I have seen the trend of production companies keeping more and more work in house. The solution for me has been to go where the work is or bring the work to my home. Very interesting article.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jim Feeley <jfeeley@...> wrote:
>
> The WSJ story links to the brief IBISWorld research report which is
> found here:
>
> http://www.ibisworld.com/Common/MediaCenter/Dying%20Industries.pdf
>
> Here's the reports analysis of post:
>
> ===
> Video Postproduction is the second notable information industry that
> is exhibiting steep declines. Technological advances, particularly
> involving the widespread adoption of digital media have adversely
> affected the industry's range of services, from editing and animation
> to archiving and format transfer. While the use of this technology is
> becoming widespread, it is undercutting the industry's services since
> production companies can now do much of the work in-house.
> ===
>
> Don't know where they got their numbers; guess I'd have to pay
> IBISWorld big bucks to know more. Not that I'm exactly betting against
> their analysis.
>
>
> And when everybody's an editor, everybody will be learning from and
> posting tutorials like this:
>
>
> http://vimeo.com/19602679
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Mar 30, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Terence Curren wrote:
>
> > I'm surprised Oliver didn't post this here:
> >
> > http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/03/28/top-10-dying-industries/
> >
> > The future doesn't look to rosy. If Apple's next push, "everyone is
> > an editor" is successful, it will be even harder to make a living in
> > this industry.
> >
> >
> >
>
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