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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y S U M M E R 2 0 1 7 9 Mix Presents Sound for Film and TV September 16, 2017 Watch your inbox for your exclusive CAS member discount to attend the fourth annual Mix Presents Sound for Film and TV, to be held at Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, CA, on September 16, 2017. The CAS and the MPSE are co-sponsors of the event. The day will feature expert panels, vendor exhibitions, a production sound exhibition, and much more. Learn more here: http://www.mixsoundforfilm.com/ CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY ANNOUNCES TIMELINE FOR 54TH CAS AWARDS – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018 Los Angeles, CA, 24 July 2017—The Cinema Audio Society has set the date and timeline for the 54th Annual CAS Awards. The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Sound Mixing in Film and Television as well as Outstanding Products for Production and Post-Production. Recipients for the CAS Career Achievement Award and CAS Filmmaker Award will be announced later in the year. The timeline is as follows: • Entry Submission Form Available Online on the CAS website at www.CinemaAudioSociety.org Monday, October 16, 2017 • Entry Submissions due Online by 5 pm PST, Monday, November 20, 2017 • Nomination Ballot Voting Begins Online–Thursday, December 14, 2017 • Nomination Ballot Voting Ends Online–5 pm PST, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 • Final Nominees in each category announced Wednesday, January 10, 2018 • Outstanding Product Nominations announced Monday, January 15, 2018 • Final Voting Begins Online–Thursday, February 1, 2018 • Final Voting Ends Online–5 pm PST, Wednesday, February 14, 2018 54th Annual CAS Awards will be held Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza–Bunker Hill Ballroom, Los Angeles, California About the Cinema Audio Society The Cinema Audio Society was formed in 1964 for the purpose of sharing information with Sound Professionals in the Motion Picture and Television Industry. The objectives of the CAS are: to educate and inform the general public and the motion picture & television industry that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic, and technical blending of diverse sound elements; to provide the motion picture & television industry with a progressive society of master craftsmen specialized in the art of creative cinematic sound recording; to advance the specialized field of cinematic sound recording by exchange of ideas, methods, and information; to advance the art of auditory appreciation, and to philanthropically support those causes dedicated to the sense of hearing; to institute and maintain high standards of conduct and craftsmanship among our members; to aid the motion picture & television industry in the selection and training of qualified personnel in the unique field of cinematic sound recording and to achieve for our members deserved recognition as major contributors to the field of motion picture & television entertainment. For CAS Award Advertising: IngleDodd Media CASAwards@IngleDodd.com or 310.207.4410 For CAS Awards Entry Rules and Promotional Regulations: www.CinemaAudioSociety.org If you have never had the opportunity to sit in audio during a live show, there's nothing quite like it. Mixing a live show is not for everyone, but I happen to like it. The secret to success is finding the best people you can, come up with a written plan that all involved agree to, and LET THEM DO THEIR JOB! I took myself off the Grammy Awards a few years ago when I found serious flaws in their primary and contingency audio plans and also due to my personal disaffection for much of today's music (I guess I'm getting old). During all that time, the Grammy Awards were Emmy-nominated for sound several times and won three Emmys. I suggested to the TV Academy that there were many more than the four mixers presently limited on the award who were also directly responsible for the sound of the show. I appeared before the TV Academy, Sound PGEC (Peer Group Executive Committee) to make the case that any mixer with hands-on faders, who mixes directly into the show, deserves an Emmy for their work. They agreed that on large music-variety shows and specials that, by petition, any mixer making a substantial contribution that directly affects the sound of a program can now be included in nomination for an Emmy. -EDWARD J. GREENE CAS LETTER TO THE EDITOR, ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENT