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Posts / Gear

A Quick Tour of Sony’s 3-D Production Seminar

05/25
2011

Want to learn a little about 3D production? I recently had the chance to attend an evening long seminar given at Sony's New York headquarters on that very subject...

Posts / Article

Will Netflix Save Indie Production?

05/24
2011

Our look at news items from the prior week includes Web distribution of movies, gear to help field production, and a non-aerosol method of painting your graffiti tag...

Posts / Gear

Logging Cuts on the Go? There’s an App for That

05/19
2011

The Editors Guild magazine has posted my article on using databases for tracking edits during postproduction...

Posts / Article

Our National Jukebox Debuts

05/17
2011

This look at the past week's news includes a look at trends in 3D production, tips on what goes into making a successful start-up, and the debut of a national jukebox service...

Media Biz / Gear

NAB without the Pain

05/11
2011

Tomorrow, May 12th, will see the debut of the "first official online extension" of the April NAB convention using something called "Virtual View".

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Was Tribeca Film Fest 2011 Worth It?

05/10
2011

This week we hear some final takes on the 2011 Tribeca film Festival, find out that a farm grows on a production studio in Brooklyn, and get a sense of what's coming for augmented reality via an in-depth interview with sci-fi visionary Bruce Sterling...

Gear / Product Review
Make Way for Adobe Creative Suite 5.5

Make Way for Adobe Creative Suite 5.5

05/6
2011

We're starting a multi-week mix of reviews and reports on Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, an important upgrade to an indispensable creative tool

Posts / Article

Want to Buy a Fabled New York Movie Studio?

05/3
2011

This week we note the sale of a movie studio with roots that go back over a century ago, strong trends in production growth for the New York City region, and how some individuals and companies are taking media production and consumption further into the Internet age.

Posts / Article

Can a Weekend MovieMaker Conference Help You Become a Better Screenwriter?

04/29
2011

Most will agree that the mere act of attending classes or earning a filmmaking degree doesn't make you a filmmaker...

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The Past Week in Review, for April 25th

04/26
2011

This week we have a look at some of the news from the Tribeca Film Festival, whether or not transmedia means anything of importance, and how DSLRs like Canon’s 5D now get important help from industry mainstays.