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48 CINEMONTAGE / Q3 2019 Late in May, CineMontage visited Bost on a sound stage in the Technicolor Sound building on the Paramount lot to observe a mix of one of the later episodes. Working from picture editor Jacquelyn Herbert's notes, dialogue and ADR mixer Vicki Lemar, Foley and effects editor Ken Kobett, music editor Jenny Leite and stage recordist Eric Huezo were with the sound editor to make the incremental modifications of music and sounds carrying the picture from scene to scene. "I really just sit here and watch," Bost jokes. "They do all the real work." Later, he explains, "I already expect it to be right when I get on the mix stage. I will tell the dialogue and effects editors the producers' thoughts and give them my notes but they're artists themselves. They are not just people on a keyboard. I give them a show; then I let them do it and be creative in their work. I want them to feel as involved as I do. For example, I pay attention to producers' notes about music, but I rely upon the music editor who works with composer Josh Kramon." A major concern for Bost throughout the new series is using sound to make the background environments as detailed and realistic as possible. "One of the biggest challenges was to get the appropriate amount of group walla to suggest spring break in a beach town," he points out. "I have to balance on-camera and off-camera action and create off-screen parties and atmospheres that don't interfere with on-screen dialogue." All of this, of course, has to be prepared in advance of the mix session. With a hectic schedule, Bost states, "I spend most of my time doing what has to be ready for the next day." When he is juggling work on different shows, his thorough preparation allows him to leave the stage and check up on other projects. During this mix, he stepped out to check in on an ADR session for the psychological romantic thriller You (2018-present) going on in the same building. "It's really about organization and planning," he stresses. "Mix dates, turnovers, spotting sessions, ADR times change all the time. iZombie. The CW Network Grace and Frankie. Netflix