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This week's #freelancewriting topics: BBQ, septic and sewer maintenance, local theatre, regional summer events, DEI, and several small business profiles. Gotta keep rollin', no matter what... #contentcreation #research #librarian

Apparently, #Breakdancing is big once again. That being said, enjoy my #documentary about the best #breakdancers in the industry, on their world tour. #comedy #director #writer #storytelling #youtube #NewYorkCity #NYC #newyork #videoproduction #video #raygun #olympics

Just revisited Tim Burton's Beetlejuice—a quirky classic, but it always misses the mark for me. 🎬👻 Maybe it's the offbeat humor or the chaotic vibe, but I just can't connect with it. Check out my full review on YouTube and let me know if you agree! #beetlejuice #timburton #moviereview #michaelkeaton

Horror, Sci-fi, Cinematic Music for Film, Trailers and Video Games or whatever. Commissions Open! YouTube turns the volume down on my music so turn it up. Should be played loud. Email in YouTube page details. #music #composer #soundtrack #film #videogames #cinematic

#BlogTuesday Check out our latest blog about the Blackout Studio Options at Galleon Studios. I promise I’ve made it interesting. And really what else have you got to do? Work? Nah, read the blog instead. #blackoutstudio #galleonstudios #blog #blackoutstudiomanchester

I've just finished recording 52 episodes as a roaring troll father for The Crunchers (with thanks to the tireless Paul James at Wafer Audio) and wanted to share a bit about my experience with ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement) because I have a feeling that it can often be seen as original recording's poor cousin. To illustrate it here's one of my favourite sequences from Peter Rabbit, in which I voiced Jeremy Fisher (as well as Tolly Tortoise, Jack Sharp, and Ginger and Pickles). The animation had already been completed using the original American voiceover. The tricky task I had was to create a character and performance which fit exactly to the existing lip synch, along with non-verbal sounds like grunts, impacts, panting, effort, wheezing, sneezing, screaming and the all-purpose "huh?" ADR is very technically demanding (after watching once or twice to familiarise yourself, you read your line while keeping one eye on the character's movements, the other eye on the script, and your brain on the original's pace, tone and pauses). It's particularly difficult if the original recording is in another language - an oddly translated idiom can mean you need to squeeze a formidable phalanx of polysyllables... into a tight gap. It takes concentration, skill and flexibility! But it can also be a great gift. A voiceover artist giving an original performance for a show often has little in the way of visuals. You're very early in the production pipeline, often relying only on the script, what you remember of your performance in the audition, and the director's description. Sometimes there are designs, very rarely a storyboard or animatic. With fully completed animation you can see the relationships between the characters and their environments, and witness the actual timing of physical actions. Animation is perhaps the most collaborative medium, at every stage phenomenally hard-working and talented people add things that surprise and delight. You can miss something on the written page which leaps out at you in the finished version. The timing of physical comedy, beautifully designed and rendered characters, props and locations, unusual sound effects, even an unexpected pause can alter a scene entirely. With ADR I'm getting to watch the results of countless hours of painstaking work, and tailor my performance even more closely to the visuals. After an ADR session I'm buzzing, but in a completely different way from a normal voice session, where I sometimes (ok, always) find myself on the way home ruminating on my performance, wondering if I could have dialled up the performance another notch, if my accent was quite right, if I squeezed enough out of the scene. With ADR you see it all slot into place piece-by-piece. Like magic.

What a big win for arts and culture here. Festivals and art organisations are now choosing ethical business practices, including MIFF who have now partnered with ArtsPay as their payment solution company. When you buy a ticket to this year’s festival, part of that goes back to the arts. Go ArtsPay!

Your VERBOAST word of the day is *GRUNTLED*. https://lnkd.in/g3CHfXRX Verboast is a #wordgame I just invited you to play, especially if you #workfromhome Game Rules: Anyone who can work the word of the day into an ode to joy, literary wallow in the mire, acceptance letter, or any other multi-party interaction gets six (6) points. Points are forfeit if someone: a) asks if you're playing Verboast, b) challenges you for using the word incorrectly or out of reasonable context, or c) makes you repeat or explain yourself. Double points for commenting in this thread with the story of how you succeeded so we can applaud your ascendant insouciance. Today's winners get chuffed.

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The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on many industries, especially the cinema industry. Pursuing property tax reduction is a surefire way to save money and at the very least, assist in keeping cinema doors open for business. Knowing what critical factors affect a cinema’s market value is incumbent for a successful appeal. Among the most important is obsolescence, which is often overlooked or at times, entirely disregarded during assessment and tax appeal. This article highlights the profound effect obsolescence has on the market value of cinemas and the importance of consideration during assessment and tax appeal. Ryan Law’s Alex Mazero discusses this topic in the March Edition Headnotes by the Dallas Bar Association. https://lnkd.in/gHmcCHyF