Art of the Frame

Hey everyone, welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast! This week the gang explore the different ways DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro and other’s are using AI to reshape film making. There’s some good news for California film makers with the announcement of the 2027 post production tax credits. Two special guests, Kasey Esser and Vanessa von Schwarz join the conversation to share their experiences with vertical micro dramas. And of course there’s a handful of very cool things or us post-production people to get excited about.

Show Notes
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Show notes:

AMC Theatres Launches Indie Distribution Label Leawood Films

‘American Idol’ Moving Production To Georgia As ABC Series Becomes Latest To Leave California

Paramount is looking for Nashville office space as it weighs leaving LA

CA post production tax credit is law: goes into effect Jan 2027

IBC:

Resolve 21 is a huge update

Resolve native integration with Codex and Claude https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20260908-03
Adobe’s IBC release for Premiere and After Effects

Adobe’s IBC release for Premiere and After Effects

Battle of the NLE AI Assistants

https://www.avid.com/press-room/2026/09/avid-and-google-cloud-deliver-browser-based-media-composer-and-agentic-workflows

Avid and FilmLight announce Baselight-powered color coming natively to Media Composer

https://www.provideocoalition.com/provideo-coalitions-best-in-show-winners-from-ibc-2026/

One Cool Thing

Katie: I met a VFX editor named Corinne Pickett who lives on a boat. She showed me pics of her at home setup, where she does VFX editing and online editing, ON A BOAT. https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinne-pickett-56b1b820/

Michael: Alan Smithee on YouTube - Resolve Studio with scripting and workflow extensions

Scott: ‘The Odyssey’ Was Shot on Real Film. This Is the Only Place Left Making It. (NY Times gift article link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/arts/kodak-film-the-odyssey.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClE.Pc0N.RqlLsjWbAs6g&smid=url-share)

This week Glenn is joined by John Axelrad. John has edited such excellent films as We Own the Night, Two Lovers, Crazy Heart, The Lost City of Z, Papillon, Ad Astra, Antebellum, Chevalier, and Spaceman. Now he has crafted the thrilling adventure, The End of Oak Street.

Thanks again to ACE for partnering with us on this podcast, check out their website for more.

Want to see more interviews from Glenn? Check out "Editors on Editing" here.

The Art of the Frame podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor and many more platforms. If you like the podcast, make sure to subscribe so you don't miss future episodes and, please leave a review so more people can find our show!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast! The gang is back, refreshed from a summer break with lots to talk about: Hollywood’s hopeful rebound, post-production tech updates, acquisitions in both tech and media, the latest AI news, and of course, some very cool things for us post-production people to get excited about. 

Show Notes
Katie: https://www.dailyspecialstudios.com
Michael: Harnesses: Claude Dispatch, Hermes, OpenClaw
Scott: EditSwitch: Training and consulting for the migrating video editor    https://www.editswitch.com
Paramount / Warner Brothers merger
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/11/david-ellison-paramount-california
https://www.ajc.com/arts-entertainment/2026/08/paramount-eyes-georgia-other-states-for-hq-move-amid-antitrust-case/

2026 Box Office
https://gower.st/articles/keeping-momentum-2026-sees-highest-grossing-june-quarter-first-half-this-decade-international-domestic-box-office/
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/hollywoods-hit-parade-is-becoming-sideshow-2026-08-27/

California Tax Credits
https://film.ca.gov/lights-camera-action-41-new-film-projects-to-receive-californias-film-first-year-of-expanded-program-projected-to-bring-6-6-billion-in-economic-impact/
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/california-film-tv-tax-incentive-program-state-budget-issue-provision-sb-1122/

YouTube to Indies
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddeal/2026/06/10/obsession-and-backrooms-prove-youtubes-a-powerful-pipeline-for-filmmakers/
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/youtube-gen-z-filmmakers

Avid changes to third-party storage:
https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/knowledge/shared-project-workflows-with-third-party-storage
https://www.provideocoalition.com/avid-media-composer-2026-8-will-bring-changes-to-third-party-storage/
https://hedge.co/blog/avid-bin-locking-enterprise

Disney and TikTok have a deal

Adobe acquired Topaz 

New Macs including Mac Studio M5 Ultra

One Cool Thing

Katie: Allosphere at UCSB https://allosphere.ucsb.edu/
Michael:  Harnesses: Claude Dispatch, Hermes, OpenClaw. 
https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/
https://openclaw.ai/
Explainer: https://blueflame.ai/blog/ai-harnesses-explained

Scott: My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (Listen)

This week Glenn Garland is joined by Laura Zempel. Laura's edited such exceptional projects as Euphoria, for which she was nominated for an Eddie and won the Primetime Emmy;  Lessons in Chemistry, Sirens and Beef, for which she won an Eddie and a Primetime Emmy in Season 1, and is once again nominated for an Emmy for Season 2.

Thanks again to ACE for partnering with us on this podcast, check out their website for more.

Thanks to Netflix for sponsoring this podcast.

Want to see more interviews from Glenn? Check out "Editors on Editing" here.

The Art of the Frame podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor and many more platforms. If you like the podcast, make sure to subscribe so you don't miss future episodes and, please leave a review so more people can find our show!

Hey everyone, welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast! The gang wrapped up their fourth season with an engaging discussion on the evolving landscape of the film and post-production industries, particularly in light of recent advancements in tech, software updates, and the economic challenges facing us all. And as always, there are some really cool things to get excited about! 

Show notes:

Television Academy Endorses Post-Production Tax Credit Bill as Assemblyman Nick Schultz Rallies Support in Burbank: ‘We Should Have Done This a Decade Ago’: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/television-academy-post-production-tax-credit-nick-schultz-1236742365/?brid=YWdncwFmYWtlZHVtbXkxNmJ5dGVz&utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e231_tv2_tp1_a1demonzwuzsgr

Entertainment Commission Scrapped in Nashville Mayor's Proposed Budget: https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/entertainment-commission-scrapped-budget/article_ae4d509f-470f-401f-a252-2d757d805919.html

AI On the Lot happened
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gareth-edwards-excited-ai-filmmaking-1236608376/

Amazon announced 3 AI created animation films using their AI tool. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazon-orders-three-animated-series-generative-ai-1236606219/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91549877/animation-using-ai-jorge-r-gutierrez-book-of-life-amazon-mgm-studios-genai-creators-fund
https://pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/3965/amazon-prime-video-ai-animated-series

One Cool Thing:
Katie- music video Time Machine https://youtube.com/shorts/u5pVLODN5z4?si=SFG6QkmesO0d65yZ
https://unnecessaryinventions.com/

Michael- Bitfocus Companion + Streamdeck or similar - automate all of the things. https://bitfocus.io/

Scott- https://raindrop.io (finally a bookmark manager I love!)