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MARCH 2010 Newsletter
Welcome to the March 2010 issue of the High Tech Media newsletter. You will find this issue to have fewer articles than past issues in order to help us get it out the door sooner. There is still plenty of useful information including a very indepth interview with Ed Wilde, Part III of Mike Taylor's story on Pilot Season, and an article by yours truly on purchasing an HDTV. We hope that you find this issue enjoyable, entertaining, and most of all helpful! Dave Kaplowitz Interview
This month we feature an interview with one of our associates, Ed Wilde. Ed has worked on national and international commercials, features, TV, and other media as a professional photographer, set designer-builder, propmaker, sign artist, and special physical effects expert for over three decades. Ed is interviewed by Monty McMillan, High Tech Media Director of Photography. Monty: Hey, Ed, thanks for joining us at High Tech Media. I've known you for decades and have heard a lot of your great stories, but I'd like our readers to know about your varied career in the industry. Ed: Yes, Monty, you're right about that, it has been varied. I've photo assisted, worked as a catalogue and a multimedia photographer, had a set construction company, built lighting rigs for car shooters, worked in an effects house, had my own machine shop where I built rigging for motion control cameramen, worked at and then managed Ray M. Johnson Studio until they became a casualty of "runaway production". RJS made hero packaging, graphics and props for TV and motion pictures. To read the entire interview with Ed Wilde, click here. Media and Technology
This column is all about the effects of technology on media: how media is created, delivered, and consumed. Ever since the first caveman figured out that crushed berries could be used to make cave paintings and the second caveman invented eight track tapes, media has been affected by advances in technology. But now that we are in the transition to an all-digital world, you need an engineering degree to understand it, or at least a high school student to explain it to you. In this column High Tech Media President, Producer, and über-geek Dave Kaplowitz will address another dilemma facing many of us: how do you go about purchasing a new High Definition TV? Even though we have made the transition to digital broadcast TV, many of us still have our old analog sets. After all, over 80% of US households get their TV from cable, satellite or the phone companies and the changeover to digital didn’t affect our trusty set top boxes. But now that all this HD programming is available to us at reasonable prices that old (and I mean OLD) trusty analog TV is starting to look kind of long in the tooth. With prices continuing to fall, a brand new flat screen TV, or maybe a second one, is looking pretty tempting. But with so many different brands, sizes, and features how does one decide? After all, if you read any description by the manufacturer of any model of their TVs, you’d think each one was the greatest thing since sliced bread. In this article, I am giving you my guidelines on how to pick from the many HDTV’s out there. To read the entire article on how to figure out which HDTV is right for you, click here. The Biz As It Is
I have worked as a juicer (set lighting technician) in Hollywood for over 30 years and have the battle scars to prove it. This column is dedicated to explaining various aspects of the media industry. This is the third in a four-part series on television pilots - you can find the second part here. Pilot Season Part III: Back to You “It’s Chinatown, Jake.” To read Part III on Pilot Season in its entirety, click here. Thanks so much for reading our latest newsletter. We hope you have found it helpful and entertaining. And remember to consider us for your next media project. Sincerely, Dave Kaplowitz | |||||||||
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