The present and future of post production business and technology

Month: May 2019

  • EIDR and DDEX to streamline Metadata Standards

    According to MESA’s SmartScreen news the two metadata standards bodies Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) and Digital Data Exchange (DDEX) are working together to streamline music metadata with film and TV metadata. “Music synchronization is an inseparable part of film and TV production,” Will Kreth, EIDR executive director, said in the announcement. He added: “This partnership…

  • The Terence and Philip Show Episode 84: What does money buy in production.

    A new episode of The Terence and Philip Show looks at what money can buy in production.

  • The cost is way more than what you spend!

    When we buy goods or services, we rarely consider the time cost that is associated with the purchase. Which is more expensive: a wifi switch for $25 or a Dimmer for $46? At first blush, the dimmer seems more expensive, but when you consider that the wifi switch didn’t work after more than 40 minutes…

  • Art, Design and Creativity

    At the end of every episode of The Terence and Philip Show I challenge our audience to “Do something creative,” but what do I mean by ‘creative’? Creativity is a mix of randomness and restraint: extreme and editing. If there is no randomness, no sense of doing something different, then it’s hard to be considered…

  • Filmmaking as a VR “Game”?

    According to UploadVR.com Disney’s Jon Favreau directed the photorealistic remake of The Lion King in a VR environment created for the film. The inevitable merge of VR and filmmaking and one that opens a lot of creative opportunity for photorealistic filmmaking, although I suspect that humans may still suffer from the Uncanny Valley effect, for a couple…

  • Micropayments at last?

    What’s new in Publishing has an article today about Micropayments “unlocking an entire economy” between ads and subscriptions, which really resonates with me because it’s something I’ve really wanted, and something I’ve invested time and money into developing. As far back as my earliest days on the Internet on the Media 100 User email Group…

  • Why I’m Learning Swift

    Nothing about my job description requires I code anything! The open secret is that I get credit for the code written by my husband and partner Gregory Clarke, so I don’ have to write code. Now I have a 50,000′ overview of coding and the technology, enough to be an effective product manager, but I…