It’s tough to see a family-owned business like lighting and grip rental house Thomas Cesare hang up the “For Sale” shingle. Not too much of a surprise though: In business since 1972, the Mineola-based operation faced an increasingly competitive market that requires considerable investment to stay current…
Hear Dave Satin Discuss a Digital Image Technician’s Job
At our January In Person event, Dave Satin offered his viewpoint on how the digital revolution in production created his job, and what it means for the future of production. In this exclusive two part series, we spoke with Satin to gain more details on what goes into a DIT’s job on set, what he includes in his Mac based un-compressed recording system that he takes on set, and more…
Week in Review – GoPro & Arri
GoPro to Go Up Against Sony? Here’s the third installment of our NAB 2012 wrap up, a ‘slow news’ approach that allows us to ponder what we captured at the show and pair it with developing news later on. Sometimes a go-slow approach can deliver insight to fast paced technology news, especially when other news […]
We Cover the First Demo of ARRI’s Alexa Studio
NYC Production & Post News recently attended the first demo of ARRI’s Alexa Studio at AbelCine’s snazzy presentation room…
Craft & Tech Talk at CCW
One of the best reasons to attend the annual Content & Communications World convention is to listen to top New York creatives tell how they’re solving today’s tough tech problems…
Crucial Sony and Adobe Moves Highlight IBC 2011
Among the announcements at the show, Sony’s F65 camcorder and Adobe’s announcement of the purchase of the Iridas IP stand out as bellwether developments…
Sony & Adobe Double Down
This week we check out new technologies that could topple leading companies, consider if New York production incentives are fair, and bid farewell to two pioneering filmmakers…
Prime Time Proliferation
This week we share the good news about local production, learn about a filter that can save you from DSLR headaches, and find out that an older, established filmmaker is more experimental than ever…
Snakes & Funerals
This week we hear about how the economy affects Hollywood, why we get more of the same from TV, and a technology ideal for shooting snakes and funerals.
D.W. Leitner Podcasts on NAB 2011 in his Final Show Wrap-Up
D.W. Leitner’s podcasts bring our series on developments at NAB 2011 to a close, as the DP/director assesses Apple’s surprise product announcement, how solid-state drive technology is changing production, and why new digital sensors take us back to the beginnings of photography.