Content Creation

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DAY FOUR and the last day of the 2016 NAB Show!!!  It’s been a wonderful ride!!!  Our Live Blog continues today…  Don’t forget – if you’re hungry, Ryan’s top places to eat in #Vegas during the show can be found here: www.broadcastbeat.com/nab-show-foodies/  -Afterward, our very last #NABShow Party is today, Thursday, April 21 @6:00pm – it’s the End of Show ...

DAY THREE and the last big full day of the 2016 NAB Show!!!  It’s GREAT to have you back – there’s SO MUCH MORE today!!!  Our Live Blog continues to post the information and many of the “stops” of our various crews out on the floor!  Don’t forget – you can catch #NABShow LIVE online at nabshow.com  or broadcastbeat.com  9am ...

Hey!  We made it to DAY TWO of the 2016 NAB Show!!!  Glad you’re sticking with us – there’s SO MUCH MORE today!!!  Our Live Blog continues to post the information and many of the “stops” of our various crews out on the floor!  Don’t forget – you can catch #NABShow LIVE online at nabshow.com  or broadcastbeat.com  9am PST / ...

LIVE BLOG – UPDATED CONSTANTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE SHOW PROGRESSES!!! Can anything be more exciting than the first day of the 2016 NAB Show?  I doubt it!!!  The Broadcast Beat Crews are up and rip – raring to go!!! First things first however – let’s fiddle with these knobs and switches and see what we can get to ...

…And away we go! Our Fort Lauderdale crew is now thirty-thousand feet up in the air and we’re on our way to “Sin City” – Las Vegas, Nevada! NAB Show HERE WE COME! (Daniel – those are Nikki’s nachos!!!) As usual, my level of excitement won’t let me settle-down, so I’ve started blogging while on the plane! (This is DEFINITELY a bad ...

People often don’t understand the term “content creation.”  In fact, it can be said that the entire scope of content creation is typically taken for granted; that’s because it’s much more than simply what it is you’re capturing. First and foremost, when creating content, the most important thing is the creativity; in essence, that’s everything.  Dean Evans, of The Good ...

Here’s a little insight on lenses… Choosing the proper lens is subject to several variables. Distance, lighting, and focus are all considerations, as well as the what, why, and when of the shot. Being a cameraman and being a photographer are similar, but definitely not the same as each group has their own gear and tricks. On the set, the ...

OK – so you’re using the latest and greatest video editing software: Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Colorfront OSD, Assimilate Scratch, Joust, or any other popular editing and finishing software… You do a lot of editing, you have numerous digital content assets, creating many more each day, and you need a ...

The 2016 Sony Open in Hawaii PGA TOUR event will be shot and broadcast in HD on Golf Channel using Sony professional cameras, continuing Sony’s long-running tradition of providing HD production technology for major live entertainment and sports events.   The tournament is also the latest testing ground for 4K live production and broadcasting. In addition to multiple Sony HDC ...

iZotope Inc., a leading audio technology company, today announced that the independent feature short film The Chain used iZotope RX to maximize its use of production audio and preserve the best on-set performances to stay on budget. Filmed in New Hampshire, The Chain is based on a short story of the same name by Tobias Wolf in which revenge unleashes ...

The Christmas Season puts everyone in holiday-cheer mode! Even us techy-geeks from the broadcast and post-production realm! So, in keeping with the holiday tradition (and instead of getting all those drummers drumming and maids-a-milking), Broadcast Beat Magazine asked people on many of our social media channels: “If you could get a cool production toy for Christmas, what would it be?” ...

JMR’s new Thunderbolt® 2 products now fully Intel and Apple approved and Thunderbolt certified for Mac and Windows*   JMR Electronics, Inc. a leading manufacturer and systems integrator of scalable storage solutions located in Chatsworth, CA, recently announced the general availability of their new LightningTM series of Thunderbolt 2 certified storage and expansion products – which are now ready for prime time. ...

We’ve all heard that: “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words,” but how about a picture designed to speak to us? Images that aren’t just a happy coincidence that fit what we are trying to convey? Can those images say more than a thousand words? Newsroom graphics, used to full effect, can help get the word out on any targeted ...

Contributed By: Jared Prindle Executive Director, The Ride Channel Producer and Director of Photography, 900 Films, Inc. As a lifelong skateboarder, the Sony brand has always been rooted in our community.  Skateboard kids were brought up shooting videos on Sony gear, especially the VX1000, which was the iconic skateboarding camera of a generation.  Many people all around the world still ...

JMR’s among the first to ship new portable, ultra-compact Thunderbolt 2 equipped SSD Flash Drive JMR Electronics, Inc. a leading manufacturer and systems integrator of scalable storage solutions this week announced the general availability of their new LightningTM LTNG-XTD portable ThunderboltTM SSD Flash Drive. The ultra-compact PCIe Flash Drive with Thunderbolt 2 interface is a portable bus-powered drive requiring no external power source, and ...