Art of the Frame

Latest Episodes:

The Alan Smithee Round Table (“Our Top 3 Tech Things”) Nov 19, 2024

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Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment, tech and beyond. In this, our Thanksgiving episode, the gang each share the top 3 tech things that helped their careers and or, continue to shape our industry today. Discussions include: innovation in production tools, the evolution of workflows due to the rise of digital media and, the transformative influence of social platforms on the industry. There’s another update on the 2024 Rates Survey, a discussion on the new Mac’s and of course, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.

Show Notes:

NEW MACS

M4 Mac mini - https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/

Review: https://www.provideocoalition.com/review-m4-mac-mini-for-video-editors/

M4 MacBook Pro

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/review-the-fastest-of-the-m4-macbook-pros-might-be-the-least-interesting-one/

NLE UPDATES!

AVID MEDIA COMPOSER 2024 LAUNCHES NEW FEATURES

https://www.avid.com/resource-center/avid-media-composer-launches-new-features-202410

Final Cut Pro 11

https://www.provideocoalition.com/fcp-11-released-at-the-fcp-creative-summit/

Resolve 19.1

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=211521

LucidLink 3.0 - Big Updates (AWS as a new backend + no egress is huge)

https://www.lucidlink.com/new-era
New X terms of service in effect November 15

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-terms-service

@michaelkammes.bsky.social

@editblog.bsky.social

https://web.archive.org/web/20090418030734/http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/03/22/twitter-about-editing/

One cool thing:

Katie: Halloween workflow

Michael: AltTab https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/

Scott: Jumper https://getjumper.io/

Editors on Editing w/ “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Editor: Jay Prychidny Nov 04, 2024

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On this episode of Editors on Editing, Glenn Garland interviews Jay Prychidny who has edited such projects as Orphan Black, Altered Carbon, The Alienist, Snow Piercer and Wednesday. Now he has brought his excellent skills to Tim Burton's, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Thanks again to ACE for partnering with us on this podcast, check out their website for more.

Want to see more interviews from Glenn? Check out "Editors on Editing" here.

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The Alan Smithee Round Table (“The Implications of AI Editing Tools”) Oct 22, 2024

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Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment tech and beyond. In this episode, the gang have a special guest, Kylee Peña from Adobe. There’s an update on the 2024 Rates Survey, a discussion on how the different NAB shows cater for different audiences, the ethical implications of generative AI, the evolving landscape of media and post-production and, the latest AI advancements from Adobe Max. As always, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.

Show notes:

Rate survey reminder closes November 1: https://www.postproductiondata.com/

FCP Creative Summit is happening again. Nov 13 - 15

https://fcpcreativesummits.com/

https://www.cinegearexpo.com/atl-expo/

https://www.provideocoalition.com/?s=Cinegear+atlanta&submit=Search

https://nabshow.com/newyork2024/

https://www.provideocoalition.com/head-in-the-clouds-feet-on-the-ground-at-nab-show-new-york/

Generative Extend in Adobe Premiere Pro:

https://main--blog--adobecom.hlx.page/en/drafts/julia/generative-extend-in-premiere-pro

https://www.provideocoalition.com/burning-questions-about-generative-extend-in-premiere-pro-beta/

https://contentauthenticity.org/

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/content-credentials.html

Katie: Lillian Schwartz passed away https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lillian-schwartz-computer-art-dead-1234721078/

Digging into her work https://www.artforum.com/features/painting-by-numbers-the-art-of-lillian-schwartz-230796/

www.lillian.com/films

Michael: Wasabi AiR- https://wasabi.com/cloud-object-storage/wasabi-air

Scott: https://knightsoftheeditingtable.com/excalibur

Kylee: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/10/16/new-adobe-max-sneaks-transform-photo-video-audio-3d-creation

The Alan Smithee Round Table (“We’re All Learning How To Manage AI”) Oct 01, 2024

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Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment tech and beyond. In this episode, the team discuss the 2024 Rates Survey, the various partnerships pushing AI development and, the kinds of jobs AI might help or hinder. And as always, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.

