How to pull off taping a live concert video, Part 3 - Video Production

November 25th, 2007 : John Kary

Capturing great quality video at a concert is more difficult than setting up a camera wherever you can find space and shooting. You have to navigate around the sea of people, find safe spots to setup your cameras and keep the drunk guy without his shirt on from spilling his beer on you after telling […]

Social Byproducts of Media Convergence

November 15th, 2007 : John Kary

We have been hearing it since the days of dial-up: The Internet is the future of… everything. I am hard-pressed to find anything still unaffected by the connectivity of the Internet. As active members of the media creation industry, it is important to keep up on exactly what is happening today in our world.
This can […]

Why Adobe Premiere Pro is not suited for the indie filmmaker

November 14th, 2007 : John Kary

Update, December 19, 2007: Please see my follow-up post with additional info on how to make Premiere AAF exports work.
I spent about four hours yesterday trying to devise an audio post-production workflow for a client shooting single-system (no audio field recorder) on the Panasonic HVX200 and editing in Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1.0. Conclusion? It’s not […]