Still booking after all these years
Been an interesting couple of months. For someone who has been in this business a long time (first agent in 1978), I was pleased to be picked up by an agent in LA (Voices Talent) after many years of not having one there. And I have been getting some great auditions from them.
And then another voice talent I know from one of our industry conferences […]
Small gestures mean a lot
A generic statue of a small naked man, not to be mistaken for an “Oscar,” arrived in my PO Box yesterday!
I was one of the voices on a new documentary (“JFK: The Last Speech”) that premiered at the JFK Library in early May. One of the people interviewed in the film has a trophy company and went through the credits creating these little guys for all of […]
Tracking your video ads? Here’re some new tools…
Do you have a marketing driven workflow? This MediaPost article points out a couple of new tools that will help you track views and for how long – and what actions they took. Kind of like what you get if you manage a page on Facebook – but all in one place. They also offer a video workflow, publishing and storage systems. I’m sure there is a cost for this, but if you need […]
Big $$ for US Video Ad Spending
Big money is being spent on placing ads with more money being spent online. While TV buy still has the lion’s share, the digital landscape is increasing every year.
This article from eMarketer.com has 8 very interesting charts to help you wrap your head around the trends.
The targeted nature of online advertising has VALUE to the advertiser. Don’t short-change the talent who are part of the process creating […]
The VO Adds Drama
It is always a pleasure to work on a project with a well written script. The words seem to flow easier. The story comes to life easier. When you add great production values to the mix, the results are captivating.
A few years ago I was the narrator for Northern Light Productions documentary about cyber warfare. They wanted drama. I think they got it! This is the opening sequence from this documentary that now lives in […]
Staged reading of “Silkworms”
I started writing as self-imposed therapy about 20 years ago and it blossomed into a stage play. I worked on it off and on over the years – mostly off and eventually put it away in a folder on my computer. At some point in the past year or so, I revisited it and decided that it had some merit.
After a polishing I sent it to a […]