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Thanks for your time Stephen.
Can you tell me a bit about
yourself ?
When I was about 5, my family
won a small tape recorder in a
cereal box competition, and I've
been playing with sound ever
since! I didn't really think it could
be a career until I was fortunate
enough to be accepted into the
sound specialisation at our national
film school (Australian Film and
Television School then, until radio
was added to the name and it
became AFTRS). Since graduating,
I've worked in just about every area
of sound, and on the full gamut of
Stuart Morton chats
with Australian
Screen Sound Guild
(ASSG) President
Stephen Murphy
and discusses the
impact of COVID -19
on the country, guild,
and the 2020 awards
production formats. In Australia,
work is fluid like that, and to
survive as a freelancer, you have to
be adaptable. I did drift to working
only in post-production over time,
and I also worked for Dolby as the
local film sound consultant. I was
with them for 16 years, up to 2004.
Alongside all that, I began teaching
sound. Currently, that's my day
job, and it is very engaging and
satisfying.
What is the ASSG, and how did it
begin?
The Australian Screen Sound
Guild was incorporated on March
Australian
Screen Sound
Guild Awards
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