SIFTER for the Ear presents:

In Your Ear is Richmond’s premiere sound facility. In addition to all manner of music and commercials, they regularly work on films and TV shows, often with stars who are visiting/working in Richmond. President and co-founder Carlos Chafin is joined by Chief Engineer Paul Bruski to talk about their work on some of these shows:
– How IYE sprang from Alpha Audio
– Using ADR & foley in movies
– Regular visitor Sissy Spacek
– Working with Anthony Hopkins
– Sharing cigars with Ridley Scott
– Claire Danes talks about IYE on Jimmy Fallon
– Mike Henry recording Family Guy
– A studio made them install a camera to safeguard their recordings
– Why they have a box of dirt in 2 studios
– Working on a movie that just came out

LINKS:
In Your Ear
Modern Richmond’s tour of TILT
BK Fulton’s podcast

    SIFTER for the Ear    October 18th, 2024

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Commonwealth of Notions / Deutscher Jam presents:

    Commonwealth of Notions / Deutscher Jam    October 11th, 2024

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SIFTER for the Ear presents:

Songs From The Hole was the inspiration of JJ’88, who at 15 took a life. While serving a double-life prison sentence, he wrote the songs that become the genesis of this unique documentary visual album. It’s part of the InThrive Festival, which celebrates the voices and talents of incarceration survivors, and runs Oct 18 – 19 at First Baptist Church. The discussion with JJ’88 and the director Contessa Gayles includes:
– How Contessa got involved
– The story behind the characters
– Why this approach instead of regular “talking head” doc
– Using animation and other visual elements
– The complex combo of real people and actors
– Winning the SXSW Vision Audience Award
– A background on the festival

LINKS
InThrive Film Festival (Richmond event)
Songs from the Hole website
Virginia Film Festival
My review of the Offer (about making of The Godfather)

    SIFTER for the Ear    October 11th, 2024

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Higher Consciousness presents:

From 3 to 5 on Thursdays, Alicia is dedicated to raising your vibration in this time of a mass spiritual awakening. The synchronicities and coincidences that call for attention are given space and joined with music that shares the peace of Gaia and points to the thresholds of our collective experience. A mixture of edgy music, candid interviews, and Alicia’s insights, this is Higher Consciousness.

 

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    Higher Consciousness    October 10th, 2024

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River City Limits presents:

    River City Limits    October 5th, 2024

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SIFTER for the Ear presents:

IATSE is the union that represents more than 168,000 technicians in the entertainment industry. Today’s show features Dave O’Ferrall, the Business Agent for IATSE Local 487. Our discussion includes:
– What IATSE is and what the acronym stands for
– How are they different from the Teamsters
– The financial and other benefits added to the new contract
– What’s involved with “Turnaround”
– How IATSE functions in a right-to-work state

LINKS
Website for IATSE Local 487
The trailer for the Bowman Body doc

    SIFTER for the Ear    October 4th, 2024

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SIFTER for the Ear presents:

Mark Lambert got his break in special effects when he developed proprietary rendering software for Pixar. He went on to create visual effects for numerous movies. More recently, he’s pivoted to work in virtual reality, which has taken him around the world to shoot incredible footage. Our discussion is crammed with interesting info, including:
– Creating “flying type” for Oprah
– Developing proprietary rendering software for Pixar
– How Air Force One get him “bit by the bug”
– Breaking his arm in a Buddhist temple
– An upcoming project with The Poe Museum
– Creating the 3-headed dog for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
– Photo-realistic animation in “The Polar Express”
– Designing a talking wolf for “The Chronicles of Narnia”
– Keeping the crew out of 360-degree virtual reality
– Shooting from the top of the Burj Khalifa
– Working with veterans for VR therapy

LINKS
LighthouseXR
VArtisans
My podcast with Craig Martin on The Good Road

    SIFTER for the Ear    September 27th, 2024

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What Wakes Me Up/Moccasin Tracks presents:

two informative illustrations by Kat Sharp for “Swing Bridge Stories.”

 

This episode casts a light on the our LGBTQIA family and friends. You’ll hear about Swing Bridge Stories, from author and illustrator couple Bronwyn Hughes and Kat Sharp. These stories take place in rural Mathews, Virginia, and feature queer characters, just as everyday fictional people in realistic settings. You’ll hear about Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth, soon to be released, from the author, Alexis Stratton. Our fourth voice is Justin Sykes, who works with VACommunityVoice.org to prevent gentrification and build community along the section of Route 1 south of the Belvidere Bridge.

I met all four at Richmond Friends Meeting. Justin was a young friend when I served in First Day school, i.e., Sunday school at Quaker meeting.

What Wakes Me Up is a Sunny Gardener Production hosted on WRIR 97.3 FM and WRIR.ORG and other community media outlets.

and here’s a non sequitur from the master, VCU graduate David Wiley Miller, whom I knew in the early ’70s when we were students and neighbors.

    What Wakes Me Up/Moccasin Tracks    September 24th, 2024

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SIFTER for the Ear presents:

In UNFROSTED Bailey Sheetz is discovered by Jerry Seinfeld’s character in a dumpster eating what would become a Pop-Tart. This young actor has a funny part in the new Netflix hit that was written, directed and stars Jerry Seinfeld. Our lively interview covers much more than any of the local print stories, including:
– His relationship to the gas station/restaurant with the same last name
– His love of antiques, esp. vacuum cleaners
– Being called “an old soul” on Big Little Shots with Melissa McCarthy
– His first role as the voice of a squirrel for Apple
– Working with Seinfeld, McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan
– Flying on top of a truck
– Almost getting strangled by a candy necklace

LINKS
My review of UNFROSTED
Podcast on Pine Grove School
The vacuum cleaner episode was on How to with John Wilson, Season 3, Ep 4 of  (my 5-star  review)

    SIFTER for the Ear    September 20th, 2024

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SIFTER for the Ear presents:

SOLITUDE is a horror thriller that revolves around one woman who’s living alone in the wilderness for a survival competition show…with a supernatural twist. The world premiere will be September 21st at the Byrd Theatre. Today’s show features 3 of the creatives, Jeremy Brown, Mick Strawn and Dalton Pope and we discuss:
– Their previous Friday the 13th fan film
– What is Brownspace Films
– Where the idea originated
– Shooting in the woods for the entire project
– The Windigo!
– The cast member from ALONE that’s in this film
– The parallel story shot in Richmond
– The acting challenges for Sam Wren Vincent (the lead)
– A surprising answer for the photo of her daughter

LINKS:
The Byrd Theatre premiere tickets (Sat, 9/21)
Solitude trailer
Brownspace Films
Friday the 13th Vengeance (fan film)
The Magic of Horror Festival (Facebook page)
The Magic of Horror Festival (tickets)

    SIFTER for the Ear    September 13th, 2024

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