#32 | Houman Shekarchi | AI in the Edit Suite

Broadcast editor and producer Houman Shekarchi on using AI and code to make post-production faster and more intuitive. A creative professional with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance the creative process, Houman is a true multi-disciplinary creative; having worked as an expert-level broadcast television editor and producer, he is also deep into AI and coding as a way of making the post production process more intuitive. Chapters 0:00 Welcome Houman Shekarchi 2:34 How Covid changed the business 5:05 Editing Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 7:39 Woodworking and building things 10:09 Working with good people 12:41 If you want to edit, start editing 15:12 Avids and the Final Cut Pro beta 17:45 Don't fear the AI tools 20:16 Mind-blowing 16K nature footage 22:51 Keeping up his Farsi 25:22 Ryan's first night in Iran 27:55 Learning from every guest 30:33 Shooting in the city 33:07 Earning the emotional moments 35:42 Leaving Iran at two 38:15 An analogue childhood 40:50 Elvis's karate suit 43:24 Footwork and balance 45:55 The boxer nobody could hit 48:31 What his parents thought 51:07 Dirty sneakers on a white stage 53:42 PA to assistant coordinator 56:15 People who think in code 58:46 Digital delivery in 2005 1:01:17 AI transcription 1:03:49 Image and video generation 1:06:22 Animating Audrey Hepburn 1:08:57 AI and restructuring stories 1:11:29 Editors who whittle and editors who construct 1:14:01 Soap opera schedules 1:16:36 Carrying the eMacs 1:19:08 Closing the trust gap 1:21:41 Practising on the free Avids 1:24:12 Memory cards in the mountains 1:26:45 Red tape and a crew of three 1:29:17 Ask for something to cut 1:31:48 The ashtray guy 1:34:19 Notes on every frame 1:36:51 James Cameron's submarine 1:39:21 Experience the coders don't have 1:41:52 A tech optimist 1:44:24 After the pandemic and the strikes 1:46:54 Democratising storytelling 1:49:26 Shareholders and streaming 1:51:59 A platform storytellers own 1:54:34 Fear of being replaced at 50 1:57:08 How Ryan books his guests 1:59:43 Learning to travel from YouTube at 72 2:02:13 Funding independent TV 2:04:44 Driving costs down 2:07:21 Too many voices in the room 2:09:54 Directors with full control 2:12:28 Building tension versus breaking the fourth wall 2:15:02 Creators as the product 2:17:33 The one-stop fan ecosystem 2:20:05 300 days of production The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com