Show notes

Rates survey 2024!

www.postproductiondata.com

Lionsgate RunwayML partnership https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lionsgate-deal-ai-firm-runway-1236005554/

James Cameron joined Stability AI board https://stability.ai/news/james-cameron-joins-stability-ai-board-of-directors

An interesting lawsuit: a “professional troll” suing to claim that political deepfakes are free speech
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/california-anti-deepfake-laws-target-of-free-speech-lawsuit

California - 3 measures signed by Gov Newsom

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/17/governor-newsom-signs-bills-to-combat-deepfake-election-content/

More layoffs at Paramount and Disney this month, affecting folks in corporate and streaming.
https://deadline.com/2024/09/disney-layoffs-corporate-1236099769/
https://deadline.com/2024/09/paramount-global-layoffs-2-1236097329/

Michael news: https://postperspective.com/michael-kammes-rejoins-key-code-media-as-sr-director-of-innovation/

New 5 THINGS

https://5thingsseries.com/episode/the-truth-about-video-editing-software-in-hollywood-7-year-update/

Review: iPhone 16 Pro Max

https://www.provideocoalition.com/review-iphone-16-pro-max/

28 Years Later: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15

https://www.wired.com/story/28-years-later-danny-boyles-new-zombie-flick-was-shot-on-an-iphone-15/

https://www.productionhub.com/video/90836/avid-showcases-innovations-at-ibc-2024-to-drive-efficient-collaborative-and-open-media-production-workflows

https://www.provideocoalition.com/adobe-premiere-pro-is-getting-a-big-color-managment-update-among-other-features/

Katie: https://editingtools.io/

also, the poster: https://5253154.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/5253154/poster-PRINT-SMALL.png?__hstc=52635383.e9b7ffd8d415ec13e807c232757a7ebd.1726520620995.1726520620995.1726520620995.1&__hssc=52635383.1.1726520620995&__hsfp=3801953514&hsCtaTracking=b2f70a6a-4c74-4f5e-983a-3bd04d8b9585%7C27966497-0655-499f-a831-965c89c157f3

Michael:

Background Remover (FX Factory)

https://fxfactory.com/info/backgroundremover/

Autoscript Voice - AI controlled teleprompter

https://autoscript.tv/voice/

Scott: https://www.flowvoice.ai/

The Alan Smithee Round Table (“A Lot Has Been Happening”) Aug 27, 2024

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Welcome to the next episode of our monthly round table podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment tech and beyond. In this episode, the team discuss the various challenges facing the industry, the upcoming strikes, recent acquisitions and, the latest updates in production software. And as always, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.

Show Notes

US Film and TV Production Down 40% From Pre-Strike Level, Report Says:

https://www.thewrap.com/film-tv-production-2024-levels/

HPA award recipients!
https://hpaonline.com/hpa-announces-2024-engineering-excellence-award-recipients/

FotoKem will receive HPA’s prized Charles S. Swartz Award

https://hpaonline.com/hpa-awards-committee-honors-fotokem-with-the-charles-s-swartz-award/#:~:text=It%20is%20with%20great%20pride,of%20the%20late%20Charles%20S.

Paramount closed TV production studios and started major layoffs
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-08-13/paramounts-huge-layoffs-begin-nearly-2-000-employees-targeted-in-cuts

Paramount/SkyDance https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/skydance-paramount-board-violating-deal-agreement-edgar-bronfman-jr-1236115717/

Disney Layoffs - On July 31, 2024, Disney Entertainment Television laid off 140 employees, which is about 2% of its workforce in the television division.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/disney-layoffs-television-1236091773/

Teamsters, video game actors, Animation guild, IATSE
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-animation-guild-contract-expires-soon-will-ai-fears-lead-to-a-strike/ar-AA1oQJqI

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes delivers first-ever side-by-side cut of raw footage with final film

https://ew.com/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-side-by-side-raw-cut-with-unfinished-vfx-clip-exclusive-8697941

Cree8 acquired BeBop

https://postperspective.com/cree8-and-bebop-technology-merge/

Autodesk acquired Wonder Dynamics

https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-acquires-wonder-dynamics-offering-cloud-based-ai

Premiere 24.4: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new/2024-4.html

Avid Media Composer 2024.6: https://www.avid.com/media-composer

Resolve 19: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve

Final Cut Pro 10.8.0 and 10.18.1 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102825

One Cool Thing

Katie: B’s gmail shortcuts! https://www.themightyshortcutsc.com/

Michael: https://chathub.gg

Scott: https://chrisroyfilms.com/

Editors on Editing w/ “Baby Reindeer” Editor: Peter Oliver Aug 19, 2024

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On this episode of Editors on Editing, Glenn interviews Peter Oliver. Peter has edited such projects as Horrible Histories, Our Girl, This is Going to Hurt, The Stupid Boy, for which he was nominated for the CinEuphoria Award, Trying and Eric. Peter, along with Benjamin Gerstein has now been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the series, Baby Reindeer.

