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Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television programs, animated short films, and video games) and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.
Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists or simply voice talent, and their roles may also involve singing, although a second voice actor is sometimes cast as the character's singing voice. Voice artists are also used to record the individual sample fragments played back by a computer in an automated announcement. At its simplest, this is just a short phrase which is played back as necessary, e.g. the Mind the gap announcement introduced by London Underground in 1969. In a more complicated system such as a speaking clock, the voice artist usually doesn't actually record 1440 different announcements, one for each minute of the day, or even 60 (one for each minute of the hour), instead the announcement is re-assembled from fragments such as "minutes past" "eighteen" and "pm." For example, the word "twelve" can be used for both "Twelve O'Clock" and "Six Twelve." For some automated applications, such as London Underground's Mind the gap announcement, the sound of a voice artist may be preferred over synthesized voices because the human voices sound more natural to the listener.
Seth Woobury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, producer, director and singer. He created the animated sitcom Family Guy and co-created American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.
A native of Kent, Connecticut, MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television shows, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory and I Am Weasel, before creating his own series for 20th Century Fox entitled Family Guy in 1999. MacFarlane went on to co-create American Dad! in 2005, and The Cleveland Show in 2009 for Fox. He also went on to serve as executive producer on the Fox sitcom The Winner.
As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward. MacFarlane's interest in science fiction and fantasy has led to cameo and guest appearances on Star Trek: Enterprise and voicing the character of Johann Kraus in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. In 2008, he created his own YouTube series entitled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. As a singer, MacFarlane has performed at several venues, including Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
Actors: Ben Andrews (actor), Andy Spletzer (miscellaneous crew), Garry Schyman (composer), John Rosenberg (editor), Margo Dane (actress), Norman Hollyn (miscellaneous crew), Alan Lee Baker (actor), Jason Lee Daniel (actor), Rick Walters (actor), Melissa Pang (actress), Nikita Breznikov (actor), Ronee Collins (actress), Jeff M. Lewis (actor), Ileana D. Vasquez (actress), Gregory Marks (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Ben Andrews (actor), Andy Spletzer (miscellaneous crew), Garry Schyman (composer), John Rosenberg (editor), Margo Dane (actress), Norman Hollyn (miscellaneous crew), Alan Lee Baker (actor), Jason Lee Daniel (actor), Rick Walters (actor), Melissa Pang (actress), Nikita Breznikov (actor), Ronee Collins (actress), Jeff M. Lewis (actor), Ileana D. Vasquez (actress), Gregory Marks (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Kyle Rea (actor), Gary A. Rainer (actor), Gary A. Rainer (director), Saro Solis (actor), Linda Weinrib (actress), Susan Haight (actress), Aly Kay (actress), Aly Kay (producer), Jill Maglione (actress), Sherry Hassett (miscellaneous crew), Aric Amendolea (actor), Peter Miller (actor), Bobby Heege (actor), Justin Daube (actor), Patti Buhler (actress),
Genres: Short,Actors: Natasha Henstridge (actress), David La Haye (producer), Jesse Jane (actress), Yeniffer Behrens (actress), Michael Madsen (actor), Michael Feifer (producer), James Avery (actor), Ken Davitian (actor), Gordon Masten (actor), Lochlyn Munro (actor), Stephen Baldwin (actor), Thomas Ian Nicholas (actor), Alan Pao (actor), Austin Wintory (composer), Alan Pao (producer),
Plot: Tripp is an average frustrated chump, who comes up with a golden idea. He partners with Gary, a Wall Street wheeler and dealer, and brings his cousin, Rowan, on-board to help with his business. As Tripp and Rowan journey together for business, Tripp learns about Rowan's extraordinary skills- skills in attracting women. The duo realizes that business and relationships today have a lot in common. Tripp learns Rowan's game and begins closing on business deals. But the problem is, Tripp is married. As the business grows to be worth millions, Tripp realizes that there are many players around him who want a piece of the gold. He must decide to either fight for the gold, or find love, with his new found knowledge of the game.
