Lady Macbeth Portrayed with Subtle Artistry by Computer
Generated Microsoft Mary
Released on = June 16, 2005, 11:59 pm
Press Release Author = Sondra Lowell/Shakespeare R US
Industry = Entertainment
Press Release Summary = Text-To-Speech Artistes Draw Bravos in
IndependentAnimatedFilmChannel.com Debut
Press Release Body = Most consumers use text-to-speech (TTS) speakers, like
Microsoft's Mary, Mike and Sam, to read email on the web or tally expenses in
Quicken. "Lady Macbeth Interpreted by Dame Microsoft Mary" allows that TTS performer
to express emotional depth that she has never heretofore unleashed on the public.
"Even people accustomed to her computerized voice will be spellbound by her chilling
portrayal of Shakespeare's power-mad murderer," said filmmaker Sondra Lowell on the
eve of her prize-winning, minute-long drama's premiere in the beta test of the
IndependentAnimatedFilmChannel.com web-based cartoon network. "Lady Macbeth
Interpreted" will remain in play on the website after it goes public on July 4.
"I hate to give away the ending," added the filmmaker, "but Sir Microsoft Michael, a
longtime colleage of Mary's, joins her in the role of his lifetime, playing
Shakespeare himself."
Sondra is an innovator in such diverse fields as podcasting singing/tap dancing news
and taking longer than anyone else in history to finish editing her live action
digital first feature, WebcamMurder.com, about people who live their uneventful
lives on Internet webcams.
"I became aware of the dramatic talents of Mary, Mike, Sam and other text-to-speech
performers when TTS voices were added to screenplay formatting software so
screenwriters could listen to their dialog out loud," said Sondra. "After hearing
them voice my own repartée, I knew they could give Sir Laurence Olivier and that
silent Sarah Bernhardt movie a run for their money." It was then that Sondra started
her art-for-art's-sake company, Shakespeare R Us.
"Lady Macbeth Interpreted" was edited and composited in Adobe Premiere, After
Effects and Photoshop, with facial animation designed in the soon-to-be-released
version 4 of CrazyTalk by Reallusion and TTS voicings in CrazyTalk version 2.5.
Music is from the Adobe Premiere version of SmartSound.
Both Dame Microsoft Mary and Sir Microsoft Michael (nee Lernout & Hauspie British
English male) are available for interviews.
Web Site = http://www.IndependentAnimatedFilmChannel.com
Contact Details = Sondra Lowell
PO Box 93944
Los Angeles CA 90093
323-633-3639
Sondra@hotmail.com
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