Art of the Frame

Art of the Frame
Art of the Frame

Conversations With The Top Film & TV Creators Of Today. Catch new episodes each week wherever you listen to podcasts

  1. 3D AGO

    The Alan Smithee Round Table (“Myth Busters”)

    Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment, tech and beyond. In this episode the gang chat about the upcoming NAB convention, industry trends, including the ongoing integration of AI into production workflows, a few big news items and, a fun discussion about the many myths that plague post production chat rooms. And of course, there’s a bunch of really cool things to get excited about.  Show notes: Show Notes: NAB related links: https://www.nabshow.com/ https://nab25.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/#/searchtype/sessiontrack/search/SMPTE%20Future%20of%20Cinema/show/all https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/conferences-and-workshops/postproduction-world/ Village Roadshow https://deadline.com/2025/03/village-roadshown-chapter-11-bankruptcy-warner-bros-arbitration-1236328231/ Apple TV + losing a billion https://www.theverge.com/news/633591/apple-tv-plus-losing-1-billion Apple TV+ Studios Are Finally Coming To Life In Culver City — Here’s What To Expect https://secretlosangeles.com/apple-tv-studios-culver-city/ OpenAI and Google ask the government to let them train AI on copyrighted content   https://www.theverge.com/news/630079/openai-google-copyright-fair-use-exception https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334497/carl-erik-rinsch-netflix-fraud-fbi https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308126987758313474/ https://www.provideocoalition.com/the-angry-editor-template-search-is-the-new-music-search-time-suck/ https://www.engadget.com/ai/amc-theatres-will-screen-a-swedish-movie-visually-dubbed-with-the-help-of-ai-130022232.html https://blog.frame.io/2018/09/04/creating-video-for-blind-and-deaf/ One Cool Thing: Katie: Hot air ballooning Michael: Adobe Translate and Lip Sync https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/03/adobe-summit-2025-adobe-ai-platform-unites-creativity-marketing Scott: https://putonthebrakes.org/

    1h 10m
  2. MAR 5

    The Alan Smithee Round Table (“An End of One Era As Another Unfolds”)

    Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment, tech and beyond. In this episode, the gang chat about the challenges facing the Visual Effects industry, the power of the Youtube streaming platform, how it helps a new generation of content creators and, how AI might help or hinder us production folk in the years to come. And of course, there’s a bunch of really cool things to get excited about.  Show notes: Adobe Introduces AI-Powered Features in Premiere ProThe Verge Brief Summary: Adobe launched new AI-driven functionalities in Premiere Pro, including a visual recognition search that allows users to find video clips by describing their content, enhancing editing efficiency.The VergeDirect Link (Article): https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349299/adobe-premiere-pro-after-effects-mediaintelligence-search (validated within date range)Publication Date: January 22, 2025 Adobe Launches AI Video Tool to Compete with OpenAI Brief Summary: Adobe released Firefly Video Model, an AI video generation tool integrated with Premiere Pro, offering 1080p clips and aiming to enhance film and TV production workflows.ReutersDirect Link (Article): https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/adobe-launches-ai-video-tool-compete-with-openai-2025-02-12/Publication Date: February 12, 2025https://www.provideocoalition.com/adobes-new-firefly-generative-ai-video-model-is-live/ Media Composer 12.2024 finally works natively on Apple silicon…but the Nexis client does not, and running 12.2024 means you have to run a newer OS that the black trash cans can’t run. https://www.provideocoalition.com/avid-media-composer-is-now-apple-silicon-native/ No more MiniDVs (and recordable blurays): https://www.engadget.com/home/home-theater/sony-is-halting-production-of-recordable-blu-ray-minidiscs-and-minidv-cassettes-140030225.html More people are watching YouTube on connected TVs than mobile devices: https://www.newscaststudio.com/2025/02/11/youtube-connected-tv/ HPA https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/michael-cioni-hollywood-hpa-1236321816/ Technicolor Closing https://variety.com/2025/film/news/technicolor-begins-to-shut-down-1236319436/ Mill employees offered new jobs: https://deadline.com/2025/02/technicolor-the-mill-dream-machine-fx-1236300387/ Life After Pi: https://youtu.be/9lcB9u-9mVE?si=isWCTyX_B3XJLyO8 One Cool Thing: KH Igor Ridanovic used notebookLM to take the raw dataset from the 2024 rates survey and make a podcast (YouTube link): 2024 U.S. Post Production Salary Survey Report (Unofficial) MK: Quickture shows assembly/radio edits inside Premiere Pro and Media Composer. Analytical AI vs GenAI. Audio only, computer vision coming soon. https://www.quickture.com/ SS: The mock trailer that helped sell Cobra Kai (Twitter/X link): https://x.com/jonhurwitz/status/1895163930118393978

    52 min
  3. FEB 12

    The Alan Smithee Round Table (“Tech vs Art: The Debate Continues”)

    Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment, tech and beyond. In this, the first episode of the year the gang tackle a few salient subjects like, the increasing technical demands in post-production roles, the intersection of technology and creativity, generational shifts in career aspirations and, how AI might just fuel our creativity in the future. And of course, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.  Show notes: One Cool Thing Katie:https://notebooklm.google.com/ turns information into a podcast (deep-dive conversation), which I can listen to to get a quick deep-dive into a topic.  Scott:Challenger - A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space By Adam Higginbotham Michael:Cursor -https://www.cursor.com/ https://apnews.com/article/nvidia-ces-2025-jensen-huang-keynote-ecd262c4c55d575e41d51441f6c4ac1d https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-personal-supercomputer-ces/ https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-brutalists-ai-controversy-explained https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/oscars-consider-requiring-films-disclose-ai-use-brutalist-1236299063/ https://news.delta.com/delta-host-first-its-kind-ces-keynote-experience-sphere-las-vegas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepSeek https://www.respeecher.com https://elevenlabs.io

    55 min
4.8
out of 5
63 Ratings

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