Keywords: animated-sequence, baby-born, black-dress, bridesmaid, camera-phone, casual-sex, chicago-illinois, conception, divorce-lawyer, divorce-papersActors: Jeny Cassady (actress), Mauri Bernstein (director), Mauri Bernstein (actress), Mauri Bernstein (actress), Mauri Bernstein (writer), Gaalen Engen (producer), Nick Ouellette (actor), Jackson Berlin (actor), Alice Joaquim (editor), Andy Hayward (actor), Kevin B. Barron (writer), Advah Soudack (actress), Julie Blais (miscellaneous crew), Roland Maurice (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Melissa Disney (actress), Cindy Robinson (actress), Kate Higgins (actress), Leslie Caron (actress), Bruce Chianese (composer), JB Blanc (actor), Tim Lowry (editor), Tim Lowry (producer), Mike Wech (editor), Jonathan Lipow (actor), Jay Hoffman (producer), Chris Smith (actor), Mickey Corcoran (producer), Doug Stebleton (producer), Doug Stebleton (director),
Plot: This is the story of one remarkable woman, whose devotion to a generation of heroes transcended all boundries. Madame Simone Renaud witnessed the liberation of France on June 6, 1944 for a very unique point the- the small town of St. Mere Eglise- the first town liberated in the D Day invasion. It was here that she & her husband, the mayor of St. Mere Eglise watched the triumph & tragedy unfold during a day that defined history. And it was here that so many American soldiers, who gave their lives to protect freedom and democracy, found their final resting place. Madame Renaud spent a lifetime tending to the graves of those American soldiers and corresponding with their loved ones back home. She became friend, family and touchstone to those whose lives were forever changed by D Day. The mark she left is indelible. Her story is too.
Genres: Documentary, Drama, History, War,Actors: Nikolay Yeriomin (actor), Nikolay Yeriomin (writer), Nikolay Yeriomin (director), Mikhail Bondarev (actor), Aleksandr Tatarskiy (writer), Aleksandr Kushner (writer),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short,Actors: Michael Giacchino (composer), Emilie Maison (miscellaneous crew), Shay Cunliffe (costume designer), Steve Alterman (miscellaneous crew), Luke Wilson (actor), Rich Fellegara (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Jessica Parker (actress), Craig T. Nelson (actor), Judy Garland (actress), Diane Keaton (actress), Dermot Mulroney (actor), Claire Danes (actress), Steve Alterman (actor), Lee Tucker (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Quesenbery (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The Stone family unites in common cause when their favorite son brings his uptight girlfriend home for the Christmas holiday, with plans of proposing. Overwhelmed by the hostile reception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications.
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Plot: A group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the impossible... building a new plane from the wreckage of the old one.
Keywords: aerial-photography, african-american, air-strip, air-turbulance, airplane, airplane-accident, airplane-design, airplane-designer, airplane-engine, airplane-passengerActors: Renée Glynne (miscellaneous crew), Billy Pittard (miscellaneous crew), Billy Goldenberg (composer), Barbara Gregson (miscellaneous crew), Emma Porteous (costume designer), David Beatty (editor), Les Green (editor), Andrea Borella (miscellaneous crew), Peter Parasheles (editor), Avi Levy (miscellaneous crew), Tony Miller (miscellaneous crew), Frank Catalano (actor), Nigel Goldsack (miscellaneous crew), Teresita S. Crisostomo (miscellaneous crew), Miodrag Stevanovic (miscellaneous crew),
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Keywords: airship, bank-robbery, based-on-novel, cornelius-vanderbilt, digit-in-title, fencing, louis-pasteur, number-in-title, queen-victoria, steamboat(Hans Unterweger)
Jeden Tag schon in der Früh, wenn ich auf die Berge seh',
alles ist so weiß mit Schnee, ja da zieht's mich auf die Höh'
Und ich hoi meine Bretter raus, es zieht mich nur so aus dem Haus
der Himmel blau die Luft so rein, ja es wird ein Vergnügen sein
beim Schi-foan auf der Höh'
Ja ich hab meine Karte mit, und auch für'n großen Appetit
hab ich ein Riesenwurstbrot mit, das teil ich dann nur mit Birgit.
ich treff sie an der Talstation, wir fahren hier seit Jahren schon,
wir lieben diese weiße Pracht, die uns unendlich glücklich macht