Well, it's Friday again, so I figured I would stick with Twitter's "Follow Friday" theme. Last week I shared a list of all the video production blogs that I keep an eye on and this week I figured you might appreciate a list of the video production podcasts that I listen to.
The Terence and Philip Show
This podcast features Terence Curren, owner of Alpha Dogs post production facility, and Philip Hodgetts. I'm a big Philip Hodgetts fan, so of course I listen to this podcast. Actually, I seem to talk about Philip on a weekly basis on this blog, so I bet I'm starting to creep him out a bit! This podcast is usually a pretty informal discussion about the latest trends in the video production world. They start with a topic and usually seem to drift off on a tangent, but always keep it relevant and interesting. It's great to hear the thoughts of two industry professionals. Terence and Philip are pretty entertaining guys, so this podcast is defineltly worth checking out.
Digital Production Buzz
This podcast is hosted by Larry Jordan and Michael Horton. Larry is a certified trainer, hosts training webinars, writes a great blog, publishes a FCP newsletter, and is all over the video production world. Michael runs the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group. This podcast is much more structured than The Terence and Philip Show. Larry and Michael usually have a handful of guest interviews on their podcast, and keep to a tighter schedule than other podcasts. It sounds more like a radio talk show, rather than an informal discussion show. Listening to this podcast really keeps me updated on what trends are popular in the video production industry.
The DV Show
This podcast is hosted by video production professional Brian Alves. To me, this podcast appeals to a slightly lower level production pro than The Terence and Philip Show or Digital Production Buzz. Some of the topics discussed on The DV Show are video production basics, and some of the people calling in with questions seem to be beginners. That being said, Brian also does a good job of including topics and questions geared toward those people that have had more experience in the video production industry. This podcast is a nice mix of discussion about current trends in the industry, gear talk, and general video production tips and tricks. Brian has a very professional sounding production, which adds to this podcast being a great listen.
Creative Cow Podcasts
I'm not a huge fan of video production podcasts that are strictly tutorials, but Creative Cow does a great job with their podcasts. I especially enjoy their podcast tutorials from Andrew Devis and Richard Harrington. These tutorial podcasts are well produced, and I always learn something from the production pros that host them.
Speaking of Creative Cow, I saw a forum post stating that they're planning on starting up the Creative Cow weekly podcast again and they're looking for someone to host it. Looking at the brief description, the format will be a weekly podcast, 15 minutes in length, discussing the week's news and will feature a short interview. I'm guessing the interview will usually be a representative from one of the many companies that advertise on Creative Cow. I look forward to subscribing to the weekly podcast when they get it up and running.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Follow Friday: video production blogs
In keeping with the Twitter theme of "follow Friday", I figured I would write a post about all the video production and post production blogs that I read. I use Google Reader (a RSS reader) to keep up on all the updates to these blogs. If you don't use a RSS reader, I highly suggest you read up on them and give one a try. It thoroughly speeds up the process of keeping tabs on many different websites and blogs.
There's so many great video production blogs out there, so if you recommend some others I should check out, let me know in the comments.
Philip Bloom
He's a filmmaker that often uses DSLR cameras to shoot video. Very creative and entertaining guy, and seems to love to share his knowledge with others.
Philip Hodgetts
I've talked about him before on this blog, and I'll say it again: he's one of my favorite personalities in the video production world. I took a class taught by him at NAB's Post Production World and started to follow his blog. Very knowledgeable and entertaining to read.
Richard Harrington
I was introduced to Richard by seeing his posts on the Creative Cow forums and hearing him speak at a Boston FCP User Group meeting. I get lots of Photoshop and Adobe CS5 tips from Richard.
Gary Adcock
You've probably seen his posts and tutorials all over the Creative Cow forums. After hearing Gary speak at a Boston Final Cut Pro User Group meeting, I started following him.
Larry Jordan
Producing a podcast, blogging, training and hosting webinars, he might be one of the hardest working guys I've ever seen. He's a great source of FCP insight.
Walter Biscardi
Walter owns a production company in Georgia and has a very entertaining Twitter feed. Has great insights about FCP and the video production business in general.
Todd Kopriva
Todd works for Adobe and writes two great blogs that I read regularly: his After Effects blog and his Premiere Pro blog. I even took a Post Production World class taught by Todd.
Shane Hurlbut
Very creative cinematographer that's also into using DSLR cameras to shoot video. Plus, he was born and raised in the same town I'm from: Ithaca, NY.
Vincent Laforet
Another filmmaker that likes to use DSLR cameras to shoot video. Very creative guy and also has a nice page listing the gear that he uses.
Jason Konoza
An Avid editor working north of the border for CTV, and all around nice guy.
Eric Wise
He's a FCP editor that writes a great blog called Splice Vine.
Scott Simmons
He has the Twitter username editblog, so how can I not follow him? Very active editor and great writer.
Kevin McGowan
I can't leave him off the list...he's my coworker! He's a DSLR lovin' guy and the first person I call when I have a camera related question.
