By: CreativeFuture
“I love the energy loop that’s created when you get people fired up,” Miriam Cutler says, explaining what drew her into a most unexpected professional journey. For over twenty years, Cutler has beaten the odds to make a successful career as a film composer in Hollywood. And she’s managed to... Read more
By: Ruth Vitale
We have a long and frustrating history on piracy and other copyright matters with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). We’ve said it before – EFF sometimes does good work. That’s what makes their predictable intransigence about piracy so incredibly frustrating and tiresome. Recently, EFF weighed in against efforts by the... Read more
By: Cesar Fishman
“When my kids were little, their teacher asked them, ‘What does your father do?,’ Jeremy Grody says. Their answer was, ‘He listens to the same sound over and over again.’” And that’s exactly what he does! Grody’s renowned for his work as a sound supervisor and re-recording mixer on films... Read more
[The] latest piracy threat [is] even more worrisome to the music industry: stream ripping. – Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2016 Recently, Taylor Swift debuted her latest single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” online to great viral fanfare – quickly smashing records in its wake. On YouTube, the song’s... Read more
By Gregg LaGambina
When you first step into the lobby of Tinsley Studio, you’ll be greeted by Brad Pitt and a dead woman in a wheelchair. “Brad Pitt” is strapped to a board with ropes. He is made mostly from silicone and is a life-size body cast of the actor – a prop... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
Unsplash appears to be a straightforward website – devoted solely to hosting visually striking photos. So why does this seemingly unassuming website make us want to punch a wall? Unsplash allows users to download and use photographs that took hours to plan, shoot, and edit for free. We can’t say... Read more
By: Gregg LaGambina
When Lee Gren was growing up in Chicago and daydreaming of superheroes and pin-up girls, he never thought he would actually mingle with these mythical creatures in real life, let alone as a career. After attending art school, Gren moved out West, adopted the nom de plume Dick Cherry, and... Read more
By: Adam Leipzig
My first job in any creative pursuit was in IATSE Local 44. IATSE is a labor union comprised of people who work the below-the-line jobs in film and television. I was a very junior set dresser and my first assignment on my first day was to go to a department... Read more
By: Gregg LaGambina
Walk into Robin Hatcher’s office at Tinsley Studio and you’ll be met with a framed poster that reads: “KEEP CALM AND LET ROBIN DEAL WITH IT.” This is the type of birthday gift one might expect to get from appreciative co-workers. But talk to anyone at Tinsley Studio and you’ll... Read more
By: Ruth Vitale
Mobile applications – the fun, useful programs that tell you how to get home, give you awesome bunny ears, introduce you to the love of your life, and let you text your friends across the world, and are cheap (maybe 99 cents) or even free – are being pirated like... Read more