DRM v the world

Wendy Seltzer argues that "The Imperfect is the Enemy of the Good" in an anti DRM paper here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1496058 She's right of course from a broader societal perspective......

a podcast of poets

Get your podcasts of poetry here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/features/pod/default.htm

Douglas Kahn

Here's an interesting fellow, Douglas Kahn. His bio includes this gem about his "career in the U.S. was sadly cut short when one of his pieces was deemed “vulgar and nihilistic” by the commissioning agent: the Volga and Nile being among the world’s major river systems."
-thanks Amanda

http://www.douglaskahn.com/index.htm

animators -check out the itimelapse app

multimedia storyboarding on the run

Hitchcock Mobile Storyboard Composer from cinemek / Hitchcock on Vimeo.

DSLR Cinema

Why not join this Vimeo group to share short film and see some great exmaples from users across the globe:

http://www.vimeo.com/groups/8432/videos/7573950

Rocket Boom updates us on AutoTune

Creative Commons Licensing for Music

A copyright expert who was presenting his own views at a recent APRA event (ie: not necessarily the views of APRA's), left the audience with no doubt about the perils of using the creative commons licensing approach for composers who might hope to make an income some day from their work. His perspective included that the creative commons was created by comfortable middle aged white guys with day jobs, not by starving musicians. Perhaps there are times when it makes sense to use creative commons in this day and age of online promotion, but meanwhile, have a good think about what the license means for your situation before you jump in.

file transfer from video editor to audio post

Having fun getting your video editor's files to behave in your Pro Tools session? Here's some advice, starting with a basic contextual model for file based workflow.

Think of 3 layers: a decision list (eg AAF or OMF), a wrapper (eg MXF or QuickTime), and then data compression. When it comes to video compression the upshot is i-frame codecs rock in ProTools and longop codecs suck....-so video editors please note that longop codecs like H264 or Mpeg4 are cool for streaming but they work like dogs in ProTools.

If your using a big budget Avid / PT / video satellite set up (a la Hollywood) then DNxHD36 is the way to go. (Usually just referred to as dnx36.) If however you live in Adelaide, then you'll most likely get a QuickTime format file from the video editor, who's probably using Final Cut Pro. Here then DVPAL remains the norm for Aussie needs...(DV25 gets a thumbs up as can older codecs like motion JPEG or even Sorenson if you know which one to chose.)