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Blue plaque event at Gielgud home prompts dismay over ‘actor apathy’, mumbled speech and dumbed-down Shakespeare Dame Judi Dench has accused younger actors of apathy and laziness and caring little for either their artistic heritage or whether they can even be heard speaking. She spoke at the unveiling of a blue plaque at the former…
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The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has announced the publication of the latest version of its Technical Specification for the Delivery of TV Programmes to all major UK broadcasters. Version 5.0 of the delivery specification represents a major update, targeting new deliverables with the addition of: Ultra High Definition (UHD) High Dynamic Range (HDR) advice on…
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Packed audiences attended the popular craft seminars at BVE 2017 presented by IPS members. The seminar “So you want to work in sound?” on Wednesday 1 March, featuring training, was given by a panel of Simon Bishop, Stephen Pontin, Nadine Richardson and Simon Clark. On Thursday 2 March John Willett’s presentation was “The ins and outs…
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John Watkinson looks at the relationship between science and beliefs in the context of an on-line society. Audio is not a world of its own, it is part of the world, and as such displays characteristics that have parallels in the rest of the world. Like any high-tech industry, today’s IT-based audio industry depends totally…
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Zenon Schoepe, the founder and Editorial Director of international pro audio magazine Resolution, passed away on 10 April. He was 56 years old, writes Joe Hosken. After successfully completing a degree in microbiology at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, Schoepe began his career in publishing as a trainee journalist with International Thomson, where his…
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Happy Valley is the latest show viewers can’t hear. What to do, asks Stephen Armstrong. Why is Happy Valley 2 getting viewers so upset? Sally Wainwright is back with another cracking script, and directing it herself this time; and the nation’s sweetheart, Sarah Lancashire, is reprising the tough but troubled cop Catherine Cawood. Twisted Tommy…
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The British sound recording fraternity contains many eccentrics, but perhaps none more so than Mike Skeet who sadly passed away in December 2015 after a short illness. Mike was an inspiration for a great many of us throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, mostly through his enthusiastic magazine articles on DIY recording equipment and…
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Skip Lievsay is one of the most talented men in Hollywood. He has created audioscapes for Martin Scorsese and is the only sound man the Coen brothers go to. But the key to this work is more than clever effects, it is understanding the human mind. Skip Lievsay, an unassuming-looking guy in his mid-60s with…
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