This Week in Production: Recent Episodes
Art Aldrich
A candid conversation about video production and production related topics from Emmy award winning DP/Producer/Director/Editor Art Aldrich
Host Art Aldrich with contributors Lou Leta and John Correira share their thoughts and opinions on the NAB Show 2024.
Host Art Aldrich with contributors Lou Leta and John Correira discuss business climate and the impact on NAB purchasing.
Host Art Aldrich and regular contributor Tom Chartrand discuss the tech behind the Iditarod 52 live-streaming setup.
Host Art Aldrich is joined by regular contributor Lou Leta to discuss a recent job with a abnormally high level of stress.
Host Art Aldrich with frequent contributor Tom Chartrand discuss the obvious next step for Apple's Final Cut Pro software.
Host Art Aldrich with guest Lou Leta recap a recent job in Spain where things were not as expected.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the ongoing saga of his teleprompter setup for Interotron use, and some Final Cut Pro news.
Host Art Aldrich discusses plans for an international shoot and the mistakes not to be made twice.
Host Art Aldrich with regular guest Lou Leta continue the discussion on the Covid outbreak on set and the chaos that followed.
Host Art Aldrich discusses a stressful week long production compounded with a covid outbreak on set.
Host Art Aldrich discusses a pre-production nightmare situation and takes measure of where Final Cut Pro really is.
Art Aldrich along with Lou Leta, John Correira, Christian Schlicht, Nick Proscia, and Brandon Blom.
Host Art Aldrich with frequent contributor Tom Chartrand discuss the final prep before deployment to Alaska for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Host Art Aldrich with frequent contributor Lou Leta discuss the advise they would offer themselves in the beginning of their careers.
Host Art Aldrich with guest and contributor Tom Chartrand discuss the plans for full remote production of Iditarod 51
Host Art Aldrich with guest Lou Leta reflect on the state of the business and discuss trends for 2023.
Host Art Aldrich discusses potential updates to Final Cut Pro and potential news about a new MacPro.
Host Art Aldrich with guest Lou Leta share their take on the 2022 NAB Show from Las Vegas.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the recent release of the Mac Studio, the unreleased update to Final Cut Pro and NAB Show 22.
Host Art Aldrich with Guests Tom Chartrand and Christian Schlicht from the wrap out of Iditarod 50.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the problems and successes from week 1 of a 4 week live stream job.
Host Art Aldrich with contributor Tom Chartrand lay out the livestream plans for coverage of Iditarod Sled Dog Race #50
Host Art Aldrich with Guests Lou Leta, Tom Chartrand, Christian Schlicht, George Vahamonde, and Josh Godfrey recap their year and the journey from a sequestered shoot in LA in Dec of 2020 to a "normal" shoot in LA one year later.
Host Art Aldrich discusses a recent international shoot that went off the rails for a freelancer. With guest Darren Bailey.
Host Art Aldrich discusses one of the worst days of business travel he has every experienced.
Host Art Aldrich tests some real world application use with his new MacBookPro with the M1 Max processor.
Host Art Aldrich discusses his newly purchased M1 Max MacBook Pro and Final Cut Pro updates.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the current state of production on the road with COVID still at large.
Host Art Aldrich discusses a new workflow approach using 10Gb shared storage. This is a detailed walk through of what and how Art is using this with a cloud component for archive. With regular contributor Tom Chartrand.
Host Art Aldrich puts the mic in front of a corporate video producer to hear his take on the past 18 months and where we are headed. Names hidden to protect the vulnerable.
Host Art Aldrich and guests Tom Chartrand and Lou Leta discuss the logistical details around hybrid live stream events.
On April 12, 2021 I lost my father, Art Sr at the age of 83. The podcast I had recorded last Father’s Day would turn out to be important than I realized at the time.
It has many names, but the hold can lead to trouble when communication is not clear. Host Art Aldrich with guest Lou Leta discuss their take on the hold, the release and the kill.
Host Art Aldrich with guest Christian Schlicht discuss a project that sounded too good to be true and it was.
Host Art Aldrich with regular guest Tom Chartrand and special guest George Vahamonde. Recorded live on location from Atlanta.
Host Art Aldrich with regular contributor Lou Leta discuss working jobs that for many reasons become compromised.
Host Art Aldrich with guests Tom Chartrand and Christian Schlicht discuss the experiences of the 49th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race production.
Host Art Aldrich from NY and Tom Chartrand discuss the live streaming workflow for Iditarod 49 including Intinor, MimoLive Teradek, and Unity.
Read the Sports Video Group Magazine article about it here.
Host Art Aldrich with guests Tom Chatrand and Christian Schlicht discuss their return to Alaska for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race 1 year after the COVID crisis began.
