The Alan Smithee Round Table: (“AI, Vertical Video & the Future of Filmmaking”)

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:

AMC Theatres Launches Indie Distribution Label Leawood Films (variety.com/2026/film/news/amc-theatres-launch…)

‘American Idol’ Moving Production To Georgia As ABC Series Becomes Latest To Leave California (deadline.com/2026/09/american-idol-moving-prod…)

Paramount is looking for Nashville office space as it weighs leaving LA (politico.com/news/2026/09/16/paramount-nashvil…)

CA post production tax credit is law: goes into effect Jan 2027 (hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/g…)

IBC:

Resolve 21 is a huge update (provideocoalition.com/davinci-resolve-21-1-is-…)

Resolve native integration with Codex and Claude blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20260908-03
Adobe’s IBC release for Premiere and After Effects (provideocoalition.com/adobes-ibc-release-for-p…)

Adobe’s IBC release for Premiere and After Effects (provideocoalition.com/adobes-ibc-release-for-p…)

Battle of the NLE AI Assistants (provideocoalition.com/battle-of-the-nle-ai-ass…)

avid.com/press-room/2026/09/avid-and-google-cl…

Avid and FilmLight announce Baselight-powered color coming natively to Media Composer (provideocoalition.com/avid-and-filmlight-annou…)

provideocoalition.com/provideo-coalitions-best…

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. linkedin.com/in/corinne-pickett-56b1b820

Michael: Alan Smithee on YouTube (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXsIaaRBCGTo&si…) - 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: nytimes.com/2026/09/12/arts/kodak-film-the-ody… (nytimes.com/2026/09/12/arts/kodak-film-the-ody…))