COW: Hannah Beachler Production Designer; Exploring GoPro's Nov 30 News; COW's New News Dept & Much More

[Production Designer Hannah Beachler on the Go Creative Show] Film and broadcast production designer Hannah Beachler talks with Go Creative Show host Ben Consoli about her work on Creed, Moonlight, and the upcoming Black Panther. Hannah Beachler is a prolific production designer with an affinity for realistic design that emphasizes emotional drama. Over the past few years, Hannah’s designed some of the hottest films like, Miles Ahead, Creed, Moonlight, Beyonce’s Lemonade, and the much anticipated upcoming film Black Panther. Hannah and I discuss the role of a production designer, how she collaborates with the camera department, working with director Ryan Coogler and how she finds inspiration for each of her films. [The Other Side of GoPro's November 30, 2016 Announcement * * Ronald Lindeboom] [The Other Side of GoPro's November 30, 2016 Announcement] When GoPro announced on November 30, 2016 that they would be cutting 200 full-time jobs, closing the entertainment division, and that their president would be leaving the company, the internet came alive with those who were predicting the company's demise. But there really is another side to the story and as is often the case, the loudest voices are not always the ones with the real story. In this article, Creative COW's co-founder, Ronald Lindeboom, looks at GoPro's announcement and gives his thoughts from his point of view. As Lindeboom concludes at the end of the story, "That GoPro stumbled is not surprising to me, what is surprising is that they had such a remarkable unbroken string of success until 2016." [Creative COW's Brand New News Dept. Features and Functions * Letters to the COW Team * Ronald Lindeboom] [Creative COW's Brand New News Dept. Features and Functions] Creative COW's co-founders have been quietly at work cleaning up and rebuilding the Creative COW News section. While they've been at work, they've been adding new features and functions that will make the news department much more useful in the days ahead. If it's been a while since you've visited the news section, visit it soon but read this short introduction to what it is and how things are working. We hope these new changes make your research and keeping on top of industry news much more productive. Broadcast News [Flanders (FSI) DM Monitors Now With HDR Preview] [News: Flanders (FSI) DM Monitors Now With HDR Preview] Flanders Scientific, makers of industry leading high performance broadcast monitors, announces that all DM series Flanders Scientific monitors now feature 3 selectable HDR Preview modes. FSI CEO/GM Bram Desmet had this to say about these new capabilities: "Our aim with these new HDR monitoring modes was to allow users to leverage current technology for High Dynamic Range signal monitoring in production and quality control applications. While not intended for HDR mastering, these modes do provide a simple and cost effective way to monitor PQ or HLG signals." [read more] [AFI AWARDS 2016 Official Selections] [ZDF Modernizes Multiple Broadcast Studios with EditShare] [American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Announces Nominees in Television Categories] [Ryan Murphy is Publicists' Television Showman of the Year] [Metro Nashville Network Election Coverage Powered By Broadcast Pix] [More Broadcast News...] Cameras Lighting and Support News [Feature Film ‘Maine,’ Winner of AbelCine Film Grant, Shot With VariCam LT 4K Cinema Camcorder] [News: Feature Film ‘Maine,’ Winner of AbelCine Film Grant, Shot With VariCam LT 4K Cinema Camcorder] The upcoming feature film Maine recently completed principal photography on a rigorous shoot with the VariCam LT 4K cinema camcorder. Maine follows the journey of a married woman from Spain to reclaim her identity while solo thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, a trip that is sidetracked when a lone American hiker pursues her. [read more] [Flanders (FSI) DM Monitors Now With HDR Preview] [Band Pro Delivers First Hollywood Delivery of IB/E Raptor Lenses to Imagecraft] [Take Your Photography to the Next Level with Canon in 2017] [Deep Sky Productions Fields Corporate, Documentary Production with Panasonic VariCam LT 4K Cinema Camcorder] [American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Announces Nominees in Television Categories] [More Cameras Lighting and Support News...] OTT IPTV and Streaming News [GV Expo: JVC To Demo New Streaming Platform, Fiber Studio System] [News: GV Expo: JVC To Demo New Streaming Platform, Fiber Studio System] Introduced last month, JVC VIDEOCLOUD is a complete acquisition-to-streaming distribution solution designed for small and medium-sized enterprises, including local governments, schools, and videographers. JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, wi ll demonstrate its new JVC VIDEOCLOUD online video and