Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 01/08/08 14:18

On Jan 6, 3:00 am, jakdedert <jakded...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> > But live directing is becoming a lost art. There used to be books
> > about it, etc, but I found NOTHING about it at this year's NAB
> > bookstore. Everybody uses NLEs now. And even though there are a
> > zillion networks, everybody is "afraid" of Live.
>
> As detailed, there are whole segments of the industry out there that do
> it live.  Maybe not your cuppa...but it happens every day.
>
> jak

I hear ya. I was just comparing to about 20 years ago: Back then, most
every big event was done either live or live-to-tape, and many of us
developed skills for this. But there were far fewer production
centers.

Today, there are more production centers - networks, basically, and a
lot of this is done live or LTT. But NLEs have certainly made their
presence felt. I mentioned that I taught a class in live directing,
because there was a demand for it. But today, there is much less call
for that sort of education. Now, it is peer-to-peer.

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