Amid the haute couture dresses, borrowed diamonds, red carpet interviews and an air conditioning system that seemed to be on the fritz, the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards all but confirmed the arrival of animation as a serious cinematic art form. DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 took home the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film, […]
Paddington Bear: Little Guy, Big Screen
There’s something to be said for the animated classics. For anyone who grew up on Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, or even Charlie Brown, the animated worlds where these characters lived were more than mere settings for a story. To generations of children, these fictional places were extensions of home, landscapes where they could escape for the afternoon […]
After Dragon Triumph, DreamWorks Closes PDI Studio
It’s the end of an era for the animators who brought Shrek to life. DreamWorks Animation (DWA) this week announced plans to close its PDI studio by the end of the year as part of a cost-saving campaign that will save $30 million this year and $60 million by 2017. The budget-cutting will also see DreamWorks […]
Winter NAMM Show Hits All the Right Notes
Every industry has its mega-trade show. In the electronics space, it’s the Consumer Electronics Show. The National Association of Broadcasters has its NAB Show. The car industry’s top draw is Detroit’s North American International Auto Show. The music sector – and by extension the voice industry – is no different, and the just-completed Winter NAMM Show once again set the […]
Mobile Innovation Summit Opens Doors to Voice Professionals
While mobile technology has revolutionized the way most of us work, play, connect and live, its impact has been particularly strong in the voice-over community. On-the-go technologies give voice professionals the edge in connecting with clients, finding new work and auditioning for it, recording, editing and producing audio content, and growing their careers in a […]