of the Caribbean 4, The Amazing Spiderman, The Social Network, Total Recall, and... the Muppet Movie! We want to learn more about how the process of digital intermediates works and whether this is a technique that can benefit the independent filmmaker.

Adrian Belic, Independent Filmmaker -- Michael Timm, Independent Filmmaker

Two successful filmmakers, looking to make money on their projects. The first film of Adrian Belic and his brother, Roko, created just after college, was the Academy Award-nominated “Genghis Blues.” His follow up film is the multi-award winning “Beyond the Call.” How does he market his product and what advice can he give to the rest of us about survival in the intensely competitive world of independent films. Filmmaker Mike Timm has some good news for us! His film, "A Girl, A Guy, A Space Helmet" premiered recently at the Maryville Film Festival and was the recipient of Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Production Design and Best Cast Ensemble awards! So we guess he’s doing something right! We talk with both Adrian and Mike about how they are marketing their films and where the money is for filmmakers today.

Darren Millar, General Manager, Video Symphony

Darren Millar, General Manager, Video Symphony, recently joined one of the largest training schools for filmmakers to help create programs geared for filmmakers today. He joins us to discuss the role of Video Symphony in helping filmmakers jump-start their career.

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Wes Plate, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Wes Plate started his career as a creative editor using After Effects and Avid in tandem, an experience that led him to co-found Automatic Duck, Inc. together with his father Harry in 2001. Automatic Duck software became the de facto standard for moving media projects from one software platform to another. Recently, Automatic Duck stunned the industry by announcing that Wes had joined Adobe’s product marketing group working on Adobe’s popular suite of audio and video production applications and that all of the Duck’s software utilities were now free. Tune in this week and learn the inside story of why Wes made the switch to become a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Adobe Systems.

Jack Reilly, Event Manager, Future Media Concepts

Jack Reilly is the Event Manager for Future Media Concepts and has some really interesting training sessions scheduled for the upcoming GV Expo in Washington D.C. later this month. We talk with Jack to learn what new training is available, and get a sense of what subjects editors are most interested in learning. This is a very cool way to get some of the best technical training available!

Jack Tunnicliffe Founder, Java Post

Jack Tunnicliffe is the founder of Java Post, a leading editing and visual effects facilities based in western Canada. His company has an impressive roster of post-production credits that includes hit Canadian TV sitcoms such as “Corner Gas” and “InSecurity,” and the critically acclaimed film, “Hungry Hills” featured at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. We want to talk to Jack about their use of Mocha and After Effects, and how he markets this software to attract new business.

Michele Yamazaki, Vice-president of Marketing & Pluginologist, ToolFarm

Michele Yamazaki is the VP Marketing & Pluginologist at Toolfarm. She recently wrote “Plug in with After Effects: Third Party Plug-in Mastery.” She also co-authored “Green-screen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers” with Jeremy Hanke in 2009. We want to talk with her about the state of the plug-in industry – what’s hot and what should we pay attention to?

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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!)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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This week, we look at creating art and music. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Dr. Barry Sandrew, Founder, CTO, and COO, Legend3D

The last time we spoke with Dr. Barry Sandrew, Founder of Legend3D, was during our NAB 2011 show coverage. At that time, he described how they convert 2D images to 3D. (Think of the process as motion tracking a whole variety of different shapes, then setting each shape to a different depth in the image.) Well, since we spoke, hs company has done more than half of the 2D to 3D conversion for the third installment of the Transformers series. Plus, they’ve done the 3D conversion work for Alice In Wonderland, the Shrek series, and the recent Green Lantern. We invited Barry to join us this week to discuss the whole process of converting a film to 3D, how their system works, and what producers can learn from it.

Tom Bennett, CEO and Co-Founder, Pond5

We are delighted to welcome back Tom Bennett, Co-Founder of Pond5, the stock image, video, and music company, to talk about stock images. How do you decide which stock house to sell your images? How do they keep your images safe? And what are the advantages to royalty free images and audio? Tom explains what you need to know in the ever-changing world of stock.

Randy Hart, Creative Services Director, Aircast Custom Music

Stock music fills a big need – especially for low cost music. But sometimes, getting the right emotional impact, or timing, is much more important than saving money. That’s where custom music comes in. Randy Hart, Creative Services Director for Aircast Custom Music (a division of Megatrax) joins us this week to discuss the whys and hows of creating custom music. Megatrax has been a go-to supplier of production music for many years. Aircast is their division for creating custom music. We can’t wait to hear more!

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian — The Digital Guy — is a regular on The Buzz. This week, he’s wearing his musical hat as we continue learning more about the business side of music. Specifically, we want to learn his preferences to creating royalty-free or custom music; which do musicians like better. Then, with Spotify finally coming to the US, we talk with Bruce about the new music service and what, if anything, makes it unique. We already know what, Bruce joins us to explain why.

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Last week, we looked at the challenges and advantages about switching from Apple Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer. This week, we look at switching to Adobe Production Premium, which includes Premiere Pro. Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Al Mooney, Product Manager of Professional Video Editing, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Al Mooney has a deep background in video editing. He is currently the product manager for professional video editing at Adobe Systems. He is responsible for defining, delivering, and supporting the overall feature set and functionality of Adobe Premiere Pro. Prior to this position, he was the senior business development manager for video and broadcast in the UK for Adobe. Before that he worked for Apple as a Pro Video business development manager, and before that for DigiDesign (part of Avid Technology) as a European sales specialist. With all the current discussion about whether switching from Apple’s Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere Pro makes sense, we thought we’d go right to the source. Be sure to join us during the live chat to get your questions answered.

Bruce Gee, President, GeeThree

Bruce Gee is founder of GeeThree, maker of the Slick FX plug-ins for Final Cut. GeeThree has been producing video plug-ins for the last 10 years. PhotoMotion is their latest plug-in that makes it “dead simple” to create a pan and zoom animation from still images. This week, we talk with Bruce about PhotoMotion and the process of developing plugins for editing software.

Jawad Mir, Owner and Creative Director, Film-Style Weddings.

Creative entrepreneur Jawad Mir balances two prospering cinematography businesses: Sky-Blue Productions and Film-Style Weddings. Jawad travels the world to cover destination weddings, create inspired wedding videos, and customize photo shoots, albums, and prints. For driving artistic innovation and quality, Mir was an early adopter of Canon DSLR cameras—he was also a long-time Final Cut Pro user. But when Final Cut Pro started holding him back, Jawad switched to Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 software.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Buzz Regular, Jessica Sitomer, is the president of The Greenlight Coach. This week, she joins us to talk about how to handle life when the rug gets pulled out from under you. Our industry puts every business on a roller coaster – up and down and up and down… What do you do when you’re heading down to pull yourself back “up”? Nobody knows these answers better than Jessica – tune in and learn how!

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This week, we are looking at the results of the Final Cut Pro X announcement from Apple. Specifically, hundreds of editors say they are ready to switch to another program — but which one? Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Angus MacKay, Segment Marketing Manager, Avid Technology

With the release of Final Cut Pro X generating hostile reviews from professional editors, though many rave reviews from iMovie folks, Avid Technology announced the continuation of their cross-grade promotion, inviting Final Cut editors to switch to Avid. Angus MacKay, segment marketing manager for Avid, joins us this week to explain their new offer and discuss the potential challenges in switching.

Alan Edward Bell, Editor

Alan Edward Bell has edited more than a dozen feature films. His most recent project was “Water for Elephants,” and he’s currently working on the director’s cut of “The Amazing Spiderman” scheduled for release in 2012. Alan is a long-time Avid editor, but also familiar with Final Cut Pro, so we want to talk with him about the process of switching between the two programs. Then, we’ll chat about his workflow in cutting major motion pictures and how he keeps it all organized.

Jan Crittenden, Product Manager, Panasonic Broadcast.

Jan Crittenden is a long time, and very welcome, guest on The Buzz. All the high-end cameras that Panasonic makes fall under her jurisdiction. This week, she tells us about a new, lower-priced, shoulder-mounted, solid-state camcorder; an existing camera that’s winning awards, and the status of a required update for Final Cut Pro X to support Panasonic files.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

This week, we are focusing on the issues of converting from Final Cut Pro to Avid. So, we invited one of our regular gurus, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, to discuss the differences between the two platforms. This week, Philip explains Avid Script Sync and Phrase Find.

Michael Kammes

As we wrap up this edition of The Buzz, we talk with Michael Kammes, Sr. Workflow Specialist for Keycode Media, about the principle considerations Final Cut editors need to keep in mind as they consider switching from Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer.

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This week, we are looking at the impact of Final Cut Pro X on the developer community… and our future. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Andrew Little, President & Co-founder, Red Giant Software

Red Giant Software was one of three companies that had plugins ready for Final Cut Pro X at launch. This week, we talk with Andrew Little, president and co-founder of Red Giant, to learn about their new products, the challenges of working with Apple’s new plug-in architecture, and how effects work in FCP X.

GenArts was the second of three companies with plugins ready for Final Cut Pro X at launch. This week, we talk with todd Prives, senior business development and marketing manager for GenArts, to learn about their new Sapphire Edge plug-ins and who they are designed for.

Alex Grossman, president, Active Storage, Inc.

Active Storage is a high-end storage company focused on hardware solutions for media companies. This week, Alex Grossman spoke at the 2011 Creative Storage Conference and shared his thoughts for media storage in the future. However, before that, Alex was the product manager for XSAN, XServe, and other high-end products from Apple. With the release of FCP X, Apple has shifted from workgroup solutions to single-user editing. We want to learn what Alex thinks about the new release -wearing both his old and new hats – and where it fits for the future.

Billy Harrison, Product Manager, Promise Technology

When Apple launched Thunderbolt, earlier this year, one of the companies they featured was Promise Technology. This week, Promise announced Pegasus, their Thunderbolt-attached RAID. Since FCP X requires high-speed, locally-attached storage, this is the perfect time to talk with Billy Harrison, product manager for Promise Technology about this new gear.

Bruce Sharpe, Founder, Singular Software

When Final Cut Pro X was announced, one of the highlighted features was its ability to sync separate audio and video clips — something that PluralEyes from Singular Software has been doing for a while. This week, we talk with Singular Software founder, Bruce Sharpe, to see if this is the death of PluralEyes, or if there is something they can do that Final Cut Pro X can’t.

Patrick Inhofer, Colorist/Finisher/Owner, Fini.TV

With the release of FCP X, Color seems to be discontinued. However, the color tools inside Final Cut Pro X, while beefed up compared to FCP 7, are not as good as those in Color. This week, Patrick Inhofer, colorist, author, and owner of Fini.TV joins us to talk about whether Color is really dead and, if so, how we are going to make our projects look great without it.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Design

FCP X extensively supports metadata, so its time to bring back our metadata expert – Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance – to explain what this means, why its good news, and how we work with it. We also want to ask him about the lack of XML support in Final Cut Pro X and what that means for people that want to get their media out of FCP and into another application.

Plus, we are working to squeeze in a couple more special folks – so consider them as last-minute surprises. This is gonna be an EXCITING show!!

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with Jean-Frederick Garcia, Publication Manager, The Location Guide

This week, we are “going on location,” and our first interview is with Jean-Frederic Garcia. He’s the publishing director of The Location Guide – a hard-copy book and associated website filled with locations – and location information – from around the world.

Gary Onyshko, President & CEO, Real to Reel Locations

Gary Onyshko, president and CEO of Real to Reel Locations, is a casting agent for buildings — special buildings. His clients hire him to put their locations in the movies. So, this week, continuing our theme of going on location, we talk with Gary about what his clients expect from a production company and what producers need to know about renting a location. If you’ve wanted to go on location, but were afraid it is too much hassle, listen to what Gary has to say!

Gregory D. Evans, Security Consultant, Evans & Ligatt

Gregory D. Evans, internet security consultant, was first on last month talking about the importance of keeping your computer systems safe. We had such favorable response to his comments that we invited him back this week to get specific about what we can to to protect ourselves. He’s got some great suggestions.

Brandon Smith, Product Manager, DigiEffects

It is a delight welcoming back Brandon Smith, product manager for DigiEffects to talk about a recent release from DigiEffects called “Camera Mapper.” This program turns 2D images – like photographs – into 3D objects that you can wrap textures around. Some amazing stuff – wait till you hear what Brandon has to say!

Larry Jordan, Host, Digital Production Buzz

Unless you have been living off the grid the last few days, you’ve heard that Apple released Final Cut Studio X this week. Larry Jordan, Host of the Digital Production Buzz, got an early look at the program, including the ability to work with a beta version hands-on. This week, he shares his opinions – both good and bad – about the new version of the program.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Gesine Thomson, Principal, GT.

It is almost impossible to overstate the impact Gesine Thomson, principle at GT. She is an internationally recognized architect and speaker specializing in large scale community planning and sustainable commercial growth. Her architecture takes her world-wide, and she is currently the chief architect working on a sustainable community development the size of Manhattan. We spoke with her about the role media plays in her architecture, and how she keeps her creative team fresh and focused. Gesine rarely gives interviews, we are delighted she is talking with us!

Justin DeSheilds,Production Coordinator, National Geographic Television

The competition for working at National Geographic Television is intense. One of the new recruits is Justin DeSheilds, production coordinator, who joined the company about a year ago. Production coordinators are the folks on the production team that figure out how to make all the great ideas actually work. We speak with him this week to talk about the role of a production coordinator and how he fits into the bigger picture of production.

Bruce Nazarian, Music Producer and The Digital Guy

Our favorite music producer, Bruce Nazarian, returns with a look at what’s happening on the audio side of our industry. Bruce is a regular on the Buzz, and after you listen to him, you’ll understand why. This week, after a spate of recent trade shows, we want to take a closer look at the latest technology news from the music industry. It is always fun listening to Bruce’s opinions on what’s the latest, and greatest, gear.

Bruce Sharpe, CEO, Singular Software

Bruce Sharpe, CEO of Singular Software, just released a new version of PluralEyes – his utility for syncing double-system sound – for Edius this week. And, just in case you thought he was finding time to sleep, he also released a beta of a much faster version of PluralEyes for Final Cut Pro. We want to talk with Bruce this week about his new goodies and what he’s planning for the future.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Rory McKellar, Producer/Director, MindHeist.

Rory McKellar is a free-lance producer/director based in Oxford, England, who’s credits range from directing reality programs to shooting low-budget sci-fi. What caught our eye is his involvement in interactive media – working with the BBC and Channel 4 in England to develop interactive, cross-platform projects to catch the eye of the very fickle youth audience.

Mark Davis, CEO, Scenios

Scenios CEO Mark Davis formally launched their flagship product – Scenios – at the Produced By conference last weekend in Los Angeles. Scenios provides cloud-based production file sharing, messaging, and media viewing to improve collaboration between all the different individuals involved in a production. We talk with Mark this week about his new product, what it does, and why he decided to offer an extended free trial.

Michael Kammes, Sr Applications Editor & Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media

Michael Kammes is a regular on The Buzz. And this week, he’s bringing us some inside gossip on an upcoming version of Avid Media Composer. Recently, he was invited to a technology preview on the new stereoscopic 3D features soon to appear in Media Composer. He joins us to tell us what he saw, how its different, what it means, and when its coming.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is another regular on The Buzz and joins us to discuss a trend we are seeing on the web. When does “sharing” a photo become stealing. If a photo is posted to the web, does that mean all copyrights are lost? Who has the rights to use a photo posted to Facebook or Twitter? Does any of this really matter? As always, you’ll find Philip’s opinion intriguing.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

It’s all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

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Join host Larry Jordan, as he talks with: Gregory Evans, Security Expert, Evans and Ligatt Inc.

Ninety percent of Fortune 500 networks have been hacked. Con-man to company owner, Gregory Evans, Security Expert for Evans and Ligatt, joins us to discuss these alarming statistics. Gregory Evans was one of the world’s most prominent hackers, managing to successfully hack major companies like ATT, MCI, and Sprint. He made more than one million dollars a week in the late 90′s until he was sent to prison. Now, Evans shares what he’s learned in the hacking world with others to help prevent them from becoming victims. If you value keeping your computers secure, you need to hear what he has to say.

Bill Boss, VP, Product Development and Marketing, Weather Central

Bill Boss is Vice President of Product Development and Marketing for Weather Central, LP. He is a 23 year veteran of the television industry, and joined Weather Central in 1999. Weather (especially lately) seems to affect all of us in production… so we want to find out what the newest weather reporting tools are and what we as producers can learn from a segment of our business that is rapidly changing the way it works. Bill joins us this week to tell us more.

Dan Deluca, Founder, Contender Films

Dan Deluca is the founder of Contender Films and best known for his work on HBO’s The Wire as Dr. David Parenti. Not only has he had success in front of the camera as an actor but he has also managed to be successful behind the camera as a Writer, Director, and Producer. How does he market himself and his films? Does it matter that he is in D.C. thousands of miles away from Hollywood? And what has he learned moving from in front of, to behind, the camera that he can teach to us?

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Buzz Regular Jessica Sitomer, President of The Greenlight Coach, joins us to talk about researching your next job. You know your next job is “out there,” but where do you look? Who do you talk to? What are the trends to follow? Jessica has all the answers for us this week.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Paul ("Burf") Burfitt, Founder, Project 64

Paul Burfitt launched his newest venture - Project 64 - only 18 months ago. Now, he produces four hours of finished content a week from two home studios. He also likes going on location from his home in Australia. His next challenge is creating a live, online broadcast originating from a backpack! This could either be really cool, or end up surrounded by old, smelly sox.

Phillip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Adobe Systems brought automated text transcripts to the masses with the release of Production Premium CS4 a couple of years ago. Since then, the process of automating transcripts has rapidly improved. Regular Buzz contributor, Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, joins us this week to assess the current state of the industry. Because, to documentary producers, nothing helps define the story like getting an accurate transcript of all your interviews.

Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin & Associates, Inc.

The Creative Storage Conference is coming up on June 28 and Tom Coughlin, president of Coughlin & Associates, Inc., is the organizer of the event. The Conference focuses on digital storage products and requirements for various activities from content capture, postproduction, content distribution and content archiving, preservation and digital asset management. Major companies focusing on digital storage for this industry will be there. This week, we talk with Tom about the latest news in storage and his offer to provide TEN free conference passes to Buzz listeners.

Phil Ritti, President, Cache-A

Keeping with our theme of looking at the latest in storage, reminds us that we also need to consider long-term archiving, something we've been discussing for a while. Phil Ritti, president of Cache-A, joins us to discuss their latest round of archiving products based on LTO-5 technology. We want to learn why archiving gear is so expensive, why we need more than just a tape drive, and what the significance is of the newly-announced LTFS file system that allows a tape drive to display files like a hard disk. No one knows the answers better than Phil.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, has almost twenty years in the industry helping people find work. Most of the time on The Buzz, we talk with her in short segments, this time, we wanted to expand into a longer conversation to get into details on finding mentors, networking, interviewing skills and tips to negotiating rates. She has a wealth of information that can help you make sure your next job is a better job. Be sure to listen!

Michael Kammes, Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media

Michael Kammes, senior applications editor and workflow specialist for Keycode Media, spends his days looking for better ways for editors to work together. This week, he looks at SANs (Storage Area Networks) – what they are, how they work, and brands we should consider. Because when the time comes and you need a group of editors all working on the same project, nothing helps you accomplish that better than a SAN.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

We are still recovering from Bruce performing at the Newport Beach Jazz Festival — totally stunned the crowd! He has returned to his roots as a world-class musician. Which reminds us, there’s been a lot of talk recently about The Cloud, as the music industry seems to be cloud-obsessed. Amazon released a cloud-based music system, last week Google followed suit. Apple is rumored to be working on the same thing. Why all this fuss about fog? (Sorry, weather joke.) This week, we invited our resident music maven – Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy – back to explain this all to us.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV and Videography magazines, has been researching the whole area of archiving and long-term storage. This week, he reports back on what he’s learned – both in terms of hardware and the software to support it. As the newly-installed president of MoPictive, Ned Soltz is a great guy to have on your side when it comes to learning about gear.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Rick Dean, Senior Vice-President, THX

THX has been certifying audio in movie theaters for a long time – since about Star Wars, in fact. Rick Dean, senior vice president of THX, is spearheading a new effort to standardize color management in post production. Called cineSpace, it is a suite of applications all designed to make sure digital images look the same on a variety of different outputs. Frankly, we are skeptical about why this is necessary, or even affordable, so we invited Rick on to explain their new system.

Robert Sharp, President, DigiEffects

Robert Sharp, president of DigiEffects, called us the other day saying he had some interesting news to announce to the world. So, we invited him on The Buzz to learn more. DigiEffects, as you probably know, makes Delirium and Damage and gave us a tantalizing glimpse of new products when we talked with Robert last month at NAB. We can’t wait to learn more!

David Peto, CEO, Aframe

David Peto, CEO of Aframe, is based in the UK, but he’s been making some bold predictions about the power of editing in The Cloud. Cloud editing, which means your media is stored on servers located on the Internet, is very attractive, but has lots of potential problems. Aframe claims to be the central platform from which everything can hang. We want to know more, so we are going right to the source.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Aframe is an interesting hybrid of cloud and local storage. So, we invited Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, to share his opinions with us this week on the challenges and benefits of using The Cloud in post-production. You’ll be interested in what he has to say.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Charlie Boswell Director, Digital Entertainment, AMD

In his capacity as director of digital entertainment for AMD, Charlie Boswell spoke recently at the Sony Creative Software Meeting at the NAB Show 2011 in Las Vegas, where he premiered the trailer for “Giving Voices,” a cinematic adventure about changing the lives of students in Haiti, which he co-produced with Justin Formal. We want to talk with him this week about what’s its like shooting film in Haiti, and the impact filmmaking has on young lives.

Michael Kammes, Sr. Applications Editor & Workflow Specialist, Keycode Media

Michael Kammes, senior applications editor and workflow specialist for Keycode Media, is a regular correspondent for The Buzz and returns this week with some tips for editors looking to create audio that captures the mind using either Avid or Final Cut Pro. And, when you think about it, what better program than The Buzz to talk about the creative uses of audio?

Peter Schlatter, Director, Business Development, G-Technology

With this week’s release of iMacs, plus the current line of MacBook Pros, Apple has established Thunderbolt as the next big thing in monitor and storage connectivity. But what is it and what does it all mean, really? Peter Schlatter, Director of Business Development for G-Technology joins us this week with an update on how this new Thunderbolt technology works and how their products will integrate with it.

Jessica Sitomer, CEO, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, CEO of The Greenlight Coach and one of our favorite regulars on the BuZZ explains why it is so important for us to have mentors. Which sounds great, but the bigger question is how do you find one and, then, how do you get them to say Yes? We are looking forward to her sharing the answers with us.

You can’t find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It’s another fascinating show.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Scott Morris Senior Director of Marketing, Adobe Systems, Inc.

We spoke with Scott Morris, Senior Director of Marketing for Adobe Systems, Inc., as part of our recent 2011 NAB Show coverage (listen to our first interview here) and didn’t begin to learn all the new software and features in the Adobe CS 5.5 release. We invited Scott back to tell us more on how to manipulate video in Photoshop, how they are expanding support for metadata, and their new software Adobe Story and Adobe Audition. Plus, he’ll also cover support for third party applications such as the iPad and Photoshop Express on mobile devices. Lots of very, very cool stuff!

Ned Soltz Contributing Editor, DV and Videography magazines.

We are delighted to announce a new family member at the Digital Production BuZZ. Please welcome Ned Soltz, contributing editor at DV and Videography Magazines, to our list of regulars. Ned is especially interested in camera equipment and the gear that supports it; so spending time each month talking with Ned is something we are really looking forward to. Plus, his knowledge of technology combined with his memory of arcane facts is uncanny. Join us for this segment and you’ll understand why we are such fans. Welcome, Ned!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, is another of our Buzz regular correspondents and an expert on all things technical. However, he has a real love for metadata. With the release of Adobe CS5.5, and the sneak preview of Final Cut Pro X, metadata has suddenly become a key aspect of virtually every NLE. We want to talk with him about why metadata is so important. Then, we want his thoughts on how Adobe is implementing metadata in its CS5.5 products and his speculation on what Apple is doing with Final Cut Pro X. As we move entirely to tapeless workflows, understanding metadata becomes critical to asset management. Like it or not, metadata is part of our new editing life. We are hoping Philip can explain how we can like it.

Walter Biscardi, Founder, Biscardi Creative Media

Walter Biscardi, runs Biscardi Creative Media, a Post-Production facility located in Greater Atlanta. A video professional with multiple network credits, Walter is a popular blogger and a forum moderator for Creative Cow and LAFCPUG. He’s also an outspoken critic of Apple’s recent “Sneak Peak” of Final Cut Pro X. So, we invited him on this week to explain his concerns about what Apple has shown us so far.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Jim Robertson, Founder and Managing Director, doddleme.com
Jim Robertson had a problem. His production books were getting thicker and heavier and he still couldn’t find the information he needed when he needed it. So, rather than complain, he and his partner invented “doddle” — a mobile app that provides free directory services and a Pro version that creates production call sheets. If tracking down production services or crew is important to you, then you need to hear about this free app.

Neil Ticktin, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine
MacTech Magazine is now in its 26th year of publication. Much more than simply a magazine and website, the magazine also sponsors conferences and developer boot camps around the country. Neil Ticktin, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief joins us to tell us more about the MacTech boot camps, and the newest version of the MacTech conference — now on a road trip to seven cities around the U.S.

David Orban, CEO, dotSUB
David Orban is the new CEO of dotSUB, a platform that allows us to closed caption, subtitle, and translate our videos into multiple languages. Used by TED and Adobe’s new Community Translation Program, the technology is fascinating and, frankly, very helpful. We talk with David this week about his vision for the service, what got him interested, and how we can use it.

Apple, Avid, and Adobe at the 2011 NAB Show
The 2011 NAB Show is filled with product announcements from just about every vendor in our industry. And during our coverage of the event last week, we spoke with 68 industry leaders about new trends, new technology, and new products we should keep our eyes on. This week, we present a summary of news from Adobe, Avid, and Apple on updates to all their products — including some news from Adobe that didn’t make our original coverage.

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Here's the seventh in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Oliver Peters, Owner, Oliver Peters Post Production Services
Oliver Peters is a regular guest on The BuZZ and provides his perspective on the current trends in post-production: stereo 3D, higher camera resolutions and frame rates, and reactions to Final Cut Pro X.

Ric Viers, CEO & Founder, BlastwaveFX
Ric Viers loves creating sound effects. As the publisher of the world's largest collection of sound effects, Ric talks about how he records sound effects and introduces their newest product: Sonopedia, their sound effects library with more than 30,000 effects.

Tony Papa, Video Products Manager, Cool-Lux
Tony Papa tells us about their line of camera-mounted, battery-powered lights and explains the difference between Quartz lights and LED lights.

Kip Watters, Director, Product Management, Media Group, Nexidia
Nexidia first appeared on the market with Avid Script Sync. Then, last year, they released Get for Final Cut Pro. This year, Kip Watters talks about their technology and a new way they have of indexing all the audio content on a website and making it instantly searchable.

Erik Otto, Managing Director, XDT
XDT develops software-based solutions for digital media transfers over local and wide area networks. In this interview, Erik Otto illustrates how to speed up data transfers between computers and servers for large media files.

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Here's the seventh in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Peter Crithary, Marketing Manager, Sony Electronics, is responsible for marketing most of Sony's professional cameras in the U.S. He joins us to talk about a variety of new camera announcements - and solid state recording devices - that Sony made at NAB. Then, Vincent Maza, Marketing Manager, Avid Technology, joins us to talk about the new ability within Avid Media Composer to edit HDCAM SR video natively to more tightly integrate production with post.

Alexis Van Hurkman, Principle of Van Hurkman Productions, is a full-time colorist and a regular guest on The BuZZ, joins us to discuss the latest news from the creators of a variety of color-grading software; including DaVinci Resolve, LightWorks, and Assimilate.

Interviewed by Michael Kammes, Kimball Thurston, Lead Scientist, Reliance MediaWorks, explains new technology they are showing at NAB that allows better image processing and cleaner up-resing of SD to HD images.

Fraunhofer IIS is Europe's leading research institutes. At NAB, they introduced MPEG compression for 5.1 surround sound, a real-time encoder for surround audio on the web, and a utility that lets you hear the results of audio compression in real-time, while you are mixing your audio. Matthias Rose, Head of Marketing Communications for Audio and Multimedia, Fraunhofer, explains.

Tom Vice, VP and General Manager, NextLab FotoKem. NextLab has developed an on-set hardware and software kit that can be used during production to simplify the process of working with tapeless media, which Tom calls "file-based workflows." Listen as he explains his new system.

Michael Kammes interviews Jerry Pierce, Senior Vice-President, Hollywood Post Alliance, about its push to standardize IMF (Interoperable Mastering Format) and why this standardization is important to the professional side of the industry.

Bruce Devlin, Chief Technical Officer, Amberfin, explains their ICR software, which grew out of research at Snell and Wilcox, which is software for file and standard conversion, technical analysis, and conversion automation.

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Here's the sixth in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Alex Lindsay, CEO & Founder, Pixel Corps, a worldwide "guild" of digital artist, gathered together to share knowledge and, ideally, work. Founder Alex Lindsay, who is also the host of "This Week in Media," explains why he started the Corps and what has been the result.

Michael Smollin, Free-lance D.I. Colorist, was working the Nucoda booth at NAB, showcasing their color grading software. We invited him to explain the process of color grading - that is, giving your film a "look" - as well as the benefits of the new Open EXR standard for improving exposures in difficult situations.

Greg Prentiss, Director of Sales - US, Autoscript. Autoscript makes a variety of teleprompters. In this interview, Greg Prentiss discusses the different kinds of prompters, how they can be used, and their new announcements at NAB this year.

Josh Apter, Owner, Manhattan Edit Workshops. Manhattan Edit Workshops provides training for Apple, Avid, and Adobe software around the U.S. Founder Josh Apter discusses the training they provide -- plus, the hit of their booth: recording, editing, and posting videos directly from an iPad.

Craig Mott, Managing Director, Bluefish444. Bluefish444 makes uncompressed SDI video capture cards for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh systems. Crag Mott explains how their cards work, their latest NAB announcements, and why you need a capture card in the first place.

Dr. Ji Zhang, CEO & Chairman, Yuvad Technologies. Yuvad is a leading provider of multi-service video processing, and video over IP, with advanced advertising capabilities. Since all of us are looking for ways to turn our projects into money, you'll be interested in what Dr. Zhang has to say.

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Here's the fifth in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor, Government Video and DV magazines, talks about the latest trends in camera technology displayed at NAB 2011.

Tim Dashwood, Founder, Dashwood Cinema Solutions, talks about the challenges of shooting and lighting stereoscopic 3D, and the launch of his production aid: Stereo 3D CAT.

Paola Hobson, Product Manager for Conversion and Restoration, Snell, explains her company's core products - Archangel and Alchemist - and how they provide real-time format conversion and file restoration.

Sean Safreed, Co-founder and Director of Product Management, Red Giant Software, discusses the challenges of communicating color decisions between different groups working on a project and showcases two new, free, utilities that they released to solve this problem.

Steven Canepa, General Manager, Global Media and Entertainment, IBM, discusses the challenges of moving to an all-tapeless workflow, and tells the story of Watson, a supercomputer his group invented that recently beat two grand champions at Jeopardy and the role that type of programming plays in analyzing unstructured content.

Greg Dolan, Executive Vice President, Xytech Systems, explains how his company can help in scheduling resources, staffing, and media to enable mid-size production companies to avoid getting buried in paperwork.

Erwan Maigret, CEO, The Bakery, discusses the benefits of using traditional 3D software to create stereoscopic 3D images, as well as some graphics technology trends to watch in the future.

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Here's the fourth in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Stuart Ashton, Director EMEA, BlackMagic Design.

Philip Nelson, Senior VP, NewTek.

Kevin Klinger, CEO, Smartsound Software

Barbara DeHart, VP of Marketing, Telestream Inc.

Phil Ritti, CEO, Cache-A

Paul Babb, President, Maxon

Tracey Reusch, President, Adrienne Electronics

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Here's the third in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Bruce Master,Senior Program Manager, IBM & Laura Loredo, Product Manager, HP.

Nick Rashby, President, AJA.

Philip Storey, CEO, Xendata.

Vincent Maza, Worldwide Marketing Manager, Avid.

Jim Tierney, CEO, Digital Anarchy.

Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications.

Donn Gurule, President, Lightbeam Systems.

Michael Kammes, Post-production Consultant, Key Code Media.

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Here's the second in our series of Special Reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Jan Crittenden, Product Manager, Panasonic Solutions Company.

Matt Brohn, Product Manager, Sony Creative Software.

Maurice Patel, Senior Industry Manager, Autodesk.

Wes Plate, Founder, Automatic Duck.

Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer, Imagineer Systems

Andrew Richards, Vice President of Product Development, Keeper Technology.

Jeff Rothberg & Ben Kozuch, Co-Founders, Future Media Concepts.

Alan Hoff, CEO, Cinedeck.

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On today's show we want to take a look at what it takes to get ready for NAB.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Scott Morris, Senior Director of Marketing, Adobe.

Lin Kayser, CEO, IRIDAS.

David Taylor, President, Cineform.

Jeff Stansfield, Owner, Advantage Video Systems.

Robert Sharp, President , Digieffects.

Mas Omae, Sales Manager, Accusys.

Doug Pircher, General Manager, International Supplies.

Paul Holtz, President, Class on Demand.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Mat Beck President/Senior Visual Effect Supervisor, Entity FX

Mat Beck, ASC, is the president and visual effects supervisor for Entity FX. His skills as cinematographer and director have appeared on over 60 feature films and numerous TV shows, commercials and music videos. His credits include a wide range of movies – from Titanic, The Abyss, True Lies to recent projects including I Am Number Four and Yogi Bear in stereoscopic 3D. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Visual Effects Society, the International Photographers Guild Local 600, the Director's Guild of America, and the Writer's Guild of America. He joins us this week to talk about his work on the recent feature: "I Am Number Four.

Aloura Charles, Writer/Director, Un-Natural Selection A graduate of the Florida State University Film School, Aloura M. Charles mentored with critically acclaimed directors, Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese. She’s recently launched a new comedy series that she has written and directed for web distribution called "Un-Natural Selection." In it she's using SAG actors. We talk with her about her new project, why she's using SAG actors for web shows, and how easy, or hard, it is to work with the unions. Trilby Jeeves, Founder, Buffoonery Workshops

Remember that long black limo filled with clowns? Well, the idea for this flash mob belonged to Trilby Jeeves, founder of the Buffoonery Workshops. However, (brace yourself) this is more than just clowning around. Her workshops are designed to improve the skills of actors, to help them stop thinking and start feeling, to "reach the honest depths of instinctive performance." This week, we talk with her about her workshops, the Buffoonery Flash Mob in Vancouver, and why all of us need to act silly every so often. Michael Julian Berz, Photographer and Director

It was a normal day in Vancouver, BC, until a long, LONG, black limo pulled up and dozens (some say HUNDREDS) of buffoons got out and started dancing in the park. Michael Julian Berz, dancer, photographer, and director, was the director that captured the craziness. We talk with him this week to learn what it was like working with a bunch of clowns! (Watch the video here - you need a break, anyway.) Getting Ready for the 2011 NAB Show

Well, the rumor mill has run amok!!! Last minute changes at the NAB SuperMeet point to new announcements from Apple on Final Cut Studio. Adobe and Avid are both rumored to have significant new goodies to show. In fact, virtually every company in our industry has something new to talk about. In this session, we grill tech guru Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, who updates us on the latest new gear to look for, and BuZZ producer, Cirina Catania, showcases the special NAB coverage The BuZZ is creating next week live from the NAB trade show floor. In fact, we premiered a NEW website specifically for our NAB coverage - you can view it here. Live interviews throughout the day, show highlights every evening, and in-depth special reports as they happen.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Peter Storer Founder & President, StorerTV

For 25 years, StorerTV has created powerful software that enables broadcast stations, cable networks, and group owners manage the scheduling, rights and finances of programming contracts — solutions that have immediate impact to the bottom line and workflow of these organizations. StorerTV continues to contribute new technologies that allow media companies to have complete control over their business: from connecting metadata with contract rights and media assets, to creating automated workflows that glue together the entire media factory. Founder and President, Peter Storer, joins us today to tell us more about how we can benefit from what StorerTV is doing.

