I had a chance to talk with William “Billy” Goldenberg who won the Academy Award last year for editing Argo. He also cut Zero Dark Thirty and Transformers to name a few. We discussed his techniques for cutting real world event films, apprenticing with Steven Spielberg's [...]
Here is the future of virtual reality filmmaking: The new capture device from Samsung has 16 HD cameras with 360º 3D viewing. So cool! Check out this article from PC Magazine by Damon Poeter and this YouTube Clip for the details: http://youtu.be/FnBIvq8jzds SAN FRANCISCO—What's [...]
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 [...]
Here is a Flashback Friday pic taken about 10 years ago of my darling twin nieces Hannah and Madison when they were just little pumpkins. Have a great holiday everyone and don't forget to see your dentists next week! Photo credit: Roger Jacobson.
George Clinton, of Parliament Funkadelic fame, is certainly the man about town these days. He's got a new book out and he's making the rounds with a re-mixed version of his 20-year-old HBO special Cosmic Slop . I had a chance to catch up with [...]
I directed this financial segment with Gene Simmons for Yahoo! Studios as part of my training with Yahoo! Senior Director/TD Erin Bigelow. Gene was direct, pompous, funny and truly contraversial….everything you would expect from the demon of debauchery selling his new business book: Me, Inc. After [...]
Mark your calendars for my upcoming session at CCW Content & Comunication World produced by NAB and Future Media Concepts! We will take a look into the latest trends in multi-camera, live-to-post workflows and demonstrate how to work with "Growing Media" to be able to edit multi-camera live [...]
Happy Memorial Day!! If you like war documentaries, then you will love World Wars premiering tonight on History channel at 9pm. It's a three part - six hour mini series and is one of the best doc productions I have worked on. check out this [...]
It was first thing in the morning on the first day of NAB2014. I'm hanging out after an impressive demo of Resolve 11's full-on editing features. I wondered who wouldn't like it...great trimming. Then, I ran into a friend of mine from South Florida, Senior Colorist Jim Wicks. Jim [...]
As many of you know, I am huge fan of live streaming and spend most of my time away from editing cutting live shows and teaching live stream workshops. At NAB Post Production World this year I attended a great session on webcasting, hosted by [...]
