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25 Cheney that takes place near the end of the movie. The scene was recorded simultaneously in different formats; 35mm and NTSC video. "Because they were going to have video cameras as props, they went ahead and made them working cameras," says Novick. To record audio, two Deva 16 recorders were used. One slated at 24fps for the film cameras, the other slated at 29.97fps for the video cameras. Identical audio was then passed through AES to both Deva 16's and two iPads were used for notetaking. A 12-channel Sonosax served as the mixer. While the majority of scenes made the final cut, one in particular did not and it just so happened to be sound's biggest day. It was a musical dance number set inside a cafeteria. Filmed at Santa Anita Park, the scene was between Cheney and Rumsfeld. It starts off in a cafeteria line and the two are talking about how things work in Washington. As they are about to sit down, Brittany Howard, from the musical group Alabama Shakes, stands up and starts singing about how things are supposed to work in Washington. The sequence served as a cutaway element that folded back into the story as if it never happened. After a weekend of rehearsal and two shooting days that included dozens of extras and choreographed dances, sound provided live vocal recording via a lav hidden in Howard's hair, playback speakers, thumpers, earwigs, and brought in a separate Pro Tools operator to record the sequence. "It's the best scene. They just couldn't find a place for it in the movie," notes Novick. For the sound team Novick says, "We're there to exclude the sounds that don't belong and include the ones that do belong. We know we're creating sound for picture and every piece of audio will be manipulated in some way. It's our job to capture the best performance and I think we did a pretty good job." From top left: Sound Utility Ryan Farris, Boom Operator Randall Johnson and Sound Mixer Ed Novick (photo courtesy of Ed Novick); Bush and Cheney at the Bush residence; Cheney with wife Lynne (Amy Adams); Cheney giving a speech to the media; Cheney walks the halls of the White House; Cheney and Lynne wait to be introduced as VP nominee; The cast looks on as George H.W. Bush loses out on his second term.