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Table of QUARTERLY Contents 695 Volume 5 Issue 1 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION RONALD JUDKINS production sound mixer ANDY NELSON, GARY RYDSTROM 14 22 26 re-recording mixers Features Departments “ THERE IS NOTHING BRAVURA OR OVERLY EMOTIONAL Award Nominations ................. 10 From the Editors ....................................................... 4 ABOUT SPIELBERG’S DIRECTION HERE, BUT THE IMPECCABLE FILMMAKING Kudos to all the nominees Have a bountiful year IS NO LESS IMPRESSIVE FOR BEING QUIET AND TO THE POINT.” Recording Les Misérables .............. 14 From the President .................................................. 6 KENNETH TURAN, LOS ANGELES TIMES Archiving on Flash Media .............. 22 From the Business Representative ........................... 8 The Cable Connection ............... 26 News & Announcements ......................................... 9 Checking for crosstalk problems HIS STORY IS OUR STORY DISCLAIMER: I.A.T.S.E. 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LINCOLN ACADEMY - 695 QUARTERLY (FEB ISSUE) - FP W/ BLEED 01-28-13 TRIM: 8.375 x 10.875” BLEED: 8.625 x 11.125 SAFETY: 1/4” FROM TRIM 1 From the thanks the Cinema Audio Society and proudly congratulates our nominees for Editors OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING As the calendar ticks over to a new year, we are filled with anticipation of brighter prospects and better times. Hopefully, you have had some time to reflect with your family and friends and you are returning to a project or about to start one. Competition is a factor both in the search for employment and on the job itself. Even though we are all working toward the same creative ADR Mixer: Bobby Johansen goal, it seems that departments are pitted Re-recording Mixer: Tom Johnson against each other more and more, as if we Re-recording Mixer: Gary Rydstrom, CAS were in a sporting event. Scoring Mixer: Andrew Dudman Foley Mixer: Frank Rinella ADR Mixer: Doc Kane Re-recording Mixer: Michael Semanick, CAS Imagine what the possibilities would be if in the first meeting with the director, his primary Re-recording Mixer: Tom Johnson focus was on how best you can achieve a stellar Re-recording Mixer: Chris Boyes soundtrack? Scoring Mixer: Dennis Sands, CAS Foley Mixer: Glen Gathard Well, that is exactly how it transpired on Les Misérables for production mixer Simon Hayes of Great Britain. This is an inspirational story of enormous cooperation amongst every depart- ment, with one goal in mind; to record all the live vocals perfectly. This is an exacting business that requires great sacrifice. We wish you all a bountiful year, filled with endless cooperation from co-workers, friends and your treasured family. Fraternally yours, David Waelder, Eric Pierce and Richard Lightstone ADR Mixer: Doc Kane Re-recording Mixer: David E. Fluhr, CAS Re-recording Mixer: Gary Rizzo, CAS Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson Foley Mixer: Frank Rinella 4 ©2013 Disney Disney Animation 695 Quarterly - Issue date: Winter 2013 colorproof #1 Jan. 18 4:57pm CAS Quarterly - Issue date: Winter 2013 CAS Awards program book - Feb. 16, 2013 Bleed: 8-5/8" x 11-1/8" Trim: 8-3/8" x 10-7/8" Live: 7-7/8" x 10-3/8" From the President 695QUARTERLY PISSED OFF… I.A.T.S.E. Local 695 Production Sound Technicians, There is a rampant elitism in the land. It is particularly virulent in our entertain- Television Engineers, Video Assist Technicians and ment industry but it reaches across the culture and manifests itself as a method- Studio Projectionists 3i-291814370: Custom Interior ical assault on the American Middle-Class’ self-esteem. Labor is the enemy. The Certified & Chartered September 15, 1930 for Panasonic HPX370 working man wants too much. 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