Creative COW Interviews

	Cinematography Inside HBO's The Wire Set in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire will begin its fifth and final season in January 2008 on HBO. As different from standard TV as it gets, the show has received the highest levels of critical acclaim, being referred to by multiple reviewers as ''the best show on television.'' In its last issue of 2006 Time Magazine ranked The Wire first on its list of ''10 Best TV Shows.'' And ''Finally recognized as the best series on TV. Sorry, Tony (Soprano),'' was Newsweek's description. Creative COW's Nick Griffin spent time on set earlier this year and interviewed one of the show's Producers. Here's his inside glimpse into The Wire and its production. Editorial, Feature, People / Interview Author: Nick Griffin

	Adobe After Effects Building Cinematic Composites: A Creative COW Magazine Extra Building cinematic composites takes more than software. It takes careful planning, understanding the drama in every shot, and a sense of magic. In this Creative COW Magazine extra, we share our conversation with director Mark Allen, discussing his short film, "Least Likely," a 60-second science fiction epic. We've got the film here, along with some HD images from it. Prepare to be amazed. Feature, People / Interview Author: Tim Wilson

	Business & Marketing Client Management Strategies CreativeCOW.net business leaders Nick Griffin, Walter Biscardi and Aharon Rabinowitz join Creative COW Magazines co-publishers, Tim Wilson and Ron Lindeboom, to discuss choosing clients wisely, managing their expectations with the goal of successful, and enjoyable collaboration, while striving for equitable profits. Tutorial, Video Tutorial, People / Interview, Business Author: Business Roundtable

	Adobe Audition Adobe takes COW members inside Adobe Creative Suite 3 Steve Kilisky, Giles Baker, Hart Shafer and Mark Randall sat down with Tim Wilson and Ron Lindeboom to talk about the launch of CS3. They discuss what it means to them, and what it will mean to you. This is a brief overview of what you'll find in each of the 4 parts. Review, Editorial, People / Interview Author: Tim Wilson

	Adobe Audition Adobe talks about the new Adobe Production Studio for Macintosh In this article, CreativeCOWs Tim Wilson interviews Adobes Simon Hayhurst, Director of Product Management for Dynamic Media who takes us inside the Production Studios journey across platforms. Review, Editorial, People / Interview Author: Tim Wilson

	Adobe Audition Adobe Creative Suite Premium 2.3: CS The Next Generation Tim Wilson recently spoke with Lonn Lorenz, the Creative Suite's product manager, and gives his thoughts on what the fuss about a point release for the Adobe Creative Suite is and concludes that premium version of Suite, offering more than enough reason to upgrade from the CS Standard, or from earlier versions of CS Premium. Editorial, People / Interview Author: Tim Wilson

	Adobe Audition Adobe Soundbooth: A First Glimpse Tim Wilson previews the new Adobe Soundbooth audio sweetening and soundtrack creation tool planned for 2007 release. In this article, Tim talks with Adobe's Hart Schafer, Senior Product Manager of Adobe Audio Products, and explores many of the features and functions in the newly announced Soundbooth. Review, Tutorial, People / Interview Author: Tim Wilson

	COWmunications feedback How Now, CreativeCOW? Tim Wilson talks candidly about his move from AVID to Creative Cow. Editorial, People / Interview Author: Tim Wilson

	Autodesk Combustion Sapphire Plug-ins Provide Big Help on ''Little Manhattan'' Film editor and FX artist, Alan Edward Bell shares some Hollywood secrets in this discussion of his recent job for 20th Century Fox and New Regency Pictures, "Little Manhattan." One tool he came back to again and again was GenArts' Sapphire Plug-ins -- both during the editing stage to create effects within Final Cut Pro, and during the finishing stage to finalize the effects at film resolution within Autodesk combustion. Interview Author: Alan Edward Bell

	Panasonic VariCam Leo Ticheli discusses the HD VariCam from Panasonic Panasonic's VariCam HD camera is one of the most popular HD units in use today, being used in major and independent films, commercials, corporate and music videos and many other projects. In this article, Creative Cow's Leo Ticheli discusses how the VariCam is used at his company, Leo Ticheli Productions (LTP). LTP bought VariCam back in 2001 and today uses the VariCam in projects that are developed at the two company offices located in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.Leo Ticheli, (host of Creative Cow's VariCam forum), discusses his purchase reasons, the image quality, the posting process and some of the projects that the VariCam has been used on. He gives his assessment of the camera, as well as the VariCam's aptness for a broad range of assignments. Review, People / Interview Author: Leo Ticheli

