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Luc Besson’s Colombiana comes to OM

We always enjoy working on movies and as fans of  Luc Besson we were doubly delighted to be working with Sam Douglas on a spot of ADR for Besson’s latest venture Columbiana, starring Zoe Saldana and directed by Olivier Megaton. See the Trailer on youtube.

Outsource Media Rebrand

Outsource Media began life in 1996 bringing film and TV dialogue production values and practice to game development.  “At the time outsourcing for games was embryonic and a pertinent ID for us but as outsourcing has evolved to be associated more with art and the Far East we felt it time to make a change.  Our production teams are known as OM London and OM Los Angeles so we’ve decided to simplify and become just OM. As voi…

Mark Estdale is speaking at the 2011 Develop Conference on “The Keys To Unlock Believable Performance.”

Mark will be speaking at this year’s Develop Conference in Brighton (19 to 21 July 2011):

The Keys To Unlock Believable Performance. 

"Mark Estdale, veteran casting and voice director leads OMUK, one of the industry’s most experienced game dialogue teams. He’s recently added characters to SOCOM 4, and completed work on Driver: San Francisco, TV Superstars and the English version of the critically …

Coffee News

We’ve just taken a weighty delivery of a magical selection of green coffee beans. From the world famous Balmaadi Kopi Luwak, just for the curious, to the wonderful Malawi Panwamba AAA for those wanting to lose their soul to the divine. The new season stock includes the best from El Salvador, Guatamala, Costa Rica, Kenya, Brazil, Sumatra, Columbia & Mexico. Come and celebrate with us we’ve pleny to roast and savour. Roasting i…

Mark is quoted & misquoted in the Big Mouth Guide

It’s good getting the word out about working with actors for video games but the quote of throwing a producer out of the studio for having a laptop is not Mark’s big mouth but a misquote. Game producers with laptops can rest easy! See the full article next month online at Audiomedia.com or go buy the latest issue of Audio Media Magazine from a good newsagent.

Xmas News

The busy Autumn continues at the central London recording studio.  We’ve been beavering on with the English version of the iconic German game Book of Unwritten Tales, with collaborative translation and writing live online across three time zones and working with a great cast. We’ve also been finishing off  the recording for Driver San Francisco, as well as elements of SOCOM 4.

 

Then just when we …

Summer Update 2010

It’s been a  busy year with PlayStation Move launch titles for Sony, the reclaimed Driver franchise back in the creative hands of the Edmundsons and Ubisoft: Driver San Francisco. There’s been Trine II, Dead Nation, more Anno, adventures and humour, sport and getting The Witcher, Assasins of Kings demo and E3 trailers wrapped.

 

The next quarter’s production calendar is under wraps, as usual, but the l…

Develop Awards 2010

We were nominated for the 2010 Develop Award for Audio Outsourcer of the year. This is the third year we’ve been nominated and in true form we were sidelined. Pun intended.

Develop Link

 

Outsource Media Joins TIGA

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today announced Outsource Media as its newest direct member.

 

Outsource Media was founded in 1996 by Mark Estdale, one of the UK’s most experienced casting and dialogue directors working in the games industry. Outsource Media provides a creative full dialogue production service from scriptwriting and adaptation, casting, recording and post production to l…