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14 FA L L 2 0 2 0 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y For a number of years, the CAS has looked forward to providing social and educational opportunities to our members through our Summer Screening Series. These events offer a moment out of our busy schedules on warm summer days to go see a movie and come together. As a CAS member, it is one of my favorite times of the year. Without the formality and responsibility of our awards, which is a special event and precious in its own right, the Summer Screening Series offers members an opportunity to meet each other's families, knit tighter friendships, and share sound knowledge. When the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, productions around the world were halted and we all faced unprecedented challenges both professionally and personally. Immediately, your Board of Directors began to ask ourselves how we could continue to serve our membership and encourage community and professional connections in a time when physical isolation was necessary to ensure the safety of everyone. Through the help of our publicist, Dorothea Sargent, and our organization manager, Carol Thomas, we found a software solution and educated ourselves on how to design and produce sophisticated digital programming aimed at sharing useful technical information, creative techniques, and most importantly, enabling communication amongst attending members. The CAS Summer Event Series 2020 was born. The resulting programming has included deep dives into highlighted technology and expert panels on immediately relevant topics. Our Co-events Committee produced technical events featuring iZotope and Zaxcom, as well as discussions on remote post audio workflows. Technical advisors were provided by iZotope and Zaxcom to answer member-submitted questions, along with our CAS expert users who offered historical perspective and practical applications. The events were moderated by Board members, Bob Bronow CAS and Peter Devlin CAS, respectively. Following the event, members enjoyed exclusive offers from both iZotope and Zaxcom. Later, after the Mix Presents "Sound for Film & TV" event (also covered in this edition of the CAS Quarterly), the Co-events Committee extended our "Play It Don't Spray It" panel: to a second CAS virtual event, moderated by David Barber CAS. This event specifically addressed developing workflow solutions needed under our new "normal." A similar event was also produced, moderated by Ceri Thomas CAS, exploring the changing aspects of scoring mixing throughout the years. In this discussion, scoring mixers talked industry changes, workflow changes, and offered anecdotes on many of their famous scores. Our Events Committee assembled the CAS Award-nominated sound team for Netflix's feature film El Camino. Marti Humphrey CAS moderated the event and led a detailed discussion that included the reviewing of several select scenes, specifically analyzing how they were sonically constructed and mixed. While recordings of these panels are now available online under the Events From left: Some "Insight" on metering was shared during the iZotope panel; participants of the iZotope panel. Recap by Karol Urban CAS MPSE