Emmy 2008 Award Season - Did you know...

TUnruh — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:05:00 GMT

The majority of post-production teams behind this year's Emmy nominated shows are using Avid solutions. Here's a quick rundown -

All of the nominees in the 'Outstanding Picture Editing' (reality programming) category used Avid-based workflows:

- The Amazing Race
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Project Runway
- Survivor
- Top Chef

And, more than 90% of the top TV shows for 'Outstanding Picture Editing' (drama or comedy series) use various Avid systems, including:

- Lost - Avid Unity MediaNetwork, DS Nitris and Symphony
- Heroes - Media Composer Adrenaline, Unity MediaNetwork, Symphony Nitris and DS Nitris
- Boston Legal - Media Compoer and Xpress Pro
- The Office - Media Composer Meridiens and Avid Unity
- Pushing Daisies - Avid Media Composer and ScriptSync

We congratulate all 2008 nominees. Tune in to see which shows snag TV's top awards on Sunday, September 21.

Want to know the stats from 2007?

Student to Pro (POST Magazine)

TUnruh — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:45:00 GMT

POST Magazine has an interesting article that profiles five post production professionals about their transition from student life to an 8-to-5 work schedule. These young professionals discuss landing their current jobs, reflect on the adjustments they made, and the steps they walked to get there - from networking in Hollywood to the value of internships, people skills and luck.

Of those profiled, Adam Greenberg shares his account of how he worked his way up from summer intern to his current position at New York City's Post Factory.

In addition, Chad Galster lends a fresh perspective on editing today and how he's applying what he learned at USC's Avid lab to editing the second season of MTV's reality series, The Hills. On why he still uses Avid's Media Composer software:

"The reason being it's [Media Composer] a workhorse - it's incredibly stable. We're tied into a Unity system with between eight and 10 of us editing the series at any given time."

Buzz : Avid DS Nitris

Emmy 2008 Award Season - Did you know...

Student to Pro (POST Magazine)