Host Art Aldrich returns to the microphone to discuss his time off. Live streaming with MimoLive and Rivet from LiveX.
Host Art Aldrich discusses a recent mental meltdown and details the use of GoPro's at the Iditarod.
Host Art Aldrich discusses a tough decision to not travel for a big job. Plus using Zoom Podtrak P4, OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock, and the Facebook Portal TV.
Recorded Live from Orlando FL, Host Art Aldrich and cohort Lou Leta discuss the challenges of working new gear into your kit.
Host Art Aldrich welcomes his long time business partner Venanzio "Lou - Louie" Cortese to the podcast.
Host Art Aldrich and frequent guest Lou Leta from Digital Video & Consulting reflect on this year of pandemic work and share their outlooks for 2021.
Host Art Aldrich discusses his test results comparing the M1 Mac mini Apple SOC with the 2019 MacPro using Final Cut Pro.
Host Art Aldrich with guests Christian Schlicht and Lou Leta discuss a frantic situation in the middle of a 40 day production road trip.
Host Art Aldrich and guest Tom Chartrand of Shoreline Media discuss the new Apple Hardware, Final Cut Pro 10.5 and the Final Cut Summit.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the release of the new Apple Silcon based Macs and the release of Final Cut Pro 10.5
Host Art Aldrich and fellow Final Cut Creative Summit Alumni Tom Chartrand of Shoreline Digital Media and Stasi Bara of seeitproductions.com discuss the pro's and cons of virtual events and discuss their take on the imminent Apple hardware announcement.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the fallout from a recent remote recording session gone bad. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, or is that a train?
Host Art Aldrich discusses a series of complex live streams and what went wrong when a system is pushed too hard. With guest Tom Chartrand of Shoreline Digital Media.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the realities of working on multiple jobs while on another gig. With guest Lou Leta.
Host Art Aldrich and Guest Lou Leta discuss their processes for managing multiple projects and the associated side effects that come along with it.
Host Art Aldrich discusses his work on a large livestream gig conducted mostly virtually, including a live host from her parents basement.
Host Art Aldrich discusses a very busy couple of weeks with multiple jobs going on. He outlines a new workflow using Lumberjack Systems to transcribe and paper edit media with a Premiere editor, plus a new feature of Final Cut Pro 10.4.9 that allows for camera proxies to be used. Lastly, Art talks about cellular bonding and live streaming from golf courses.
Host Art Aldrich speaks with Producer Bernie Mitchell of Silver Platter Productions about the lessons he has learned about live streaming.
Host Art Aldrich and WFUV radio personality Don McGee discuss his at-home recording studio, built in 2000, but perished after an electrical storm took out his PowerMac G4.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the 5 P's with guest Lou Leta of Digital Video Consulting. Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
Host Art Aldrich is joined by guest Tom Chartrand of Shoreline Digital Media who discusses a recent high profile project that was redirected due to covid. Tom produced a special edition of the 35th Boston Pops by the Sea. Check it out here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28-D4yovy7U
Host Art Aldrich details the days prior to final deployment of his remote capture solution with a teleprompter. The results were glorious!
Host Art Aldrich discusses his continuous quest to build the most efficient and flexible remote capture system he can.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the new production reality of remote capture and details the process of building a kit.
Art Aldrich discusses a travel production job, his first since the COVID shutdown. With guests Mike Vann and Christian Schlicht.
Host Art Aldrich discusses the announcements from WWDC about the new MacOS and the transition away from Intel.
After some BBQ and Macallan's, Host Art Aldrich interviews Art Aldrich Sr about the Apple Tree.
Host Art Aldrich explores the though process of quoting a job in the middle of the COVID crisis.
Back from PTO and thrown right into a fire. Zoom, Live-streams and some new hardware to play with.
Host Art Aldrich speaks with owner/operator Lou Leta from Digital Video and Consulting about his outlook on production right now and where we are headed.
Christian Schlicht and Brandon Blom from Journey Home Pictures discuss taking a job that involved cross country travel and working in confined spaces in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Host Art Aldrich discusses some remote workflow tools he has been looking at, including Open Reel, SocialLive and and other Remote Content Acquisition tools.
Join host Art Aldrich as he talks tech about live-streaming in the COVID-19 era.
For reference, watch this event to see the finished product Art discusses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHM4bScBaow&t=106s
Host Art Aldrich, with Guests Tom Chartrand and John Sheeren discuss the possibility of returning to work in the era of Covid-19
Host Art Aldrich shares a story about how a simple 3 hour process now takes 5 days to complete. Plus NAB news from Canon and listener email.
Host Art Aldrich speaks with long time NAB exhibitor Dan Montgomery from Imagine Products about the cancellation of NAB and other trade shows. Guest Lou Leta shares his opinion on the state of NAB from an attendee perspective.