Dave Mungai, President, Choice Video Services

Dave Mungai is the owner of Choice Video Productions, a small video production company located in Gulf Breeze Florida. Dave is the current President of the Association of Video Professionals, LLC, serves on the Gulf Breeze chamber of commerce board of directors, and is also President of the Northwest Florida Business Alliance. Dave’s core focus is helping businesses and organizations grow and disseminate information through marketing videos, training videos, promotional pieces, and the web. He also has a niche business working with attorney clients to produce mediation documentaries for people who have been severely injured or killed due to the negligence of others. We want to know what he’s doing to help his small production company grow – and how we can learn from what he is doing.

Vivian Rosenthal, Co-founder, Tronic Studios

Tronic Studios is a NYC based directing, design and animation studio founded in 2001 by Columbia Architecture graduates Jesse Seppi and Vivian Rosenthal. They’ve directed and animated spots and campaigns for Target, Adidas, Microsoft and Sony, conceived and executed installations for Diesel, General Electric, Sharp and many others. Their philosophy is to eliminate lines delineating one form of creative media output from another. This week, we talk with Vivian about her vision for the future of animation – and the tools she is using to take us there.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Unless you are intentionally living under a rock, you know that NAB 2011 – the biggest trade show in our industry – is just around the corner. This gives all of us an opportunity to network for work at the show. But how? That’s where Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, can help. She joins us this week filled with tips on how to job hunt at a trade show.

Carey Dissmore, Founder, IMUG

One of the big events at NAB for the last fourteen years is the MediaMotion Ball, presented by IMUG. Carey Dissmore, the founder of IMUG, and one of the driving forces behind the Ball, stops by to tell us what makes this year’s event even more exciting. Plus, for those that can’t attend NAB, he also tells us about IMUG, which provides free, world-wide access to some of the brightest minds on the planet.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Tom Bennett and Dana Tower, Co-founders, Pond5

Pond5 has, arguably, the world’s largest stock media marketplace. Earlier this week, they launched a new library and service dedicated to media producers. Specifically, they added over 5 million stock photos and vector illustrations to its collection, as well as a full range of sound effects, production music tracks, and After Effects motion graphics templates. This week, we talk to Pond5 co-founders Tom Bennett and Dana Tower about the best ways to view, select, and purchase stock media.

Bill Macomber, Founder, Fancy Film Post Production

Bill Macomber, founder of Fancy Film Post Production, just bought himself a new Nucoda HD System. Fancy Film has been shifting even more into the finishing side of post-production. So they invested in a Nucuda HD, a high-end finishing system and have been on-lining festival-bound documentaries and a History Channel series. Bill talks with us about the complexities of finishing films and television and what pitfalls producers can avoid to ensure their deliverables are up to standard.

Rick Clarkson, Vice-president, Product Management, Signiant

Signiant has developed a software system that transfers files from one place to another faster than normal. Much, much faster, and more securely, than the standard Internet. And, you don’t need to invest in alien spacecraft, dirac communications, or other hardware to make it happen. If you need to move files, fast AND secure, whether across the globe or around the neighborhood, you’ll be interested in what Rick Clarkson, VP of Product Management for Signiant, has to say.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistant and our resident tech wizard, joins us to provide a preview of what to expect at this year’s NAB. However, and we haven’t told Philip, we have a recording of what he previewed last year – so we can check to see how well his predictions turned out. Either way, you’ll want to hear what Philip has to say — before you make the trip to Las Vegas.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Yvonne Russo, Producer, National Geographic Television

Yvonne Russo is an award-winning producer who is currently working on several productions for the National Geographic Television, including “Nat Geo’s Most Amazing Photos.” National Geographic is a great channel, and Yvonne is doing some amazing work! How does she handle all those shows at once? What is her secret to workflow and organization? What can we learn from her success... and, um, is she hiring?

Michael Kammes, Senior Application Editor and Workflow Specialist, KeyCode Media

Avid Technology recently released their latest version of Media Composer -- version 5.5. Regular contributor, Michael Kammes, Senior Application Editor and Workflow Specialist for KeyCode Media, stops by to highlight the latest features in the new release. Hmm... tonight we are avidly talking about Avid. Cool.

Jonathan L, Radio Personality

Radio is alive and well ... on the internet. Jonathan L is a fascinating radio personality with a worldwide presence through his show, “The Lopsided World of L” that streams live at convenient times for UK / European (KingFM.net) as well as North American fans on Indie 103.1. His independent flair for unsigned talent gives a unique twist to his playlists. Is Internet radio becoming the new cutting edge for creativity? Listen in and find out.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor reporter, Hollywood Reporter

Our favorite attorney and BuZZ regular contributor, Jonathan Handel also writes for the Hollywood Reporter. This week, we talk with him about the challenges of writing for print in the age of the Internet -- and how the instant-analysis of the web has changed news coverage.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

James Gardiner, Co-founder, DigitAll

James Gardiner Co-founder of DigitAll, heads a technology company that develops software and Intellectual property for use in cinema exhibition. In other words, their tools create the digital files that make your movies look great on the big screen. And, not surprisingly, the technology in his industry in exploding in all directions. So, it's time for an update on what we can do to make our projects looks great.

Joel Greene, CEO, VEEP

Digital content producers are looking more and more into trying to establish their own point of sale on the internet. Joel Greene CEO of VEEP, is an expert in SEO and online marketing/sales. He is the former CEO of NetVisibility, a multi-million dollar search engine company. His new venture, VEEP, has some interesting elements of multi-media, membership subscriptions and personalized marketing. He's not making movies, but he IS attracting viewers. We want to know how he does it.

Trevor Ward, President, Red Eye Film Co.

Trevor Ward President, Red Eye Film Company, started his film career with a Hi-8 camera in college in the 1990's just filming friends and making people sick with his shaky footage. In 2004 he gravitated towards documentary style productions and storytelling and has produced/directed several stories for Current TV. He is the award winning producer/director of a feature length documentary called I Met with an Accident. He's also successfully using KickStarter to get his films funded -- we want to learn how he does it.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Our favorite job coach - Jessica Sitomer - is back with more great ideas. This time, Jessica shows us how to use social media to find work. As president of The Greenlight Coach, Jessica has made a career out of helping folks in our industry find careers. Tonight, we look at the impact of social media - what works, what doesn't, what should you make public, what should be kept private and, most important of all, can you still have a life if you start marketing yourself on social media?

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy, President, Createasphere

Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy is the founder and President of Createasphere, the entertainment technology industry conference and trade show, which attracts over 15,000 attendees each year. In 2001, Kristin founded HD Expo, then morphed it into Createasphere. This year’s show runs March 2 & 3 at Universal City, in Los Angeles. We want to get her assesment of the latest technology trends in our industry — and seeing as technology is the focus of her show, we figured that no one has a better handle on the answers than she does. You’ll be fascinated by what she has to say.

Benjamin Carlu, Founder and CEO, StereoBank

Benjamin Carlu founded StereoBank in February, 2011. According to their website, it “has quickly become the fastest growing stereoscopic 3D stock footage website,” offering lifestyle, sports, business, cityscapes, and time-lapse 3D clips. This week, we chat with Benjamin to find out why he started the company and whether there’s enough of a market for 3D stock footage that the rest of us should get interested.

Sydney Levine, International Film Distribution expert

Sydney Levine focuses on international film industry developments and analysis of the international film market related to buyers, sales agents, filmmakers, film festivals and distribution. She writes a well-respected blog at: SydneysBuzz. She just returned from a trip to the Berlinale in Germany – and was delighted to see that films were selling again. We want to learn more about how to make money for our projects in the international market. Be sure to hear what she has to say.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is getting back to his first love – music. Recently, he’s been almost exclusively focused on concert promotion, artist management, and launching a new musical CD. So, we figured this is the perfect time to talk about what video producers need to know about creating a music video. Not production, but planning: How to pitch a concept to the artist or their management, how to do pre-production so that the artist feels part of the processs, and what traps to avoid that will mess up an otherwise great shoot. We are really looking forward to what Bruce has to say.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Tom Dolan, CEO, Routine Filmco

Led by industry tech veterans, Tom Dolan and Andy Schupak, Festival-of-Films.com is a highly sophisticated online platform designed to put a wide-variety of films into the hands of people who love them. Every film offered is licensed and cleared for online viewing. This month they premiere the Veverka Brothers new film, “China: The Rebirth of a Nation.”

Boris Yamnitsky, Founder and CEO, Boris FX

Boris FX is always coming up with something interesting. So, this week, we talk with the founder of Boris FX, Boris Yamnitsky. They are branching out from effects into utilities, and we want to learn more about the latest release of Boris AAF Transfer. This program makes it easy to move projects between applications. So, we want to learn how it works, why they created it, and who should add it to their toolkit.

Jim Tierney, President, Digital Anarchy

Jim Tierney, President of Digital Anarchy, has a new product. It isn’t a plug-in, its an iPhone app. And it isn’t about people, its about, ah, whales. Yup. Exploring Maui.com is a new website geared toward the growing trend in whale watching and photography serving as a centralized resource for information and technology related to the Humpback Whales. His two inaugural products include a new iPhone app and instructional photography DVD series. Jim is using some powerful new technology in his latest effort, and we want to learn more about it this week.

Todd Weaver, CEO, ivi.TV Todd Weaver, CEO of IVI.TV, just had his business halted by a court-ordered restraining order; however, was this really the right decision? Todd began ivi.tv to stream broadcast television via the Internet; similar to what cable systems do today. His company followed the rules and pays royalties on the programs they carry. However, opponents claimed he was violating copyright laws and that he was not a cable system. While a Federal Judge agreed, this is not the end of their fight. We talk with Todd to learn more.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Apple is making news this week – with both new products and new announcements on the next version of Final Cut Pro. Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, joins us tonight to help us make sense of it all.

Nathalie Spechtmeyer, Editor, Berlinale Awards Show

What is it like, being the only person in the world who knows the winners in advance of a major awards show? Well, Nathalie Spechtmeyer knows, for one. For the last six years, she is the only person with advanced knowledge of the LOLA winners from the German Film Academy. In this interview, we talk with her about how she edits movie clips in preparation for a major TV event. With the Oscars just around the corner here in America, this is a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of preparing for an awards show.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Brian Rausch, VP Production, Vicon House of Moves:

“The Guardian Project” is a short film that premiered during the NHL All-Star game. Brian Rausch, VP of Production for Vicon House of Moves was an integral part of the project. Vicon is a motion capture and animation service company. They partnered with the National Hockey League and Stan Lee’s company, SLG Entertainment, to create a video to launch a new superhero franchise. We are curious what Vicon did, and why they did it.:

Shane Ross, Free-lance Editor:

Shane Ross, free-lance editor and author of the Little Frog in High-Def blog, is also a member of the Avid beta test team. With the release of the latest version of Avid Media Composer, we wanted to find out from an expert what makes this new upgrade worth getting. We think you’ll find his answers surprising, because the key news isn’t actually about Avid.:

David Murdico, Executive Creative Director, Supercool Creative:

More and more ad agencies and clients are creating branded entertainment for the web. Since we are trying to figure out whether branded entertainment is the wave of the future, we decided to talk with David Murdico, Executive Creative Director for Supercool Creative, who recently directed a successful spot with Khloe Kardashian for T-Mobile. What are the challenges of working with a non-traditional client?:

Simon Chappuzeau, Founder, Digital Film Camp:

Simon Chappuzeau is the founder of the Digital Film Camp, which runs as part of the Berlinale. The Film Camp looks at how we can use crowd-funding, that is, raising money via the Internet, to finance documentaries and feature films. We began our conversation with him last week. This week, we want to look at the specifics of crowd funding and see how we can use it in our own projects.:

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Synderela Peng, Art Director, yU+Co

Synderela Peng is the Art Director for yU+co, Hollywood, CA. Established by Garson Yu in 1998, yU+co. has designed film titles for more than 100 feature films. Synderela most recently worked on the Stereoscopic 3D animated title sequence for the hit film “Yogi Bear.” Other recent projects of hers include title sequences for “Hot Tub Time Machine,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” “Shrek Forever After 3D,” “Enchanted,” “Gamer,” as well as numerous broadcast network projects including ABC, HBO and Showtime. This week, we talk with her to learn her secrets of working in 3D.

Alfred Holighaus, Managing Director, German Film Academy

Alfred Holighaus is the managing director of the German Film Academy, which is the German equivalent of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. LOLA is the German version of the American Oscar. We spoke with him last week and what he had to say was so interesting, we invited him back this week so we can learn more.

Ricardo Martinez, Director

Ricardo Martinez is a filmmaker, an editor, and a motion graphics designer. He’s just finished his first feature documentary film, The Wall, a documentary about the building of a fence on the Mexican border. It is now in festival screenings where it is winning awards. We first talked with Ricardo last June, when he finished production. Now, we want to learn how he’s marketing his film. You’ll find his comments fascinating.

Simon Chappuzeau, Founder, Digital Film Camp

Simon Chappuzeau is the founder of the Digital Film Camp, which runs as part of the Berlinale. The Film Camp looks at how we can use crowd-funding, that is, raising money via the Internet, to finance documentaries and feature films. In this session, we talk about what genres are generating money, how much you can expect to raise, and where you go to get started.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Lance Maurer, Founder/CEO, Cinnafilm, and Co-chair New Mexico Post Alliance 2011 Conference

Lance Maurer is the founder, president and CEO of Cinnafilm, Inc. – an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based specialty engineering company focused on creating the most powerful, reliable and simple to use texture control and resampling image processing solutions for creative professionals working in the film and broadcast postproduction markets. However, he’s also the Co-chair of the New Mexico Post Alliance 2011 Conference. The New Mexico Post Alliance is a professional organization founded by members of New Mexico’s post-production community for networking, promotion of the industry and advocacy of industry interests. This is very new and we want to learn more.

Alfred Holighaus, Managing Director, German Film Academy:

Alfred Holighaus is the managing director of the German Film Academy. He has written and produced several internationally-released films and, in 2001, became the head of German Relations at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). This included the section Persepektive Deutsches Kino and co-curator of German Cinema, a program that has taken a new turn in 2011 with the introduction of the LOLA@Berlinale program. LOLA is the German version of the American Oscars, so we spoke with him to learn more.

Bill Macomber, Principal, Fancy Film Post Production

Bill Macomber graduated from film school in 1996, and moved to Los Angeles to follow his dreams of working in the film industry. He quickly made a name for himself as a top Final Cut reality editor. Before long, he set up Fancy Film Post Production, a boutique post house in the Silver Lake neighborhood of LA. With a small crew of staff editors and assistants, the company has redefined “boutique.” In an era that has seen the spectacular collapse of several of the biggest post facilities, Fancy Film is busier than ever. We want to learn how he did it.:

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Regular Buzz Correspondent, Philip Hodgetts, is the CEO of Intelligent Assistance. This week, Philip stops by to give us a quick backgrounder on the differences between competing compression standards WebM and H.264, then explain how HTML/5 fits into this whole mess.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

Last week, we spoke with Catherine Buresi, co-director of the European Film Market, about the difference between a Film Festival and a Film Market. (A Market is where filmmakers go to sell their films.) The European Film Market is the third-largest film market in the world, running next month in Berlin, Germany. This week, we talk with her about the specific programs they have to help filmmakers make the most of their sales opportunities.

Marilee J. Potthoff, Director of Community Education and Outreach, House Ear Institute

Do your ears ring? Do you have to ask people to repeat themselves? Do you work in a noisy environment? Anyone working with sound is risking hearing impairment and we’ve invited Marilee J. Potthoff, Director of Community Education and Outreach at the House Ear Institute to give us some guidance on everything from how to measure risk to picking the right headphones. http://www.hei.org

Kristin M. Frascione, Free-lance Editor

Ever wondered what it would be like to work at a network like National Geographic? Kristin M. Frascione has over twenty years of experience in the film and video business, as an editor on both non-linear digital (including AVID, DV Express, AVID Symphony, Final Cut Pro and Media 100), linear and non-linear analog systems. She has worked on award-winning documentaries, dramatic films, and industrials for clients including National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, HGTV, and the Smithsonian. We have lots of questions for her about deliverables and schedules on a network reality/documentary show.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

He covers entertainment labor for the Hollywood Reporter and both labor and legal issues for The Buzz. Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould in Los Angeles, returns with a look at the rumored merger between SAG and AFTRA, the upcoming Writers Guild negotiations, and other “gossip from the guilds.” Cool stuff – don’t miss it!

