KC Media Mob

09/15/2014

Looking for a sound recordist, with 2 sets of wireless lavs and a 4-track mixer, boom pole, mic. for tomorrow in KC, 3-7pm. Please email [email protected] if you can work.

05/18/2014

Thank you Lara Isch for letting me help you guys out on this project, and putting KC MEDIA MOB to work in April for some good community mojo!

http://youtu.be/UsVz6Yem-ho

Kansas City Water Services and the students of Green Works in Kansas City teamed up to teach us all about the effect trash and litter has on our local water ...

05/07/2014

AJA CION at NAB 2014 - a 4K camera package shooting on SSDs for $9K with a PL lens mount. Game Changer?

http://youtu.be/FV2r7HHF_pw

The AJA CION is the first camera from AJA. It's a beautiful 4K camera for under 9 Thousand Dollars. This camera might be a Game Changer! BeTerrific was there...

05/06/2014

ProRes workflow from Adobe Premiere 6.0 the easy way.

http://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoad/2011/08/a-prores-workflow-end-to-end.html?PID=3740040

With the radical change going on right now in the world of Final Cut Pro, I've had some FCP7 users ask me about maintaining an end-to-end ProRes workflow in Premiere Pro. There are questions whether it's even possible. Well, I'm here to show you it IS possible, and how to make it go. What do I mean

05/04/2014

Well I know what's going to give my Sony Z7U 5 more years of life, and a neat field monitor to boot!

http://www.atomos.com/ninja-blade/

The new Ninja Blade offers a stunning 1280 x 720 5” SuperAtom IPS touchscreen, at 325ppi 179-degree viewing, 400nit brightness and multi-frequency (48/50/60Hz) operation, you can expect crisp, super smooth monitoring and playback.

04/10/2014

Life is never dull when you have a signpost saying "video for hire" on the Internet...

Cold Call from German news agency 10m ago:

German Agency: "So can you get a camera crew out to shoot footage of the escaped Chimps at the KC Zoo?"

Me: "Yes, sure. But I need to call them first. Call me right back."

(I make a quick phone call to Zoo)
(phone rings)

Me: "Yeah they have escaped chimps, but they're INSIDE the zoo grounds, so no one is getting in that place. They have Zoo attendees on lockdown in the main building and the zoo is closed."
Germany Agency: "Um, so you can't get images of the animals?"

Me: "Not at risk of great bodily harm and violating trespassing laws."

German Agency: "Oh no no no no no no... I wouldn't want that on my conscience, those things can rip your face off."

Me: "It would make amazing copy though."

German Agency: "(laughing) yes! yes! But we can't have you getting hurt."

Me: "I appreciate you guys looking me up, feel free to contact me for other jobs in the future.

German Agency: "Let us know if you can get CCTV footage."

Me: "Deal."

03/05/2014

At a video shoot for ARC Physical Therapy+ Lunch and Learn today. Always great seeing my friend Matt Condon.

Missed having an intern today. Anyone interested in giving some time for experience on my gigs, hit me up. I have one person who helps out from time to time, but their school schedule is kicking their butt lately.

02/22/2014

Cheap HDMI sub $200 field monitor with BNC and AC + 2.5hr rechargeable battery inside? Yes please.

http://www.amazon.com/Lilliput-668GL-On-camera-Monitor-Composite/dp/B004VD7V54/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393043677&sr=8-1&keywords=Lilliput+668

02/22/2014

Getting off the bench...

I did a 5 hour video shoot after almost a year not working because of my hand injury, I have been reticent to do any video shoots since the injury due to some remaining residual pain and lingering resentment.

I motored through a very dry, yet interesting 3 hour lecture on companies needing to be in compliance this year with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

I nailed it.

When the footage was done, It looked beautiful, despite being the dryest content on earth. It felt good to be working again.

I'll be back on here more often, now that I proved to myself I can still do this sort of work, and do it well.

10/23/2013

Wed. October 30th 12-1pm CDT, Filmmaking to Go: The Tablet Revolution in On-Set Workflows.

Join StudioDaily and DIT Duck Grossberg for an in-depth look at how devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro, paired with Assimilate SCRATCH Play and SxS cards, are revolutionizing on and near-set dailies workflows on independent films and television shows.

Register today for this online and free program.

https://events-na3.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/999761893/en/events/event/shared/1244694356/event_landing.html?sco-id=1244657899&_charset_=utf-8

(Choose your time zone above to see the event's correct start time for your region.) Speaker If you've never used Adobe Connect, get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html

10/22/2013

The future of streaming is now.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-10-21/netflix-poised-to-report-passing-hbo-in-paid-u-dot-s-dot-subscribers

Netflix Inc. is poised to pass HBO in paid U.S. subscribers, showing Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings is making progress toward a goal of transforming the streaming service to a Web-based television network.

10/18/2013

Overland Park city council botches Google Fiber plans.

http://www.eweek.com/networking/google-fiber-now-delaying-planned-deployment-in-overland-park-kan..html

The town's council delayed action on the plans last month, and now Google is apparently out of patience. When Google Fiber service will come to this town is now anybody's guess.