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We extend our gratitude to Brook Chalmers, an accomplished actor and voice director with an impressive portfolio including roles in productions like Demon Slayer, Street Fighter 6, Fire Emblem: Engage, and directing credits for projects like Genshin Impact, Star Trek: Prodigy, among others.
Appreciation also goes out to Ulysses Nieto from SIDE LA, whose engineering support proved invaluable in acquainting students with the authentic atmosphere of recording sessions and the protocols of professional recording studios.
In this closely-knit acting workshop, students had the opportunity to perform excerpts from pre-selected scripts. Brook provided guidance mimicking real recording sessions and utilized each students’ performance to impart additional educational insights. As this class was open to new talent and working professionals, Brook covered auditioning techniques, effective self-practice methods, and strategies for incorporating dynamic elements into performances.
SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. With over 25 years’ experience, an international network of resources, and state-of-the-art studios in London, LA, Paris and Shanghai, SIDE’s award-winning team of technical and creative experts still hold the same collective intention: to develop the truest interpretation of each client’s vision, for audiences of every genre, on any platform, in all languages.
13 08 26Rest is hard to come by as a creative person. Experts will often tell you to embrace “just being,” but personally, when I try that, a little voice tends to pipe in my head and let me know that I’m falling behind, not doing enough, and then I end up retroactively putting together an in-depth game plan to tackle for when I’m done pretending to “just be.”
09 07 26...networking isn't just about meeting people. It’s about building genuine professional relationships. The challenge is that authenticity has its own etiquette. Industry professionals can usually tell the difference between curiosity and strategy, and the strongest networking happens when the two naturally overlap.
11 04 26I’m curious, if you’re an actor, singer, engineer, composer, dancer, animator — or like, pursue anything in the arts, can you recall a note you’ve received in the past, or a special nugget of wisdom from a mentor that you can say has genuinely helped shape your craft for the better? A note that’s inspired you to strive to be the best artist you can be? On the flip side…have you received a note that felt like a personal attack or perhaps has made you question your worth as an artist?