Posts made in May, 2009

What makes for great live production?

When you start to produce live programming you’ll find yourself watching TV in a new and crazy way!   You start to look for every cut, every transition, and every camera position to find the motivation that lies behind each of them.  As a Director, it’s your role to pull everything together to produce a cohesive mix.  The question that I’ve found myself at many times is what...

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The Rule of Thirds, A Cheap Knockoff??!

Most people have no idea what the “Rule of Thirds” are, nor can they look at an image and tell you why the love it, or why it has striking composition if it was using the “Rule of Thirds”. I saw a post today (found here) that called the Rule of Thirds both lazy and a sham… While I agree that all rules are made to be bent and at times even broken, you can only do so...

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Media Production – The Next form of Literacy

In the coming years it will no longer be enough to be able to read and write, I firmly believe that it will be critical that the next generation (as well as present generations) also learn Media Production as a form of literacy. I know that this is a rather bold statement but I’m finding that I’m not the only one who believes this to be true. I feel very strongly that it’s one...

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Democratizing Live Production

Twenty (or even five) years ago the broadcast landscape was a vastly different space, the costs for gear was outrageous, maintenance costs, hiring engineers, and means of distribution was heavily controlled.  We now live in a day and age where all of the before mentioned no longer are a factor.  This doesn’t mean that it’s all free but the barrier of adoption / acquisition of...

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