Digital Production Buzz

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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!

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.”

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with:. 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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.

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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. The Buzz is all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!

Join Larry Jordan and co-host Michael Horton as they talk with: 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. The Buzz is all the information you need now to know what’s coming next!