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Catherine Buresi, Co-Director, European Film Market

A Film Festival is where people go to watch films. A Film Market is where they go to buy and sell them. The European Film Market is the third-largest market in the world (following only the American Film Market and Cannes). This week, we talk with Catherine Buresi, co-Director of the Market, to learn what it is, how it works, and what filmmakers can do to make their films successful there.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts is the CEO of Intelligent Assistance, and a world-class tech guru. Recently, he and Larry were talking about both the positive and negative effects Bit Torrent has on the creative process. They decided to bring their discussion on the show so you can form your own opinions. Is Bit Torrent enabling the wide-spread distribution of media, or killing the funding that makes the creative process possible? Join the Live Chat and let us know your thoughts!

Rik De Lisle, Radio Personality

Rik De Lisle was born in the States, but during his career he’s traveled from SouthEast Asia to Germany — where he has become one of the most popular radio DJ’s in Europe. In this light-hearted interview, we explore his roots in radio, how he preps for his shows, the impact new technology has on the age-old practice of entertaining people, and how doing what you love makes all the difference.

Norman Hollyn, Editor and Professor, USC Film School

Norman Hollyn is the Head of the Editing Track at the USC Film School. Plus, he’s an editor in his own right with several feature films to his credit. But the reason we invited him back to the Buzz this week is that we want to talk with him about the other side of visual story-telling; not the technology, but the craft. In this interview, we explore the aesthetics of telling stories.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Thomas Bauer, Developer, Clip Touch

Thomas Bauer, CEO of Factorial Ltd, began developing software for the Mac in 2004. Born in Austria and now living in New Zealand, he co-founded Factorial Ltd in 2009 specifically to create products for broadcast and production. Recently, he developed AssetKit, a a licensable Cocoa Framework to natively access Final Cut Server and ClipTouch, the Final Cut Server client for iPad. This is too cool to pass up, so we invited him to join us this week so we can learn more about it.

Rob Beadle, Founder & Senior Editor, Copper Post

Founded in 2002, Copper Post specializes in ideas. Good ones, bad ones, weird ones, smart ones, hard ones and eventually, when the brainstorming is done, the best one. To find those ideas they are using Resolve on the Mac, developed by Blackmagic Design. Copper Post has produced award-winning and nationally recognized commercials, documentaries, feature films and marketing videos for a diverse client base. We asked Rob Beadle, founder of Copper Post to explain the benefits of using Resolve for his company.

Patrick Grosswendt, Director, Broadcast Division, and Product Specialist

LED lighting had taken the world by storm and LitePanels is leading the charge. Patrick Grosswendt, Director, Broadcast Division and Product Specialist, is one of the co-founders of LitePanels Inc. (now a part of the Vitec Group), which is known for its Emmy-award winning energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures for the television, motion picture, and audio-visual industries. Pat also has over 25 years of hands-on experience in the lighting business as a lighting technician for television and motion pictures. We invited him on this week for his perspective on the how and why of LED lights.

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Our favorite job coach is back! Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, returns with advice on how to get and keep a job. Hanging on to a job in today’s economy requires a whole new set of skills and Jessica is here with the tips you need to know now.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: James Mathers, President & Co-founder, Digital Cinema Society

James Mathers is a veteran Cinematographer, and the President of the nonprofit educational cooperative, The Digital Cinema Society, a group dedicated to the industry’s informed integration of new technology, as well as a regular contributor to a number of industry trade journals. James has been the Director of Photographer on dozens of films and we are anxious to speak with him about cameras, 3D, what to look for in 2011 and also to hear the latest news about the Digital Cinema Society.

Brandon Miller, Filmmaker

Every once in a while, we get to report on a true success story. Those of you who followed us last year will remember a very heart-warming and inspiring interview with Brandon Miller and his “Homeless in LA” film project. He currently has far larger goals than a single film project. We don’t want to spoil the surprise, but Brandon has some great news for us. We are looking forward to chatting with him this week!

Michael Kammes, Sr. Applications Editor and Workflow Specialist, KeyCode Media

Everyone’s talking about stereoscopic 3D video. It’s a very hot topic this week at CES. But how do we build an editing bay to accommodate the technology. Michael Kammes, Sr. Applications Editor and Workflow Specialist, for KeyCode Media, is here with lists, costs, equipment advice and practical tips. Plus, he’ll also have an update on the latest announcements from CES.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance

Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance, has been talking with us on The Buzz about making money with on-line video for a while now. This week, we want to put some numbers behind the talk. Who’s making what out of online video? iTunes really gives out no information and those who sell through Apple are banned from giving out the information. But Philip has been able to ferret out some facts and will provide some case studies of what some stars are making, then extend this more broadly into how people generate revenue from online video.

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We have another special holiday program on tap for this week’s show. Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Andrew Weisblum, Editor, Black Swan

Avid Technology tels us that their post workflows are becoming more and more mobile. For the feature film Black Swan, editor Andrew Weisblum sometimes found himself cutting live on set with Avid Media Composer on his laptop. During dance rehearsals, footage was captured with a Flip cam, Canon 5D/7D and rough sequences were pieced together immediately. Wow! What a bunch of incompatible media… how did he do it?

– – A LOOK AHEAD TO 2011 – – -

Last week, we looked back at 2010. This week, we point in the other direction and take a look ahead at 2011. What are the key trends we need to watch? What gear should we buy? And how are we going to make money in this new world we are moving into?

Oliver Peters, Owner/Editor, Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC.

Oliver Peters, award-winning video/film editor, colorist, post prodution supervisor and consultant. He also is a contributing editor/writer for Videography, DV and TV Technology magazines. We’ve asked him to break out his crystal ball and tell us where he thinks technology hardware will take us in 2011. Wait till you hear what he has to say!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Nobody knows technology like Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance. What technology do we need to watch in the coming year? Is the chaos in the marketplace going to continue, or will we see a movement toward consolidation. Philip has his fingers on the pulse of the industry and shares his diagnosis with us this week.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, covers the legal, union, and labor issues in Hollywood for The Buzz. Last week he looked back at the labor turmoil in 2010. This week, he looks ahead to 2011. And as rocky as 2010 was, 2011 promises to be even worse. Learn why this week!

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, has his feet in two camps: optical media and music. Last week, we covered optical media. This week, we will look at audio trends for the new year. What’s hot in both audio performance and audio production? What trends do we need to watch, and why? Find out all the answers this week!

Seth Kenvin, CEO, Market 7

Market7 has a growing customer base of video producers, marketing teams, ad agencies, and studios who are increasingly demanding access to their video production management tools on the go. Recently, Market7 announced that it is meeting that need with FULL mobile support for its flagship video services. CEO Seth Kenvin joins us this week on The BuZZ to explain why it is finally time to harness the power of The Cloud.

It’s gonna be a great time, with old friends and new. Make it a point to join us!

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We have a special holiday program on tap for tonight. Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Mike Horton as they talk with: Alexis Van Hurkman, Colorist

We spoke with Alexis Van Hurkman, colorist and author, last week about how to setup and equip a color grading suite. This week, we continue our conversation with Alexis with a look at what software to use and how to use it effectively.

– - A LOOK BACK AT 2010 – - -

As we wrap up another year, it seems appropriate to gather the entire gang around the electronic campfire and take a look back to try to figure out what the heck happened to the last year. The deals, the announcements, the products that made it (and those that didn’t), and all the legal scuffling.

Kick back, relax, and listen in as our gang waxes poetic (or, ah, pontificates portentously). Whatever — you’re gonna have fun listening!

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Labor Reporter, Hollywood Reporter

Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, covers the legal, union, and labor issues in Hollywood for The Buzz. He looks back on all the strikes, near-strikes, and non-strikes of the past year and tries to figure out who got a hit, and who struck out. One thing we especially what to learn more about is whether, after all the brouhaha surrounding the Screen Actors Guild, whether they came out ahead or behind as this year ends.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance

Nobody knows technology like Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance. Whether we are talking about codecs (Mike’s personal favorite subject), hot new products, or even products that aren’t even released, Philip takes a look back at 2010 to analyze the hits and the misses. From new cameras, to new software, and lots of interesting releases in-between, one thing Phillip is really good at is explaining how all this stuff fits together, or fall apart.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy

Bruce Nazarian, the Digital Guy, has his feet in two camps: optical media and music. This week, we asked him to define the highlights of the past year from his perspective and, then, set them to music. Well, OK, maybe we won’t ask him to sing, but after all the noise Blu-ray was making at the beginning of the year, it sure has gone quiet just a few months later. What new trends should we be keeping our eyes on?

Debbie Price, Digital Production Buzz

Debbie Price, event manager for the Digital Production Buzz, is one of the unsung folks behind-the-scenes that makes everything work. She’s been one of the driving forces, along with Laura Peters, behind the Buzz Shout-out, so we invited her on to bring us up-to-date on skyrocketing success of this program. Along with some stats on how the Shout-out! is doing so far, she will also have tips you can use to create your own entry for us to play on The Buzz! Showcase your best work, on the Buzz Shout-Out!

Jessica Sitomer, President, The Greenlight Coach

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, is another great person to have on your team. She’s been with us all this year with tips and suggestions on how to find and keep work. She joins us this week with more job-hunting tips and a report card on what she’s learned by watching the Buzz Shout-out. We are also interested in figuring out what were the most successful ways to find work this past year.

Michael Horton, Head Cutter, Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group

Michael Horton, president of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, runs one of the largest user groups in the country, along with co-hosting The Buzz. We want to talk with him about his views of the last year from the point of view of everyone that’s actually using all this stuff. (We were going to ask him to sing, but, frankly, we all need a bit more egg nog before we’re ready for that!) Still, The Buzz wouldn’t be the show it is without Mike, and we are grateful!

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Mike Horton as they talk with: Larry first met Alexis Van Hurkman through his book The Encyclopedia of Color – a mind-expanding book filled with ideas and inspiration. Since then, both contributed for several years to a magazine published by Peachpit Press called Edit Well. Alexis has written several books on color correction and grading, and recently released his latest called The Color Correction Handbook — 530 pages of color fundamentals, tips, and techniques. Because we get so many questions on picking the right gear for color grading and getting the right look for your images , we invited Alexis to join us for a two-part interview to help us make our images look great. This week, we look at how to pick the right gear for your studio.

Digieffects just announced new VFX plug-ins and a new version of Delirium, an industry standard for visual effects and motion graphics. Nino Del Padre, Owner of Del Padre Digital, visits the BuZZ to talk about his recent review of Digieffects for Studio Monthly and how he is using these tool in his work for his clients.

Based in Central Florida, Oliver Peters has been in this business for over 35 years. He is an award-winning editor, colorist and post-production specialist with his own business: Oliver Peters Post Production Services. He is also a contributing editor to Videography, DV, and TV Technology magazines. Recently, he wrote a blog about how to work with your clients when there are long distances between you, sometimes even continents! Far-flung clients are a business opportunity for all of us, so we invited Oliver to tell us how he solves the deadline dilemma.

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, has worked in the entertainment industry for eighteen years as a writer, an independent producer, a development associate, a director, and an actress. For 12 of those years she was a career coach for entertainment industry professionals. She joins us this week to share some tips on how to handle the stress of the holidays when you are unemployed.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Mike Horton as they talk with: Gary Mazo, VP of Made Simple Learning, loves to write. Even worse, he writes technical books explaining technology to people that don’t understand it. As the author of 13 books in the Made Simple series, his focus is mobile devices. We want to learn what it takes to create successful training in the digital age.

Jack Nutting, developer. Jack loves tech. In fact, he’s best friends with Objective-C, Java, and Cocoa programming. (We drink Cocoa, but that’s probably not the same thing..) Jack develops the software that folks like Gary Mazo train people in. So, we want to talk to Jack about the benefits to filmmakers in considering developing their own iPhone app to promote their projects.

Matt Katsolis, director/cinematographer for Interpret Studios, won the Grand Prize in Panasonic’s “Shoot It. Share It.” video contest. Matt travels the world shooting stories that you’ll never see on mainstream media. His award-winning project is the amazing “Moving On: Love is Winning!” We want to learn what drives him to create, his production techniques, and his take on how to create award-winning documentaries.

Terry Curren, founder and president of AlphaDogs, Inc, runs a boutique post-production facility in Burbank, CA, which he founded in 2002. AlphaDogs just finished a mini-series for ESPNU called “The Battle.” We want to talk with him about what’s involved in finishing a project with lots of different source file formats – 7D, 5D, Red – different frame rates, and a very, very short post schedule!

CPC Closed Captioning (Computer Prompting and Captioning Company) has been coming to GV Expo for years. According to Giovanni Galvez, Technical Developer, this Expo is key for the government marketplace as many agencies are required to add closed captioning to their TV programs and to their webcasts.

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Join host Larry Jordan and our team of reporters live at GV Expo 2010 for this special Expo edition of The Buzz.

J.J. Smith is the new Editor of Government Video Magazine and is here as the official host and master of ceremonies for GV Expo 2010. He’s been very impressed with the roster of innovative products being shown from the camera companies, the high quality of speakers and he is also very pleased to have new products that will be deployed into combat zones to help keep our troops safe.

Debbie Sweany is the Sales Manager for WhisperRoom Incorporated. This is her third year at the Expo demonstrating their very effective sound isolation enclosures. Might help with the ambient sound on the trade show floor. In fact, we’ll show you the difference during this interview.

David Walton, Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communication for JVC’s Professional Products division discusses JVC’s newest products, as well as their real-time system for converting existing 2D into 3D video.

When you think of Autocue, you probably think “teleprompter.” But Autocue makes a wide range of inexpensive gear for the professional videographer; from lighting, to tripods, to steadicams. Aaron Brady, managing director for Autocue, tells us about their products and what makes them different.

Kyle Dann, Product Specialist from Anton Bauer is showing a new gold-mount bracket for the Canon HDSLR cameras. While Anton Bauer has been a leader in the battery platform for many years, they also produce a wide range of other camera gear, as we discover in this interview.

3D and Virtual Technology are hot right now and one of the companies in the middle of it is Hybrid. We spoke with Gary Attanasio, the Director of Business Development for Hybrid, to learn more about what virtual technology is.

CEI (Communications Engineering Inc.) is both a reseller and a system integrator. Systems integrators assemble gear from a variety of vendors to create in installation for a client. In this interview Phil Whitebloom, VP of Sales and Marketing for CEI, explains a brand-new one-person camera package designed for docs and news-gathering.

With the increased emphasis on security, it’s no surprise that one of the exhibitors at GV Expo specializes in surveillance. The company is Cobham and Joe Bonacetti is their Federal Sales Manager. He describes some new wireless gear that allows on-the-fly wireless networking and media called “IP Mesh”.

Pond 5 is a web-based marketplace for stock image, video, and audio. And the reason that Pond 5 is at GV Expo, as their CEO, Tom Bennett, explains is to increase their visibility. The key reason behind this is that Pond 5 is a marketplace, which makes them different from other stock houses.

Avid has a vast range of products that appeal to video editors. We spoke with Sam Bogoch, Director of Design for Avid’s Interplay media asset management system, for a quick comparative look between their product and others on the market.

David Lemonte-Shepherd, President of Cabletime USA, is at GV Expo to meet with DC-based integrators and to show their new digital products for IP TV and Digital Signage. For the last 30 years, Cabletime has been providing greater and more effective ways to deliver both media content and emergency messaging systems to their clients in the UK and Europe as in the last 10 years in the United States.

For the third year in a row, Digital Production Buzz is very pleased to be the official podcast of Government Video Expo!

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Happy Thanksgiving! from all of us at the Digital Production Buzz!

Join host Larry Jordan on this special holiday edition of The Buzz as he talks with:

Scott Gordon, CEO, Word Wizards, Inc.
Scott Gordon CEO of Word Wizards Inc., has made a career of turning audio into text. And, for the last 13 years, he has run a panel at GV Expo helping private sector production and post-production folks land jobs with the federal government. In this wide-ranging interview, we discuss his "Meet the Producers" panel at Government Video Expo, what producers need to know about captioning their media to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the role free-lancers play in meeting the media needs of the government.

Rodney Mitchell, President, DCFCPUG
Rodney Mitchell is the president of the Washington, DC, Final Cut Pro User Group, and a long-time exhibitor at GV Expo. He is also heading up the team of reporters we are sending to cover GV Expo next week for The Buzz. This week, though, we want to talk with Rodney about why a user group would exhibit at a trade show and his sense of what to expect at the show.

Brian Claypool, Senior Product Manager, Entertainment Systems, Christie Digital Systems Inc.
If you want to see the future of digital cinema, look to the past. In this case, Alfred Hitchock's classic "North by Northwest." Beautifully restored, the film was recently presented in brilliant 4K digital projection to members of the Hollywood community and screened on the latest generation Christie Digital 4K DLP Cinema projector. This was the world's first full feature screening using a 4K DLP. Our question is "Good Grief! Is 4K REALLY necessary? We just got switched over to HD!" Tune in and find out the answer -- and how you can benefit from the latest technology.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy
Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is an insider when it comes to conferences. From attendee to speaker to organizer, he brings a unique perspective which we want to share with you. We asked Bruce to take a look at the schedule for Government Video Expo 2010 - starting next week in Washington, DC, and share some of the highlights of some "must see events" that caught his eye.

Jack ReillyEvent Manager, Future Media Concepts
Jack Reilly is the event manager for Future Media Concepts. As such, he's responsible for the entire FMC training program at next week's GV Expo. So, this week, we spoke with him to get a better understanding of what they have available, and learn the benefits to us to spend the time getting trained at GV Expo.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: J.J. Smith, Editor, Government Video magazine
J.J. Smith is the new editor of Government Video magazine and even though he is incredibly busy getting ready for the upcoming Government Video Expo in Washington, DC, he's agreed to come on the BuZZ to give us a sneak preview of what we can expect on the show floor on December 1st and 2nd

Michael Kammes, Senior Applications Editor, Key Code Media
There have been ongoing discussions for years comparing Avid Media Composer to Apple's Final Cut Pro. In fact, some discussions have more closely resembled rugby scrums Michael Kammes Application Editor and Workflow Specialist for Keycode Media was not afraid to take up the challenge. Recently, he compared editing 3D video in both applications and posted a blog about it. We thought you’d be interested in what he has to say.

