By: Mitch Jacobson, Category Five Studios | NYC The geek in me feels like a groupie today except I'm not backstage at a rock concert. I'm at the historic DuArt Film Lab Building in New York City and the “rockstar” I’m here to meet is [...]
Ximea cameras featuring Thunderbolt interface Vision 2014 in Stuttgart, held from 4 to 6 November, saw the first cameras displayed with a Thunderbolt interface. Thunderbolt is a joint development by Apple and Intel which is becoming more widespread in consumer electronics. Allied Vision and Ximea [...]
The NAB show floor opened today and approximately 90,000 attendees clammored to discover the new toys, technologies and services offered by the world's best television related companies. I scouted for editing and live streaming goodies and scheduled some key interviews for Wednesday to stream live. [...]
It will only take a blink of an eye so please help give film and tv editors the recognition they deserve and click now: Sign The Petition for Editors' Recognition Editors Deserve Recognition! Unlike the celebrities and famous entertainers that film and TV editors work [...]
Talk about convergence! This is the intersection of technology and art: Big Brother house meets thriller meets real time drama. A new multicamera storytelling format has been developed with a format called Bxx. Viewers can watch the action unfold from 16 cameras placed around the [...]
Today's live show at 3:30PM PST (6:30 PM EST) is our last program from NAB. Thanks to everyone who helped make this an incredible experience!... Today's guests include: Creative Cow Tech Guru Bob Zelin, Bryce Button-AJA, Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman, AutoDesk's Smoke on Mac, Avid, NVIDIA, [...]
Today's live show at 3:30PM PST (6:30 PM EST) guests include: Al Caudullo- 3D editing with Edius, Walter Biscardi-editor of Good Eats, Bruce Sharpe-Singulars Software/PluralEyes, Phillip Nelson- NewTek Tricaster, Jose Burgos- All Mobile Video and Virtual Sets, Jenna Rappolt-Noyes- Tiffen. Join the conversation: #ASKNAB watch here: [...]
Hello from Vegas, everyone! I am happy to announce that I will be hosting my blog live from NAB again this year with my special live streaming series “Cutting it Close- Live from NAB! with Mitch Jacobson” starting tomorrow. This three-day livestream series will include [...]
This review by Ray Zone appears in the current issue of CineMontage, The Editor's Guild Magazine: (March 2012- by Ray Zone) This is a monster of a book, certainly the last word on this large and very complex subject that is of supreme interest, above all, [...]
Tax Preparation for Film Crews is a timely article brought to us courtesy Gotham Sound & Communications' The Gotham Gazette. (Revised January 2012) by Anne K. Johnson, Tax & Production Accountant The most important tax change for film makers is this: Several years ago, Congress began [...]
