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Unpredictable Behavior

I was at first a bit put off by the accents in this, not to mention the pristine condition of the Baker Street flat, but where they take this short is such a delight that by the end I forgave all.

Eye

This ad (featuring original music) was released as part of the First premiere last weekend, to promote the ZS Eyes #1 Content Pack for Moviestorm.

Celtx Learning Series: "Welcome to Machinima"

ZS Newsletter subscribers got an early heads up on this: my upcoming series, STONE, is the featured subject of a media-annotated screenplay project I did with Celtx this year. They're featuring it as part of their new Celtx Learning Series, an endeavor to show hands-on examples of the Celtx pre-production software in action.

FIRST Premiere Date Set

I am happy to announce that First is complete! The film will make its public premiere as part of a very special event at TMU Theater on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. EST (that's 9:00 a.m. PST, and I believe 5:00 p.m. GMT - but double check your time zone with your favorite world time clock to be sure).

Saturday Training Cancelled (Postponed)

After some soul searching, I've decided to cancel this Saturday's Moviestorm training class while I reevaluate both the tech and the pricing. I've been very unhappy with the experience I provided in the free course, and really feel a need to retool before moving forward with more training - particularly training someone is going to pay money to attend.

I have notified all people registered to attend, and have processed refunds for them.

She hasn't touched her soup.

Machinima Expo 2010 starts accepting entries on June 1, 2010.

Dragon Age: Warden's Fall

Jason Choi and I don't see eye to eye much lately.

We're both type A personalities, we're both highly opinionated. And when Jason totally dissed the "anymation" concept as a waste on his blog a couple years ago, I got really ticked off.

But I don't have to be Jason's best buddy to recognize his ridiculous level of talent. And that's what shines in this film produced by Machinima.com.

Ametsub - Repeatedly

This hard to classify music video created by Lucio Arese is hypnotic.

Training Postponed

Due to illness, I'm postponing May's Moviestorm training courses to Saturdays in June. The link below leads to the new signup pages. If you were signed up for the free course, I've kept you signed up by default; if you were signed up for the paid course next week, I've issued refunds and you're welcome to sign up for the June course if that date/time works for you.

http://z-studios.com/catalog/training

Sorry for any inconvenience, I'm off to the land of Nyquil, good night!

Voice Recording Tips (Video) from Ricky Grove

Here's an extremely informative (and fun) video put together by Ricky Grove which shows off his recording setup. He gives some excellent tips on how to get the best voice recording possible. It's one thing to write about and talk about these things, but to actually see them in action is extremely useful.

Must see material, no matter what your current setup and gear. Thank you, Ricky, for sharing this with us all!

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