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Jonathan Handel gives clarity to the fog surrounding SAG and the breakdown of the recent talks with the AMPTP. http://digitalmedialaw.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-sag-becoming-irrelevant.html RL
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"Frustrated by SAG's refusal to close a deal, the majors broke off three days of talks late Thursday by issuing a take-it-or-leave-it "last, best, final" offer. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers also said the new offer would be withdrawn in 60 days. SAG had no immediate response. But the key issue separating the two sides -- the companies' demand for a three-year deal from the date of ratification -- turned out to be insurmountable." SAG talks break down Majors make guild final offer http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000382.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 RL
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With the passage of California's State budget - the delay almost rivaling the SAG contract conundrum -- there is a new set of tax breaks that will finally directly compete with New York state and a few others. It is by no means as generous as Michigan but it should begin by July 1st. Variety details it; Taxing situation for New York http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000377.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 My opinion: One thing they point out that was not covered in another thread here on the state tax rebate incentives, is the fickleness of Producers, who hop from one state to another when the incentives look better. True, this is affecting us now, but similar to wh…
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Location Sound will be hosting an RF Seminar titled "Managing Wireless Mics In Difficult RF Environments" in the LSC Conference room, on February 26th from 3-6pm. Featured speaker will be Sennheiser's Joe Ciaudelli. Refreshments,some cool give-aways and special discounts will be enjoyed by all. Visit the LSC website http://www.locationsound.com/proaudio/ls/index.html for details. For those of you keeping count; thats a Senheiser RF Seminar at LSC on Thursday, February 26th, and, also, a Sound Devices Multi-Track Recording Seminar at the Los Angeles Film School on Saturday, February 28th. RSVP for either or both seminars to Darlyna Mitchell at LSC (818) 980-9891 x352
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I have increased the capacity of the upload/file folder on the server so we should be back in business. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties uploading images. Again, In will take the opportunity to promote CinemaSound where the the uploading routines work very well and support images, video, audio and so forth, and in what I consider a much more elegant manner than this forum. - Jeff Wexler
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Last night we held a real sound love-fest at the Biltmore Hotel's Crystal Ballroom Here are the winners (in BOLD). Motion Pictures: The Dark Knight Production Mixer Ed Novick Re-Recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg Gary A. Rizzo Slumdog Millionaire Production Mixer Resul Pookutty Re-Recording Mixers Ian Tapp Richard Pryke Iron Man Production Mixer Mark Ulano, CAS Re-Recording Mixers Christopher Boyes Lora Hirschberg Quantum Of Solace Production Mixer Chris Munro, CAS Re-Recording Mixers Mike Prestwood Smith Mark Taylor WALL-E Original Dialog Mixer Ben Burtt Re-Recording Mixers Tom Myers Michael Semanick,…
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Top doctors and brainboxes in America and Argentina believe they may be on the track of pills which could "turn down" people's ears, protecting their hearing from damage at noisy clubs or concerts. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/johns_hopkins_ear_volume_knob_pills/ Amps that go beyond 11 widely expected
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I received this notice from Zaxcom: New Stereo adapter introduction At the Coffey Sound Barbecue this Saturday Feb 14th at 11:00 AM Zaxcom will show for the first time a new Stereo Adapter model STA150. This new adapter differs from the previous model in that its connections are sound bag friendly. Right angle connectors are no longer needed to save space when configuring the sound bag for the Stereo adapter with the TRX900 wireless microphone transceiver. The STA150 powered directly from 8-18 volts converts a TRX900 into a line level balanced input 2 channel transmitter with 2 channel backup recording and IFB return receiver. A single TRX900 modulates 2 channel…
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New Panasonic AG-HPX300 Camcorder with dual-channel Unislot Video of unit
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Variety gives an excellent one year review of the effects of the WGA strike. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999957.html?categoryid=2821&cs=1 RL
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"It’s happened again. SAG leaders, in the latest twist in the guild’s extraordinary drama, have set the stage for resuming contract talks with the majors by again firing topper Doug Allen and booting out the feature-primetime negotiating committee in favor of a task force. Sunday’s vote generated support from 59% of board members voting -- up from the 53% who supported the resolution two weeks ago via a “written assent.â€� Keith Carradine, elected in the fall as part of Rosenberg’s Membership First slate, defected Sunday and supported the resolution. Rosenberg chaired Sunday’s contentious five-hour meeting. Because of the internal battling, the resoluti…
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And the winners are: BEST FILM "Slumdog Millionaire" - Christian Colson OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM "Man On Wire" - Simon Chinn / James Marsh LEADING ACTOR Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler" LEADING ACTRESS Kate Winslet - "The Reader" SUPPORTING ACTOR Heath Ledger - "The Dark Knight" SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penélope Cruz - "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" DIRECTOR "Slumdog Millionaire" - Danny Boyle ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY "In Bruges" - Martin Mcdonagh ADAPTED SCREENPLAY "Slumdog Millionaire" - Simon Beaufoy FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE "I've Loved You So Long" - Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT BY A…
