Digital Video - October 2007 - (Page 6)

PREROLL BY DAVID E. WILLIAMS VOLUME 15 NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 2007 DV .COM BACK THAT THING UP! ike any major digital project, the production of a magazine quickly becomes a collection of hundreds—sometimes thousands—of individual files that must be meticulously categorized and maintained. And as a deadline looms, the threat of a complete hard drive meltdown and the resulting loss of vital, irreplaceable data can get enough adrenaline flowing to reasonably argue for a new X Games competition category. (“X-treme Drive Dive” anyone?) It was exactly this sneaky bullet that I dodged while completing editing chores on the September issue of DV, as mere minutes after I whisked off a final story to managing editor Terence Keegan, my suspiciously twitchy G4 laptop gave up the ghost. Fortunately, however, a terrible fate was avoided by a nifty piece of gear that had been submitted for review consideration: the Survivor, an aluminumcased, water-resistant, 8-gig USB thumb drive from Corsair that I’d used to back up all my DV files just that morning. Soon after my Mac passed into the Great Eternal Beyond (at least until our IT team could take a look at it), I was rapidly downloading my files onto a new Apple machine—the Survivor’s pale blue LED feverishly winking at me as it safely delivered its precious cargo. The review? Well, given my experience, I can’t think of many better ways to spend $129.99. And the rugged, shock-proof device will even continue to operate after being submerged to 650 feet—20 atmospheres, to you and me. While I directly credit this moment of techno salvation to my new friends at Corsair, it was DV contributor Ned Soltz who’d previously helped me see the light of judicious storage and backup strategies (see “Four Principles of Storage,” page 42), resulting in my last-second Corsair’s Survivor USB drive. save that fateful morning. Given the increasingly vital role of storage—especially as our universe quickly goes tapeless—Terence sought out his longtime Medialine magazine collaborator Larry Lueck to launch “Storage Media” (see page 56), a new column dedicated to this essential-yet-underappreciated component in the production path. This issue showcases another “survivor” in the form of Les Stroud, the star and driving creative force behind the popular series Survivorman (see “Call Of the Wild,” page 38). A fan of the Discovery Channel/Science Channel show, I was not only pleased that DV contributor Dan Frankel shared my enthusiasm for Stroud’s hair-raising—and often sans “backup”—field-production practices, but delighted to learn that our risk-taking subject is himself a frequent reader of DV. Vigilant DV readers may notice some design changes initiated with this issue, courtesy of senior art director Nicole Cobban and art director Annmarie Lascala. I credit them for bringing a far more bold, graphic look to the magazine and hope you like it as much as I do. —David E. Williams, Editor dwilliams@nbmedia.com L EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David E. Williams dwilliams@nbmedia.com MANAGING EDITOR Terence Keegan tkeegan@nbmedia.com CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Frank Capria, Thomas A. Crowell, Robert M. Goodman, Jay Holben, John Jackman, Nels Johnson, Larry Lueck, Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer, Jay Rose, Todd Sali, Stefan Sargent, Ned Soltz, David O. 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Cover Contents Letters DV Update R&D Fest Circuit Light Brigade Follow Focus Shootout Image Conscious Instant Expert Close-Ups Eastern Europe Exploit Call of the Wild Four Principles of Storage Storage Media Production Diary

Digital Video - October 2007

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