More from Frame.io Workflow From Home – Episodes 5 & 6

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by Mark ZdunnekApril 20^th, 2020

Covered in a recent article, we’ve taken a look at the new “Frame.io Workflow From Home” miniseries. Now they have released two more episodes. Episode 5 covers the use-case of the TBS late-night show “Conan”, and Episode 6 expands on “Self-Recording”. Let’s take a look at some of the learnings and insights. If you haven’t seen any of the earlier parts, you might want to take a look at these as well.

Frame.io Workflow From Home – Miniseries – Editor’s View (Credits: frame.io)

Frame.io Workflow From Home: Episode 5 – Conan O’Brien in the Cloud

In this episode, Michael Cioni (SVP of Global Innovation, Frame.io) introduces the current use case of the Home production approach of the show “Conan”. Michael Cioni has invited the lead editor of the TBS show Rob Ashe who has been in this position for five years to introduce the new home workflow in collaboration with the show host Conan O’Brien who set up his studio at home. He goes on to describe how the team designed the approach, chose the tools and settings. He then explains how they implemented strategies to reflect or replace elements of the show concept with new ones that can be produced with simple everyday tools that their audience is familiar with.

Aside from illustrating the creative process and decisions on transitioning the show to a “from home” edition, Rob Ashe and Michael Cioni go on to shed light on the technological implications, on the workflow elements used and how they implemented them in practice. If you’re interested to know more, go ahead and watch the video and leave your thoughts as comments below.

Frame.io Workflow From Home: Episode 6 – Self-Recording

This video is a reaction to the significant shift to self-recorded videos in many areas, ranging from tv broadcasts to expert talks, to lots of other self-publication on many topics and across genres. Michael Cioni has dedicated this clip to explore the options on how to organize, optimize, and ultimately realize an ambitious but customizable self-recording setup, including camera, lighting, teleprompter, audio recording, transfer, grading and editing choices, among several other things. Since video recording nowadays can also happen with an interview partner across web conference platforms, Michael goes on to explain on how to improve these interview-based collaborative works as well.

If you are shooting videos like this from home currently, the tips, ideas, and overall approach presented straight-forward in this video might help you to up your game.

What are your thoughts about the new parts of this series? Are these tips helpful for your current situation? What other topics should be covered – I’m sure that the guys from frame.io will consider your considerate remarks.