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L.A. production takes downturn Off-lot film shooting slows, but TV rises By DAVE MCNARY "Off-lot feature production in Los Angeles posted its weakest quarter ever during the opening three months of this year amid the threat of an actors strike and the ongoing trend of features shooting outside Hollywood. First-quarter stats released Monday by permitting agency FilmL.A. showed 903 days of feature shooting, off 56% from the 2008 first quarter and down 14% from the fourth quarter -- which set the previous record for lowest production level since record keeping began in 1994." http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002381.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 RL
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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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Howdy folks, Here's the 2012 installment of my yearly Video X-Mas Card: Thanks for another great year of JWSound! Take care, Sean
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Please read the current news at the 400Hours.com website --- this site has a wealth of information regarding our future in this industry. http://400hours.com/index.html - Jeff Wexler
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-effect-why-hollywood-741938?facebook_20141019
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Welcome to the Discussion Group, Malcolm... good to have you here and pleased you found us. Best Regards, your host, Jeff Wexler
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This really only concerns our members who participate here and on CinemaSound. Ning Network has made their big announcement today, bringing an end to the FREE networks they had been hosting. The pricing plans and feature sets they have announced are actually quite reasonable and competitive (but not free). At this point, I am paying for the new CinemaSound network to be Ad free and have the features we need. I am considering paying Ning on one of the lower cost plans which will keep the original CinemaSound going for awhile. I am not suggesting that we will all move BACK to the Ning network (don't hate me) I just want to keep all our options open. One thing that was an…
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Hi All, I can't even imagine what this sound was like at the location - scary low end, in more ways than one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU Makes you think. Cheers, Dave
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Quote from Scott: "Can you put up a web page that the user fills out and then has to enter the coded letter/number message which then sends a email to their address that then have to click on to verify?" No, I am not able to do that routine (which I know is a common technique for avoiding all the nonsense I am going through). The software package that runs this Forum does not provide for that sort of sign up. If I were a little more skilled in html and real web construction, I could put up such a page on my regular website (not this Forum) which could sign people up, authorize and all that stuff. I am not able to do it on my own, sorry. The way it has been working …
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The summer edition of Production Sound & Video is onlinehttp://www.local695.com/Quarterly/
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My Dad, Carson Hawk passed away in late June. Of interest to most of you is he has a lot of vintage audio, mics, recorders (Ampex, etc.), video/TV, computer/software,test equipment, tools, furniture and household items. We need to liquidate everything by selling, donating and recycling as the family home is also being sold to satisfy the trust. Join us if you can and pass the word please. Sat., Sept. 27th 8am-? 210E. Gladstone St., San Dimas, CA 91773 (1 1/2 blocks east of San Dimas Ave. - 1/2 mile off the 210 fwy.)
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SAG National Board rejected the latest and 'final offer' from the AMPTP. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000436.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 RL
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hi everyone, i'm landing in LA on 20th April and that's because of flight availability. I need to spend upto 23rd in LA and i'll take a bus or hitch a ride to Las Vegas for NAB. I will need a place to stay in LA. I have no fixed itinerary for after NAB, which is another thing. As of now, I'm thinking only about the initial few days before i get to NAB. Any ideas or assistance is welcome! -vin
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Just caught this on the web: http://www.amptp.com/ It's not quite what it seems. The "real" AMPTP is at amptp.org. This is a hilarious parody of the ongoing Writers vs. Studios situation. Granted, with many of us facing no money coming in, it's hard to laugh -- and trust me, we're just as nervous and frightened in post as those of you in production -- but some of the bon mots on this website made me laugh out loud. --Marc W.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002420.html?categoryid=18&cs=1
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Just wanted to invite any mixers or others interested in sound in the Texas, Oklahoma or West Louisiana areas out to our 3rd Annual Lone Star Mixer Mixer this weekend in Dallas. We at Vandelay Sound Exports are hosting it at a local brewery, Texas Ale Project, and our friends at Gotham Sound are sponsoring it. We have lots of great giveaways and demo gear. Reps from Orca, Zaxcom, Lectrosonics and Sound Devices will be in attendance to show you the ins and outs of their products. If you're available, you don't really have an excuse to not come hang out with your compadres. What: Social event for sound mixers and others interested in sound for television and film …
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Hey I’m tearing around New Orleans till Wednesday if any mixers want to grab a drink.
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Hey, everybody. Pardon the shameless plug, but I recently started my own blog about sound for film and TV called sync.sound.cinema. Essentially, I'm trying to create a place where audio newbies and video folks can get a brief tour of the sound-for-picture world, along with tips, techniques,and a little history. I'm always looking for new info, so if you folks out there know of anything that would be of interest, please send it my way. Link: http://syncsoundcinema.blogspot.com/ Thanks, Christian
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Thanks Scott for joining up and thank you for putting a real name in your Profile. It really helps me fight spam-bots and bogus sign ups to know that it is a real person who has just registered. Welcome! Regards, Jeff Wexler
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Coliseum officials made $1 million in cash payments to union Bundles of cash were used to pay wages of IATSE members for concerts and other productions, with no controls on disbursement. The U.S. Labor Department is investigating. By Paul Pringle and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times February 1, 2012 For at least five years, officials with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum passed bundles of cash totaling more than $1 million to a union representative, sometimes in a suitcase packed with $100 bills. The payments, ranging from $1,400 to $187,700 each, were to cover the wages of stagehands on Coliseum events — rave concerts, Cinco de Mayo performa…
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Dick Smith, Makeup Artist on The Godfather and The Exorcist, Dead at 92 Rick Baker has posted this on twitter: Dick Smith was a true artist, contributed to our industry with creativity and creations that boggled the mind.
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I'm looking for a sennheiser battery cover for a handheld UT mic. The part number is t187-md. Please contact me if one's available for cheaper than $80 bucks.
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WGA press release: WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR 2009 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION LOS ANGELES – The Writers Guild of America, West’s Nominating Committee has announced its initial list of candidates for the 2009 WGAW Officers and Board of Directors election. The officer candidates are as follows: President – John Wells, Elias Davis; Vice President – Tom Schulman, Howard Michael Gould; Secretary-Treasurer – Christopher Keyser, David N. Weiss. There are 16 candidates nominated to run for eight open seats on the WGAW’s Board of Directors, as follows: Luvh Rakhe, Linda Burstyn, Mick Betancourt, Jan Oxenberg, H…
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I have had to disable any and all EMAIL notification functions for this forum in an effort to solve what we believe is a spam/server problem of some sort. Personal Messages should be unaffected so you can continue to use those. I hope none of our members are inconvenienced by this --- I really don't know how many people have set their profiles up to have email notifications sent out. Once we solve this problem I will reactivate this feature. Thank you for your understanding. Best regards, Jeff Wexler
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Carter Joe" <Joe.Carter@technicolor.com> To: <aes-la@light-list.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:35 AM Subject: AES-LA November Meeting Notice and Newsletter Hello Everyone: Our next AES-LA monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday November 30th, 2010 at 8:00 PM at The Culver Club, Radisson Hotel, 6161 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230 (west of Sepulveda). The optional pre-meeting dinner is at 7:00 PM. The topic is "Electronically Enhanced Acoustics" presented by Garry Margolis, AES Treasurer and Engineering Raconteur about Town. Meetings are free and are open to everyone including s…
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