I’ve expanded on my blog post about engineers role as creative collaborators in the music business and how film and television could learn from that. https://www.ibc.org/production/learning-lessons-from-the-music-industry-/2014.article
Category Archives: Musings
May
15
ENGINEERS AS CREATIVE PARTNERS – HOW THE FILM & TV INDUSTRY CAN LEARN FROM MUSIC PRODUCTION
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
A post I wrote for the National Film and Television School https://nfts.co.uk/news/engineers-creative-partners-–-how-film-tv-industry-can-learn-music-production NFTS Head of Technology, John Maxwell Hobbs, believes the film and television industry should view and work with engineers as creative partners as the music industry does and has designed the School’s new Production Technology MA to do just that. Why it is […]
May
12
WHY ARE WE FIXING WHAT ISN’T BROKEN? MOVING TO IT-BASED PRODUCTION 18th May: Free Production Technology Taster Workshop
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
I’ll be teaching a taster workshop for the Production Technology MA I’m developing for the National Film and Television School on the 18th of May. More details here: https://www.nfts.co.uk/news/why-are-we-fixing-what-isn’t-broken-moving-digital-based-production
May
12
Blast from the past
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Years ago in New York City, I had a funk band called, Your Monkey’s Not Funny. At various times it was called, Calamity Jane, Magnetic Dog Sisters, Spiny Norman (and once Spiny Richard due to confusion on the part of the booker at CBGB.) Various members at times included Steffen Franz, David Azarch, Tom Hamilton, […]
April
10
STEAM POWERED: WHY ARTS IS KEY TO ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
A blog post of mine for the National Film and Television School: https://www.nfts.co.uk/news/steam-powered-why-arts-key-engaging-students-engineering-technology National Film and Television School Head of Technology, John Maxwell Hobbs considers why the UK is facing a skills gap in broadcast engineering and how an increased focus on the arts could be the key: “There’s a lot of focus on what’s […]
November
06
Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems | MIT Technology Review
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
A very thoughtful piece that’s worth a read. via Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems | MIT Technology Review.
October
24
The return of chaos theory.
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Continuing the thread of non-linear, non-Euclidian, non-Newtonian thinking here. It looks like chaos theory is making a comeback after 20 years. And about time too. It’s time to put an end to the concept of data-driven certainty. via Chaos Theory in Ecology Predicts Future Populations | Quanta Magazine.
June
22
Just What Exactly is Apple Up To?
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Published earlier today on Medium There are a lot of articles analysing Apple’s new music service. (James Cridland’s got a good list of them here.) The majority of them are coming from tech journalists, and unfortunately, they suffer from a major lack of knowledge of how the music business actually works. They are worth reading, but […]
Why has TV storytelling become so complex?: A journalistic take
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Originally posted on Just TV:
I was recently invited by The Conversation to write something for their site exploring some of the arguments of my new book for a general audience. I like reading The Conversation to see academics writing in a journalistic voice (something that some are better at than others) and support their…
May
29
And the beat goes on . . .
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
It seems clear now that the headphones and the streaming music service are secondary acquisitions for Apple – with the Beats deal, they’ve just acquired the head of Interscope records. I would expect an announcement of an Apple record label fairly soon.