Christopher Zitterbart, Partner, Watchmen Productions
The partners at Watchmen Productions based in Berlin, Germany, are enjoying a busy season for commercial and television productions and are developing films as well. We are delighted to welcome Christopher Zitterbart on The BuZZ to tell us more about what life is like running a busy production services company in Europe.

Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx .
Boinx Software, based in Germany and led by CEO Oliver Breidenbach, has developed a new app for the iPhone called, “You Gotta See This!” We talk with Oliver about what this is, how he developed it, and how they are marketing it. Along the way, we'll uncover some tips that you will want to hear.

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This week’s episode of the world’s only interactive talk radio program covering Digital Production, Post-Production and Distribution is filled with great information and entertainment designed for the independent filmmaker or industry professional.

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Howie Schwartz, CEO, HSR|NY
Howie Schwartz founded Howard Schwartz Recording, HSR|NY in 1975. Since then, he’s taken his company from a one-room post-production “jingle factory” to a virtual empire of audio recording and post-production studios spanning over 20,000 square feet in New York City. With some of the most visible clients in the world today, he must be doing something right and we want to find out what - plus, it is always fun to hear stories about those “good old days.”

Moments before we began our live show, IATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, announced that it was striking the reality TV program: The Biggest Loser. We tracked down Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor correspondent for the Hollywood Reporter, to give us insight on what this strike means and whether it applies to the the larger world of reality television.

Todd Weaver, CEO, ivi.TV
A few weeks ago - just after their launch - we invited Todd Weaver, CEO of iviTV on the BuZZ to talk about their service and the firestorm their launch created. Media companies were claiming copyright infringement, and worse. Since ivi.tv is still generating some very hot BuZZ, we thought he could update us on the latest as they bring broadcast television to the Internet.

Jacob Mosler, Line Producer, Film Budget Pro
So, you’ve got a script, that's ready to produce. This means you need to get financing or a distributor or a star attached. Next step...a budget. If you are like many of us, you are now stumped. Jacob Mosler, Line Producer with Film Budget Pro will tell you that budgeting is a job for a professional. But where do you go and how do you know when you’re hiring the right person.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Intelligent Assistance Inc.
Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance has another new piece of software that he is announcing tonight on the show. This new utility can help save time and stress for Final Cut Pro editors during the editing process. And...he has a competition to announce. Can't wait!

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The Buzz Shout-out! premieres this week! Visit here for all the details -- a great way to help jobs find you!

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Patrick Inhofer Colorist, Finisher-in-Chief, Fini
Color Grading made easy... Patrick Inhofer, colorist for Fini, has developed an online interactive training tool that lets us watch as he colors our media and then allows us to download the files so we can work with it on our own. He calls it the “The Tao of Color”. This week, we learn what it is.

Kristin Petrovich Kennedy President, Createasphere
Createasphere (formerly the HD Expo) was founded by Kristen Petrovich Kennedy in 2001 and remains a yearly gathering place for over 15,000 content creators. This year, one of the events that she and her hard-working crew created is the Post Production Master Class. Kristen joins us on The BuZZ to answer our questions about the show and where it indicates the industry is headed.

Todd Prives Product Guru, GenArts
We love talking about plug-ins so when GenArts told us they were coming out with MonstersGT, our ears perked up. We invited Todd Prives, Product Guru for GenArts, to give us the details in this new release.

Bruce Nazarian The Digital Guy
Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, returns wearing his musician hat -- this time to talk about the process of getting your music into the iTunes store. Everyone knows that you can make money with music downloads -- but how and where and what do we need to do? Bruce knows all the answers.

Announcing the BuZZ Shout-out!! We announced this recently and already more than 22,000 people have checked out the site. This week, our first Shout-Outs! premiere to help jobs find you! Best of all, the Shout-out! is FREE, thanks to our great sponsors: Smartsound, Maxon, and Drobo!

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Cory Trépanier, Producer/Director, Campside Productions
For years, artist and filmmaker Cory Trépanier has explored some of the most wild places in Canada. Few have walked in these landscapes. Even fewer have captured them on canvas. Now he’s going further into remote and breathtaking arctic wilderness to experience, paint, and chronicle a land that might never be the same again. Cory spent three months with his team filming "Into the Arctic II" about these challenging and sometimes dangerous adventures in over a dozen arctic locations.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel, Troy/Gould, and Entertainment Labor Reporter for The Hollywood Reporter
Jonathan Handel is a regular on The Buzz -- keeping us up-to-date on where the industry meets the law. Jonathan has been covering the Hobbit controversy in New Zealand -- will the film be shot there or won't it? Why are the unions there so worried about it? Why would anyone object when a multi-hundred-million-dollar film wants to shoot locally? The issues are complex and have an impact on the general malaise of runaway productions. Listen in as Jonathan gives us the complete low-down.

Simon Chappuzeau, CEO, Home Base Lounge
We shift locations this week to talk with Simon Chappuzeau, CEO of HomeBase Lounge - a place in Berlin where filmmakers can hang out. So, what happens when a bunch of filmmakers do nothing but hang talking? Right, they started Digital Film Camp, a networking / financing / distribution / free-form sort of thing. Perfectly understandable. This week Simon explains it all to us.

Tom Bennett, CEO, Pond 5
Pond 5 is the world’s first open marketplace for stock video footage, and they tell us it’s a better way for video professionals to buy or sell stock footage for use in productions. Recently, they announced a new program for stock footage that we want to learn more about. We'd tell you what it is, but then, it wouldn't be a surprise when Tom tells us about it on the show!

Announcing the BuZZ Shout-out!! We announced this last week and already more than 12,000 people have checked out the site. This week, we tell you more about how to use the BuZZ Shout-Out! to help jobs find you! Best of all, the Shout-out! is FREE, thanks to our great sponsors: Smartsound, Maxon, and Drobo!

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Jonathan Budine Sr. Editor/Director for Motive
Motive is a New-York-based creative solutions company with clients as diverse as Ad Agencies, Broadcast Networks, PR firms, production companies, small businesses, filmmakers, and Fortune 500 companies...whew! Jonathan Budine is Sr. Editor/Director and visits the Buzz to tell us about the challenge of the creative life in the Big Apple.

Adam and Rey Villasenor Filmmakers, Gentlemen of Fortune
Brothers, Adam and Rey Villasenor, co-founders of Gentlemen of Fortune, recently submitted their first film to the Sundance Film Festival, “The Infamous Exploits of Jack West,” and are in development on a reality series, “Fixed Gear - Down To Ride - New York to Los Angeles.” Young, energetic and determined, we are curious about what motivates them, how they are creating their low-budget films, and what they see for their future.

Joel Newman and Adam David Meltzer CEO and Head of Operations for Turnkey HD, Inc.
It is clearly a challenging time to start any new company. However, that didn't stop TURNKEY HD. Based in the Bay Area with offices in Los Angeles, TURNKEY HD was incorporated in August, 2008, and launched in July, 2009, providing mobile HD production equipment, services and technical crew across the US. Today, we talk with co-founders Joel Newman and Adam David Meltzer about why they started their hybrid rental house/production services company, the gear they are recommending for HD production, and what they see as the challenges to HD production in the future.

Stacey Parks CEO, Film Specific, Inc.
Getting Buzz regular Stacey Parks, CEO of Film Specific, to stand still long enough for an interview is a major treat! She joins us today fresh from the Blog World Expo. Why should filmmakers be interested in what happens in the blogosphere? Because more and more today, that's where reputations are being made, destroyed, and expanded. We can't wait to hear Stacey's report!

Announcing the Buzz Shout-out! You've heard the rumors - this week, we reveal the specifics. Presenting the all-new Buzz Shout-out! Tune in to learn about this creative new way to market yourself to find work - best of all, the Shout-out! is FREE!

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This week’s episode of the world’s only interactive talk radio program covering Digital Production, Post Production and Distribution is filled with great information and entertainment designed for the independent filmmaker or industry professional.

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Jason Chong is an editor based in Adelaide, Australia who did comedy as a hobby until he figured out how to marry it into his full-time career as a filmmaker. He’s cut several TV series, docs, short films and corporate videos and in his spare time he teaches Final Cut. We’re curious about his comedy and how he uses it in his marketing!

We’ve been a big fan of Data Robotics, starting with when they created a Drobo that was fast enough to use for editing! Mark Fuccio, Sr. Director of Products and Markets visits the BuZZ to tell us about their their newest release – the DroboPro FS. This new member of their family makes it easy to share files in the office without investing in a server.

David Light is one of those unexpected D-Lights! A true renaissance man, he is a working actor, executive producer, author of two books and keeps himself busy in his spare time performing his poetry. We’re, ah, not totally sure what the connection is between all this, but we are fascinated to learn more!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance joins us regularly to talk about technical and business issues related to the entertainment industry. On this week’s BuZZ he shares his very insightful views about how indie producers can create a business model right at the start to make their projects successful.

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Digital Video Expo 2010 is over and we are back in the studio.
This week’s episode of the world’s only interactive talk radio program covering Digital Production, Post Production and Distribution is filled with great information and entertainment designed for the independent filmmaker or industry professional.

Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:

Todd Weaver, CEO of ivi.TV, launched his new website - ivi.TV - last week and was immediately bombarded by Cease & Desist orders from every media company on the planet. The National Association of Broadcasters accused him of copyright infringement. Yet, all ivi.TV has done is retransmit broadcast television signals on the Internet, while paying license royalties according to the law. So, this week, ivi.TV counter-sued. Tune in this week as we learn about the issues in this fight and get ivi.TV's point of view on why broadcasters are so worried.

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, and a regular on The Buzz, returns to help all of us improve our resumes. What should you put on yours? What questions should you anticipate? What should you leave off? Along the way, we want to find out which is more important -- a good resume or a good demo reel?

Ravian Budde, marketing manager and director for CoreMelt, joins us to talk about their latest release: Lock & Load Express. Lock & Load Express harnesses much of the key functionality for DSLR cameras found in Lock & Load X, including rolling shutter reduction, but in a simplified version that caters primarily to videographers and prosumers using DSLR cameras and working on Apple's entry level Final Cut Express editing software. He stops by to tell us more about it and the rest of their plug-ins in this week's show.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, and legal correspondent for The Buzz, wraps up our discussion of the legal issues surrounding ivi.TV with his analysis, as well as their implications for producers, filmmakers and consumers.

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The Expo Concludes

The show floor at Digital Video Expo 2010 has closed and the vendors have gone home, but we had so many great interviews that we wante dto share the rest of them with you.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Tom Coughlin, president of Tom Coughlin & Associates, is a consultant and analyst covering storage media. Recently, with the advent of 3D and higher image resolutions, file storage for media has moved from gigabytes to terabytes and now, PETAbytes! Where are we gonna put all this stuff? Tom will explain.
Richard Schleuning, national sales manager for Carl Zeiss, knows camera lenses. Today, he joins us to discuss the differences between prime and zoom lenses, and how to decide which is right for your.
Rod Clark, director of marketing for Teradek, has an amazing new box that allows you to wirelessly stream signals from your video camera anywhere in the world. Imagine having your producers track your production FAR from the studio floor!
Scott Kase, director of marketing for UsedAV.com, helps us sell our used gear. In fact, they can either buy your gear, or help you sell it directly -- all for a VERY reasonable fee.
Jeff Stansfield, CEO of Advantage Video Systems, is a system integrator who can help make sure the gear you buy is properly hooked up and functioning.
Jehu Garcia, CEO of JAG35, was a starving filmmaker just a few years ago. He never forgot how unaffordable a lot of camera gear is, so he created a company that specializes in high-quality, low-cost gear for the student and independent filmmaker.
Vic Anthony, CEO of Affordable Sound Stages, stops by to share his thoughts on what producers need to know to rent stages for their productions.
Rachel Kenton, sales associate for Zacuto, explains the newest products for camera support from Zacuto.

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The Expo Continues

The show floor at Digital Video Expo 2010 has closed and the vendors have gone home, but we still have LOTS of interviews to share with you.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Sonali Perera, vp of marketing, and Ryan Stickley, director of marketing, for the Independent Filmmakers Alliance. This group of over 75,000 members exists to help filmmakers around the world find the resources they need for their productions.
Patrick Sculley, chief technology officer for PixelFlow, explains how their cloud-based video production service can save time and improve communications during production.
Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is a regular on The Buzz. He shares his opinions on new trends in technology and the relevance of trade shows in the world of the internet.
Chris Bone is the chief technology officer for VTP which provides sales, support, and training on high-end video and audio software and hardware. He discusses the role of manufacturer's reps in rolling out new products.
Jay Holben, CEO for Filmmaker in a Box, just completed a 17 hour documentary on the making of a feature film. Why? Because he wants to use it as a case study to train future filmmakers.
Alex Baghdasaryan, CEO of IIG, provides a software system for equipment rental houses that he is bringing to the media community.
Brian Dickman, vp of sales and marketing for Smartsound Software, discusses the challenges of working with music, along with the latest updates to their renowned SonicFire Pro software.
Van Tucker, CEO of DV Culture, looks at the culture created by digital media. He began his website a few months ago and aggressively markets it through social media. We talk with him about what works and what doesn't.

These Digital Video Expo special reports are sponsored by Data Robotics, makers of Drobo, and we are grateful!

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The Expo Continues

Digital Video Expo 2010 is abuzz with new products and gear. Here's the second of our special reports live from DV Expo!

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

Michael Horton, Co-Host of the Digital Production BuZZ and Founder of LAFCPUG, (Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group) stops by to talk to with host, Larry Jordan, about the recent Supermeet and this year's DV Expo experience.

Jan Crittenden Livingston is Panasonic Broadcast‚Äôs Product Line Business Manager for the company‚Äôs growing line of 3D and camcorders. She talks about two of the most highly anticipated camera introductions of recent years, the AG-3DA1 3D HD camcorder and the AG-AF100, the first professional micro 4/3-inch video camcorder optimized for professional high-definition video recording. She talks tech and gives us a rare inside glimpse at the company's camera development process.

Ned Soltz, Contributing Editor for DV Magazine and Videography Magazine, had the opportunity to take a test-drive with Panasonic's new AG-AF100.

Bruce Master is the senior program manager, tape storage systems for IBM. IBM, HP and Quantum first developed the specification for the LTO (Linear Tape Open) format for storage and archiving about ten years ago. The new LTO-5 technology includes the brand-new ability to drag and drop files, as well as have the contents of an LTO tape look just like a hard disk. With the ability to safely store media for decades!

Steven Tiffen, the President and CEO of Tiffen talks about their award-winning camera filters and brief us about new products from Tiffen, Lowell Lights, Steadicam Stabilizers and more.

Paul Holtz, president and CEO of Class on Demand, produces self-paced training materials for the creative and media industries. His company has just introduced a new online-based training system.

Philip Hodgetts, long known for his cutting-edge technical expertise, addresses an enthusiastic crowd at DV Expo with a talk entitled, "The New Now - Surviving the Changing Business of Production." In other words, Philip has lots of ideas on how to get work.

Doug Pircher, is the CEO of International Supplies which distributes a wide array of products to the entertainment industry. Did you know that deigital cameras stop working when the temperature gets below freezing. so, Doug briefs us about the Camera Duck, which helps videographers protect their cameras from the elements and control temperature that affect performance.

Dave Williams, editor of DV Magazine and Conference Chair for the DV Expo 2010 with a list of his favorite new products from this year's DV Expo.

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This year, for the third year in a row, the Digital Production Buzz is the Official Podcast of Digital Video Expo. This year, hosted by Larry Jordan, we are originating live from the trade show floor, with a series of special shows covering all the breaking news and new products showcased at this year's event.

The Expo Begins

Digital Video Expo 2010 is a buzz with talk of 3D video, HDSLR cameras and workflow, and lots of interesting products from companies you may not have heard from. Here's the first of our special reports.

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with:

David Williams, editor of DV Magazine, about what's hot at the DV Expo conferences this year.

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV Magazine, about new technology on the show floor, and the benefits of attending an industry-focused event like this.

Tim Smith, manager of the professional engineering and solutions team for Canon, about two new Canon cameras, plus an extended discussion of why sensor size makes a difference in your images when using HDSLR cameras. If you are planning on buying or using a DSLR camera, you need to listen to what Tim is saying.

Bruce Dorn, lead designer, IDC PhotoVideo.com, is the keynote speaker for this year's Digital Video Expo. He and Larry discuss the challenges of working with HDSLR cameras, along with a preview of his upcoming keynote speech.

Lon Parker, lead video inspector for iStockPhoto, about the challenges of making sure royalty-free video is safe to buy... and sell. He shares with us the legal hoops that suppliers need to consider, along with tips producers need to keep in mind if they want to sell their images to a wider market.

Drew Henderson, CEO of Alzo Video, manufactures and sells lighting gear for filmmakers on a budget. We talk about the new trend toward LED lighting and what to look for when picking gear.

Kate Logan, marketing associate, and Alan Natale, program director of the new media editing program at Video Symphony, stop by to showcase the new training courses and podcast created by Video Symphony.

There are some great interviews here, filled with ideas and technology-in-depth that you can't get anywhere else. Be sure to listen to all our DV Expo shows.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Jan Crittenden-Livingston, product line business manager for Panasonic, talks about the launch of their new stereoscopic 3D video camera. Is 3D just a flash-in-the-pan or can we really make money at it? And how do we watch 3D? And is this the best time to jump in? We have lots of questions. Jan has all the answers... well, at least from Panasonic.