Lowell Thaler runs a mobile production business that produces live golf coverage. They do it without a TV truck. Hear how on This Week In Production.
Host Art Aldrich speaks with Phil Townsend, who risks his life to cover the Iditarod on a snow machine. This year a camera almost give it's life as well.
Check out Phil's profile on the Faces Of Iditarod.
Host Art Aldrich with Tom Chartrand and Christian Schlicht discuss the highlights and lowlights from covering The Last Great™
A tired Art Aldrich records this episode in the midst of chaos and commotion from the Iditarod Trail.
Host Art Aldrich with special guests Chas St George, the Chief Operating Office of the Iditarod Trail Committee, plus Tom Chartrand and Christian Schlicht.
Art Aldrich and FCPX.TV Host Richard Taylor discuss their perspectives on the 2019 MacPro and Final Cut Pro. His social media channels below:
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Art Aldrich spoke with colleague Don McGee about finding his way into corporate video where he still exists some 30 years later.
What could go wrong when you are hired by a foreign company to do live production in a really remote area? Art Aldrich discusses his latest job, this week in production.
Art Aldrich shares a story about a corporate project that has gone completely off the rails. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Host Art Aldrich with guests Bernie Mitchell, Lou Leta and Tom Chartrand discuss their biggest fear, when the work stops.
I usher in 2020 with some news that my MacPro system is on the way, plus some other bits of kit.
This episode was recorded a couple of months ago while on a job in the DC area. After a long day of production, and then several treatments from Dr Julio, a podcast broke out. It wasn't going to air, but here we are. Host Art Aldrich with guests Tom Chartrand and Lou Leta.
While on a pre-production trip to Alaska, host Art Aldrich spoke with the face of the Iditarod, Greg Heister.
Host Art Aldrich shares his travel tips and some war stories about traveling with gear by plane. With Guests Lou Leta and John Correira.
Host Art Aldrich talks with DP Hal Long about his recent move from Los Angeles to Atlanta after 23 years.
I bought my first Mac in 1994. We were in love. After 25 years, we have some issues. With guest Tom Chartrand of Shoreline Digital Media.
TWIP Host Art Aldrich discusses the latest project from a pair of up and coming filmmakers:Christian Schlicht and Tristen Stafford.
Host Art Aldrich reflects on a job that he was never paid, with guests Lou Leta, Tom Chartrand and freelance camera op Josh Godfrey.
The 3rd and final installment with Filmmaker Thomas Yannitte as he completes the edit with Art Aldrich.
Voice of a Nation is now available on YouTube!
Donate to a starving artist!
If you use lithium batteries for anything, they need to be handled with extreme care. Nigel Gardiner from PAG batteries explains why, with Host Art Aldrich.
Producer/Director/Hairstylist Thomas Yannitte and Host Art Aldrich discuss the completion of principal photography on Thomas' self funded feature entitled "Thatcher".
Voice of a Nation is now available on YouTube!
Donate to a starving artist!
Recorded in Dallas TX on a corporate event, Art Aldrich and his travel crew including John Werner, Tom Chartrand and George Vahamonde vent on the sometimes troubling experience of production meals.
One of my first connections in the video business was with Producer/Director Mr John Werner. John and I met back in the early 90's at WWOR-TV. We have maintained a relationship of work and friendship ever since. We discuss creativity over a couple of rounds of scotch.
TWIP contributor Tom Chartrand just wrapped an exciting project with the Cape Cod Symphony called “Soaring Over the Sound”. Tom and TWIP host Art Aldrich discuss the project and some of the tidbits that don't show up in the finished product.
Host Art Aldrich and colleague Tom Chartrand from Shoreline Media Productions discuss handling camera media, from on-set offloading to archiving for long term storage. Art shares a story about an on-set raid failure and a sleepless night.
Guests Lou Leta, John Sheeren and Chip Maynard reveal profession failures they have experienced with host Art Aldrich.
Host Art Aldrich discusses equipment prep with film AC John Sheeren and DP Lou Leta and the pitfalls of assumption.
With IBC on the horizon and a slew of new camera announcements flooding the net, TWIP Host Art Aldrich with guests Lou Leta and Tom Chartrand discuss their new gear evaluation process and buying styles. This episode was recorded on location, and under the influence of Don Julio Anejo.
Colorist Verne Mattson and Art Aldrich converse about color correction, and some things to think about before shooting log or raw on your production.
Trial and errors with a 360 camera rigged to a drone, plus a rookie mistake I made on a proposal.
Lessons I have learned later in life about how to price jobs, avoid discounting, and have a sustainable career in production.
This week in production I'm prepping for a location interview shoot, using my GH5 kit. Join me with my friend and colleague Tom Chartrand from Shoreline Media as we discuss DSLR's and their place in our production work.