WESTLAKE SIGNAL GROUP

03/18/2016

WSG is back in business!

02/21/2015

Time to get back to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

02/20/2015

People have asked me over the years how I come up with names for characters. I'm sure every screenwriter's been asked that question and the answer is universal...there really is no set way a charcater's name comes to mind. Many times, it depends on the type of character we're creating. Strong characters usually come with strong names like James T. Kirk, Luke Skywalker, or Jack O'Neil. Quirky characters have quirky names like Hawkeye Pierce or Radar O'Reilly. Of course, the process keeps going and going. In the caseof these characters, you'd have to ask their creators how they came about naming them. In the case of "No Right Turn"/"NRT", our lead character is a fellow by the name of William L. Westhaven. Before I even knew who this Westhaven was as a person, I knew his name. I like strong characters and the name resonated with me. In my case, the attached picture shows exactly how his last name came to be. Yep, that's right, it came right off of a street sign. I had been driving past this street for years...decades actually and I was always taken with the name for some odd reason. I knew when the time came, I would build a character around this name and I did exactly that. There you go. That's how the lead character in NRT got his name. More on the other characters in this series is to come.

02/13/2015

One of our best known and continuing productions is TV's Newswire L.A. Even during our period of general inactivity, you could see simulcasts of NWLA on this page. Presented here as par of our archive is the original series promo. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtx2JnNMrR4

This is the first promo cut for Newswire L.A. and comes with the tagline "News That Never Expires!"

02/06/2015

Life in the Fast Lane Part 3...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V-XY93reOQ

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE is a lighthearted, but serious look at Southern California (and the nation's) transportation history. This history is examined from the...

02/06/2015

Life in the Fast Lane Part 2...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2rp83T7U4s

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE is a lighthearted, but serious look at Southern California (and the nation's) transportation history. This history is examined from the...

02/06/2015

"Life in the Fast Lane" was one of those projects you just enjoy and, in all honesty, it was produced for fun. We were just coming off of all of our work for "Engine Company X". ECX was a very "heady" project and we needed something to lighten the mood. Well, this project stepped forward and after all of these years, it is still a crowd pleaser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBsuL6iYLE

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE is a lighthearted, but serious look at Southern California (and the nation's) transportation history. This history is examined from the...

01/30/2015

We told you that one of our KEY projects in 2015 is the project known as "No Right Turn." You'll be seeing more of this in future postings. However, we dug around in the archive and found an original version of the series opening credits we created back in 2009. Those opening credits were great then, but we're in the process of revising them completely. The song itself, written by long time WSG music man, Brent Laidler, will remain. Laidler will also be scoring episodes of the series as they are produced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUDdKwwTN8E

This is the REVISED series opening for No Right Turn, an original television series project created by Chin Thammasaengsri & Andrea Beckum. The opening was c...

01/23/2015

From our "Then & Now: The LAFD" series which won the 2009 telly Award for excellence in documentary production. Here's one of our most viewed segments from LAFD Fire Station 43 in Palms. For those of you who do not know the back story on this project, over a two year period, we featured some of L.A.'s most classic and disappearing old fire stations. 43 was one of our favorite stops. Here is Part 1...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCu0p0UQsy8

The following is a look inside of old Fire Station 43 which served the area of Palms between 1942 and 2007. The LAFD station was located at 10234 National Bo...

01/16/2015

LAFD Fire Station 43 Part 4...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCIQNuEKPZs

The following is a look inside of old Fire Station 43 which served the area of Palms between 1942 and 2007. The LAFD station was located at 10234 National Bo...

01/16/2015

LAFD Fire Station 43 Part 3...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAOvNfTABng

The following is a look inside of old Fire Station 43 which served the area of Palms between 1942 and 2007. The LAFD station was located at 10234 National Bo...

01/16/2015

Part 2 of LAFD Fire Station 43...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDG8jhIhBe0

The following is a look inside of old Fire Station 43 which served the area of Palms between 1942 and 2007. The LAFD station was located at 10234 National Bo...