Jay Holben, technical editor of DV Magazine, is teaching an all-day session next week at DV Expo about lighting for digital video. So, THIS week, we've invited him to stop by to tell us what he's going to be teaching. We will try to pry some lighting secrets from him as long as he's here.

Terri White, president of Bruno White Entertainment, is putting the new 3D technology to work earning her company money. She's shooting wedding videos in 3D. We want to find out: is there REALLY a market, can she make money at it, and how much harder has it made her post-production work?,

Kevin Louden, product manager for Telestream, has years of experience compressing video. He joins us this week to talk about an as-yet-unannounced product from Telestream. Before he leaves we will find out what it is, what it does, and why the rest of us should care about it!

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with:, Stuart Ashton, Director of EMEA for Blackmagic Design, tells us about their latest product announcements at IBC (from their booth on the show floor of IBC, no less!) Plus, we talk 3D video, and where Blackmagic Design is headed as they evolve from producing capture cards to a wide range - a WIDE range - of products for production and post.

Jessica Sitomer, president of the The Greenlight Coach, did not announce any new products this week. Instead she returns with plenty of new tried-and-tested tips you can use to find work. Specifically, with DV Expo coming up, she shows us how to work a conference. If getting yourself employed is on your To-Do list for this week, you need to listen to what Jessica has to say!

Paul Babb, president of Maxon, returns to showcase the new version of Cinema 4D. (Was it something in the water, or did we miss the memo that everyone was supposed to announce new products last week?) Improved rendering, better rigid dynamic emulation, and all kinds of cool features that we are excited to learn more about.

Eric Quanstrom, VP Marketing and Strategy for Sorenson Media, stops by to explain the hot new features in Sorenson Squeeze 6.5, released this week. These include better filters, more supported video formats, and extended publishing options. But, what we want to know is whether there's enough in it to justify upgrading?

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Dave Malkoff, reporter for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, spent a year and a half in Iraq training reporters. During that time, using portable gear, Final Cut Pro, Skype, and satellite feeds, he shot and edited a series of broadcast reports from the field. He just finished creating a one-hour documentary on his work entitled “Assignment Iraq.” We talk with him this week on what he used and how he did it.

Ned Soltz, contributing editor for DV Magazine, joins us to talk about his upcoming presentation at Digital Video Expo 2010 on the latest mobile apps we can use to simplify production. In Ned’s view, the iPad is as powerful a tool for creators as it is for consumers. We talk with him to find out why.

Bruce Pettyjohn, president of Octomize, creates companies. In this case, his latest is an on-line, always-on, appointment scheduler. Does this mean your calendar is dead? And does this have a role in helping keep production under control? We talk with Bruce to find out how we can benefit from this.

Norman Hollyn, professor at the USC Film School, has a new hobby! He’s the executive producer and co-host of “2 Reel Guys,” a video podcast devoted to helping filmmakers improve their visual story-telling skills. We talk with Norman this week about his goal for the show, how he got it produced, and what the rest of us can learn from it.

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Oliver Breidenbach, CEO, Boinx Software, fell in love with Apple in 1976, so it's no surprise he founded a software company that makes working with images both fun and easy. We talk with him this week about his latest releases and the challenges of making something very difficult become very easy.

Steve Crouch has a 20+ career in post-production hardware and software with companies such as Panasonic Broadcast and Avid. IRIDAS is headquartered in Munich, with a legacy of engineering expertise to streamline production and post production workflows from onset to finishing, and is making stereoscopic moviemaking an everyday reality. This week, we talk with him about his company and the industry's fascination with 3D video.

Geoff Stedman, Senior Vice-president for Marketing and Business Development, Omneon, began his career in business school. Since then, he's moved into entertainment - providing gear that makes it easy for networks, houses of worship, and corporations to stream videos to large audiences. They are called "playout servers," and this week we want to learn more about them.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, has been a musician, producer, and digital maven. He's also one of our favorite regulars on The Buzz. He's back this week with his take on "Tales from the Trenches." These are some stories you don't want to miss.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Joseph Saba and Steward Winter co-founded VideoHelper, a production music company and website designed for people who hate production music. In addition to helping you search for music based on the emotion you are looking for, they've also created "scenarios," to help speed your search for just the right music. They join us this week to talk about how to pick production music to truly enhance your production.

Dave Williams is not only the editor for DV Magazine and DV.com, he's also in charge of the conference track at the up-coming Digital Video Expo in Pasadena this September. He joins us this week to give us a preview of what they'll be showcasing. (And we'll give you a hint: think DSLR and 3D!)

Bruno Munger, product manager for Digital Vision, helps design products that provide innovative image restoration, enhancement, color correction and other good stuff to networks, studios, and post-production facilities around the world. We want to talk with him this week about his products and whether they can be afforded, or even used, by mere mortals.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, is another Buzz regular. But this time, he's wearing his programming hat, since his company just released a mind-bending new program called "prEdit." This new software allows us to edit video by looking at a text transcript, select exactly the clips we want, then export that transcript into a neatly edited Final Cut Pro sequence. Sounds a lot like magic to us; so we invited Philip back to tell us more about it.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with:, Bruce Sharpe, CEO of Singular Software, creates products that synchronize video by listening the audio. His hit product - PluralEyes - is now available for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and Vegas. And he's getting ready to introduce PluralEye's baby brother -DualEyes. We invited him to drop in and explain why so many people are so excited about these products!

Paul Andrews, SVP Sales and Marketing, TelVue Corporation, specializes in live Internet streaming technology for the broadcast market. There are about a bazillion streaming companies out there - we want to find out what makes Telvue special. And, even more importantly, why is a broadcaster even messing with live streaming?

Greg Prentiss, Director of Sales - US for Autoscript, specializes in teleprompters. We invited him on to explain why there are so many different prompters, how to pick the one that's right for you, and to discuss why prompters today are more than a piece of glass and a mirror.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, is our regular legal maven. This week, we invited him not to talk about the latest crisis in the Hollywood entertainment industry, but to explain the significance of a strike that DIDN'T happen - the Teamsters.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Eddie Schmidt, President of the Board of the International Documentary Association (IDA), follows our conversation from last week with Jack Lerner, professor of law at USC, about the recent win for filmmakers at the U.S. Copyright Office. Theoretically, we have Fair Use rights to just about anything on copy-protected DVDs. But, the real-world isn't that simple. Eddie joins us to discuss what are rights are, how we can use them, and what's still missing.

Ken Jones, producer of Calaveras Gold TV, creates programs for community television. This means shows on a budget, but it doesn't necessary mean shows that look cheap. Ken stops by to explain his production process.

Michael Towe, is the Founder of M2 Digital Post in San Diego. Founded to serve the needs of the corporate and commercial world in San Diego, Michael has found a new niche creating weekly podcasts targeted at the medical market. We take a break from the law to learn how he produces a web show a week, and what makes it successful.

Jessica Sitomer, president of The Greenlight Coach, helps production folks find work. We like people like Jessica, which is why we keep asking her back. This week, we want her advice on finding work when no one seems to want to hire. (Plan to take notes)

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Jack Lerner, Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic won a major victory on the definition of Fair Use last week with the U.S. Copyright Office. Although this may sound arcane, this ruling has a direct and beneficial impact on anyone creating documentary or corporate videos. We invited Professor Lerner to stop by this week to explain the significance of this ruling - which took years to achieve!

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, and the resident legal correspondent for The Buzz joins us to provide his perspective on last week's Copyright Office ruling. (Like we said, this is a MAJOR victory for filmmakers. You need to tune in this week to learn why.)

Terri Lloyd is a Digital Fine Artist who communicates her very strong opinions through her art. She began her love affair with digital art and communications in 1987. Since then, she uses computers and software as tools that help other “creatives” sell themselves through the use of graphic digital resumes. We talk with her this week about creative ways to find work, the fine arts process, and her off-beat sense of humor.

Bruce Nazarian, President of the International Digital Media Alliance, and another of our Regular Correspondents, rounds out our coverage of the Copyright Office ruling. While Jack and Jonathan look at it from the legal perspective, Bruce provides his take on the impact from a producer and creative point of view.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Stacey Parks, CEO of Film Specific, Inc., gives us five tips we can use to prepare our projects for distribution. With the American Film Market coming up, this is a great time to start getting ready to make money from your film.

Tom Coughlin, President of Coughlin and Associates, chairs the up-coming Creative Storage Conference. Since nothing uses storage like digital media, we want to talk with Tom this week about upcoming trends in storage. Where are we gonna put all this stuff?

Martin Baker, CEO of Digital Heaven, is a London-based developer of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and a long-time friend of The Buzz. This week, we talk with him about his favorite Final Cut Pro tips, and a new product directory called "Final Cutters."

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, returns to talk about the latest Apple hardware (yup, new iMacs and MacPros this week!), as well as trying to balance the constant release of new technology with our goal of actually getting work done.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Barry Sandrew, founder and president of Legend 3D, is internationally recognized as a digital imaging expert and visual effects pioneer with more than 14 VFX patents and 23 years of feature film and TV accomplishments. Sandrew invented the first all-digital process for film colorization in 1986. He then evolved that process in 2001 at Legend 3D, where they convert 2D movies into 3D. Recently, his company helped in converting "Alice in Wonderland" into 3D.

Toni Pace is the senior visual effects producer at Legend 3D and assists in tracking all the elements that make 3D possible. This week, we talk with both of them about the process of converting 2D films into 3D, the fascinating relationship between colorizing a movie and converting it to 3D, and the implications of converting older films into this new 3D format.

Jared Picune, vp of sales and marketing for CalDigit, joins us to talk about storage. CalDigit is known for providing gear with blazingly fast speeds at relatively low cost. Jared joins us to explain their latest technology and what we need to know now to take advantage of it.

Jess Furman is a singer/songwriter/producer who stands out from the music crowd in a big way. She is one of the 375,000 members of ASCAP, and recently was singled out for an interview on NPR about music licensing, royalties, rights, etc... We spend a lot of time talking about video, this week we want to learn more about creating music, pitching songs, licensing music, and marketing your musical talents. Jess has some greeat opinions on all of this.

Ed Brando, product manager for Whites Interactive, knows production gear. In fact, with more the 14 years in the industry, he helps independent filmmakers get the gear they need. Now, however, he joins us to talk about a new trend - production specifically for the web. Smaller crews, less gear, and MUCH smaller budgets - yet with a strong need for high-quality production.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, is a regular on our show talking about legal issues. We were deeply troubled to read this week of legal challenges to Joe Berlinger, a filmmaker who made a documentary about a class action lawsuit against Chevron's oil operation in Ecuador. Chevron is demanding all Joe's outtakes as part of their legal defense. Is this an issue of First Amendment rights, or trying to uncover the truth? The Court of Appeals will decide. And the impact for filmmakers could not be more significant. Tune in this week to learn more about this critical issue.

Paul Jordan is the Digital Archivist for the International Monetary Fund. As part of the Fund's efforts to make their actions transparent, he works to acquire and process the records of the Fund, and most importantly make sure that they remain accessible over the coming decades. He likes to say that his job is him versus seventy million digital documents, and so far, the documents are winning. We talk with him this week about the various hardware options filmmakers have to preserve their digital assets.

Tom Dixon,VP of Marketing,and Tom McAndrew, Pro Audio Manager for North America, for DTS, Inc, join us to talk about surround audio. DTS is justly famous for the high quality of its theatrical decoders. However, DTS recently has expanded into hundreds of consumer devices and, most recently, to the web. This week, we want to learn how surround sound on the web works!

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, is one of our favorite regulars. This week, he returns with a look at Adobe's increasing support of metadata in their CS5 products. As we continue moving to tapeless media, metadata is how we are going to keep track of everything. Philip explains why.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Evelyn McLellan, Systems Archivist for Artefactual Systems, is a professional archivist working on a number of open source projects to simplify the process of archiving our media. She has some great suggestions on what format to use for archiving media, how and where to store it, what software to use for archiving, and how to pick the best system. Her job isn’t to sell gear, but to help us figure out how to best preserve our media for the distant future. We are REALLY looking forward to what she has to say.

Kathy Kolla, Director/Screenwriter for Cola Kat, has worked on a wide variety of projects from comedic shorts, to commercials, to documentaries; with occasional side-trips into the “Party Life” of LA. She joins us this week because of her latest documentary on efforts to clean up the LA River. Shot with Panasonic P2 gear and currently in post, she joins us this week to discuss what it was like working with the latest gear.

Lucien Harriot, Executive Producer and VFX Supervisor for Mechanism Digital, specializes in creating visual effects for television programs and shows with smaller budgets. In this week’s interview, he discusses the process of creating visual effects. If you want to know how the system works, listen to what Lucien has to say.

Jessica Sitomer, CEO, The Greenlight Coach. Our favorite jobs coach, Jessica Sitomer, is back to talk about new ideas on getting work. When you think about it, the same skills you need to produce a film you also need to use in finding work in the first place - courage, independence, perseverance, and creativity. Sounds like a recipe of success to us!

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Simon Walker is a freelance trainer based in London, England. As both an Apple-Certified Master Trainer and editor, we wanted to talk with him about how students are changing in the UK, why he's teaching a 10-week course on plug-ins, and the impact of editing video on an iPhone (as he did the day the iPhone 4 was released last week).

Lyndon Faulkner, president/CEO of Pelican Products, lives and breathes getting your gear safely from one place to another. This week we want to know how to pick the best shipping container for our gear, what's the latest in shipping technology, and what's the best way to keep all our expensive equipment safe.

Mark Davis, CEO of Scenios, is working with a team of producers and programmers to develop a digital asset management system specifically designed for filmmakers. Since this ranks right up there with "easily archiving your assets" as one of life's great unsolved mysteries, we invited him to explain what he and his team are doing.

Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance, loves wandering around the net looking for interesting ideas. He's found one that piqued our interest as well. Filmmakers are discovering innovative new ways of funding their projects. We invited Philip back to show us where the money is.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Oliver Peters, Editor of Oliver Peters Post-Production, returns this week to talk about how to use creativity to attract and hold clients. All too often we worry about whether we need the latest technology. Imagine what could happen if we invested in the latest creativity instead?

Alan Hoff, vice-president of product management for Cinedeck , is part of a team that created a portable digital video recorder with built-in monitor that makes shooting hours of tapeless media possible and simple. Premiered at NAB, Alan joins us this week to talk about the freedom this new gear provides.

Clint Milby, director of marketing for Ikan Corporation, has a day job creating inexpensive production gear for filmmaking. But his passion is finding ways to create low-budget films. He joins us this week to talk about how to bring your dreams to live without breaking the bank.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is not only an expert in digital media, he has a long career in music; both as a performer and producer. This week, we talk with him about the challenges of creating an album of jazz music, then marketing it in a world where traditional marketing no longer works. Are albums dead? Can musicians still make money on their art? And how do you build buzz about a group no one has heard of?

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Miguel Jarquin-Moreland is a singer, dancer, and actor with credits on Broadway ("Rent") and television ("One Life To Live" and "The View"). We spend a lot of time talking to folks behind the camera. This time, we want to talk to someone in front of it. What are the secrets to his success? What can he teach us? And, what can we do behind the camera to help the performances of the people in front of it?

Tim Jones is the president and CTO of the TOLIS Group. Tim has been involved in backup and archival planning since 1982. We want to talk with him this week about the new LTO-5 tape standard and discuss what filmmakers can do to preserve their media and projects for the long-term.

Wayne Johnson is a media producer in New Zealand; specifically, at the University of Otago, in Dunedin. New Zealand was not considered a hotbed of film-making until Peter Jackson exploded on the scene with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. So, we figured we better take a closer look. And Wayne, who is a long-time listener to The Buzz, was the perfect place to start.

Vin Crosbie is an adjunct professor at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He's also running a conference later this month on Monetizing Online Business (M.O.B.). Since more and more films are using on-line technology to increase audience and revenue, we want to talk with him about how filmmakers can improve their sales using the latest technology.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Stephen Nakamura, DI Colorist for Company 3, recently finished color grading "Robin Hood," directed by Ridley Scott. This week, we talk with him about the process of giving a film a look, the grammar of color, and suggestions on avoiding disaster when color grading.

Dr. Phil Storey, co-founder and CEO of XenData, Inc. started a company focused on archiving assets from media and entertainment companies. Since archiving is critical as we move to tapeless video formats, we thought this would be a good time to learn what's available.

Karel Segers, began his career as a writer/producer. Now, he runs a website/blog focused on creating inspired and entertaining screen stories - The Story Department . We are as interested in telling good stories as anyone, so we invited him to explain what makes a good story.

Stacey Parks, CEO of Film Specific, Inc is a regular on The Buzz. Now that she is back from [ah, insert name of any large city here], we thought we would take a proactive look at getting ready for selling your film. Specifically, what do filmmakers need to know to get ready for the American Film Market (AFM) this fall?

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Jim Tierney, president of Digital Anarchy, joins us to talk about the process of creating and updating software. When to do it? What's the process? And what are the benefits to their users?.

Mike Flanagan, CEO of Video Symphony, has spent years training film and video editors. But getting trained is only part of the process, getting a job is the other part. For this reason, Mike's written a book on how to use social media to get work. We invited him on to share some of his wisdom with the rest of us. This is the first of two segments this week on finding and keeping work..

Tom Tomchak, president of Edit Creations, is a long-time editor who wrote in his blog about what he's learned concerning keeping his company busy and attracting new clients in a down economy. We were so intrigued, we asked him to join us this week to explain his thoughts. If getting and keeping work is important to you, you'll want to hear what Tom has to say.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance,normally covers the technology side of the business for The Buzz. This week, though, we asked him to take a look at the trends we need to watch inside the world of DSLR video. Why do DSLR cameras record in H.264, what are the advantages and problems it causes, and what are the other alternatives?