Thanks again to ACE for partnering with us on this podcast, check out their website for more.

And thank you to Sohonet for their support! Check out their site here: ⁠⁠https://www2.sohonet.com/editorial

Want to see more interviews from Glenn? Check out "Editors on Editing" here.

A New Podcast: My First Film Jul 30, 2024

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Filmmakers love making films, but most of us don’t know how to get a feature film funded or distributed in 2024. To help answer all these questions and more, let me introduce “My First Film.”

This brand-new video podcast by Alec C. Cohen, supported by ProVideo Coalition, will have weekly guests who are established feature film directors detailing their experience making their first movie. They’ll talk through their background, how they got into filmmaking, their opinions on Film School, and what other decisions led up to the idea of their first film. Then we’ll deep dive into every step of the process: writing, development, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution. We’ll also try and touch on how the success of their first feature led to their second feature and other creative ventures.

Make sure follow My First Film wherever you get your podcasts as well as on YouTube!

Editors on Editing w/ “Inside Out 2” Editor: Maurissa Horwitz Jul 08, 2024

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On this episode of Editors on Editing, Glenn interviews Maurissa Horwitz. Maurissa’s credits include Playmobil: The Movie & Open Season: Scared Silly. She has also been an additional editor on Nimona, The Bad Guys, Tinkerbell and The Legend of The Never Beast and, Planes: Fire and Rescue. Now she has brought her immense talent to one of the most beloved and enjoyable animated films of the year, Inside Out 2.

Thanks again to ACE for partnering with us on this podcast, check out their website for more.

And thank you to Sohonet for their support! Check out their site here: ⁠https://www2.sohonet.com/editorial

Want to see more interviews from Glenn? Check out "Editors on Editing" here.

Editors on Editing w/ “AHSOKA” Editors: Dana E. Glauberman, Rosanne Tan & James D. Wilcox Jun 03, 2024

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On this episode of Editors on Editing, Glenn interviews Dana E. Glauberman, Rosanne Tan and James D. Wilcox who are part of the editorial team for the show "Ahsoka." Dana, was nominated for an Eddie for Ahsoka. She also received Eddie nominations for Thank You For Smoking & Juno and. And for her work on Mandalorian, she was also nominated for a primetime Emmy award. Rosanne's credits include Homecoming for which she was nominated for an Eddie, Mr. Robot, for which she was nominated for two Eddies, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and Hawkeye. James has edited Genius, Einstein Chapter One for which he won the Eddie, CSI Miami, Everyone Hates Chris, Hillbilly Elegy and 13 Lives.

Thanks again to ACE for partnering with us on this podcast, check out their website for more.

Want to see more interviews from Glenn? Check out "Editors on Editing" here.

The Alan Smithee Round Table (“How Tech Will Shape Production Jobs in The Future) May 14, 2024

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Welcome to the next episode of our monthly round table podcast where hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment tech and beyond. In this episode they give a brief NAB Review with a deeper dive into the state of the industry for new grads, what tech changes today mean for jobs in the future, how kids can prepare for the new normal and, how we can support that. And as always, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.

Show Notes

https://www.provideocoalition.com/review-m4-ipad-pro-in-the-edit-suite-part-1/

https://reel360.com/article/art-directors-guild-suspends-training-program-blaming-75-unemployment/

Reddit comments, if interested: https://old.reddit.com/r/FilmIndustryLA/comments/1cnms1x/art_directors_guild_suspends_training_program_we/

https://www.argestsoftware.com/argest-retirement/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24153113/apple-ipad-ad-crushing-apology

One Cool Thing:

Kaite: https://pluralistic.net/ from Cory Doctorow, who coined the term “enshittification”

Michael: https://umbrel.com/ Simplified Home Network stuff

Scott: Judah and the Lion The Process https://www.judahandthelion.com/ (Beautiful Anyway - Scott recommended!)