NAB 2012

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Closer than ever, this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada looks to be the place to be to check out emerging film technologies.. Some say its the year of 4K, some are still wondering what happened to all that 3D hullabaloo. Regardless of trends and new technologies, I am excited to attend as it will be my first NAB, and more importantly an opportunity to meet lots of great folks and Twitter friends in real life! I would love to meet any and all of you, provided you’re friendly and love to talk film. You can best contact me @TheRedOwl, or email me.

If you remember from previous blogs, Marc Loftus from Post Magazine was the moderator at the SXSW 2012 panel I was on, “Moving From Final Cut: Progress or Peril?” Marc was a terrific moderator and kept things moving well. I mention him in this post because he was kind enough to ask me to write a guest blog for Post Magazine, and I’ll also be on their live webcast from NAB on Wednesday, April 18th, at 11:30AM. I’ll be sharing things I’ve seen on the floor and providing a point of view as someone who is new to the NAB show. I’ll also be there doing a few things with DELL who are in the Intel booth this year. Apologies for the delay, but my first video blog about the Dell Workstation I’ve been testing will be out before I fly out to Vegas this Sunday.

There are many things I can’t wait to get my hands on, or at least see in person. In particular the Sony FS-700 and TS3 Cine are two cameras I am very keen to see more of. Tom Lowe will also be there premiering his film “TimeScapes” for the first time, which I have been excited to see since I first ran across his work. See you at the show, or online!

Cheers.

Moving from Final Cut – Progress or Perils? SXSW Panel

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I’ve briefly mentioned on Twitter and other social media channels that I’d be participating in a SXSW panel. Now is the time I actually get to share about that panel! Quite frankly the fact that it is a “panel” is why I was interested to participate. I don’t think it would be quite that interesting with me up there, alone. I’ll be participating on behalf of Dell and NVIDIA.

Dell is providing myself and several other filmmakers with new, top of the line workstations built with the Adobe Creative Suite in mind. Full disclosure – Dell is providing this workstation for free. Editors and creatives who are moving from a primarily Final Cut Pro 7 workflow to one based around Adobe Premiere is what they had in mind here. I was already planning on doing this, and was quite touched Dell thought I was important enough to have me on board. I’ll be testing and using the Dell Precision workstation over the next 12 weeks and sharing my thoughts on a variety of platforms. I’ll be going into more detail about this social media initiative Dell has embarked on, and my role in it. Another blog post will be out tomorrow going into more detail on how I got involved, and why.

Here are some more specific details about my SXSW panel:

Moving From Final Cut – Progress or Perils?
Monday, March 12
3:30PM – 4:30 PM CT
Austin Convention Center, Room 2

I hope to see you there! I’ve got a few friends in the Austin area and can’t wait to meet new people there. If you have any questions or comments – be they positive or negative, feel free to comment here or email: tom@theredowl.com.

Cheers!