William Goldenberg is a seasoned film editor with two Academy Award nominations and a resume of feature films like no other. His most recent work, Argo, directed by Ben Affleck, is one of this year’s top contenders for Oscar nominations. I had an opportunity to talk with Mr. Goldenberg about working on the film Argo, [...]
One thing that has seriously been lacking from Final Cut Pro 7 is the ability to have control over curves for simple grading. Even though the writing is on the wall for FCP7, I still have PLENTY of projects that will require me working in 7 for the next year or so…at least. So let’s [...]
Saturday Night Live director Don Roy King has directed more live network television than anyone else in the business, and the key to his remarkable success is his passion for the process.
I’m always looking for the latest and greatest production innovation. I spend a lot of my time working in the field, so naturally I want to be efficient…but I also want to be covered for any situation. That usually means packing the old Tahoe with tons of pelican cases and a few run bags – [...]
This past week I had the opportunity to review an app for the iPad called istopmotion. Now I’m not much of an animator and most of my work doesn’t require animation…however, I had an opportunity to play with this little app for a few hours and I must say that I had a blast. On [...]
If there’s one thing I remember the most, back when I was dying to break into the television production business in the early 90′s, it was this: I distinctly recall wishing there was a place I could go, where many of the production mentors I admired the most would be gathered, all in one place, [...]
A while back I watched a television director’s symposium online. There, gathered before me were the immensley talented live directors of the network morning shows, the nightly news, even the director of SNL. They were discussing the business of directing live television; it’s history, some of the real “game changing” moments, funny stories from the trenches, etc. Towards the end [...]
I would like to take the time to welcome Daryn Johnson to the Production Apprentice family. Daryn is a long time television production professional, with 19 years of experience in television, video and film production. He has directed live news, live-to-tape specials and educational programs. He has also taught television directing at the University of [...]
Panasonic had a few new announcements this year – first off is their new HPX 600 camcorder. It is being touted at the lightest shoulder-mounted 2/3 inch camcorder available. It sports the new 2/3 CMOS sensor and will be upgradeable for new features in the future like AVC-Ultra support, and recording to proxy files. It [...]
Blackmagic released a new cinema camera at NAB this year that promises to provide filmmakers with a better contrast range, better compression and an overall better experience. From the press release: The Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes a super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, large 2.5K sensor, integrated SSD recorder that has the bandwidth to [...]
