An Interview with Doc Kane
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CAS AWARD NOMINEE ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE MOTION PICTURE - LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION MIXER - CHRIS DUESTERDIEK BEST SOUND EDITING RE-RECORDING MIXER - JON TAYLOR,CAS AND RE-RECORDING MIXER - FRANK A. MONTAÑO RE-RECORDING MIXER - RANDY THOM,CAS BEST SOUND MIXING SCORING MIXER - CONRAD HENSEL ADR MIXER - MICHAEL MILLER,CAS FOLEY MIXER - GEORDY SINCAVAGE “WE FEEL NOT JUST AMBUSHED BUT SURROUNDED, PERHAPS MOST OF ALL BY THE ASTONISHING SOUND DESIGN, WHICH TRANSFORMS THE MUSIC OF BABBLING BROOKS, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION RUSTLING TREES, THUNDEROUS HOOFBEATS, FALLING BODIES AND ANGUISHED SCREAMS INTO A WILD SYMPHONY OF WOODLAND CHAOS.” - ©2016 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX 20TH CENTURY FOX 8.375” x 10.875” N/A THE REVENANT 8.625” x 11.125” 1.19.16 SOUND EDITING 7.875” x 10.375” DS CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY RVNT_CAS_0128_V4 01/28/16 CAS AWARD NOMINEE ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE MOTION PICTURE - LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION MIXER - CHRIS DUESTERDIEK BEST SOUND EDITING RE-RECORDING MIXER - JON TAYLOR,CAS AND RE-RECORDING MIXER - FRANK A. MONTAÑO RE-RECORDING MIXER - RANDY THOM,CAS BEST SOUND MIXING SCORING MIXER - CONRAD HENSEL FEATURES ADR MIXER - MICHAEL MILLER,CAS FOLEY MIXER - GEORDY SINCAVAGE Dante AV Networking Tour ....................... 13 “WE FEEL NOT JUST AMBUSHED BUT SURROUNDED, PERHAPS MOST OF ALL BY THE ASTONISHING SOUND DESIGN, 52nd CAS Award Nominees ...................... 18 WHICH TRANSFORMS THE MUSIC OF BABBLING BROOKS, Tech Achievement Awards ....................... 22 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION RUSTLING TREES, THUNDEROUS HOOFBEATS, FALLING BODIES AND ANGUISHED SCREAMS INTO A WILD Production & post-production nominees SYMPHONY OF WOODLAND CHAOS.” CAS Student Recognition Award Finalists ........... 24 - 18 CAS Career Achievement ........................ 26 Doc Kane, the premier ADR mixer CAS Filmmaker Award .......................... 35 Four-time Emmy winner Jay Roach Equipment Upgrade Path ........................ 36 Lectrosonics A Dub Stage Case Study ......................... 40 PVC vs. loom projection screens 26 DEPARTMENTS The President’s Letter ............................ 4 From the Editors ................................ 6 Technically Speaking ............................. 9 AES Report from New York 35 In Remembrance ............................... 42 Been There Done That ........................... 44 CAS members check in The Lighter Side ............................... 46 36 Cover: Doc Kane Photo: Stephanie Wiley Photography CAS QUARTERLY WINTER 2016 3 ©2016 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX 20TH CENTURY FOX 8.375” x 10.875” N/A THE REVENANT 8.625” x 11.125” 1.19.16 SOUND EDITING 7.875” x 10.375” DS CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY RVNT_CAS_0128_V4 01/28/16 It’s time to make our presence known and understood. We are the Cinema Audio Society, a creative force in Hollywood and around the world. We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the other creative con- tributors in the filmmaking community, passionately CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY ready to give our best to the art of sound. MISSION STATEMENT The CAS is a venerable institution, stewards of an To educate and inform the general public and ideal: excellence in the art of storytelling through sound. the motion picture and television industry that And in this time of awards and recognition for the effective sound is achieved by a creative, accomplishments within the entertainment world, we artistic and technical blending of diverse sound proclaim our commitment to this ideal. elements. To provide the motion picture and television industry with a progressive society of You’ll find examples of this throughout this issue as we highlight our work master craftsmen specialized in the art of and recognize our award nominees. Great work good friends, we congratulate creative cinematic sound recording. To advance you! the specialized field of cinematic sound Each one of us can be an ambassador for our profession. Each day can recording by exchange of ideas, methods, and present an opportunity for us to reinforce and enhance our message. What information. To advance the art of auditory we bring to the mix matters. We are essential to the process. appreciation, and to philanthropically support those causes dedicated to the sense of hearing. THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER It is so important to communicate this in all of our work relationships and To institute and maintain high standards of opportunities. We can do so through commitment, concern and contribu- conduct and craftsmanship among our tion, creating an active voice, and spreading the word. members. To aid the motion picture and Importantly, we are greater than the sum of our tools. For us, it is about television industry in the selection and training the filmmaking, the storytelling, and the project at hand. Like all artists, we of qualified personnel in the unique field of