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6 I M PS E . O R G Happy Birthday, Wavelength! It is a surprising realization that it has already been one year ago that the MPSE launched its premiere edition of Wavelength! It has been exciting for me, to say the least, to have been an integral part of Wavelength's development. Many, many thanks to the entire Wavelength team and all of the past contributors for their support and hard work helping to build a top-quality publication dedicated to professional sound editors. We are excited to head into our second year with more informative, captivating, and entertaining content. For this quarter's cover story, Solange S. Schwalbe reveals It's The Little Things That Count in her interview with award-winning supervising sound editor Jon Johnson, and an enchanting look back at his 39-year career, page 38. Baylon Fonseca shares his insightful interview with MPSE member, sound designer, sound editor, production sound mixer, scholar, and author Dr. Neil Hillman. Hillman's new book Sound for Moving Pictures: The Four Sound Areas includes a pensive Forward by Walter Murch and is scheduled for release in mid-April 2021, page 52. Eric Marks teams up with supervising sound editor Nick Forshager, sound designer Matt Temple, and sound e' ects editor Adam Parrish King, as they talk about the Blessings in Disguise for Fargo Season 4, page 24. Miguel Araujo delivers a fascinating interview with the incredible duo, supervising sound editor Oliver Tarney and supervising dialogue and ADR editor Rachael Tate, while Exploring News of the World, page 62. You will want to check out Korey Pereira's review of the Kraken Dialogue Editor's Toolkit in his new column "Tech Corner," page 16, and his inspirational article Making It as a Sound Editor Outside of Hollywood, page 34. MPSE has been hard at work for the past several months planning this year's fi rst-ever interactive virtual Golden Reel Awards, which is sure to be a truly amazing and memorable experience. It's quite exciting that the show will be international and will feature presenters from around the world. We at Wavelength would like to extend our congratulations to all of the nominees of the MPSE 68th Annual Golden Reel Awards! This year, the MPSE is thrilled to be honoring supervising sound editor Dennis Drummond with its 2021 MPSE Career Achievement Award and Academy Award winner George Miller with its annual Filmmaker Award. Drummond joins a distinguished list of sound innovators, including 2020 Career Achievement recipient Cece Hall, Stephen H. Flick, John Paul Fasal, Harry Cohen, Richard King, Skip Lievsay, Randy Thom, Larry Singer, Walter Murch, George Watters II. The Australian writer, director and producer Miller is a key fi gure within the Australian fi lm industry and called the award "a lovely thing," adding, "it's a big pat on the back. I was originally drawn to fi lm through the visual sense, but I learned to recognize sound, emphatically, as integral to the apprehension of the story. I've become an utter convert to cinema sound. That's why this award is so signifi cant to me." Please visit MPSE.org to read more about about each of this year's prestigious honorees. I can hardly wait to see everyone again and catch up at the awards! Until then, be well, stay safe, and enjoy our Spring edition of Wavelength! LETTER FROM THE EDITOR CHRISTINA HORGAN MPSE Editor I MPSE Wavelength THOUGHTFUL DESIGN WITH DR. NEIL HILLMAN MPSE EXPLORING NEWS OF THE WORLD BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE FOR FARGO SEASON 4 MAKING IT AS A SOUND EDITOR OUTSIDE HOLLYWOOD T H E O F F I C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N o f t h e M O T I O N P I C T U R E S O U N D E D I T O R S JON JOHNSON It's The Little Things That Count S P R I N G 2 0 2 1 ON THE COVER: Jon Johnson discusses working on the feature The Little Things