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18 S U M M E R 2 0 2 0 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y On Sleepy Hollow, it was just the opposite. They had three full-time cameras, and sometimes four and fi ve when they wanted to catch up. We sometimes would go two or three days and never hear a boom. It was nothing but wires with fi ve or six people and everybody talking. It's a great opportunity to tune your ears and really learn what works and what doesn't. You get really good with wardrobe and material, that sort of thing. There's always a creative solution, isn't there? Right, and often there's not one solution, there are lots of little solutions. Michael is always fond of saying, "Pieces and parts!" At the end of the day, we got everything. They 're going to have to put it together from all the pieces and parts, but we can say we did our jobs and certainly did the best we could. There are days when you turn out some excellent sound and days when you're, "Eh, well, we got a scratch track!" It's not my favorite, but we're there for so many reasons other than just recording brilliantly perfect sound. There's the bigger picture and you're working for an entire process. Sometimes it is about camera, and they will come and say, "Sorry guys, yes, we are going to bone you on this one, but it's about the picture," and that's OK. That's their choice. Sure, as long as everybody understands what's happening. Right. A good sound mixer will listen and go, "OK, I'm just doing my stuff and I'll explain to you what the consequences are, and if you freely accept them, great. I'm going to support you all day long, I'm then going to suggest we get wild lines afterward. I'm still going to try to help you out." That way, when it comes to post, you can still have some ease of putting it together. Upcoming from our partner EIPMA Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance (EIPMA) is scheduling a monthly series of panel discussions themed on specific industry crafts. They will explore topics such as music (live recording, music production, engineering, and mastering), picture editing for cinema and broadcast, re-recording mixing, production mixing, sound editing, post-production engineering, camera, and cinematography. EIPMA is also engaged in an innovative new program called "Speed Mentoring." It is designed to connect students with industry professionals over the web in a series of short, one-on-one question-and- answer sessions. You can read more about this event and how CAS members contributed here: https://cinemaaudiosociety. org/cas-participates-in-speed -mentoring-in-partnership-with -eipma/ With boom op Ian Bender and mixer James Peterson on a short that I wrote. What a huge thrill to record dialogue I had written!