Posted by MG on 01/08/08 17:14

<blackburst@aol.com> wrote in message
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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.


How much of that stuff was done that way because there was no other option?
Technology advances and gets embraced. Some skills are lost in the process.
Try finding a good watchmaker these days. Their numbers are dwindling
rapidly.

Live will always be live. What can be done with a live-to-tape production
changes as things progress. Taping a show at 8 pm, editing all night, then
airing in the morning was never my idea of fun. NLEs make that easier and
way quicker. Live to server to NLE to server to air is the way to go now,
and will probably change again soon.

mg



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