Update: That Post Show will resume in January, 2010. Thank you for your patience and for listening. The new shows will continue the same high quality format with great hosts as we have always had.

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Moderated by: John Flowers

With co-hosts:

Bob Russo - Avid Post Production Product Specialist (youtube.com/user/AvidEvangelistBob)
Michael Phillips - Solutions Manager for Post Production (24p.com)
Steve Cohen (splicehere.wordpress.com, imdb)
Scott Simmons (studiodaily.com/blog, twitter.com/editblog)
Norman Hollyn (normanhollyn.com, twitter.com/schnittman)
Jason Diamond (mbsproductions.com, twitter.com/jasondiamond)

Show notes by Jeremy Schulz (jeremyschulz.com, twitter.com/jeremyschulz)

This episode clocks in at around 90 minutes.

Topics include:

Avid Media Access (AMA) vs. QuickTime
Avid's efficiency and reliance on host machines
Running Avid and Pro Tools simultaneously
Becoming one with the machine - NLE's vs. Moviola
The death of the dongle and the subsequent, incomprehensible backlash
Avid's new import options - Lower audio gain on imported CD audio
Digitranslator = Olde Avid?
Various speculation on Avid's future features

Miscellany:

Avid Media Composer 14 Day Trial, Pro Tools, Sony PMW-EX3, Philip Hodgetts, DNxHD (Avid's product page, white paper,wikipedia article), AVCi, Wil Shipley on Piracy, Moviola, KEM, Jerry Greenberg, JVC GY-HM700, Image Scaling - nearest neighbor vs. bilinear vs. bicubic scaling, DigiTranslator, Open Media Framework (OMF), Save the Dongle, Loudness War

Norman Hollyn: The Lean Forward Moment: Create Compelling Stories for Film, TV, and the Web

Scott Simmons: Keyboard Manifesto - Change your default FCP (or any other) keyboard for more efficient editing

With co-hosts:

Norman Hollyn (normanhollyn.com,twitter.com/schnittman)
Scott Simmons (www.studiodaily.com/blog,twitter.com/editblog)
Jim Geduldick (www.finalcutuser.com,twitter.com/filmbot)
Jason Diamond (www.mbsproductions.com,twitter.com/jasondiamond)

Show notes by Jeremy Schulz (www.jeremyschulz.com,twitter.com/jeremyschulz)

Buy Norman Hollyn's THE LEAN FORWARD MOMENT on Amazon!

In this episode we discuss our initial reactions to the newly released Avid Media Composer 3.5, including these topics from Avid's succinctly titledpress release:

Avid Media Access (AMA)
Native support for Sony's XDCAM/HD/EX and Panasonic's P2 media
Stereoscopic editing
Integration with Pro Tools 8 and Video Satellite
Fluid Stabilizer
Keyframeable color correction
New software activation, licensing and the death of the dongle
FX enhancements

We look at the real benefits to the typical Avid user, point out some of the surviving pitfalls and encourage Jim Geduldick to throw stones from the Final Cut side of the fence. We also examine Avid's potentially confusing product lines and marketing terminology, some longstanding frustrations with OMF/AAF, the benefits of piracy and the need for standards in video production workflows.

This episode clocks in at almost 90 minutes, or 1.5 train rides.

Websites and products mentioned:

Norman Hollyn:The Lean Forward Moment: Create Compelling Stories for Film, TV, and the Web

Scott Simmons:Avid - dongle free in 2009 (and other advancements),Avid-like FCP keyboard layout

In the Blink of an EyebyWalter Murch,Avid Media Composer 14 Day Trial,Avid Online Learning Excellerator (Alex),Pro Tools 8 Video Satellite,iZotope RX,da Vinci Resolve,ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH,Apple's Color,Wil Shipley on Piracy,Adobe's CinemaDNG press release,Adobe's DNG Info for Manufacturers,Adobe's DNG v1.2.0.0 Specification,Red,JVC GY-HM700,Autodesk Combustion,Autodesk Flame,AJA Kona cards,AJA Io HD,Matrox MX02,Synclavier,Moviola,DigiTranslator,Open Media Framework (OMF),Advanced Authoring Format (AAF), DNxHD (Avid's product page,white paper,wikipedia article), ProRes (Apple's product page,white paper,wikipedia article),Sony XDCAM,Sony SxS memory card,Sony PMW-EX3,Apple's fxPlug (SDK Overview),Digibeta,Canon HV30,HDV

Additional nerdery:

"SCRATCH Takes the Amazing 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' in 3D"(SCRATCH/Avid "integration" for 3D workflow),Avid Media Composer Basics Guide v3.5,Avid Media Composer Advanced Guide v3.5,P2 Workflow with Avid Editors,Image Scaling - nearest neighbor vs. bilinear vs. bicubic scaling

