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, [...]
I never like to travel without a pair of Bose Noise Canceling Headphones for obvious reasons...the tip is that the empty headphone case makes an excellent back support on airplanes and trains. Thanks to Craig Koller for this little travel game changer! Now instead of [...]
I met Steve Remote on-location while shooting a livestream gig with Alisha Keys in November. He rolled in with a very jamming flypack system to mix the show. The first thing I noticed was the craftsmanship of the roadcases. His mix was complex and it [...]
Kid Rock, Getty Images Kid Rock: Live at Graceland premiered Friday on PBS and Hulu Plus nationwide. It's the third episode I edited for Live from the Artist Den. This was a 15-song set, eight camera show directed by JoJo Pennebaker cut on FCP 7 in [...]
Filmmaker and Facebook friend Anthony L. Fisher, produced this great piece about an unusual case against Gibson Guitars...Check it out: http://youtu.be/V5IYGroW1nA About 6 minutes. Written, produced, and narrated by Anthony L. Fisher; shot by Joshua Swain. "They...come in with weapons, they seized a half-million [...]
TVBDs: Understanding How They'll Operate and How to Best Avoid Interference Hosted by Henry Cohen Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 10:00am at Gotham RSVP to gotrsvp+rf@gmail.com Refreshments will be served. The next big hurdle for wireless mic users will be "TVBDs" - wireless devices that will [...]
I love the GoPro multicamera arrays that people are using. I just shot a music video with a 10 camera array. Now that GoPro has a wifi connection it should be easier to start and stop all the cameras in sync. Here is one cool [...]
I would like to introduce a few new friends who won my book at recent multi-camera live streaming workshops I presented at B&H Superstore's The Studio in NYC and at Future Media Concepts' Editor's Retreat in Austin, Texas. One of the great things about presenting [...]
Here is a short list of things to consider when shooting with multiple cameras. There are many more things to know, in fact there is a whole book about it :) Check out the list then, check out my book Mastering Multicamera Techniques: Work backwards [...]
