Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment tech and beyond. In this episode, the team discuss the 2024 Rates Survey, the various partnerships pushing AI development and, the kinds of jobs AI might help or hinder. And as always, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about. 

Show notes

Rates survey 2024!

www.postproductiondata.com

 Lionsgate RunwayML partnership https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lionsgate-deal-ai-firm-runway-1236005554/

James Cameron joined Stability AI board https://stability.ai/news/james-cameron-joins-stability-ai-board-of-directors

An interesting lawsuit: a “professional troll” suing to claim that political deepfakes are free speech
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/california-anti-deepfake-laws-target-of-free-speech-lawsuit

California - 3 measures signed by Gov Newsom

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/17/governor-newsom-signs-bills-to-combat-deepfake-election-content/

More layoffs at Paramount and Disney this month, affecting folks in corporate and streaming.
https://deadline.com/2024/09/disney-layoffs-corporate-1236099769/
https://deadline.com/2024/09/paramount-global-layoffs-2-1236097329/

Michael news: https://postperspective.com/michael-kammes-rejoins-key-code-media-as-sr-director-of-innovation/

New 5 THINGS

https://5thingsseries.com/episode/the-truth-about-video-editing-software-in-hollywood-7-year-update/

Review: iPhone 16 Pro Max

https://www.provideocoalition.com/review-iphone-16-pro-max/

28 Years Later: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15

https://www.wired.com/story/28-years-later-danny-boyles-new-zombie-flick-was-shot-on-an-iphone-15/

https://www.productionhub.com/video/90836/avid-showcases-innovations-at-ibc-2024-to-drive-efficient-collaborative-and-open-media-production-workflows

https://www.provideocoalition.com/adobe-premiere-pro-is-getting-a-big-color-managment-update-among-other-features/

Katie:  https://editingtools.io/

also, the poster: https://5253154.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/5253154/poster-PRINT-SMALL.png?__hstc=52635383.e9b7ffd8d415ec13e807c232757a7ebd.1726520620995.1726520620995.1726520620995.1&__hssc=52635383.1.1726520620995&__hsfp=3801953514&hsCtaTracking=b2f70a6a-4c74-4f5e-983a-3bd04d8b9585%7C27966497-0655-499f-a831-965c89c157f3

Michael: 

Background Remover (FX Factory) 

https://fxfactory.com/info/backgroundremover/

Autoscript Voice - AI controlled teleprompter

https://autoscript.tv/voice/

Scott: https://www.flowvoice.ai/