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Activity here at CinemaSound

I do check in with CinemaSound, it is my creation of course, but not as often as I used to. There is not a lot going on here, that's for sure, but I hope that those who are participating are having a good time. It does not look like CinemaSound will ever take over from my regular long running Discussion Group at jwsound.net and that's okay... it was only an experiment, this Ning network, and it is what it is. I have no intention of taking this… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on October 16, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

FOLEY IN ARGENTINA

Hi everybody, Just I want to invite to all of you to take a look to our new web page www.tressonido.com There you can see all our work. During the last years we made a lot of Foley work in severals productions for US, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Another thing that I want to share is this link: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/lavs_brockett.html Here a guy called Dan Brockett made a great job doing a comparison of sixteen popular wired lavalier microphones. Also there are audio samples o… Continue

Added by Sebastian Sonzogni on October 5, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

FS Chindra bracket for SD 702/744

I've got a new and unused Chindra bracket for an SD 702/744 for sale. It was bought for a customer who suddenly sold his 744 so I'm left with it. Looking for $200 including the postage. You can contact me off list at malcolm@manxmoviesound.com Continue

Added by Malcolm Davies A.m.p.s. on May 21, 2009 at 5:26am — 3 Comments

Discussion Group meltdown

I was quite traumatized by the malware attack on my Discussion Group. I realize that I have a high sense of responsibility to keep the whole thing running properly. It is very disconcerting when things happen that are so far out of one's control. Fortunately, with the help of my good friend Laurence Abrams, we were able to diagnose the problem and figure out a course of action. There were so many files infected - affected that the most viable solution was the do a complete restore from a previou… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on April 28, 2009 at 11:16am — No Comments

iPhone on Verizon

Verizon iPhone Deal More Likely After 4G Launch Friday, April 17th, 2009 at 8:23 AM - by Jeff Gamet

Apple isn't likely to strike an iPhone deal with Verizon right now because it isn't interested in making a CDMA-compatible version of its smartphone for the carrier's network. An o… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on April 17, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Mix Mag Review of the 788T

I was thumbing through this months Mix Mag and found this good review of the 788T. I recently got my hands on one of these units and really loved the look and feel. I am an avid user of the 442 and 744T and really like the direction of Sound Devices. I really wish they would come out with a 5 or 6 channel mixer with a recorder built in for those of us who do Reality TV. This would make our lives easier and harder but would give us more options. Here is a link to the review for those of you who… Continue

Added by Rob Polhemus on April 6, 2009 at 10:10am — 1 Comment

An interesting link about lavalliers, with mp3 file....

You can visit this page and listen every lavalier an d compare them.... http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/lavs_brockett.html Continue

Added by maximilien on March 30, 2009 at 11:16am — No Comments

Our future in "New Media"

I am posting some food for thought on the heels of the ratification of our new I.A. contract. These comments from a very active and concerned member of the Camera Guild: What I don't fully understand in this corporate paradigm is how PEOPLE get away with immoral, nation-destroying, middle-class-killing policies by hiding behind The Corporation. Well, although it's been said that "corporations have no ethics, they are amoral entities," the fact is that corporations are run by PEOPLE. PEOPLE make… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on March 22, 2009 at 7:42am — 2 Comments

PreSonus Studio Live demo

The PreSonus people will be at Sam Ash Music in Hollywood for a demo of the Studio Live digital mixer. This will be the first opportunity to see this digital mixer in person. Tonight, March 18th from 6 pm to 9 pm Sam Ash Hollywood 7360 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 323-850-1050 Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on March 18, 2009 at 11:07am — No Comments

Has everyone VOTED?

