2000 founder lev chapelsky matt case rich dickerson dawn hershey headquarters los angeles california website blindlight blindlight is a los angeles based company providing hollywood production services to the videogame industry . notable properties the company has contributed to include the elder scrolls fallout splinter cell tomb raider destiny and halo series . contents 1 background 2 industry contributions 3 references 4 external links background edit formed in 2000 by four managers from icebox.com blindlight sought to apply the talents and expertise from hollywood s film and television industries to the videogame industry . 1 the company s initial service disciplines included casting and voice production celebrity acquisition story and scriptwriting music production motion capture and sound design . while its contractors are sourced mostly from traditional hollywood industries blindlight operates exclusively as a service provider to videogame companies . before technological advances brought about the advent of the playstation 2 and the original xbox in 2001 many games were written and voiced by computer artists and programmers around the office . 2 the newfound potential for delivering richer multimedia experiences through videogames instigated the need for contributions from traditional hollywood resources such as actors writers and composers . blindlight sought to elevate the filmic aspects of videogames by developing ways for game producers to take advantage of the distributed freelance specialists that comprise the modern day hollywood production model . 3 in december 2003 the company moved its headquarters to its current location on the sunset strip . in 2004 blindlight opened an office in tokyo japan . industry contributions edit blindlight s filmography on imdb lists more game credits for voice production than any other company 4 and according to a gdc profile on the company its client list has grown to include 19 of the top 20 game publishers . 5 blindlight s voicework has earned industry awards including best dialog of the year 6 best performance by a human male 7 and performance of the year . 8 the company is known for producing the voicework on such prominent games as the elder scrolls v skyrim which won an aias award for outstanding achievement in story and game of the year 9 and dishonored which was recognized by bafta as the best game of 2012 . 10 other notable achievements include blindlight was an early company to advocate using professional hollywood actors in games . this started a shift in videogame voice over production that effectively moved the discipline to los angeles ca. 11 12 blindlight has drafted and brokered over 500 deals for the use of celebrity voices in games . 13 14 15 in 2006 blindlight signed all star trek captains to one game marking the only time all five have participated together on a single project . 16 in 2009 the blogosphere buzzed when word got out that blindlight had made an offer to former president bill clinton to play the president role in fallout 3 . 17 18 blindlight has participated in negotiations with the sag and aftra actors unions over the interactive media agreement . 19 20 in 2005 blindlight assisted in averting a strike and preserving the game industry s access to professional actors . 21 22 in gamewriting blindlight borrowed best practices from the television industry to create an outsourced team based model for improving the narrative elements in games . this opened new doors for game producers to tap underutilized hollywood writing talent at affordable costs and a new source of work for hollywood writers . 23 blindlight brought ex beatle paul mccartney on board to create and produce original music for the score of activision blizzard s cornerstone franchise destiny . 24 blindlight created an original mobile app for william shatner 25 that was rated as the best celebrity app in the markplace by both buzzfeed 26 and gizmodo . 27 references edit strike joe 27 april 2006 . secret lives of vo actors . animation world magazine . retrieved 2010 02 02 . gnatek tim 4 november 2005 . giving voice to videogames . new york times . retrieved 2010 02 02 . marlowe chris 5 november 2004 . rodgers takes shine to halo 2 . hollywood reporter . retrieved 2010 02 02 . dead link blindlight at the internet movie database gdc game writers summit . retrieved 2010 02 16 . dead link 5th annual gang awards . gang game audio network guild . 2007 03 08 . retrieved 2010 02 16 . surette tim 2006 12 09 . oblivion nabs spike tv tops honors . gamespot . retrieved 2010 02 16 . golden joysticks 2015 the witcher 3 wild hunt wins five gaming awards . retrieved 2015 11 09 . http www.joystiq.com 2012 02 10 skyrim snags another best of show award at 15th annual aias awar http awards.bafta.org award 2013 games best game gaudiosi john 2004 01 23 . more than just catchphrases pdf . gaming industry news . retrieved 2010 02 16 . gaudiosi john 2002 10 28 . h wood stars into vid game act . gamepro . retrieved 2010 02 16 . dead link wiltshire alex may 20 2009 . interview lev chapelsky . edge . retrieved 2010 02 02 . chalk andy 22 may 2009 . voice actors show them the money . escapist magazine . retrieved 2010 02 02 . powers kemp 31 january 2008 . videogames give actors second chance . reuters . retrieved 2010 02 02 . all five star trek captains to voice bethesda softworks video game . business wire . 2006 08 14 . retrieved 2010 02 16 . ashcraft brian 2009 05 22 . bill clinton asked to voice fallout 3 . kotaku . retrieved 2010 02 16 . duerte dylan 2009 05 23 . bill clinton turned down fallout 3 role . rip ten . retrieved 2010 02 16 . snider mike 6 june 2006 . voice actors to vote on strike . usa today . retrieved 2010 02 02 . yi matthew 5 may 2005 . actors voice their dissent screen guild calls for better pay for videogame work . usa today . retrieved 2010 02 02 . brodesser ben & fritz claude 2005 06 08 . gamers at peace rates rise for thesps but no residuals . variety . retrieved 2010 02 16 . morris chris 2009 05 22 . bill clinton in fallout 3 not so fast ... . variety . retrieved 2010 02 16 . snow allen 2004 09 16 . blindlight s lev chapelsky . gamedaily . retrieved 2010 02 16 . dead link bungie . the seattle times . retrieved 2015 11 09 . waxman olivia b. shatoetry the official william shatner iphone app is here . time . retrieved 2015 11 09 . the definitive ranking of celebrity apps . buzzfeed . retrieved 2015 11 09 . the best and worst celebrity apps . gizmodo . retrieved 2015 11 09 . external links edit blindlight official website blindlight at the internet movie database retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blindlight & oldid 724247489 categories video game companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010articles with dead external links from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog 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