Interviews

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Run-through of the Ki Pro by Jon Thorn

08/03/2010

Rick Young
Jon has been heavily involved with the Ki Pro - it has been described as his "baby". His enthusiasm for the product shines through as he explains in detail that this product functions as a 10-bit ProRes recorder, enables one to up-convert, down-convert or cross convert the video signal, and can be used as a recorder/playback device for high quality mastering level performance.

Bruce Nazarian: DVD, Blu-ray and distribution expert (part 1)

28/02/2010

Rick Young
Bruce Nazarian is regarded as an expert in DVD and Blu-ray technology. He is the President of the DVD Association, author of DVD Studio Pro 4 - the Complete Guide for Authoring with Macintosh (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006), a trainer, consultant and CEO of Digital Media Consulting Group Inc. He is known as "The Digital Guy." Also featured are two presentations from FCPUG SuperMeets, where Bruce's skills and presence lights up the room, inspiring and motivating like no other.

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Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel (part 2)

22/02/2010

Rick Young
Why shoot 24P? Stu Maschwitz tells us why. In this, Part 2 of the MacVideo interview with Stu Maschwitz, he tells why shooting and replay at 24 frames per second is so important to the filmmaker. Stu Maschwitz is 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.

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

Canon reveal prototype 4:2:2 camera; 50mbps; recording to MPEG-2

08/02/2010

Rick Young
Canon has announced it has adopted an MPEG-2 Full HD (4:2:2) file-based recording codec for a new file-based professional video camera currently under development. The new Canon MPEG-2 codec will enable high-quality imaging in a 4:2:2 colour space, making this camera suitable for many broadcast applications.

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.

Matt Davis on the PMW-EX1R

11/01/2010

Rick Young
When Sony released the PMW-EX1 over 2 years ago now, Matt Davis purchased one of the cameras as an upgrade to his Z1. The jump in quality was significant, the tapeless workflow provided the means for ultra-fast turnaround, and since then Matt has moved more and more away from the world of tape and to a file-based workflow. Now Matt has purchased a PMW-EX1R. In this interview he gives impressions the latest model, what has changed, what matters, and tells just why he is now considering a second EX1R.

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.

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.

Underwater Specialist: Luca Coltri

07/12/2009

Rick Young
In this interview Luca talks about the equipment he uses, how it operates, and just what he has to go through to work as an underwater videographer. Beyond the task of acquiring the footage, the post-production process is equally interesting. The footage is shot an 50 frames per second, providing slow motion, and is then conformed using Apple's Cinema Tools to the required frame-rate. The option is there to work at slow motion (50 fps) or standard motion (25 fps). For HD acquisition Luca works with the Panasonic DVCPro HD format.

Jan Crittenden - Product Line Business Manager at Panasonic Broadcast, USA

30/11/2009

Rick Young
Panasonic are a company which have been independent when it comes to acquisition: AVC Intra, AVC Ultra, DVCPro HD, DVCPro 50, Varicam, P2 - these are all trade marks in the industry by which Panasonic is known. In this interview Jan Crittenden, Product Line Business Manager at Panasonic Broadcast, USA, tells of the attitude of Panasonic when it comes to making cameras, the much talked about Panasonic "Mojo", and what it is which makes these cameras unique.

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.

Olivier Bovis - General Manager, Product Marketing, Sony Europe

26/10/2009

Rick Young
Olivier Bovis explains in detail the new XDCAM EX products offered by Sony. He explains the evolution of the XDCAM EX format, Sony's positioning in the market place and the philosophy behind the creation of these new products. This interview provides insight into the thought processes which go into producing this equipment. Olivier also provides information on the fact that the Sony cameras are largely put together by hand.

Vaughan Smith - War Journalist

18/10/2009

Rick Young
Vaughan Smith has filmed in many of the world's conflict zones. From Iraq to Afghanistan, Kosovo and deep into Africa, this war journalist understands the difficulties of filming in these environments. In this interview he tells the history of Frontline, the agency in the 1990's which pioneered the use of portable cameras in war zones. He talks of the devastating loss of life of many of the original members and the role the Frontline Club plays in supporting independent journalism and the ethics and values which this profession demands.

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