Production Sound & Video

26 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Spring 2021 Cheyenne Wood building or rewiring her own equipment. This, however, should come as no surprise given her history. Cheyenne's father has spent the better part of the last thirty years working as a Broadcast Truck Driver and Fabricator. "It's touching, in a very sentimental way," she told me. "Growing up from the very beginning, my earliest memories with my dad are of my brother and me running around workshops and going to work with him. He was a single parent, so on late nights when he didn't have a babysitter, he'd throw us in the camper and go pick up shows and drive us home. Now, he picks up my shows." Cheyenne went on to describe the first time she and her dad had opportunity to work with one another on set. "I was working on Ultimate Tag as a Media Manager but he had parked the truck before I got to go in for prep, so we didn't get to see each other. But on the last day, I came out of the truck and he was waiting at the bottom of the stairs just to see me at work. It was a cool moment. And there have been a few times since then." Similarly, Haley Burnett grew up in a household deeply rooted within the industry. Her father also drove production trucks for several years before becoming a Comms and RF Technician. Meanwhile, her mother and stepfather worked for Viacom (now ViacomCBS) as Director of Operations and Lead Engineer respectively. "I remember that I didn't want to work in the industry because so many people in my family had. I was going to do dance therapy for juveniles," Haley told me. "Then I went to [Country Music Awards] with my mom and got to go backstage. Seeing everyone and everything going on made me think, "Huh, maybe I do want to do this after all." When Haley received her Local 695 card in 2017, she began to develop record assist and cloud-based screener protocols that have been essential for contactless delivery and safety during the pandemic. She's worked on broadcast tentpole productions such as the Video Music Awards and MTV Movie Awards.. Jillian Arnold is a Recording and Workflow Engineer who also followed in someone's footsteps. "My stepdad was a Tape Duplicator," she explained. "His claim to fame was the colorized version of It's a Wonderful Life on VHS. And when I was little, he had five or six tape decks in the basement where he'd duplicate old cartoons for international release. And he taught me how to use those tape decks. Now, I am what I like to refer to as 'The Artist Formerly Known as the Tape Operator." Since earning her 695 membership in 2012, Jillian has been at the forefront of new server-based network recording technology, as well as the cloud-based migration of large assets. She was recently elected to serve as President of Local 695 and holds dual-card status with Local 600. Her clients include Disney, ViacomCBS, Netflix, Apple Inc., TED Conferences, and the Jet Propulsion Lab. All three of these women are first-generation card holders within their families. "My mother was from the employer's side of things. So when I joined, she was happy about the benefits and protections that came with that," Haley said. "My dad did tell me that he had been approached about joining the Teamsters union many years ago. But due to Haley Burnett

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