What Happens On XDCam

I was working as an Avid editor for entertainment news in Los Angeles.

By Andrew Grant

For a volatile movie star, it’s just not possible to cue back the tape when shooting on XDCAM. I was working as an Avid editor for entertainment news in Los Angeles. One day, the edit suite was slow, so I was helping the crew set up for a celebrity interview in our studio. We had just switched over from shooting on Betacam SP to the new Sony XDCAM... Read more

My Wife’s First Infomercial

About a year ago, the cosmetics company my wife was working for wanted to produce an infomercial.

By Anthony Tamayo

About a year ago, the cosmetics company my wife was working for wanted to produce an infomercial, and she was put in charge of the project (due in part to the fact that her husband works for a large photo studio). They hired the best infomercial producer on the West Coast, who also came with a hefty price tag. When his team came over to see the unfinished... Read more