cinematic sound recording. To achieve for our are devoted to our craft. We remember that technology is always in service of members deserved recognition as major our art, not the other way around. contributors to the field of motion picture and Every day, we retrace our steps to reinforce what we’ve learned up to now, television entertainment. and then we build on that foundation, opening our minds to new ways of accomplishing this ancient task of telling the story, revealing the characters, unfolding the journey. CAS WINTER 2016 We can remind those we work with that we are as indispensable to the NEW MEMBERS process as any of our peer contributors. This is not a conceit, but merely a Active statement of fact that is often missed in the chaos that can consume the Al McGuire CAS making of movies and television. Let us be an island of serenity in that sea of Andy King CAS Eddie Kim CAS chaos, performing under load, delivering the goods. Erika Schengili-Roberts CAS Let me single out, Karol Urban CAS MPSE, our co-editor, for her excel- Fred Paragano CAS lent work in producing the Quarterly. She has again done a terrific job of James Mace CAS bringing all the contributors’ articles together with this issue. Thanks so Robert Smith CAS much for all you do, Karol. Sam Hammer CAS Todd Weaver CAS Likewise to the major contributions made by all of your elected Board William Britt CAS members this past year, you are an amazing group of people and it is a Associate privilege to serve with you. Aaron Eberhardt Cote Travis Happy New Year to our many friends. Warm wishes to you all in the year 2016. Jennifer Winslow Nicholas Petoyan Nuno Fonseca Trey LaCroix Veronica Kahn Westley Moore Xiao Hou Mark Ulano CAS Student President of the Cinema Audio Society Callie Sorce Derek Sepe Rykara Chase 4 WINTER 2016 CAS QUARTERLY ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATIONS BEST FILM EDITING • BEST SOUND MIXING • BEST SOUND EDITING 5 BEST VISUAL EFFECTS • BEST ORIGINAL SCORE BAFTA AWARD NOMINEE | SOUND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BEST SOUND MIXING Re-Recording Mixers Andy Nelson • Christopher Scarabosio Sound Mixer Stuart Wilson BEST SOUND EDITING Supervising Sound Editors Matthew Wood • David Acord Visit us at WALTDISNEYSTUDIOSAWARDS.COM ©2016 & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. CAS QUARTERLY MATERIALS DUE: JAN. 19, 2016 4/C | FULL PAGE | WITH BLEED THIS AD RUNS: JAN. 28, 2016 BLEED: 8.625” W X 11.125” H TRIM: 8.375” W X 10.875” H 8F SAFE: 7.875” W X 10.375” H 3304-1 01/19/16 PDF/X-1a:2001 SWTFA_CASQuarterly_4CFP_8F With 2016 here (along with some crazy weather), we bring you the winter Quarterly. In this issue, Jesse Dodd sits down with your 2016 CAS Career Achievement Award honoree, ADR mixer Doc Kane, for an interview filled with lots of laughs. We are also proud to announce this year’s Filmmaker Award recipient, director/writer/ producer, Jay Roach. Westwind Media’s VP of Technology and Engineering Dan Shimiaei, provides a OFFICERS great case study on PVC versus loom projection screens. President: Mark Ulano CAS If your stage is considering upgrades, be sure to check Vice President: Phil Palmer CAS it out. Speaking of upgrades, Devendra Cleary CAS Secretary: David J. Bondelevitch CAS MPSE discusses how some manufacturers approach equipment Treasurer: Peter R. Damski CAS upgrades and paths—referencing a recent example from Lectrosonics. G. John Garrett CAS shares his thoughts BOARD OF DIRECTORS Deb Adair CAS Lee Orloff CAS on this fall’s New York AES Convention while Matt Bob Bronow CAS Lisa Piñero CAS Foglia CAS reviews the Dante AV Networking World event that recently John Coffey CAS Gary A. Rizzo CAS stopped by Nashville. Peter J. Devlin CAS Glen Trew CAS FROM THE EDITORS... THE FROM As we inch closer to our 52nd Annual CAS Awards Ceremony on Edward J. Greene CAS Karol Urban CAS MPSE February 20, be sure to check out your CAS Award nominees, tech Tomlinson Holman CAS Steve Venezia CAS nominees, and student nominees listed in these pages. Don’t forget to see Sherry Klein CAS Jeff Wexler CAS Walter Murch CAS what your fellow members are up to in the “Been There Done That” section and comment to them at the CAS Awards Ceremony about their “Lighter Side” submissions. Finally, we tip our hats to the now retired Leo OFFICE MANAGER Chaloukian, whose service to our field was instrumental to its growing Patti Fluhr recognition. EDITORS The CAS Quarterly is produced as a service to our members on a Matt Foglia CAS voluntary basis. We greatly appreciate and want your feedback and Karol Urban CAS MPSE suggestions—so send them in! Email us at CASQuarterly@ . Also, know that we truly value the support of PUBLISHER CinemaAudioSociety.org IngleDodd Media our sponsors and encourage your commitment to them, realizing that they 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Ste. 709 are professionals just like you. Los Angeles, CA 90049 Here’s wishing you and yours a healthy and successful 2016! QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: Cinema Audio Society 827 Hollywood Way #632 Burbank, CA 91505 Matt Foglia CAS Karol Urban CAS MPSE Phone: 818.752.8624 Fax: 818.752.8624 Email Leo Chaloukian Retires [email protected] Website Leo Chaloukian CAS retired last year at the age of 86.