Video Games 101
Emily
Clark is a Talent Coordinator for gaming
giant, Electronic Arts. She works with teams
across the franchises within EA to coordinate the in-game talent
including
casting, scheduling, negotiating, contracting and payroll for both
day-player
and celebrity deals. She's worked on
most of EA's titles over the last 2 years including Dante's Inferno,
Dead
Space, Dragon Age, Fight Night, GI Joe, Littlest Pet Shop, Madden NFL,
Mass
Effect 2, MMA, Medal of Honor, Monopoly, Need for Speed, Sims and Spore.
In
a recent conversation she revealed that there's
definitely a trend for more natural reads - "As video games become more
cinematic, the performance needs to reflect the realism. Across
the board, budgets are being cut but
games are getting bigger, so we have to hire more for less. The difference between union and non-union is
experience and speed. Producers want to
know that the people they have hired will be able to work efficiently in
the
booth and nail the roles."
Asked
about the major differences between SF and LA
talent, she responded, "There are very talented people in both markets. The only difference is that there are more
actors, talent agencies, producers and production companies in LA so
there is a
higher concentration of work. Inevitably, there
are more experienced
performers in LA which makes it easier to cast projects that require a
large
number of talent. That is not to
discredit the very talented working actors in the Bay Area and other
smaller
markets."
Her top tips for
people auditioning or
recording jobs; when auditioning, make sure to stay in character, show a
range,
have good recording quality and stay away from lengthy slates.
Emily
will be teaching a 2-week class at Voice One, Video Game Challenge,
beginning Tuesday,
August 10.
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Look Who's Talking
 * Deborah May signed with Tonry Talent. Congratulations!
* John
Prudhont booked a SAG national commercial for Chase.
* Rosario Cascone recorded a radio commercial for Healthcare
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* Jonathan Murphy and Steve Cloyes shot a series of viral videos for the Oracle OpenWorld Conference.
* Patricia Pearson shot an industrial film for Silicon Valley Bank.
* Shaye Troha recorded commercials for Scandinavian Designs and Joint Juice.
* Erik Beavers played a French baker in a web commercial for Hewlett Packard and a student in a viral video called Otaku.
* Greg Land recorded a corporate narration for Wells Fargo and filmed another web video for Clif Bars.
* Shannon Riley recorded a narration at Voice One for a Gilead Sciences drug called Ranexa. He was cast through the Voice One talent database.
* Jenny
Debevec landed a job through the Voice One
casting database - an audio walking tour of San Francisco for the For-Site Foundation.
* Steven Thomas did a two day teleprompter gig
for McKesson and has another one this week for ELT.
Congratulations to all who've recently booked
jobs. Send us your success stories!
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