Showing posts with label la times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label la times. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

News Sound Bites - Revision3, Engineering, Earthquakes in LA, Audiobooks, and More...

Hey All,
Just some fun links for you to check out.

The LA Times has a great look at up and coming media giant Revision3. I'm a HUGE fan of the "network", even if I did just recently pick a fight with Tekzilla.

AUDIOTUTS has a great tutorial on processing vocals for musicians. Totally worth a read for you VO folks as well, especially if you ever have to engineer or produce your own content.

So I was REALLY close to the earthquake that hit CA yesterday, and it was quite a jolt. To hear a special report from Loony Tunes News (courtesy of Bob Bergen) CLICK HERE.

Wired's Listening post has a really funny (and frustrating) article about how Hell Is Other People's Music.

Sound on Sound is reporting on an update to Reaper, a great little audio suite that I would put up with programs like Audacity and Traverso.

Not Just Voiceover has a great vid up of a narration session with audiobook virtuoso Scott Brick. It's so much fun watching you guys work...

Part Three of Bob Souer's interview with Voice Over Xtra has just been posted, so head over and check it out. Here are parts one and two if you're a little behind.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Here We GO! WGA Authorizes Strike

I really hope WGA doesn't strike...

The guild's vote shows a devastating majority support the strike.

I estimated about 80%, and of the 5500 members who voted, 90% voted for (on a quick tangent I find it interesting that, like elections only about half of those eligible to vote actually voted).

I appreciate the hard line tactics.
Previous contracts have hosed actors, writers, and directors for about two decades now. I hope this leads to actual talks at the table, some leverage, but I really think a strike will weaken our position. Push production to non-union (especially video games and "new media", it's just too easy).

We'll just have to see...

LA Times has a pretty good write up on the current situation here.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

So we WILL be seeing Shrek 4 &5 then?

Straight outta the LA Times,


"Shrek the Third" MADE SOME MONEY for Dreamworks. Even though I wasn't that positive on it (like anyone cares what I think), apparently it pulled in a $60 million profit for the studio.

'Shrek' lifts DreamWorks Animation

"The Glendale-based studio said it had net income of $61.8 million for
the three months ended June 30, or 60 cents a share, compared with net
income of $13.7 million, or 13 cents, in the same period last year.





Revenue soared to $222.5 million, compared with $74.9 million a year earlier."


Read the rest here.