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Michael Kammes, is an editor, demo artist, and blogger. Recently, he's come across some new ideas he calls "Disruptive Technologies." We invited him back this week to talk about the impact this new gear will have on our lives.

Acting is the basic and most important element that contributes to the success of a film or television project. As always, our industry is looking for new, fresh faces. Where are the actors of today getting trained, what are the studying, and what do they feel they need to do to get ready for the job market? Emily Marsh is a first year student at VCU majoring in the Performance Arts. We talk with her to get her perspective on our industry.

Arnie Sirlin, Owner, eCallSheet.com, has invented an on-line way to solve an age-old problem. How do you get everyone on the crew to know who everyone else is, and tell them when and where to show up.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is wearing his musical hat this week. A couple of shows ago we started talking about what producers need to know about working with composers. Since Bruce has a background in music and media, we wanted to continue that conversation with him today.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Ryan Williams, director of marketing and products for Baseline Research, joins us this week to talk about getting good data on our industry. Who is watching what? When are they watching? And how can all this great information benefit the rest of us? Ryan has some fascinating insights on viewing habits and trends.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, was originally scheduled to talk about the camera industry simplifying the video formats they support. That is, until the rumors broke about major changes in Final Cut Studio. So, we asked him to join us for two segments: one on the future of Final Cut Studio and the other on how its starting to become safe to buy a video camera again.

Boris Yamnitsky, founder of Boris FX, is one of the leading developers of special effects plug-ins and technology. He stops by this week to talk about his latest release: Boris Continuum and some of the eleven new filters it contains.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, is a lawyer by profession and a keen observer of our industry. We are delighted to have him as a regular contributor to The Buzz. This week, he shares his thoughts on what producers need to watch when creating deal memos and contracts to avoid legal trouble.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:

Jeff Foster, has been producing traditional and digital images, photography, illustration, motion graphics, and special effects for digital video for over 20 years. Recently, he poured his experience into writing a book, "The Green Screen Handbook" He joins us this week to talk about it.

Before Bruce Nazarian became The Digital Guy, he had a long, successful career in music, both as a studio musician and touring pro. He joins us today in the first of two segments on creating music for film and television.

Richard Willis, Jr., CEO of the Mozell Entertainment Group, is a producer who creates music for theater, film, and TV. He provides part 2 of our discussion this week on working with creative talented musicians and what it takes to create killer music for your video projects.

Jessica Sitomer, CEO of The Greenlight Coach, gets people jobs. That alone is enough to get her invited on as many times as she wants to appear. Last week, we talked with her about how to find work in Hollywood. But there's a big, wide world out there, so this week, we invited her back to talk about getting production jobs when you DON'T live in Hollywood.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Harris Done, director of photography who works on documentaries. We talk with him about the challenges of being creative when you don't have a script. We also want to learn more about his latest project: www.wardogsmovie.com

Jessica Sitomer, CEO of The Greenlight Coach, gets people work. That phrase always gets our attention. We are delighted to welcome her back this week as she talks about overcoming obstacles that we put in our own way that keeps us from landing the right job.

Jeta Amata, is a Nigerian filmmaker who's work has been screened in Cannes. First, there was Hollywood. Then, with the rise of the Indian movie industry, there was Bollywood. Now, Nigeria is a film force to be reckoned with, so it's called Nollywood. Golly, would this please stop? We talk with Jeta about making films in Nigeria.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, is another of our regulars. Except this week he isn't reporting the news, he's making it. His company just released a new product that makes working with high-resolution images - such as DSLR or RED - much easier in Final Cut Pro. Tune in to learn more.

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Join host Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: Lon Bender, Co-founder and CEO of Fuzeit, has created a combination of cloud computing and social media website to allow producers to connect with their audience, improve the quality of their video, and create personalized video channels without being a programmer. Very cool - if it's all true.

Michael Kammes, Editor and Trainer for KeyCode Media, was part of our team of reporters covering the 2010 NAB Show. We invited him back this week for his perspective, a week later, on the key news from the show.

Adam Bedford, Editor and Motion Graphic Artist, was part of our editorial team at the 2010 NAB Show and returns to share his thoughts on what it takes to become a successful editor.

Cassie Lord, General Manager of 5 Alarm Music, runs a successful music licensing and creation business; which isn't easy these days. We spoke with her at NAB about her company, the challenges in the industry, licensing music, and the latest news from her company.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Michael Cooper, Co-founder of Art7Connection, is looking to build a social media website that allows producers to talk shop, share ideas, and do stuff they can't easily do somewhere else.

Mark Todd, CEO/Founder of vLOOP, takes the opposite tack to Art7Connection. He is building a social media site that allows viewers to build groups around programs and share opinions and reactions with producers.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, has created a series of special reports covering some of the latest product announcements at NAB.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, has an inside look at new technology that allows Mac users to play Blu-ray Discs on their computers.

Michael Cowan, another of our NAB Special Correspondents, has a look back at the recent NAB Show, with some thoughts for all of us on how to make sense of it all.

Ben Kozuch, President and co-founder of Future Media Concepts, ran a training conference at NAB with more than 200 sessions. He looks back at his Post Production World, and offers his thoughts on where the future of training is headed.

Simon Clark, Managing Director, Cintel International, runs a company that makes high-quality digital film scanners. He discusses the whole process with us, along with some new film restoration software that they announced at NAB.

Finally, we wrap up with a fascinating tribute to the people behind-the-scenes that make a trade show possible - the teamsters, freight handlers, electricians, caterers, decorators, and everyone else that makes massive trade shows possible.

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NAB Show 08 - April 17 This is the eighth in our series of NAB Special Reports and wraps up our coverage of the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Today's show starts with Mark Fuccio, Senior Director of Products and Markets for Data Robotics, talking about their two newest RAID products; one of which is designed to make creating network storage as easy as connecting one cable.

Les Zellan is the CEO of Cooke Optics, makers of high-quality camera lenses. During our conversation we talk about the process of making a lens and the difference between zoom and prime lenses.

Rob Caldeira, Director of Product Line Management for G-Technology by Hitachi, discusses their latest line of hard disks. We also get into a discussion of the need for archiving media.

Lauren Darr, President of LOI International, runs a PR firm specializing in the broadcast industry. She is also the author of the Official International Media Outlook book. So, we talk with her about what the future of media looks like.

Lyndon Faulkner is CEO of Pelican, a maker of both shipping cases and lights. We talk about the history of this strange combination as well as what some of their latest products are.

Matt Danilowicz, President and Managing Director of Clear-com, discussed their recent sale to HME, as well as their new intercom products announced at NAB.

Finally, we wrap up with a fascinating tribute to some of the people behind the scenes that make a large trade show possible - the electricians, caterers, decorators, and everyone else that makes massive trade shows possible.

While the Producer for our NAB coverage is Cirina Catania.

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NAB Show 07 - April 16, 2010 The 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas ended Thursday, but our coverage of the show continues for two more shows as we catch up on literally hundreds of interviews. Located directly on the show floor, the Digital Production Buzz booth was set right in the heart of the action at the show.

This is the seventh in our series of NAB Special Reports.

Today's show starts with Barb Dehart, VP of Marketing for Telestream, about the new enhancements to their compression line of products.

Eliot Mack, Founder and CEO of Lightcraft Technology, who co-invented the Roomba robotic vacuum, then turned that knowledge into creating a real-time virtual studio that fits into a suitcase.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, gives us his take on all the 3D announcements at NAB.

Mitch Jacobson is a producer, director, and editor, specializing in multi-camera productions. (He recently edited a 26 camera music video for Sir Paul McCarthey!) He's written a book on editing multicamera and joins us today to talk about it. (Oh, and if you listen, you'll learn on how you can edit your own 18 camera music video with Sir Paul.)

Michael Accardi is the President of Anton/Bauer. He joins us today to talk about the choices available in battery technology, how to pick the right battery for your needs, and where battery technology is headed.

Charles D'Autremont, Chief Technical Officer of Cinedeck, has created a new solid-state-drive specifically designed to replace HD tape decks. He's brings a working copy with him to show.

And Michael Kammes, another of our Special Correspondents, provides his thoughts on his favorite new software showcased in the South Hall.

We've posted dozens of news reports and over 140 interviews in our hourly News Briefs from our reporters covering the show. For all the latest news, visit www.nabshowbuzz.com.

The Producer for our NAB coverage is Cirina Catania.

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It's Day 6 of the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas -- and the fourth day of the trade show. This is the sixth in our series of NAB Special Reports. I am very excited about this week's show because it is something we haven't done before. Because there is so much happening at NAB, we have created an extended 90-minute show this week, featuring highlights from our NAB coverage.

Today's show starts with Chris Brown, executive vice president for conventions and business operations for the National Association of Broadcasters, talking with us about this year's event.

Next, is Mark Randall, Chief Strategist for Creative Solutions, for Adobe Systems, talking about their new CS5 product line with over 250 new features.

Next, Jeff Brown, general Manager and Mark Priscaro, Senior Public Relations Manager of NVidia talk about NVidia's latest products. During our conversation we talk about their behind-the-scenes work with Adobe and explain the impact of their licensing dispute with Intel.

3D and stereoscopy are huge hot buttons this year. David Taylor, president of Cineform explains how much of the work needed to make stereo video look right is done in post, and how his latest tools can help.

Stuart Ashton, director for EMEA for Blackmagic Design, discusses their new products which, for the first time, feature external boxes, rather than plug-in cards.

Jan Crittenden, Product Line Business Manager for Panasonic stops by to talk about their latest cameras and announcements.

Throughout the show, we'll have analysis from our special correspondents here at the show: Philip Hodgetts, Ben King, Alexis Van Hurkman, Bruce Nazarian, and Michael Kammes.

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On this NAB News Brief we have a special commentary from Correspondent MICHAEL COWEN on his perspective of the 2010 NAB Show.

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On this NAB News Brief we have a Special Report from Correspondent Ned Stoltz

And we are also talking to:

Chris Clay, Sales Manager of Sennheiser

Ethan Schur, Chief Marketing Officer of TD Vision Systems

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Dan Finnen from Sony

J.T. Davis of Digital Broadcast

Philip Storey from XenData

Simon Cho of Master Image

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Phil Bates from Artbeats

Peter Schut of Axon Digital Design

Olivier Cohen with Hybrid

Oddbjorn Bergem from Nevion

Lewis Kirkaldi with Cinegy

John Harris from Root6 Technology

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

CEO & Co-Founder of WOWZA Media Systems, David Stubenvoll

Martin Bennett, the VP of Worldwide Marketing for Digital Vision

Nermin Suljic, Sales Engineer with Snapstream

Sean Moran, National Sales Manager for the Broadcast and Professional Division of Hitachi

Seth Emmons, Marketing and Events Coordinator for BandPro Film & Digital

Wes Donahue, Regional Sales Manager at TV Logic

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Eric Kurland, an independent 3D video-maker

Scott Stueckle, the sales manager for Kino Flo lighting

Todd Cochrane, the CEO of RawVoice

Wayne Schulman, the Sales and Product Manager, video for Manfrotto

Roman Ceano, the General Manager of Vector 3

This NAB News Brief is sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Brian Dickman, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SmartSound

Katharine Guy, Marketing Communications Manager for Snell

Richard Schleuning, the National Sales Manager for Carl Zeiss

Guy Coleman, the Director of Sales and Marketing for VocalBooth

and Michael Kammes offers a special report about authoring Blue-ray discs

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Special Correspondent Bruce Nazarian with a special report about Blue-ray

Doug Pircher, General Manager of International Supplies

Gary Symons, the president and CEO of Vericorder

Michael Kammes with a special report about how to make the most of your legacy gear.

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It's Day 5 of the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas -- and the third day of the trade show. This is the fifth in our series of NAB Special Reports - and we have an incredible show for you today!

Jan Crittenden, Product Line Business Manager for Panasonic stops by to talk about their latest cameras and announcements.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, has a special report on four cool tools displayed here at the show that you haven't heard of.

Kip Watters, Director of Product Management for Nexidia, talks about one of Philip's discoveries - GET - a new Final Cut Pro application that does text searches of audio files.

Bruce Sharpe, president of Singular Software, announces three new products - one of which is specifically designed for DSLR cameras.

Snehal Patel, Producer/Director of Fearless Productions.TV, is teaching DSLR workflows here at NAB and offers his view of the challenges this new format provides.

Finally, Alexis Van Hurkman, Colorist for Twitch Post, provides an overview of the latest announcements on color grading software -- including Blackmagic Design's stunning announcements on Monday.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to Stan Lee, Chairman of Marvel Enterprises and Chairman and Founder of POW! Entertainment. Stan Lee tells us about how he got started with comic books, created Spiderman, and his experience with the folks here at the 2010 NAB Show.

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We have a special report about the War on the Floor that is going on at the 2010 NAB Show.

On this NAB News Brief we are also talking to:

Bob Cowherd at Vertigo

And then we enter into the "Social Networking" world by talking to:

Lee Mills of Mojopages

Rob Canfield of Vloop

and Gil Loyola of TheChaner

This NAB News Brief is sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Jacquie Robison, the Senior Director of MobiTV

Jeff Ahlquest from Sezmi

Off Hollywood’s Founder, Jim Geduldick

Marco Lopez from Miranda Technologies

Equiliruim’s CEO, Sean Barger

John Bowring of Lemac

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

John Carter, the Product Manager for Production Switchers from Snell

Fred Fourcher, the CEO of bitcentral

Jared Picune, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CalDigit

Roger Bolton, the Product Designer for Coremelt

Michael Kammes brings a special report on some of his favorite things from NAB 2010.

This NAB News Brief is sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Special Correspondent Philip Hodgetts with an update on Adobe

Barbara Jaumann of the Vitec Group

Dan Steele, the Executive V.P. of Sales for Archion

William Steele, CEO of the WheresMyMedia Company

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Phil McRoberts, V.P. of Sales for Metranome

Ray Hannisian, a Stereographer for 3Ality Digital

Suzanne Johnson, the Director of Media and Entertainment Marketing of Akamai Technologies

Bob Herzan, V.P. of Sales for Rorke Data

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Peter Barber, Director of Creative Services for Blackmagicdesign

Special Correspondent Ben King with a perspective on 3D from the NAB Show floor

Michael Stewart, Operations Manager of Pro-Cyc Inc.

The Co-Managing Director of Editshare, James Riching

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Tom Bennett the CEO of Pond5

Greg Philpott the Founder and President of MDialogue

Marek Skupian the Senior Marketing Manager for Cisco Systems

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Our very own Michael Cowan stopped by the Tiffen Booth and wrangled a very inspiring interview with Garrett Brown, the inventor of the Steadicam.

For those of you who are DP’s, camera operators or just plain film buffs, take a listen to what one of our industry greats has to say.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Alana Parker of Computerized Training Systems

Alexander Lefterov from Tiger Technology

Andrew Butler with Vinten

Devan Cress of Anchor Audio

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It's Day 3 of the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas -- and the second day of the trade show. This is the fourth in our series of NAB Special Reports - and we have another fascinating show for you today!

First, is Nick Rashby, president of AJA Video Systems, talking about their latest announcements and how they plan to react as our industry moves to tapeless video.

Next is Wes Plate, CEO of Automatic Duck. Their products featured prominently in major announceents from Avid and Adobe yesterday. We talk with him about the sudden interest in moving video between different editing platforms.

Maurice Patel is the Entertainment Industry Manager for Autodesk's Media and Entertainment Division. They've added support for stereoscopy (meaning video in 3D) across all their products, including Flame.

Paul Babb, CEO of Maxon, explains why 3D images are not the same as stereoscopic video and how the latest release of Cinema 4D improves the ability to move projecs between applications.

And Paul Holtz, President of Class-on-Demand, explains why training needs to be more than screen shots. Quality still counts.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

David Bigelow of Gray Matter Entertainment

David Herfert from Media Links

and Michael Kammes has a special report

This NAB News Brief is sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Brian Stevenson from Digital Rapids

Eric Martin, VP Marketing with Back Channel Media

Gary Helmers, the Director of Marketing at Faith Network

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

David Blackburn from the Motion Analysis Studio

Dider Muragwabugaboo of Elenos Broadcast Experience

Donnie Haulk with Audio Ethics

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Bill Collis, from The Foundry

Dedo Weigert, of Dedo Weigart Film

Philip Hodgetts, Special Correspondent for the BuZZ

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Jeff Brown from Digital Vision

Cheryl Serame with TURK 3d

Corky Seeber of Small tree Communications

Olle Waktel from Net Insight

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Joel DeWolf, Marketing Director of Vimsoft

Bob Hildeman, CEO and Co-founder of Streambox

Valerie Racinet, AETA Audio Systems Sales Manager

Darshan Rauniyar, V.P. of Sales for Avitech

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Shaun Mcternan, the VP of Marketing for Solid State Logic

JJ Parker, CEO of Tightrope Media Systems

Tridib Chakravarty, the CEO of StorageDNA

Cheryl Serame manages events for the 3D@Home Consortium

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Todd Prives of GenArts

Lee Thompson, the National Manager of Marketing and Communications for JVC USA

Jim Kolliner, VP of Professional Services at Harris Corporation

John Rhodes, Product Line Manager for Panasonic

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On this News Brief we are talking with:

Brad Schmidt of GoPro

DeDo Weigert of DeDo Weigert Film

Eric Herz of VBrick

and Rush Beesley, President of Rushworks.tv stops by

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It's Day 3 of the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas -- and the first day of the trade show. The doors opened at 9 AM this morning and we are live on the Trade Show floor.

This is the third in our series of NAB Special Reports - and we have an amazing show for you today!

First, is Mark Randall, Chief Strategist for Creative Solutions, for Adobe Systems, talking about their new CS5 product line with over 250 new features.

