Michael Kammes

Director of Technology, Host of 5 THINGS Tech Series

Michael Kammes is the Director of Technology at Key Code Media. He works on the technical, consulting, and demonstration side of post production, and has been a keynote speaker at conventions, colleges, conventions, technology retreats, symposiums, and industry events. In his current role, he consults on the latest in technology and best practices in the digital media creation and communications space, guiding the selection of best of breed solutions.

Michael has been involved in the design and build of thousands of production and post production systems and facility integrations. He has also worked extensively in the post audio realm, serving as a Dialogue Editor, SFX Editor, ADR Recordist & Editor, Re-Recording Mixer, and Supervising Sound Editor on countless film, television, and internet based projects. In addition, Michael has worked on many new media and interactive media based projects, from web design to DVD / Blu-ray to interactive kiosks. He is also creator and host of the popular “5 THINGS” web series, focused on demystifying the technology in the industry.

Websites michaelkammes.com 5thingsseries.com

NFS Score 100 (Sophomore)

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Boards Comment – Who is going to NAB?

In fact, here is a quick summary of (free) seminars and such I'll be doing at NAB 2017:

http://5thingsseries.com/nab-2017/

5 years ago

Boards Comment – DCP is a thing?

Yes, DCP is a very real thing.

DCP-o-matic is an option, even Adobe Media Encoder has an option you can use (although you'll probably need a paid odd on) but more often, you get caught up in the details....DCPs are tricky.

Have you gotten the DCP specs from the theater/festival? Like any deliverables, you NEED to have the EXACT specs - you can't guess....nor can you expect one DCP to work for every end outlet.

5 years ago

Boards Comment – Who is going to NAB?

Yarp.

Friday-Thursday this year.

Aside from meetings and booths:

BCPC / PostChat Meetup (Sunday)
Key Code party at Kilted Kilt (Monday)
Supermeet (Tuesday)

Gotta skip Media Motion Ball, AJA, and Blackmagic Parties due to client dinners.

Unsure when the Adobe party is.

Here is a decent list: http://www.broadcastbeat.com/2017-nabshow-party-list/

5 years ago

Boards Comment – support of my camera

Do you have it connected via Firewire and are you using the capture tool in Avid?

5 years ago

Boards Comment – Great Desktop for using Avid Media Composer

It's always best to go with a system that Avid sanctions/endorses. It also helps when you don't want to build a system.

Avid maintains a list of Mac and PC configs here: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/compatibility/en422411

Click on "Windows Current CPU Specifications" or "Mac Current Specifications".

Here is a direct link to the Windows PDF: http://avid.force.com/pkb/servlet/fileField?retURL=%2Fpkb%2Farticles%2Fe...

5 years ago

Boards Comment – What's the criteria for calling yourself "Senior" or "Master" digital film/video editor?

The old standby is that 10,000 hours of "deliberate practice" on anything makes you an "Expert"...e.g. 20 hours for 50 weeks a year for ten years = 10,000 hours.

Senior or Master are subjective terms.

Of course, this is the subject of lots of debate, but I use it as a ballpark.

5 years ago