Hear Some Audio Guy on an ACTUAL Commercial!

Just who IS that sexy sexy voice at the end of those cheesy Alibaba.com commercials?

Yup, VO director snakes job from talent.

I'm officially the voice of Alibaba (a company that hooks up designers and manufacturers for international business).

It's actually kind of gratifying doing some work every now in then in front of the mic as opposed to ALWAYS being behind the mixer. Hopefully it means I still know what the crap I'm talking about when I'm directing people LOL!


Here's one of the spots I did:


You can catch the rest at http://success.alibaba.com/ , and you'll probably see them over the next couple months on cable!

It's the little things really...

I use Sennheiser HD25's to monitor.
I love them. They are my favorite closed back headphones.
However the earpads wear out REALLY quickly, and mine were getting really ratty.

I couldn't find ANY replacements in town, and the online shops that carried them were all over seas.
Replacement pads were going to run me $20-30 before shipping. That's not horrible considering the HD25's run $200, but if replacement parts were going to be THAT difficult to procure, I was seriously considering new cans.

As a last ditch effort I called up Sennheiser, and low and behold they had some in stock.

For $11 a pair!

It's like I've got brand new headphones again!

New 'Movies You May Have Missed' updates, iTunes, RSS, and THANK YOU! - From Juan.

Hello all,
Exciting news!

Movies You May Have Missed is now in the iTunes podcast catalog!
You can subscribe to either the audio or video version of MYMHM, and download them directly to your ipod/touch/iphone.
We also have links in place to subscribe to the show through RSS readers or email, and we're even doing the twitter thing.

We've been getting great feedback from people on the show, but we could always use more! Critiques, comments, movie suggestions, it's all good. This show is still brand-spankin new, and we want to make it the best we can.
Also if any of you are savvy to social media stuff (Digg, Stumble, Facebook sharing, etc), we'd really appreciate the shout outs and extra visibility. If we can get our numers up, our Amazon affiliation will allow us to set up some really cool movie contests (much sooner than I had expected we could too).

This show has been crazy fun to put together, and I hope we can continue it for some time to come!

Thanks so much,
Juan (SomeAudioGuy) from Movies You May Have Missed

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28 Weeks Later Animated (Using Halo 3)

I usually don't post a lot on things like Machinima, but this one is kind of incredible.

What would happen if you took 44 minutes of audio from 28 Weeks Later and painstakingly animated every scene (sometimes even matching the camera angles used in the actual film) using the videogame Halo 3?

You'd get this:

halo 3 (28 weeks later) the movie - watch more gamer videos

Movies You May Have Missed Updates - Audio Episode 1 and Teaser for Episode 2

Hey all!

We're getting som fun feed back on MYMHM, and while we're having some issues with the video, we do have the first audio episode up and ready for your scorn!

MYMHM 01a - Juan & Lee FALL Into a Great Film

Also, since we don't have video up yet, we've cut up a teaser for the next film we'll be discussing. Can YOU guess which movie it is?

New Episode Wednesday!

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Free LEGAL Coldplay Album Available to Download Now

"This is a thank you to our fans."

And a mighty cool "thank you" it is.

What are you doing still reading this? Go download it now!

Coldplay - LeftRightLeftRightLeft 

VO Actors! Don't Forget to READ Your Copy!

ALL OF YOUR COPY!

Worked on two projects this week where quite a few people missed some very key points on some pretty decent auditions.

The first was a basic one. Producers sent us in a 30 second spot that was WAY over written. We've seen that before, no big surprise, but the agency did provide time codes at the top. I would say only one out of three people auditioning had noticed. Two thirds of the people coming in to read had prepped a 60 second style read, and were completely unprepared for a faster take.

The person who booked the job came out of the one third that noticed the time code.

The other was a bit more obscure.
We got a great TV spot for a luxury car. Very simply written, sophisticated with a little bit of a wink. They not only had time notes, but little storyboards and descriptions of what was happening in the spot. The twist to the commercial was the music, an old 1990's cheesy hip hop jam, to allow the spot to not take itself too seriously.

First I was shocked at how many people had completely disregarded the notes and storyboards (I would say almost a third), and had decided to just deliver their best Sloyan or Lyman impressions.

Only ONE person caught the music cue and knew what it was.

Guess who booked the job.

In this age of Blackberries and iPhones, not looking up a piece of info (in this case a music cue) LITERALLY meant the difference between booking a job and not.

Just some warm fuzzies to leave you with for the weekend!

I'm Crazy Stoked For Astro Boy!

The inspiration behind characters like Megaman.
Produced by the same company that recently brought us T.M.N.T.

Here's the teaser!

"Unbeatable" Graphic Novel Video Trailer Featuring Chris Emerson!

I dig this on SO many levels.
First up, it's a trailer for a cool looking comic, and I'm a nerd.
Secondly, the voice is my pal Chris Emerson, and he doesn't have what you would consider a "CLASSIC MOVIE TRAILER VOICE OF GOD" voice.
Thirdly, I find it be a really engaging way of drumming up interest in an indie property. I think the combination of visuals and voice is really interesting.
Lastly, I just dig using a conventional marketing tool (the movie style trailer) in a fairly unconventional way (promoting a comic book).

I'm very impressed.
Check it out (don't forget to hit the "HQ" button):



More info on Unbeatable:
www.razorwolfentertainment.com

Seth MacFarlane's First Cartoon: The Precursor to Family Guy

From the Youtube link:

After being hired at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc., MacFarlane was given a chance in 1996 to direct a sequel entitled Larry and Steve, a seven-minute short broadcast as part of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons.

Although not as crude as the first short, it still retains the same random feel with sight gags that mirror gags later used in Family Guy.

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