And irony of ironies, the first feature-length, stereoscopic talkie was, in fact, a wedding. Sort of.Stereoscopic Cinema & the Origins of 3-D Film(search for "Beggar's Wedding")

That Post Show #7: Avid and Final Cut:Market share

Sponsored byRED GIANT SOFTWARE

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Moderated by:John Flowers

With co-hosts:

Scott Simmons (www.scottsimmons.tv)
Jason Diamond (www.mbsproductions.com)
Jim Geduldick (www.finalcutuser.com)
Shane Ross (lfhd.blogspot.com )

Five people. Five opinions. A civil discussion about Avid and Final Cut's market share, how much editors get paid for both systems, houses who are installing Avid and Final Cut. The discussion later turns to Adobe Premiere, Apple Color, Assimilate Scratch and how they are poised in the industry, along with a conversation about supporting the RED Camera.
Approximately 2 hours long. Or, as mentioned on the show, "at least two train rides."
In this episode, we ask the questions:

1. Is Avid "losing market share?"
2. Is Avid behind Final Cut in features?
3. Has Avid's market share actually increased?
4. Is Avid or Final Cut the "Industry Standard" today?
5. Can Avid or Final Cut "gain market share" in the industry?
6. Hollywood vs. Indie Film - who owns each market?
7. Can you make more money with one NLE or the other?
8. What about the lagging editor systems, like Adobe Premiere?

Everyone was given the following links before the show:

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0473130.htm
http://www.avid.com/showcase/Advanced_TV_Film.asp
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/archive.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro

Websites and products mentioned:

Facilis Terrablock System,Apple XSAN,MIDI in the 1980s,DV Specification,Behind the Seen - Walter Murch and Cold Mountain, The RED Camera, David Fincher, Assimilate's Scratch,Terry Wester at 12-Forward, Automatic Duck, Adobe Premiere, Avid Adrenaline System, Avid ScriptSync, Apple's iMovie 09, Creative Cow's "Editor" Rates discussion, Google Warning, After Effects New York User's Group

Major features (Studio Films) edited in Final Cut:

The Rules of Attraction (2002), Full Frontal (2002), The Ring (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Open Water (film) (2003), Napoleon Dynamite (2004), The Ladykillers (2004), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Super Size Me (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Dreamer (2005), Happy Endings (2005), Ellie Parker (2005), Jarhead (2005), Little Manhattan (2005), Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), The Ring Two (2005), Black Snake Moan (2006), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Happy Feet (2006), Zodiac (2007), The Simpsons Movie (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007) (Academy Award nominee for Best Editing – Roderick Jaynes), Reign Over Me (2007), Youth Without Youth (2007), Balls of Fury (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Grab the audio here: 07 - A Market for Avid and Final Cut

Notes: Apologies for a few audio issues.Such is the danger of having five people on a show recorded over Skype. :)

That Post Show #4: Screenwriting, Story & Final Draft

Hosted by: John Flowers

David Stripinis works in Hollywood and is currently doing a lot of work for a certain epic film directed by a certain famous director. Michael Scott, known to the internet as Dorkman and the co-creator of the popular Star Wars fan-film, Ryan vs. Dorkman and Ryan vs. Dorkman 2.

David Stripinis is on Twitter at twitter.com/davidstripinis
Michael Scott is on Twitter at twitter.com/dorkmanscott

Note: We have moved the show to AAC (iTunes) format, from MP3. This reduces file size by a lot and allows us to have more content in less space. Plus, every modern system can play AAC (or, MP4 or M4A files).

This episode -- subtitled "That EPIC F***ing Post Show" -- is a discussion of screenwriting, directing, making movies, worrying about budget and just about everything else. We even squeeze in a comment or two about Final Draft. David "laughs out loud, five times." We discuss M. Knight's writing style, how you can only enjoy Sixth Sense twice, Hollywood "blockbusters" and directing someone else's writing.

We discuss several ways of finding movie scripts online.

We even pitch a few of our own movie ideas. One is apparently offensive to David, even though he likes the script "I WANT TO F*** YOUR SISTER."

Everyone likes Britney Spears naked in a sauna and Patton Oswalt's evil death bed.

Meanwhile, Michael doesn't really brag about creating Ryan vs. Dorkman and David doesn't actually brag about knowing Jim Cameron. John tries to brag, but doesn't find anything to brag about.

It's that kind of show.

