Mitch Jacobson
Mitch is the owner of Category Five Studios in New York City. He also works on loan-out for broadcast and cable networks (MTV, Discovery, ABC, History) and the biggest brands in fashion, music, sports and entertainment.
He has been a keynote speaker at the NAB- National Association of Broadcasting conference, an editing instructor for The Motion Picture Editors Guild and a contract trainer for NewTek’s TriCaster and the presenter of “Stream Camp” a national touring live stream multicamera workshop. He is also the hosts the special webcast “Cutting It Close” a technolgy talk show.
His book, Mastering Multicamera Techniques: From Pre-production to Editing and Deliverables (Focal Press) has been published in English, Portuguese and Russian. It is also available as a Kindle e-book on Amazon.com
Mitch Jacobson’s Blog:
Cutting it Close
Robotic Cameras Learn from Human Operators
New technology helps robotic cameras act like real camera operators and follow action with a human feel...Some day, we will be able to have computerized cameras and editing software completely produce a quality program...especially in this [...]
Cutting Live: Beyoncé Dance-a-Thon 24 hours on MTV tonight!
Starting tonight at 10 PM I'll be cutting live to MTV.com and the broadcast channel for a special program as part of the MTV Break-the-record week called Beyoncé Dance-a-Thon. It runs all night long for [...]
RIP: documentary filmmaking legend Albert Maysles at 88
Al was an amazing man who revolutionized the documentary film business, invented filmmaking techniques and acted as an ambassador to the industry. He was generous with his time, sharing knowledge and helping young filmmakers. I [...]
YouTube Experimenting with New MultiCam Feature
Viva Multicam! YouTube, has a new experiment...multiple camera angles for viewers to switch. It's an interactive experience feature that allows YouTube creators to upload videos from different camera angles from the same performance, letting fans [...]
The Zoo Studios Launch TriCaster Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida
The Zoo Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida recently launched their green screen studios and updated their Tricaster 460. I had the great pleasure of training studio directors Justin Mullally and Bruce Murray for NewTek certification. [...]
Cutting It Close™ with William Goldenberg
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 [...]
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