The best book on podcasting and making professional videos - period

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By Jon Miles, Lagniappe Television



I invite you all, from beginners to professionals to buy Rich Harrington's excellent book, "Producing Video Podcasts: A Guide for Media Professionals." It is full of very helpful information, even for the working professional.

Rich and the crew at Rhed Pixel have made a living out of helping others, and this book is no exception. Written with his business partner Mark Weiser, this book is a virtual compendium of ways not to make mistakes. A great easy read, and a reference book to keep around always.

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Making crap video better with digital stills

The folks over at Washington University's GRAIL (Graphics and Imaging Laboratory) have done some very interesting work where they are taking low quality video and enhancing and repairing it with high quality digital stills. The implications for this type of work affecting the quality of work, and even the repair of existing work are astonishing.



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Two books I recommend to LA bound Kendra

Here are two books I recommend to my friend Kendra. We had coffee at Caribou at 17th and L this morning, and while she is going to LA ostensibly to edit, during our conversation it became clear to me that she also has a future in producing. (Right Kendra?)

The first one is from Jane Hamsher. She produced, with her partner, "Natural Born Killers". Her book is very informative. Jane has since gone on to become at liberal blogger, she can be found here.



The second one is "Hello, He Lied" from Lynda Obst who currently has a prodco at Paramount. Lynda has produced little art house movies like "Sleepless in Seattle," "Contact," and "The Fisher King." I read this book once every couple of years. It's amazing. I'd also recommend you check out here prodco website as there are real links to resources for the LA bound filmmaker.

Rough Cut Lady

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As someone who spends alot of time in editing rooms, I am often exposed to many tv types (of both genders) who think they know what they are doing, but essentially have no effin clue how to make TV. While everyone needs to start somewhere, and learning is a life-long endeavor, and the knowledge gained from years of experience is not necessarily precious, there is a echelon of emotional children out there that one constantly encounters. Their machinations are entertaining at some level, but the phrase "narcissitic personality disorder" does often come to mind.

I recently worked with one of these specimens at a local network, and oh sweet jesus, if they googled themselves one more time I think I was going to barf.

Anyway, a friend from Discovery forwarded this to me some time back. It's made the rounds, but this little promo song captures this experience pretty darn well.