live streaming platform, new fiber studio system for its GY-HM890 ProHD cameras, and a number of other products and services at the Government Video Expo 2016 (Booth 102), which runs Dec. 7-8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. [read more] [2016 Government Video Expo, Washington DC, Dec. 6-8] [WEBCAST: The Future of Video with High Dynamic Range (HDR)] [NewTek AutoLink for Panasonic PTZ Automatically Detects Panasonic IP Cameras for TriCaster and NewTek IP Series Workflows] [Broadcasters Step into the Future with Dalet Unified News Operations] [Wazee Digital Launches Wazee Digital Media Hub] [More OTT IPTV and Streaming News...] Software News [Production-Proven Page Layout Tool Designed Specifically for Storyboards] [News: Production-Proven Page Layout Tool Designed Specifically for Storyboards] Mekajiki Inc., has released its first commercial software application, Boardfish, a stand-alone page layout application designed specifically for the purpose of storyboarding. Boardfish instantly assembles panels into a professional storyboard layout with the flexibility to easily edit and customize layouts. Developed as an in-house tool at San Francisco-based design and production company Swordfish, Boardfish is the first tool being productized through Mekajiki, Swordfish's sister company. [read more] [Soundly Cloud-based Sound Effects Service and Editing Application] [KOO-KI Uses Blackmagic Design Fusion Studio for Marui's Commercial] [Jellyfish Pictures Taps Shotgun for VFX, Animation & Motion Graphics Workflows] [Waves Audio Now Shipping the Waves Primary Source Expander Plugin] [Gaming Corps & PDP sign agreement to develop prototypes showcasing breakthrough technology] [More Software News...] Sound and Audio News [The Schwerkraftmaschine Is Here. A Compressor Without Equal.] [News: The Schwerkraftmaschine Is Here. A Compressor Without Equal.] Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Releases A Unique Stereo Compressor with Versatile Emulation Modes and Remote-Controlled by Plug-In After a lot of planning, programming, soldering, and listening, the vision of Tegeler Audio Manufaktur founder Michael Krusch has become a reality: The Schw erkraftmaschine is here! Built on an analog tube signal path and remote-controllable by plug-in, this extraordinary compressor allows both classic and completely new compression combinations. [read more] [Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) to Honor Sound Designer Harry Cohen with Career Achievement Award] [Soundly Cloud-based Sound Effects Service and Editing Application] [Motion Picture Sound Editors to Honor Guillermo del Toro with Filmmaker Award] [John Feldmann Produces Stellar Vocals with Manley Reference Cardioid] [Nomad Factory Releases "Garbage LSD" (Lethal Sound Designer)] [More Sound and Audio News...] Storage and Archiving News [ZDF Modernizes Multiple Broadcast Studios with EditShare] [News: ZDF Modernizes Multiple Broadcast Studios with EditShare] ZDF Modernizes Multiple Broadcast Studios with EditShare High-performance XStream shared storage, Flow production asset management and Ark archiving solutions provide ZDF’s Bremen, Cairo, Istanbul, New York, Saarbrücken, Tel Aviv and Warsaw facilities state-of-the-art media management capab ilities EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent shared storage and media management solutions, announced today that German broadcaster ZDF has begun a large-scale update of its broadcast studio locations including Bremen, Cairo, Istanbul, New York, Saarbrücken, Tel Aviv and Warsaw to an EditShare end-to-end media management workflow featuring a tiered storage environment with integrated production asset management. Transitioning from a legacy tape-based set up, each ZDF studio location will be equipped with an EditShare XStream HT 32TB shared storage platform and Ark 24-slot LTO tape library. The integrated Flow production asset management solution will provide end-to-end media management with tools to automate complex and or repetitive workflows. [read more] [Indian Broadcaster Migrates to File-based Workflows with Facilis TerraBlock at its Heart] [EditShare Lands at Beach House Pictures in Singapore] [TMD partners with Quantum for seamless archives] [Marquis & Spectra Logic Develop Complete Media Management & Archive Solution for Avid Users] [Sony Pictures Extends Relationship With Wazee Digital] [More Storage and Archiving News...] Trade Shows News [AFI AWARDS 2016 Official Selections] [News: AFI AWARDS 2016 Official Selections] Each year, the American Film Institute (AFI) recognizes the year’s most culturally and artistically significant films and television programs with AFI AWARDS. This almanac documents works of excellence and is the only national honor for the entertainment community’s creative teams as a whole, celebrating the collaborative nature of the art form. 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