The Terence and Philip Show

Episode 56: Does the TV industry need it’s own “Steve Jobs” Visionary?

Terence — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:46:40 +0000

Terence and Philip consider whether or not the Television Industry needs a visionary like Apple’s Steve Jobs to innovate into the future. The Television industry will undergo upheaval anyway, with or without a visionary, but in what direction?

Episode 55: NAB 2013

Terence — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:13:01 +0000

Recorded during NAB at NAB, Terence and Philip discuss their impressions of what they’ve seen.

Episode 54: RED v Sony

Terence — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:50:24 +0000

In this episode Terence and Philip discuss the legal action RED Digital Cinema has taken against Sony Corporation over a patent dispute.

In fairness to what is said in the show, RED have suggested they will have an interesting announcement(s) at NAB 2013.

Thanks to Curtis Fritsch for editing this and recent shows.

Episode 53: Lumberjack

Terence — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:37:45 +0000

Terry interviews Philip about Lumberjack, previewed at the HPA Retreat Demo Room in late February.

The product page includes a workflow diagram.

Thanks to Curtis Fritsch for editing this show.

Episode 52: “Live” from the HPA Tech Retreat 2013

Terence — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:10:00 +0000

The Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat was, once again, held in Indian Wells, CA. Terence and Philip both attended this year’s retreat and recorded this show immediately after the welcome dinner, Wednesday night.

They discuss the topics from the Tech Retreat, and go off on a few tangents.

Episode 51: Avid’s Change of CEO

Terence — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:47:10 +0000

Terence and Philip discuss the implications of Avid’s recent change of CEO. And surprisingly, they do it in 15 minutes!

Episode 50: What to expect in 2013

Terence — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:02:29 +0000

In this episode Terence Curren and Philip Hodgetts discuss their expectations for 2013, across the whole spectrum of production.

Episode 49: Looking back at 2012.

Terence — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:33:01 +0000

Terence and Philip look back at the trends they saw from 2012. We may also go on some side detours while discussing the subject!

All editing mistakes are Philip’s for this episode.

Episode 48: Who should use which NLE?

Terence — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:41:22 +0000

Terence and Philip discuss who across the spectrum of editing use, who should be using which NLE? With the usual side discussions.

Thanks to Alpha Dogs intern Marcus Johnson for editing this episode.

Episode 47: Solar Odyssey

Terence — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:54:36 +0000

Yes, finally, another Terence and Philip Show! This time Terence grills Philip on what really happened during the Solar Odyssey, the production lessons learnt and what else has come out of the experience.

Thanks to Alpha Dogs intern Sean Yap.

Episode 46: Resolution

Terence — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:57:24 +0000

Terence Curren and Philip Hodgetts discuss the importance, and relevance of resolution and frame rates. How much is too real? How will higher frame rates be distributed in the home market?

And yes, another 3D rant!

Episode 45: The Post NAB Show

Terence — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:12:37 +0000

We went way, way over time so it’s a long show. If there was more time it would be edited down for content, so hit that fast forward button. We cover everything we can remember from NAB 2012.

Episode 44: The HPA Retreat – technology’s leading edge.

Terence — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:09:11 +0000

Terence attended this year’s Hollywood Post Alliance retreat with the theme “Snowflake Workflows” and talks about the technologies that were previewed.

The things that stood out for Terry in the demo room: Sony’s Blu-ray archive solution to compete with LTO and $25,000 4K home projector;

There’s a side discussion how disruptive technologies often come out of the consumer divisions of the large conglomerates rather than their professional product division.

Terry then a panel where Disney discussed automating the diversity of outputs from master file (up to thousands of variations).

How does the combination of RAW and Lytro camera affect production? How much moves from production to post?

Terry also talks about the trends in production and consumption revealed at the HPA Retreat.

Thanks to Curtis Fritsch for editing the show and making us sound intelligent.

Episode 43: The trend to reality TV

Philip — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:25:14 +0000

Terence and Philip start with a discussion of why we’re trending toward reality Television away from scripted. What are the implications for workflows? Where is the distinction between documentary and reality?

There’s a discussion on reality TV production techniques. Followed by some of the ideas Philip has for saving time on the Solar Odyssey Challenge show using metadata using Time Associated Metadata inspired by OnLocation/Adobe Story workflows. Philip discusses some of the software ideas he has for metadata acquisition.

Philip mentioned a sports logging tool: the company is iCoda.

Thanks to Alpha Dogs intern Alex Talavera for editing the show and making us sound intelligent.

Episode 42: Toys and Trips

Terence — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:30:25 +0000

Terry has been deciding what equipment to buy, while Philip has some very specific technology needs for the upcoming Solar Odyssey project. Naturally the MacPro’s future features in the discussion. Terry’s video monitoring solution has been found but he’s still looking for audio monitoring tools, without it being too expensive or too cheap.

Discussion continues about the relative future of iOS and OS X (recorded before the announcement of Mountain Lion and Final Cut Pro X 1.0.3) and applications that might run on them.

