Recently I read an article about the “wild days of video production in the 1980s” that brought back a lot of memories for me on what it was like to produce and distribute video programs in that era. The article was an interesting mix of nostalgia with a bit of longing for those simpler times, […]
Not long ago I viewed a tutorial video intended to show newbies how to use a certain piece of technical equipment. As I watched the video what struck me more than anything was the degree of visual complexity and effects that seemed to overwhelm the content message. Titles just didn’t fade on, they animated in […]
I confess, I’m a junkie when it comes to NAB, the National Association of Broadcasters convention held annually in Las Vegas. Since I attended my first convention in 1984 (as a young producer at Ampex Corporation) I’ve been to around 25 NABs, and, after skipping last year’s show, I’m going again next month. You’d think that […]
We’re now on the cusp of the 4K era of video production where content is shot, edited, and viewed in a format that offers significantly more resolution than today’s current 1080 HD standard. As with any new technology, the migration to 4K will happen in stages, with widespread consumer adoption marking the final phase. While […]
When you’ve worked in the media business as long as I have I think that one becomes a bit sensitized to terminology. After all, accuracy is a part of the process, and it’s only professional to label activities accordingly. So I guess that’s why I tend to get a tiny bit vexed when people (including […]
I’ll admit that one of my pet peeves is the constant and ubiquitous misuse of the contraction “it’s” in place of the possessive form of it: “its” (without the apostrophe.) It’s just so odd to me to read some very scholarly papers or see ads running on a national level that contain this grammatical error. […]