Fantasy novel – “The Poet King” (Tor Books, 2020) – Ilana C. Myer interview

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Ilana C. Myer is a former Jerusalem based journalist turned novelist. She has wrapped up her Harp and Ring Sequence with the third book The Poet King. We discussed the book and her writing process.

0:49 – Ilana talks about why she wrote the series.

3:35 – Ilana talks about poetry versus prose writing.

4:42 – Ilana talks about the details of the book.

8:52 – Ilana talks about the research she did for the novel.

10:45 – Ilana talks about Middle Eastern magic.

12:41 – Ilana compares Eastern and Western magic systems.

13:26 – Ilana talks about the works that have inspired her.

14:53 – Ilana talks about the musical aesthetic of the book.

16:12 – Ilana talks about her writing process.

25:42 – Ilana can be found at ilanacmyer.com.

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2LpArXn

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765378347

https://ilanacmyer.com/

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Guests: Ilana C. Myer

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: fantasy, writer, novelist, novel, fiction, poet, Celtic, myth, literature, magic, french troubador, prose, art, medieval, Homer, Arabian nights, djinn, journalism, Middle Earth

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Overwatch Voice Artist – Keith Silverstein interview

Keith Silverstein has been a voice artist for over 30 years with almost 400 credited roles to his name. He’s worked on anime, videogames, animation, radio and more. The role he says he is most known for at the moment is Torbjörn from the game Overwatch. We spoke about his work and method.

0:35 – Keith talks about how he got into voice acting.

2:06 – Keith talks about how he was first doing voices.

3:30 – Keith talks about how he takes care of his voice.

4:26 – Keith talks about the kinds of roles he has done.

6:30 – Keith talks about how he rehearses and performs in studio.

7:46 – Keith talks about the toughest characters he’s done.

9:33 – Keith talks about what has inspired his voices.

11:46 – Keith talks about picking his favorite roles.

14:14 – Keith talks about performances that didn’t come out the way he expected.

16:53 – Keith talks about roles he’d like to do.

19:10 – Keith talks about dubbing work.

20:32 – Keith is on twitter @silvertalkie and keithsilverstein on instagram, and Keith Silverstein Voice Artist on facebook.

20:57 – Keith talks about new projects he’s working on.

Links of interest

https://twitter.com/SilverTalkie

https://www.instagram.com/keithsilverstein/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/KeithSilversteinVoiceArtist/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1142722/

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Guests: Keith Silverstein

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: voice acting, art, poetry, theater, gilbert gottfried, typecasting, Monster, anime, video games, naruto, glitter force, hunter hunter, overwatch, monter high, movies, marvel, dc comics, daredevil, star wars, spongebob, dubbing, Overwatch 2

Animation history book – “Eat, Drink, Animate” (CRC Press, 2019) – Tom Sito interview

Tom Sito has been a film animator for decades and has worked on some of Disney’s biggest films. He teaches animation and is also a member of the Motion Picture Academy where he is also works in the short films and animation division. He’s written a cookbook that collects together various recipes from animators that Tom has known, met or simply admired.

2:02 – Tom talks about how he came about to write the animators’ recipes cookbook.

5:20 – Tom talks about how animators incorporated food in their animation.

8:19 – Tom talks about the history of computer animation.

11:30 – Tom talks about the theater experience versus seeing a movie on a small screen.

14:03 – Tom talks about what new computer animation techniques are being developed.

18:10 – Tom talks about animation cinematography.

24:37 – Tom talks about experimentation in short films.

27:13 – Tom talks about Japanese animation and other international animated films.

30:15 – Tom talks about computer animated film budgets.

46:29 – Tom talks about mixing live-action and animation. They’re referred to as hybrid films.

48:30 – Tom talks about stop-motion animation.

54:04 – Tom talks about the proliferation of short films. He also discusses how people can have success getting their short films seen for notice or awards.

1:00:10 – Tom talks about possible major changes in computer animation.

1:03:32 – Tom was a website at tomsito.com

 

Links of interest

https://www.crcpress.com/Eat-Drink-Animate-An-Animators-Cookbook/Sito/p/book/9780815399766

http://anim.usc.edu/faculty/tom-sito/

 

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Guests: Tom Sito

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: art, artist, disney, chapman, clampett, chef, chili recipe, chasons, fantasia, how to train your dragon, toy story, Ridley Scott, Bladerunner, Duellists, light, storyboard, manga, Russian animation, Chinese animation, India, samurai jack, burton, harryhausen, jurassic park, cameron, speilberg, film festivals, Simpsons