Movies mentioned on the show:

Armageddon, Unbreakable, Deep Impact, Twister, The Bucket List, Epic Movie, In Bruges, The Sixth Sense, Memento, Signs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Teeth, Saw, Harold and Kumar, Stranger Than Fiction, 3 Days of the Condor, SuperBad, The Breakfast Club, Never Back Down, Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Jaws, Terminator 2, Children of Men, David Fincher's anything

Television mentioned on the show:

True Blood, Dexter, Six Feet Under, Heroes (of course), Dollhouse, Firefly, LOST, The X-Files, Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog, Big Bang Theory and Madmen

All the talk about Michael's trailer is related to this Youtube video.

Episode 4 can be downloaded at the following link or found on iTunes (preferred);

Download 04-ScreenwritingStoryFinalDraft

Don't take a drink whenever anyone says, "You know" or "uhm" or when Michael says "right" to David.  If you try this, you'll get alcohol poisoning before the show is half over.

That Post Show #3: Avid Post Production (in two parts)

Scott Simmons is the creator of The Edit Blog and a long-time editor and writer for Studio Daily and others. Paul Zadie is the founder of iMAGiNARY DIGITAL and a filmmaker.

Paul Zadie is on Twitter at twitter.com/paulzadie
Scott Simmons is on Twitter at twitter.com/editblog

This episode is a discussion of;

Our past, why we starting making movies, how to be taken seriously in Hollywood as a screenwriter, Blu-Ray, The $2k Home Theater System, The Under $2k RAID,
the top PCIe slot in a Mac Pro, hard drive speeds when editing
different formats, the crazy technical knowledge required by post
production today, the Final Cut reconnection dance, Paul Zadie's crazy Canon, Avid Media Composer vs. Final Cut Studio, Adobe Premiere and camera specifications (even the RED One).

We talk about editing, color correction and sound design.

We talk about Jake Forgotten and some of the problems encountered during post production of that film.

The
Avid vs. Final Cut discussion is a fresh take on the topic, with people
who use both products. We discuss Avid's financial situation, pricing
and the innovation in Media Composer 3.

We talk about Aperture vs. Lightroom.

The RED discussion is open, honest and sometimes harsh, but it's from a warm, caring, heartfelt love of the camera.

We talk about the wonderful AJA i/o HD and the angry-making Black Magic Intensity card.

We even talk about Rebel filmmaking and "rebel" cameras. Including Rian Johnson's RED Facts. And, of course, Magic Bullet Looks for Color Correction.

Movies Discussed:

Sneakers
Fear and Desire
The Brothers Bloom
Brick
Fight Club
Wasting Away

Part I and Part II are available below or in iTunes:

Download 03_AvidPostProduction2.mp3

P.S. Play the That Post Show drinking
game; When John says "right" or "sure" or "yeah" -- take a drink. Or,
when Scott says "smarter than all of use put together" - take a drink.

That Post Show #3: Avid Post Production (in two parts)

Scott Simmons is the creator of The Edit Blog and a long-time editor and writer for Studio Daily and others. Paul Zadie is the founder of iMAGiNARY DIGITAL and a filmmaker.

Paul Zadie is on Twitter at twitter.com/paulzadie
Scott Simmons is on Twitter at twitter.com/editblog

This episode is a discussion of;

Our past, why we starting making movies, how to be taken seriously in Hollywood as a screenwriter, Blu-Ray, The $2k Home Theater System, The Under $2k RAID, the top PCIe slot in a Mac Pro, hard drive speeds when editing different formats, the crazy technical knowledge required by post production today, the Final Cut reconnection dance, Paul Zadie's crazy Canon, Avid Media Composer vs. Final Cut Studio, Adobe Premiere and camera specifications (even the RED One).

We talk about editing, color correction and sound design.

We talk about Jake Forgotten and some of the problems encountered during post production of that film.

The Avid vs. Final Cut discussion is a fresh take on the topic, with people who use both products. We discuss Avid's financial situation, pricing and the innovation in Media Composer 3.

We talk about Aperture vs. Lightroom.

The RED discussion is open, honest and sometimes harsh, but it's from a warm, caring, heartfelt love of the camera.

We talk about the wonderful AJA i/o HD and the angry-making Black Magic Intensity card.

We even talk about Rebel filmmaking and "rebel" cameras. Including Rian Johnson's RED Facts. And, of course, Magic Bullet Looks for Color Correction.

Movies Discussed:

Sneakers
Fear and Desire
The Brothers Bloom
Brick
Fight Club
Wasting Away

Part I and Part II are available below or in iTunes:

Download 03_AvidPostProduction1.mp3

P.S. Play the That Post Show drinking game; When John says "right" or "sure" or "yeah" -- take a drink. Or, when Scott says "smarter than all of use put together" - take a drink.