Philip discusses the technology needs for the Solar Odyssey project: producing a reality TV show about the journey on the solar powered vessel Ra, under solar power. All equipment needs to run off 12v. During the production new technologies will be developed (as Philip discussed on his blog). Philip also discusses the types of software solutions they will be developing during the project.

Episode 41: The fallout from Bunim Murray’s NLE choice

Terence — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:37:27 +0000

Starting with the decision to go to Media Composer at Bunim Murray, Terence and Philip discuss the state of NLEs today and the business behind them. Its a long show and it covers a lot.

Episode 40: Will we be outsourced or automated out of existence?

Terence — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:24:16 +0000

In this episode Terence and Philip discuss the outsourcing of editing jobs, remote (a.k.a cloud) editing and automation in production. What’s happening now and how will it evolve in the near future. Philip also sneaks in a preview of an interesting show he’ll be involved with in 2012.

Thanks Alex Talavera for editing and making us sound intelligent.

Episode 39: What is the future of the post house?

Terence — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:35:54 +0000

Starting with an article “Hollywood & the Job Crisis” that leads to be a discussion about constantly changing business model. Right now the model seems to be “how low can you go” which is ultimately self defeating. Where do you go from here? Talent and desire are what will sell. How did post houses get to this, and what will the future hold? What is your Unique Selling Proposition?

Many thanks to Curtis Fritsch for editing and making us sound smarter.

Episode 38: Three NLEs, three approaches to 64 bit.

Terence — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:25:03 +0000

In this episode Terence and Philip discuss the different approaches to updating their NLEs to 64bit modern architectures, with a particular emphasis on Media Composer 6, Avid’s just-released 64 bit update to the venerable Media Composer.

Thanks again to Curtis Fritsch for editing and making us sound smarter than we are.

Episode 37: Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1

Terence — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:29:47 +0000

The discussion starts with a discussion of the release of Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1. We know what features are in this release and what else is coming in “early 2012″ but what will Apple do for Version 2?

Terence and Philip discuss Intelligent Assistance’s new release Project X27 for transferring Final Cut Pro X XML to Final Cut Pro 7 XML for use in Color, Soundtrack Pro, Premiere Pro CS 5.5, OMF export and beyond. This leads to a discussion about the various flavors of XML and the differences in data structures between the two versions of Final Cut Pro. The differences between the publicly available FCPXML and the internal AXEL XML format used by Apple internally and for the Automatic Duck OMF/AAF export from Final Cut Pro X.

We briefly discuss the Automatic Duck changes in that context.

Back to the Final Cut Pro X discussion we talk about how fast Final Cut Pro X is in practical editing, and where the deal breakers may be for certain editors.

Many thanks to Curtis Fritsch for editing and making us sound smarter.

Episode 36: What’s interesting to us (Film is Dead)

Terence — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:50:24 +0000

A series of topics starting with large sensor cameras in production, the November 3 announcements from Canon Professional video, RED and Avid. Then on to the death of film, the cinema experience, and the problems of 3D.

We’ve been predicting the demise of the Mac Pro in the current form fact for some time, and during this early October recording, we discuss what has this week become rumor: the demise of the heavy iron workstation. (And the value of SSD.)

Terry reports from the Monitor shootout day sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance, and HPA sponsored workflows.

We also get onto the future of Apple after the loss of Steve Jobs (just like everyone else!), leading to a discussion of who invented what?

The implications of Siri for postproduction: specialist tools vs generalists tools.

Many thanks to Curtis Fritsch for editing and making us sound smarter.

Subscribe to the Podcast

Episode 35: The Templatorization of “Creativity”

Terence — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:47:58 +0000

The trend toward basing creative endeavors on templates has been a trend for many years, culminating in Hollywood’s use of its history as templates for its current production.

Whether this is a good or bad thing depends on whether you value your personal creativity, or you’re pushing a budget to get a project finished.

Thanks to Curtis Fritsch for editing the show and making us sound intelligent.

Episode 34: Transmedia

Terence — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:52:36 +0000

In this show Terence and Philip tackle Transmedia, the successor to “multi-media”. Transmedia is the extension of a program to more ways for the audience to interact with the program, story and characters. Is Transmedia the future of television?

Thanks to Alpha Dogs intern Sean Yap for editing the show and making us sound intelligent.

Episode 33: Concepts of editing

Terence — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:22:44 +0000

In this episode Terence and Philip consider the concepts of editing introduced with Final Cut Pro X, and who it might be made for. One thing for sure, Philip doesn’t like you using the word “Prosumer”!

Episode 32: Final Cut Pro X, and the response, a month later

Terence — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:49:29 +0000

In this episode Terence and Philip discuss how the postproduction landscape has changed a month after Final Cut Pro X was revealed. How has the competition responded and how has the Final Cut Pro community has reacted. Lots of discussion on the launch and subsequent response to Final Cut Pro X, touching on every aspect of the release.

Why is there an emotional connection with creatives and their tools? Where do Final Cut Pro 7 users go? Who is really focused on NLEs in professional postproduction? Oh, and yes, Philip has new software for Final Cut Pro X (inspired by Terry in part).

Many thanks to Isai Espinoza for editing the show again and making us sound smart.