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AFFORDABLE TOOLS, PROFESSIONAL WORK
Published: September 4, 2007
The Colbert Report, on Comedy Central, takes advantage of a variety of gear to get their show on air and on time four days a week. The main editing tool for The Report, which shoots live to tape, is Avid Adrenaline (see our Edit This! column this month) but they have an Apple Final Cut station that is kept pretty busy as well. |
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EDIT THIS!: 'BOURNE ULTIMATUM'
Published: August 1, 2007
Christopher Rouse returns to cut the latest installment in the Bourne franchise. |
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EDITOR'S LETTER: IT'S DA BOMB
Published: August 1, 2007
Our cover this month, literally rocks. This Bomb da Bass commercial features two cars in a break dance showdown when suddenly giant speakers pop up out of the vehicles blasting classic hip-hop music and turning into Transformer-like robots. |
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AN AVENUE IN CHICAGO GOES HD
Published: June 29, 2007
A year ago next month, Jonathan Turk purchased Chicago-based post house Ave-nue. Since then the company, which also has an edit division called Rival in Santa Monica, moved into new space — 33,000 square feet — and outfitted it with all-new HD gear. |
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RECRUITING: PLAYING MATCHMAKER
Published: June 29, 2007
NEW YORK — At a job that doesn’t challenge you anymore, or just need a change? Are you a studio owner looking for a talented artist or producer who would fit your company’s culture and creative needs? Pavement Staffing (www.pavementinc.com) says they’ll hit the ground running to find you a situation that works. |
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THE VALUE OF INTERNSHIPS
Published: June 1, 2007
I still remember my parents “strongly suggesting” that I get an internship while in college. “It’s a foot in the door,” they said. What back then seemed like a whole lot of chops-busting was actually sage advice. Internships are big in this industry and a win-win for all involved. |
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LOOKING BACK ON NAB
Published: May 2, 2007
So, was it everything you hoped? Here’s what a handful of attendees thought. (Do you agree? Write us.)
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RED SAYS 4K CAMERA CLOSE TO SHIPPING
Published: April 17, 2007
LAS VEGAS - Okay, I think we can all agree that Red Digital
Cinema is pretty good at marketing themselves. With no actual shipping product,
they became one of the most talked about companies at NAB last year when they
showed up with a red curtain, non-working proto bodies and an idea: an
affordable digital camera that records 4K images. Industry pros (about 1,200 of
them) literally bought into it, plunking down $1,000 to reserve a future, working
model. And those early reservation holders will most likely have the camera of
their dreams in hand shortly. |
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QUANTEL OPENS UP WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING
Published: April 15, 2007
LAS VEGAS – At the NAB show, Quantel (www.quantel.com) introduced Genetic Engineering, a new and open technology that uses the positives of SAN-based environments and allows for teamwork in post and DI. Genetic Engineering means that every new or existing eQ, iQ or Pablo has access to the same media and can work completely independently. Such is the power of Genetic Engineering that it can even support multiple 4K streams. |
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BRIGHT SYSTEMS SHOWS HIGH-SPEED DRIVES
Published: April 11, 2007
LAS VEGAS - Reno, NV's Bright Systems is at NAB with new portable drives designed for high-speed transfer of high-resolution film and video data, such as full-length feature films. The company says with its technology, transfers will be 20x faster than those on USB or FireWire drives and users will be able to transfer media at realtime 2K, or 300 MB per second. |