Triple Exposure
After reading Philip Bloom's blog, I started to get interested in time lapse photography. In April, Richard Harrington and Scott Bourne started this interesting blog talking about time lapse, HDR and panoramic photography.
There's so many great video production blogs out there, so if you recommend some others I should check out, let me know in the comments.
Philip Bloom
He's a filmmaker that often uses DSLR cameras to shoot video. Very creative and entertaining guy, and seems to love to share his knowledge with others.
Philip Hodgetts
I've talked about him before on this blog, and I'll say it again: he's one of my favorite personalities in the video production world. I took a class taught by him at NAB's Post Production World and started to follow his blog. Very knowledgeable and entertaining to read.
Richard Harrington
I was introduced to Richard by seeing his posts on the Creative Cow forums and hearing him speak at a Boston FCP User Group meeting. I get lots of Photoshop and Adobe CS5 tips from Richard.
Gary Adcock
You've probably seen his posts and tutorials all over the Creative Cow forums. After hearing Gary speak at a Boston Final Cut Pro User Group meeting, I started following him.
Larry Jordan
Producing a podcast, blogging, training and hosting webinars, he might be one of the hardest working guys I've ever seen. He's a great source of FCP insight.
Walter Biscardi
Walter owns a production company in Georgia and has a very entertaining Twitter feed. Has great insights about FCP and the video production business in general.
Todd Kopriva
Todd works for Adobe and writes two great blogs that I read regularly: his After Effects blog and his Premiere Pro blog. I even took a Post Production World class taught by Todd.
Shane Hurlbut
Very creative cinematographer that's also into using DSLR cameras to shoot video. Plus, he was born and raised in the same town I'm from: Ithaca, NY.
Vincent Laforet
Another filmmaker that likes to use DSLR cameras to shoot video. Very creative guy and also has a nice page listing the gear that he uses.
Jason Konoza
An Avid editor working north of the border for CTV, and all around nice guy.
Eric Wise
He's a FCP editor that writes a great blog called Splice Vine.
Scott Simmons
He has the Twitter username editblog, so how can I not follow him? Very active editor and great writer.
Kevin McGowan
I can't leave him off the list...he's my coworker! He's a DSLR lovin' guy and the first person I call when I have a camera related question.
Triple Exposure
After reading Philip Bloom's blog, I started to get interested in time lapse photography. In April, Richard Harrington and Scott Bourne started this interesting blog talking about time lapse, HDR and panoramic photography.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Apple's getting what they wanted from the Final Cut Pro X preview
As Larry Jordan stresses in his great blog post, Apple's goal of last week's Final Cut Pro X preview at SuperMeet was to get a feel for how this new version will be received, and wasn't an official software release. Their goal was to not only to get people's reactions on specific features, but to to test the waters and see if they're going to be alienating a large group of pro users with this new version. With Adobe adding more useful features to the Production Premium suite, and Avid offering a MC5.5 discount to current Final Cut users, this has to be in the back of Apple's mind. Even though Apple showed a graph (photo courtesy of Eric Reagan's post) depicting their dominance over Avid and Adobe, they must be slightly concerned that a poorly received FCP X will make that white line start to decline.
Related to that, those of you that are yelling about how Apple is now trying to market Final Cut to the consumer market (only $299, iMovie ripoff, etc.), rather than the pro market, can calm down a bit. Why would Apple waste their time presenting to a room full of professional users if that won't be one of their target demographics?
Looks like they're getting exactly what they wanted: plenty of reactions from pro users, with piles of opinions coming in from every direction. I'm guessing that some Apple interns and assistants are feverishly compiling blog posts, tweets, and other opinions splattered about the interwebs concerning the FCP X preview.
As annoying as it all is, even all the crazy speculation that everyone's throwing out there is helpful input to Apple, since that's the wish list and hate list for most people. If it's too late to change some of the features that everyone's complaining about or asking for, Apple could at least change the focus of their marketing by paying attention to the features that everyone's most excited about. I guess we'll just have to wait until June to see how it all plays out.
Related to that, those of you that are yelling about how Apple is now trying to market Final Cut to the consumer market (only $299, iMovie ripoff, etc.), rather than the pro market, can calm down a bit. Why would Apple waste their time presenting to a room full of professional users if that won't be one of their target demographics?
Looks like they're getting exactly what they wanted: plenty of reactions from pro users, with piles of opinions coming in from every direction. I'm guessing that some Apple interns and assistants are feverishly compiling blog posts, tweets, and other opinions splattered about the interwebs concerning the FCP X preview.
As annoying as it all is, even all the crazy speculation that everyone's throwing out there is helpful input to Apple, since that's the wish list and hate list for most people. If it's too late to change some of the features that everyone's complaining about or asking for, Apple could at least change the focus of their marketing by paying attention to the features that everyone's most excited about. I guess we'll just have to wait until June to see how it all plays out.
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