Interviews

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Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel (part 1)

15/02/2010

Rick Young
Stu Maschwitzis a highly regarded director, writer and visual effects artist based in San Francisco. He has worked as a senior visual effects supervisor on many films. He previously worked at Industrial Light and Magic and also co-founded a company known as The Orphanage. In 2007 he authored the book The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap. In 2008 he became software director of Red Giant software

Ajay Parekh, Live Events/Video Producer

31/01/2010

Rick Young
Ajay Parekh has had 2 decades of experience in the live events, conference and video industry. Trained as a stage managerhe quickly developed his people and project management skills into the film and television industry. During his four years at the BBC he worked on many projects, with one of his highlights being a film called 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' Written and Directed by the late Anthony Minguella.

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The future of Radio Mics. - Alain Richer, Sennheiser

18/01/2010

Rick Young
Much of the entertainment industry relies on radio mics: television, theatre, concerts, hotels, events - at every corner of the production scene there is a need for wireless mics which are high quality and effective. The current range of radio mics rely on analogue frequencies. As these frequencies are reallocated or switched off this presents a problem to the entertainment industry with fears current equipment will not work for too much longer.

Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 3 & 4)

02/01/2010

Rick Young
Featuring: Claudio von Planta - War Cameraman/Journalist; Jonathan Walls- Co-Director/Editor; Lenny Lipton - Independent Filmmaker; Michael Wohl - original Final Cut Pro Development Team; Vaughan Smith - War Cameraman/Journalist; Walter Murch - Feature Film Editor; Tom Ohanian - Founding team Avid Technology; Jerry Hofmann - Digital Video Pioneer; Ramy Katrib - CEO and Founder, DigitalFilm Tree; The Ken Stone Sessions (part 1).

Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 1 and 2)

28/12/2009

Rick Young
Featuring: Tom Robotham - inventor of Blender light, Noah Kadner - digital video expert; Brian Valente - Redrock Micro; Bob Daniels - CDIA; John Rule - Rule Broadcast; M Dot Strange - filmmaker; Larry Jordan - 2-Pop Founder; Anthony Artis - filmmaker; Arthur C. Smith III - filmmaker; Glenn Kennel - Arriflex.

Ramy Katrib: Founder and CEO, DigitalFilm Tree

21/12/2009

Rick Young
When FCP hit the world back in 1999 the program was regarded as a video editing application. For those wishing to work with film, and match the negative to the edit produced within Final Cut, this was a formidable challenge. Those at a Los Angeles based edit facility known as DigitalFilm Tree were pioneers who broke through the wall of expensive post production and made film editing using FCP possible. Ramy Katrib, Founder and CEO of DigitalFilm Tree, was instrumental in making this happen. He tells the story to MacVideo.

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The Ken Stone Sessions Part 4

14/12/2009

Rick Young
A panel of 4 experts in the world of Final Cut Pro and other Apple professional applications come together to discuss issues facing the video community. Filmed in Hollywood, at the studio of Ken Stone, we hear a wide range of opinions regarding where the world of video is at in the year 2009. Issues discussed include the difference between 1080 and 720 HD, how much difference the edit system makes to the editing process, and the attitude of the younger, technically savvy generation, to the wealth of technology available.

H.264 - the modern codec for distribution

23/11/2009

Rick Young
Wayne Andrews, Mac Product Manager from Matrox, talks in-depth about the importance of H.264 as a distribution codec and how Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and Blu-ray discs. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished with superior speed to the technology used by Apple in the creation of H.264 files.

Wes Plate: President, Automatic Duck

16/11/2009

Rick Young
Automatic Duck provides solutions for video editors needing to move between applications. They produce plug-ins specifically designed to enable content to work between AVID and Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Motion. In this interview, President of Automatic Duck, Wes Plate, talks about how the company was founded and the evolution of computer-based video editing over the last decade.

Interview with Tom Ohanian - history of AVID (part 3)

09/11/2009

Rick Young
A core team of people were involved in the development of the AVID, from the initial idea by Bill Warner, to the technical creation of a system which still rules Hollywood today. In part 3 of this interview Tom Ohanian takes us back to the 1990's when AVID became the dominant platform in the editing world, and leads up to the point when a new system appeared on the scene called Final Cut Pro.