	Linux & Media A Talk with SpectSoft's Jason Howard about Linux & Film Production Creative Cow's own Jason Howard, is helping bring Starship Troopers 2 to the big screen. His company, SpectSoft, has been working with the famed Tippett Studios to integrate SpectSoft's new RaveHD system into Tippett's workflow. Faced with creating a system that allowed customers like Tippett to work with many different formats and systems -- like accessing both Sony CineAlta's 1080p24 format and Panasonic VariCam's 720p60 -- and performing well with the very latest HD decks, etc. How well has RaveHD worked for Tippett over the last eight months of its use? Well, famed Tippett Studios used it for the HD editing workflow for Starship Troopers 2. Here's the story... People / Interview Author: Jason Howard

	Indie Film & Documentary INDY FILMMAKER, Noah Kadner SHOOTS FORMOSA, VINTAGE 1950 Director Noah Kadner recently shot his debut feature, Formosa, a period comedy about a hapless group of social guidance filmmakers, with Panasonic's AJ-SDX900 DVCPRO Cinema camcorder. An independent project from High Road Productions (Los Angeles, CA), with Anita M. Cal producer, Formosa will go out to potential distributors and have a limited festival run beginning later this year. People / Interview Author: Noah Kadner

	Indie Film & Documentary James Kelty: Indie & Documentary Filmmaker James Kelty has always considered himself more of a writer-director than an editor. But in today's ever changing production world, Jim recently found himself without the editor with whom he'd worked for years. It was at this point that he began calling longtime friend and Creative Cow co-founder, Ron Lindeboom, asking which way should he go to remain competitive. Ron encouraged Jim that he was a great storyteller and that editing would come natural to him using today's tools. Jim, as a writer-director whose past projects have included "mega-wall" three big-screen spreads for the California State Museum in Sacramento and whose recent projects have included documentaries with Danny Glover narrating, found that editing has come naturally thanks to his friends at the Cow. Today, Jim participates in a wide range of Cow forums and helps lead in our Indie Film & Documentaries forum. Here is his story... Interview Author: James Kelty

	Apple Final Cut Pro A Mission for the U.S. Army with Imagine's video-logger, The Executive Producer®, and Image Mine® Producer Bill Horneck recently tackled the challenge of producing a 28:30 TV show entitled, ''Insuring America's Military Might, A Journey Into Yuma Proving Ground'' for the United States Army and the Educational Broadcasting Network of Hollywood, FL for their series ''The Green Planet.'' In this article, Bill shares the experience and how he relied extensively on Imagine Products The Executive Producer (TEP) for video logging, and Image Mine for library functions for media asset management. People / Interview Author: Bill Horneck

	Pinnacle CineWave CineWave gives Final Frame network quality at a small business price If it weren't for Pinnacle Systems, Will Cox would still be just a Final Cut Pro engineer at the Oxygen Network, not co-founder of his own postproduction company in New York City. He and his partner Youna Kwak founded Final Frame and retained Oxygen as a client, and he has his CineWave system to thank. People / Interview Author: Will Cox

	Liquid silver makes Boise editor a big frog in a remote, little pond Erich Korte of Laughing Dog Productions has been in the business for 25 years, so he has the talent and the contacts. All he needed when he decided to pursue his dream of being able to run his business from a chairlift at a ski resort was an editing system he could afford without a huge corporate budget or being tied down by technology. One that other freelance editors could easily adopt, and a system that provided the high production quality his clients expect. What he chose was Pinnacle Systems® Liquid silver. People / Interview Author: Erich Korte

	Interview with Screenwriter Caroline Thompson on Edward Scissorhands Screenwriter Robert Olague interviews screenwriter Caroline Thompson about her screenplay for ''Edward Scissorhands,'' working with Tim Burton, and how she got started in Hollywood. Today, following the interview, she has gone on to direct, produce and write for her own films like Hallmark's ''Snow White: The Fairest of Them All.'' People / Interview Author: Robert Olague

	Art of the Edit Alan Levi: From Columbo to E.R. and Beyond Tim Kolb explores the career of legendary director, Alan J. Levi. Spanning a career that began in the 1960's and still continues today, Tim discusses the life, work and accomplishments of a talented man whose body of work includes many of the most memorable shows in television history. He is also the inventor of ''video assist'' and is not only hands-on in the artistic side but in the technical side as well. Alan discusses the way that the new technology has changed the face of broadcast production and his own use of nonlinear editing tools. It's a great story and our thanks to Alan J. Levi for granting the interview and Tim Kolb for a great job in writing it. Interview Author: Tim Kolb