Has everyone voted (those that can, of course), and how do we think the vote on the contract is going to go? I would love to see it voted down, particularly because I think it is important for the future to let people know how the normal process of negotiating, presenting a proposed contract, voting to accept or not accept, going back in and re-negotiating. These are things which most I.A. members (even our leaders) have almost no experience with. Other unions in this country and elsewhere, cons… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on March 16, 2009 at 6:59am — 1 Comment

President of Filmtools speaks out

Many of you may know Stan McClain who owns Filmtools. He recently sent out the Filmtools newsletter to his customers, urging them to vote NO on the new contract. I am posting the newsletter here since I think it is a well written piece, written from the heart in an effort to get the I.A. back on track to be a democratic and representative labor union.

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Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on March 4, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Vote on the Contract

quoted from Steve Nelson ... read this carefully, please. Dear Friends, Colleagues, Brothers and Sisters, By now you have received the latest big envelope from the Local, the one containing a scary letter from your Business Agent, another scary letter from the president of our International, the dreaded Memorandum of Agreement and the actual ballot. If you haven’t yet mailed in your ballot I hope you’ll take a moment to read this before you do. I think most of you know me. I’m writing without… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 28, 2009 at 6:12pm — No Comments

Say NO to 400 hours

PLEASE READ ALL THE CURRENT NEWS at the 400Hours website. There is a lot more to learn about the proposed contract and the SAG negotiations. This is VITAL to our future employment. Please read especially all the statements made by the major… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 23, 2009 at 6:15am — No Comments

SAG rejects AMPTP's last final, final offer

from Variety 2.21.09 SAG rejects 'final offer' from AMPTP Guild turns down feature-primetime deal By DAVE MCNARY The Screen Actors Guild's national board has rejected the majors' take-it-or-leave-it final offer by a 73% margin. SAG made the announcement Saturday night following a day-long meeting, two days after talks on a new feature-primetime deal broke down. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is insisting on a three-year deal, while SAG wants a deal that will ex… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 21, 2009 at 9:04pm — No Comments

The closing of the Motion Picture Home

Keith Olberman spoke about the closing of the Motion Picture Home. Here is a transcript from that show: OLBERMANN: Alex Rodriguez holds a news conference about taking medicine he should not have taken and twice says, quote, I have to take my medicine. That‘s next, but first time for COUNTDOWN‘s number two story, tonight‘s worst persons in the world. The bronze to Dr. David Tillman, CEO of the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Closing its hospital and retirement home in southern California, t… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 18, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Incentives ... who benefits?

For the individual who gets a job in one of the states that has an incentive program, the program clearly benefits that person at the time. The perpetuation of incentives and the "incentive war" it creates, ultimately does not benefit us at all. There is a lot to be said about this. cross-posted from Gary Dunham's comments at the Discussion Group: The key term is "lure". (From LA to NY) Incentives do not create jobs. Incentives move jobs. The multiplier effect (supposed tax revenue) is… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 16, 2009 at 7:43am — No Comments

C.A.S. Awards

re-posted for Richard Lightstone, C.A.S. (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… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 15, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

New Media

The very real concern over the 400 hours requirement has overshadowed some very important provisions of this new contract. Scott Kaye and Alan Disler, both very active in Camera Guild, made the following comments: On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Scott Kaye wrote: "Does this mean that, if ratified, members working out-of-classification on "New Media" productions WOULD have to re-rate, so long as they failed to report their job? If this is correct, it looks like they are trying to legislate the r… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 10, 2009 at 8:44am — 1 Comment

The Sopranos

"for those of you watching the sopranos on a&e, here’s what you’re missing. this is every single curse, from every single episode of the sopranos, ever." - Mathew Price Thank you, Mathew (needless to say, this contains profane language --- many of the "7 words you can't say on television" are here, on television, repeated many, many times!

the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 9, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Christian Bale apologizes

quoted from People Magazine: Christian Bale apologized repeatedly Friday for his 36 F-bomb meltdown on the Terminator Salvation set, labeling his behavior "inexcusable" and "deeply embarrassing." "It's been a miserable week for me," Bale, 35, said on The Kevin & Bean Show… Continue

Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 6, 2009 at 1:17pm — No Comments

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