Digital Production Buzz

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

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

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

This is day 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Join host Larry Jordan, live from our booth on the show floor, as he talks with: Bill Roberts, Adobe. Nick Rashby, AJA. Ian Andes, G-Technology. Aharon Rabinowitz, Red Giant Software.

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

As the 2013 NAB Show brings our industry together, this week we look at our roots and family. New interviews every show! Join Larry Jordan and Mike Horton LIVE this week as they talk with: 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.