Michael Wohl - original development team for Final Cut Pro (part 3)

02/11/2009

Rick Young
In this final part of this 3 part interview, a member of the original Final Cut Pro development team, Michael Wohl, looks to the future and talks about where editing technology may take us. Michael Wohl worked for Adobe in the mid-1990's and was heavily involved with Premiere; he then moved to Macromedia as part of the original team put together to produce Final Cut Pro. He is credited as being one of the original designers of Final Cut Pro.

Michael Wohl - original development team for Final Cut Pro (part 2)

11/10/2009

Rick Young
Michael Wohl worked for Adobe in the mid-1990's and was involved with Premiere in the days when Premiere was one of the only affordable video editors around. He then moved to Macromedia as part of the original team put together to produce Final Cut Pro. He is credited as being one of the original designers of Apple's Emmy award winning Final Cut Pro software.

Michael Wohl - original development team for Final Cut Pro (part 1)

05/10/2009

Rick Young
Michael Wohl worked for Adobe in the mid-1990's and was involved with Premiere in the days when Premiere was one of the only affordable video editors around. He then moved to Macromedia as part of the original team put together to produce Final Cut Pro. He is credited as being one of the original designers of Apple's Emmy award winning Final Cut Pro software.

Interview with Derk Hagedorn - Euphonix

28/09/2009

Rick Young
Euphonix are relatively new new players in providing control surfaces for video editors. As a result of over 20 years in the business of making high-end audio equipment, and also a solid collaboration with Apple, Euphonix, has resulted in a range of products which suit the video professional, post-house, or any place which wants to provide maximum interaction between the editor and the hardware. The limitations of the keyboard and mouse are obvious to any editor who worked in a traditional editing suite.

Blackmagic buys da Vinci

14/09/2009

Rick Young
Blackmagic Design has announced the purchase of all assets of DaVinci Systems LLC. This purchase means Blackmagic Design will now offer DaVinci Resolve DI color correction systems and DaVinci Revival film restoration products for sale worldwide. Since 1984 DaVinci have been, and continue to be, the standard in post production. The acquisition propels Blackmagic to the highest echelons of the production world.

IBC SuperMeet Preview - Dan Berube and Michael Horton

06/09/2009

Rick Young
The agenda is now set for the Second Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet to be held Sunday, 13 September 2009 at The Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Dam Square, the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Doors open at 16:30 with an FCP Showcase with 26 exhibitors; Presentations begin at 19:00 and continue until 23:30. Headlining the event is Final Cut Pro co-creator Michael Wohl.

Interview with Lenny Lipton (part 4)

24/08/2009

Rick Young
Lenny Lipton is a prolific filmmaker, having independently produced 25 films. He has written many articles and four books, three of which were published by Simon & Schuster, including Independent Filmmaking, which was the standard text on the subject for twenty years. In 1982 he published his book, Foundations of the Stereoscopic Cinema, which provides a wide ranging analysis of many stereoscopic topics.

Questions for Murch

17/08/2009

Rick Young
At the FCPUG Supermeet in London, Walter takes to the stage to talk about Tetro, the latest film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In this piece Walter answers questions from the audience about the editing process, various films he has worked on, and reveals many details about working on large scale feature film production. Walter has won three Academy Awards: best sound for Apocalypse Now (1979) and a double Oscar, for the English Patient (1996).

Interview with Claudio von Planta - parts 2 and 3

10/08/2009

Rick Young
In this in-depth interview Claudio talks about the equipment he uses; why he chooses small cameras which allow him to be mobile and to move quickly in conflict zones, and how the changing technology has influenced what he is able to do when working in dangerous and hostile environments.

Amsterdam 180

03/08/2009

Rick Young
Interviews recorded in the machine room at 180 Amsterdam, with Mark Kenny, Head of Studios, and Claire Finn, Head of Production. They talk about living and working in Amsterdam, being in one of the most creative cities in the world, and the equipment needed to keep the facility running, including the benefits of working with Xsan. The company has long ranked as one of the leading creative agencies in Europe since its foundation ten years ago covering advertising, design, retail, digital and production.

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