Next, Jeff Brown, General Manager and Mark Priscaro, Senior Public Relations Manager of NVidia talk about NVidia's latest products. During our conversation we talk about their behind-the-scenes work with Adobe and explain the impact of their licensing dispute with Intel.

Stuart Ashton, director for EMEA for Blackmagic Design, discusses their new products which, for the first time, feature external boxes, rather than plug-in cards.

Ross Shain, Chief Marketing Officer for Imagineer Systems, swings past to showcase the new version 2 release of Mocha.

Steve Canepa, general manager of IBM's Global Media and Entertainment Division, has developed a scalable framework that allows for some highly creative interactive applications using media and the web.

And, if you've ever watched a colorized movie, you seen the work of our next guest, Barry Sandrew. He invented colorization of black and white movies in late 1980's. Today, he's developed a fascinating new process to add 3D, called stereoscopy, to existing 2D material.

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Michael Bryant, Director of Product Marketing for Sony Creative Software

Chris Mayhew, President of Vision III Imaging

Rob Leaderman from Autodesk

Phillipe Souchet, Chief Technology Officer from XD Productions

Bill Cordo, Senior Sales Director, Azzurro Systems Integration

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Ken Ito of Canon Broadcast & Communications Division

Reinout Lempers of Vidigo

Erik Otto of XDT

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Hilary Araujo, Vice President Marketing, The Tiffen Company

Abba Shapiro, President Shapiro Video

Ryan Stoutenborough, Director of Services, Studio Network Solutions

Gilbert Leb, VP Sales & Marketing, ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance

Chris Wood, Solutions Architect for Inlet Technologies

Anthony Artis, Founder Down and Dirty DV

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Bill Russell from Arri Inc.

Chuck Comisky, 3D Specialist

Craige Mott of Bluefish 444

Erik Otto from Media Proxy

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Producer, Editor - Abba Shapiro

Gary Adcock of Studio 37

Grammy award winner and tech expert Douglas Spotted Eagle

Future Media Instructor, Jeff Greenberg

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Rob Engle, Senior Stereographer and Digital Effects Supervisor of Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sid Guel, President of Broadcast Automation Consulting

Jim Whittlesey, Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations of Deluxe Digital Cinema

Scott Bourne, President of Bourne Media Group

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Scott Bourne of the Bourne Media Group

Sean Casella of Future Media Concepts

Chuck Comisky, a 3D Visual Effects Specialist

Vincent Lopez, President of the Society of Broadcast Engineers

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On this NAB News Brief we are talking to:

Chris Brown, Executive Vice President of the NAB Show 2010

Special Correspondent Philip Hodgetts

Aaron Cullers Manager, Convention Marketing for the NAB Show 2010

Robbie Carmen Colorist at Ammigo Media and trainer at the Post Production World Conference

and we have a very interesting announcement from Adobe.

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It's Day 2 of the 2010 NAB Show and we are live on the trade show floor at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas with the first in our series of Special Reports.

Liz Langston and Mark Ruppert - Executive Producers - 48 Hour Film Project

Steven C Smith - Sr. Sales Representative - Wacom Technology

Todd Cochrane - CEO - Raw Voice

Kelly Alexis - Sales Manager, Exhibits - and Lead for the Post Pit

Roger Cooper - Director of Development for Construction - Habitat for Humanity

Amanda Guest - Marketing Manager - Focal Press

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On today's show we want to take a look at what it takes to get ready for NAB.

Chris Brown, Executive Vice President of Conventions and Business Operations, NAB

Aaron Cullers, Manager of Convention Marketing, NAB 2010 Show

Reid Burns, Senior Vice President, Reliance MediaWorks

Jessica Sheridan, Interactive Marketing Manager, NAB

Winner of the NAB "I'm a Broad-ercaster" Krista Homiak

Bruce Nazarian, president of the International Digital Media Alliance

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Join hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, as they talk with: Skip Clark is a Partner with Go To Team which provides high-end Video Production Services, Video Crews, Director’s of Photography, and Post Production Services throughout Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Skip joined Go To Team in 2000, and has since found himself on both coasts for campaign coverage, in many Carolina swamps, in hurricanes, in the middle of the September 11th tragedy, and on some popular reality television assignments. We talk with him this week about what makes Go To Team different from other crewing operations.

The NAB Show 2010 is even bigger and better this year - and it was pretty darn amazing last year! During our NAB coverage next week, we have a team of producers and reporters covering the show. Our very own Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance will fill us in on what to look for, what to avoid and what to be excited about.

The Content Theater, at NAB, was new at last year's show and has evolved into the new Content Theater at this year's event. Bob Sitrick, president of Bob Sitrick Productions, is responsible for all the special presentations in the Theater this year. So, we invited him to stop by and talk about what we can expect.

Grant Burton is a proud member of the Royal Australian Air Force, editor, producer and training technology analyst. However, what first brought Grant to our attention is that is a prolific member of the Live Chat group during each live broadcast of The Buzz. We figured, since Grant always has interesting things to read during the chat, we should invite him on the show. Our main question is: How on earth DOES he squeeze a broadcast-quality video camera into the cramped cockpit of a fighter jet?

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

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Join hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, as they talk with: Jack Binder, independent film producer, has been making films since the early 1990's. His latest film is "Reign Over Me," with Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. He's a long-time fan of digital film-making and stops by this week to discuss the challenges this medium presents. (Oh, and we'll also talk about the new drive behind 3D.)

Carey Dissmore, one of the founders of both IMUG Online (International Media Users Group) and the Media Motion Ball, stops in to share why so excited about yet another party at NAB. The Media Motion Ball is an event for all media professionals who work in post production, 3D and motion graphics.

Tom Bennett, CEO and co-founder of Pond5, visits to bring us up to date on their stock media marketplace. Also, they've got some great new NAB announcements that we want to hear about before NAB starts.

Jonathan Handel, Of Counsel at Troy/Gould, has something new to talk about. No, it isn't the latest brouhaha at SAG, or more guilds-gone-crazy. Nope. This time, he's got something useful - a chart that helps producers calculate residual payments for just about every guild and union out there. Can T-shirts on Santa Monica beach be very far behind??

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

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Join hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, as they talk with: Kim Shaffir, editor for CBS News has been working for CBS for more than 25 years, and editing for the Evening News for 12 of them. News gathering and editing has been changing rapidly over the last decade. We talk with her this week about the challenges of editing news, the latest technology, and the inside scoop on the stories we watch each night.

Philippa Burgess, Entertainment Professional & Partner for Creative Convergence Inc. helps writers find markets for their work She has a three-step process that she teaches to improve visibility and increase success in selling stories. She's a frequent speaker at trade shows across North America and she joins us this week to share her thoughts.

Michael Inchalik, Exec. Vice-President of Lowry Digital, helped design the very first digital film scanner for Kodak. He's be at the leading edge of creating the Cineon system, today's standard for digital film work. And how he's helping Lowery Digital figure out where the future is heading in the brave new tapeless world we are plunging into. We are looking forward to talking with him.

New at this year's NAB Show is the Post Pit - a place for creative professionals to meet and discuss industry trends and technology. This week, we talk with Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, and Cirina Catania, producer of the Digital Production Buzz and co-producer of the Post Pit, about what to expect at this new meeting place on the show floor.

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

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Join hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, as they talk with: Patrick Inhofer, Finisher-in-Chief of Fini. Patrick started Fini to provide producers with final color grading and online finishing to make their projects look great. His company focuses on using Final Cut Studio for this task, so we want to talk with him about what producers can do to make the final finish to their project go smoothly.

Jessie Wallace, producer for Departures Entertainment, makes a career out of getting two guys to risk their lives while traveling. Departures is an action-packed travel adventure program. This week, we talk to her about the challenges of creating weekly programs where each show tries to outdo the one before it in finding exotic places to travel.

Steve Horelick, vp of audio products for MacProVideo.com, is an Emmy Award-winning composer and performer, who recently took on the challenge of improving the audio training for MacProVideo. We talk with him about the challenges of teach people how to create music.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, is one of our regulars that we talk with about optical media. However, his first love is music; first as a performer and now as a producer. This week we talk with him about the process of creating music and what producers need to know to make it easier to work with composers.

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

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Join hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, as they talk with: Eddie Hamilton, Editor of Kick Ass, the movie, is a filmmaker on both sides of the Atlantic. He works in both short projects and feature-length films - everything from horror to documentaries. His latest project is Kick Ass and he joins us this week to talk about the challenges of editing feature length work.

Kay McEvoy, Owner of Sunny Mac Films, is one the success stories. She began as an intern and, after working in the industry for 20 years, she now owns her own production company. She works on a variety of projects but leans toward commercials and the corporate world. She joins us this week to talk about what makes for a successful commercial production.

Anthony Deptula, is a filmmaker is search of steady work. After moving to LA, he's done stints as a writer, producer, and casual actor. However, his latest project - One Too Many Mornings - took two years to produce and he's now selling it on the Internet. We want to talk about the challenges of creating compelling content on a very low budget and how he's making money selling is project on line.

Stacey Parks, CEO of Film Specific Inc., is back in the States. After tackling the Berlin Film Festival, she returns and we are delighted she is back. No one understand distribution and making money on your projects better than Stacey. This week, we'll discuss the latest marketing trends in the industry and our ever-present, most-favorite question: How Do We Make Money On This Stuff?!?

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Join hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, as they talk with: Michael Kammes is one of the leading demo artists and trainers for Key Code Media , a leading Avid reseller in LA. This week he joins us to explain what editors new to the Avid need to know to make the most of their system. We'll talk workflow, optimization, organization, and traps to avoid.

Kevin Williams, filmmaker, made his name editing demo reels for the stars at www.STARchitects.biz. Now he's added a new gig for his zany sense of humor: bringing alternative news to the web on www.GoNewsNOW.TV . We'll see if we can keep Kevin from bouncing off the walls long enough to explain what he's doing.

Bill Campbell, creative director for Bark Studios, is focused on creating outstanding travel videos. His website, vacationscanada.tv, is a tribute to his success; over 2 million views and counting. He shares his secrets to creating successful travel video with us this week.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, brings us up-to-date on the last brouhaha on the web: is it REALLY a violation of the H.264 license agreement to use the codec in professional videos that we sell? Philip will sort this out and let us know if this is the end of civilization as we know it

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Join hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, as they talk with: Steve Douglas, owner, World Films and Travel, is an award-winning underwater videographer. This week, we talk to him about what it takes to create great-looking video underwater.

Aaron Cullers, Manager of Convention Marketing for NAB, is running a film contest called "I'm a Broader-caster." We talk with him this week about the contest, the prizes available, and the up-coming NAB Show 2010.

Joel Collins, co-founder and production designer for Painting Practice, launched his new firm to provide high-quality computer graphics to independent producers. We talk with him about his company and the challenges in creating compelling digital images for film.

Nicholas Pearce, co-founder and marketing director, Object Matrix, says that if you don't have two copies of your assets, or if you can't find them, you don't really have those assets at all. This week, we discover his hardware/software solution: the Matrix Store.

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Join host Larry Jordan in the UK as he talks with: Dario Sinforiani, Producer/Editor for BBC-Scotland, about the challenges in teaching media to college students.

Keiron Seth, managing director, Broadcast Video Expo 2010, on producing the largest trade show and conference devoted to media in the UK.

Sean Safreed, co-founder and director of products for Red Giant Software, on two new product announcements they made this week in London.

Martin Brennand, product specialist for Imagineer Systems, on the challenges of designed special effects software for editors with limited knowledge of special effects.

Rex Olson, vice president of content development for NewTek, on the latest features and benefits of the NewTek Tricaster for live events.

Spencer Newbury, product and applications manager for EMEA for LitePanels, on the latest technology in LED lighting - adjustable color temperature, focusable LEDs and larger units with greater light output.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: It didn't start with the iPad. Magazines began converting to digital formats almost ten years ago. Jeanniey Mullen, global executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Zinio, tells us how Zinio fits into the publishing picture. Plus, she also describes how video is becoming more and more essential to the success of a digital publication.

Matt Adams, VP of business development for AngelVision Technologies, helps companies succeed when marketing on the web. From simple webinars discussing how to market successfully, to high-impact videos and marketing programs, Matt feels his company can help anyone improve their visibility and sales.

John Rhodes, product line manager for system cameras and switchers for Panasonic, talks about the high-end of Panasonic cameras; along with an innovative use for some of their remote controlled gear used at the Broadway show "Hair." Plus, he introduces two new Panasonic products for the first time on our show.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO of Intelligent Assistance, normally takes us to the outer reaches of technology. This week, though, he's back introducing a brand new software product for post-production that can make your life a LOT easier - whether you edit on Premier, Avid, or Final Cut. AND, you'll hear about it first on this week's show!

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Join host Larry Jordan as he talks with: Mark, Justin, and Adam Block are a father/son team of video editors. The dad works as an editor for BBH, while his high school sons have their own YouTube channel of sports commentary www.youtube.com/JLBsportsTV. What makes them notable, aside from the quality of their work, is what Justin and Adam are doing with green screen; in their living room.

David Taylor, president of CineForm, is right in the thick of the 3D discussion. Following his keynote at CES, folks are taking a closer look at what Cineform's Neo3D can do to deliver a comprehensive 3D editorial workflow for both Mac and Windows systems. He joins us to explain how it works.

Jim Tierney, president of Digital Anarchy, creates effects plug-ins for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Aperture, AutoDesk, and others. He stops by to showcase his latest effects and give us a sense of what the future promises in effects this year.

Chris Brown, executive vice-president for the NAB Show 2010, rejoins us to showcase our industry's largest trade show, coming in April. This year, like last year, the BuZZ is the Official Podcast for NAB. This time, though, Chris gives us a preview of what we can expect at this year's show in Las Vegas.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: He started out as a high school math teacher. Then, he decided to found his own company to research innovative ways of working with images and video. He's gone on to develop world-class plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Color. Oh, and he's also been one of the leading developers of the incredible imaging technology of the RED camera. His name is Graeme Nattress, president of Nattress Productions Inc., and we are delighted he is joining us this week.

Yvonne Russo travels the world producing two television series for the National Geographic. This week, she describes how she got the gig - which was recently funded for a second season - and what it take to be a successful producer. It is fun to listen to someone who is truly enthusiastic for her work.

For over 20 years, Ken Miller was an editor and producer for Spelling Entertainment. He produced shows like "90210", "Love Boat,""Charmed," and dozens more. Now, he's the executive producer of his own company - My Media Entertainment. This week, we talk with Ken about how his experience as an editor informed his decisions as a producer, the challenges of producing weekly, episodic network TV, and how the demise of film and the shift to tapeless media is changing the face of television. Ken also shares some fascinating insights on how the industry will be making money in the future.

This week's segment with Philip Hodgetts, president of Intelligent Assistance Inc., grew out of a conversation during last week's show in our Live Chat. If you haven't joined in our Live Chat, its a great way to ask questions of our guests during the show. Anyway, the issue of the relevance of Flash going forward was raised so we thought we'd invite Philip back to talk about one of Mike Horton's favorite subjects: codecs.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Barry Goch, online editing and finishing artist, joins us to discuss the impact of Smoke, a very popular and VERY high-end finishing tool, releasing a new version that runs on a Mac. If you need the finest tools for making your projects look great, Barry has the hands-on experience to tell you if Smoke is for you.

Jonathan Handel, our regular legal whiz, draws lessons from the mind-bending PR disaster at NBC late-night and employment contract law. If you hire talent, you need to hear what Jonathan has to say.

Michael Buday is an editor with an idea. A few years ago, he started developing a collaborative way to review and approve movies. This week, it was announced - Fuze Movie. He joins us tonight to talk about what it means and why you should care.

Les Perkins, Les Is More Productions, has decades of experience editing for Disney. Last time, he talked about restoring "Mary Poppins." This time, he swings in to give us the inside scoop on working with "Pete's Dragon."

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton, as they talk with: Mark Smirnoff, president, Modern Videofilm, joins us to discuss the challenges of color-correcting in an alien world – Avatar.

Justin Thomson, producer,Ashridge Films, moved to the UK to create his films. Why? And what does he do to make his viral advertising so effective for PUMA and Canon? We’ll find out this week.

Adrian Belic, Filmmaker, Wadi Rum, was nominated for his first film – Genghis Blues – along with 30 other major film festival awards. We talk with him this week on the challenges of marketing an independent film.

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy, has lots of thoughts from CES on new trends and products we need to keep our eyes on.

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Join host Larry Jordan, and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: After the Air Force, Johnathan Amayo, worked as a principal instructor at Avid Technology. Then, he joined Moviola, in Los Angeles, where he oversees production. He's edited for NBC, PBS, and others. This week, though, he joins us to talk about his new iPhone app - called the Pro Video Guide.

Philip Hodgetts, CEO, Intelligent Assistance, joins us this week to talk about CES - the Consumer Electronics Show - going on now in Las Vegas. The buzz at the show is all about 3D and mobile video - not just playing movies on your cell phones, but braodcasters broadcasting programming directly to your phone! We've asked Philip to investigate and give us a report.

Jeff McIntosh, chief designer for JM Design, designs quality custom motion videos for digital media. Specializing in broadcast, presentations and web, Jeff has managed to accumulate hundreds of clients who are looking for quality at an affordable price. We want to know more about how he does it!

Carla MacKinnon is the Producer of the London Short Film Festival, a ten-day event featuring over 200 films, live music, and lots of networking from January 8 thru the 17th. The Guardian Guide calls it the “Best short film festival in the world,” and we’d like to know more about the festival as well as the London independent film scene. We talk with her this week from her office in London.

You can't find people or interviews like this anywhere else! It's another fascinating show - all the information you need now to know what's coming next!

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