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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y W I N T E R 2 0 1 8 33 would be an independent feature An Elephant Sitting Still. The film is four hours long, really well made, and unique from a young director, Hu Bo, who sadly passed after the film picture locked. Hu had passed by the time I was involved. I never got a chance to meet him. The only thing he left us is his film. Another sound designer, mixer Lou Kun, and I, spent three months on the project and tried to polish the film as much as possible to achieve Hu's wishes and thoughts. The film has now won multiples awards, nominations, and been covered in the press all over the world, including Berlin, Hong Kong, and Sydney. It has been one of my most unforgettable and unique experiences and while I hope this kind of sad situation never happens again, I am deeply thankful for all the people and post facilities in Beijing who helped us with the project during sound post production. In October, I finally got my working visa approved from the immigration office and came back to LA to continue my work with 424 Post and am starting the next chapter of my life. Matt Yocum 2015 Since winning the CAS Student Recognition Award, I have been fortunate to have received many opportunities to work as a re-recording mixer, as well as many posi- tions on the editorial side on many indie and union feature films and television shows. I won the award in February of 2015 and joined the union in November of the same year. My first union gig was for a Sundance film called To the Bone which I supervised and mixed at Deluxe on Stage 2 in Hollywood. I went on to supervise an indie film, American Folk, which I got to mix on the Wise Stage at FOX Studios. My first role on a big studio movie was as sound effects editor on Cloverfield Paradox at Bad Robot under supervisors Will Files and Robby Stambler. I got to work on Bad Robot's Overlord shortly thereafter as well. I provided addi- tional sound design for six episodes of FOX's TV show, The Orville. I also mixed the SXSW Grand Prix winner, Thunder Road, which is a beautiful film. I have supervised a one-hour pilot and a feature film, Sweetheart, for BlumHouse which will be premiering at Sundance this year. And I worked for a time at Esquared, where I provided sound effects editing and sound design on Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, The Lego Movie 2, and Pet Semetery. My latest project was providing additional sound design for The Wolf Hour, starring Naomi Watts. I then mixed it on the Capra Stage at Sony and it will also be premiering at this year's Sundance. It has been quite the journey for me in the past three years. I feel that time has both gone by incredibly slowly and extraordinarily fast at the same time. I count my blessings every day and I honestly look forward to learning new things on every single project, big or small. I have been humbled by my extremely talented peers in the industry and I hope to pay the same kindness forward that they have shown me. I'd like to give a short special thanks to Will Files for his mentorship and support and thank you to everyone else at CAS who has been kind and welcoming to me. Matt Yocum is smiling at the console while mixing for BlumHouse. Xiang "Lisa" Li 2018 2018 has been the busiest and happiest year of my entire life. I officially started my career in the industry and have been super lucky. I had the chance to work on a few features, documentaries, and shows. It's very exciting to see my first show working as sound effects editor. Pen15 will be released on Hulu in the beginning of this February. I can't be more grateful that people I met this year were always nice and willing to teach. They encouraged me a lot and helped me become not only a better skilled worker, but also a better person. Finally, I took a Christmas vacation to Hawaii as a reward for a busy and crazy 2018. I am very much looking forward to 2019. I'll never stop learning and working hard! • Lisa on vacation on Hawaii. Recharging for 2019!