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The BAFTA's are happening now... Latest from BBC: "Writer Simon Beaufoy scooped the prize for best adapted screenplay and said it was "an immense privilege". Danny Boyle's rag-to-riches film also took the awards for best music. cinematography, best sound. Brad Pitt's movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has so far won two awards for best production design and best make up and hair. The Duchess scooped the prize was best costume design and I've Loved You So Long, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, won best foreign film." UPDATE: 1342PT: "Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has been named best director at British Academy Film Awards in London." RL
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From Daily Variety: SAG's moderate leaders to meet Sunday Guild members aim to revive contract talks "The moderate majority of SAG leaders will attempt Sunday to put feature-primetime negotiations back on track by trying to defuse president Alan Rosenberg's extraordinary legal challenge. The uncertainty over SAG's contract situation has been a factor in slowing down feature production. A below-the-line organization dubbing itself "Back to Work" has scheduled a 1 p.m. rally for Monday at SAG's Hollywood headquarters to urge the guild to re-launch negotiations. "The refusal to negotiate has gone on for too long," it said in a message in its web site at www.letsge…
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I'm getting a headache from all the inner legal warfare within SAG's Board. Cue the Soap Opera music, please. When we left off on Tuesday, Alan Rosenberg's first attempt at an injunction to stop Douglas Allen from being fired was shot down by a Judge. Rosenberg said "I'll be back." Back he was today - and bang, bang, shot down again. Read it here: http://digitalmedialaw.blogspot.com/2009/02/judge-denies-sag-president-injunction.html RL
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" A big box office month helps defeat a stimulus bill provision for large tax breaks on projects " http://articles.latimes.com/2009/02/04/business/fi-movies4
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Sound Devices, LSC and your Local are sponsoring a seminar on multi-track recording with Sound Devices products on Saturday, February 28th at the Los Angeles Film School Theater in Hollywood. John Tatooles from Sound Devices will be the featured speaker. Check the Union, Sound Devices or LSC websites for details. You can register on line at the SD site or, contact Darlyna Mitchell at LSC (818)980-9891 x352 to RSVP. www.locationsound.com
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Special SAG board meeting set Guild mired in legal battle http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999561.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 RL
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I have never posted here before but I believe that this news item requires all of our attention. As a member in good standing for many years, I am finding more and more resistance from actors to wear a wireless mic. It takes quite a bit of convincing and assuring that they are in good hands with this sound department. This is due to previous experiences where the actor's privacy and trust may have been violated. This new sound bite of Christian Bale ranting only serves to fuel the fire. We are ultimately responsible for this breech of privacy. We have the means to prevent these things from getting out into the world, I will hear no excuses. Here the media has seized an op…
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Talks were supposed to begin again this morning between the AMPTP and SAG. They were called off after Alan Rosenberg filed a temporary restraining order to prevent other guild leaders from restarting contract negotiations with the majors. Well this morning, a Judge denied that motion on a technicality. Rosenberg has now threatened to re-file the motion by Thursday. Daily Variety: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999497.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 RL
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You can't make this stuff up. SAG and AMPTP will meet tomorrow for the first time since last year. Despite that, SAG guild president Alan Rosenberg and first VP Anne-Marie Johnson have disclosed plans to go to court to demand reinstatement of Doug Allen as national exec director. Read all of it here: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999468.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 RL
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Boyle Nabs DGA Feature Award 'Slumdog's' Winning Streak Continues 01/31/2009 Danny Boyle has won the DGA's top feature award for directing awards season favorite "Slumdog Millionaire." Boyle won the trophy Saturday night at the DGA's awards show at the Century Plaza, topping David Fincher for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Ron Howard for "Frost/Nixon," Christopher Nolan for "The Dark Knight" and Gus Van Sant for "Milk." The win for "Slumdog" keeps its momentum going following victories at SAG for top ensemble, the PGA for top feature and the Golden Globes for best drama. The comedy series award went to Paul Feig for "The Office" and the drama series tr…
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I hope this news hasn't ruined your day But Carl Reiner's hosting of the DGA Awards has usually been the only entertaining part of those awards. Variety reports: DGA Awards host Carl Reiner, who had been set to host the DGA Awards on Saturday night, has been forced to cancel due to food poisoning. Jon Cryer has agreed to replace Reiner, who has emceed 21 previous DGA galas. The awards dinner is set for [January 31st] 6:30 p.m. at the Century Plaza, followed by the awards ceremony at 8 p.m.
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Alan Rosenberg interviewed on a site called "The Wrap" (http://www.thewrap.com/article/1138) spills his guts and calls Actors "Frightened little children". All via Digital Media Law: http://digitalmedialaw.blogspot.com/2009/01/screen-actors-guild-president-calls.html RL
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Hot of the Internet: http://digitalmedialaw.blogspot.com/2009/01/sag-amptp-meeting-planned-for-early.html More in depth analysis from Daily Variety: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999224.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 RL
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