CAS Quarterly

C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S U M M E R 2 0 2 1 5 CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT Dear Friends, As we enter the summer and social distancing protocols are relaxed, as COVID rates are vastly declining, please remember the importance of keeping your work environments clean and washing your hands often. When I think of all the friends and colleagues I have not seen in some time, my heart flutters that we may soon be able to visit in person. I am so excited to return to a world where we can all safely revisit one another. The 57th CAS Awards were exceptional! I couldn't have been more proud to be a member of CAS than on April 17. Despite enormous hurdles, learning curves, and challenges, we held our annual CAS Awards show virtually. With more than 400 registered attendees from all over the world, we succeeded in celebrating and reconnecting. Talented members presented awards from their sets, dub stages, and recording studios and in an XR stage here in Los Angeles. Afterward, guests were visiting into the night in our virtual video chat reception. It was a truly international event for which I am tremendously grateful for all the support and innovative thinking of our Awards Committee and professional team. A special thanks to Carol Thomas, Kelly Hernacki, Jason Eberly, Andy Gustin, XR Studios, Delicate, Perigon, and SoundsAdventurous! These individuals and companies went above and beyond to ensure a high production value worthy of the great work of our nominees, honorees, and members. Due in great part to the generosity and support of our generous sponsors, we will be donating more than 50 percent of our ticket sales from our awards show to the following three charities this year: The House Institute, Motion Picture Television Fund, and World Central Kitchen. We are also soon launching a YouTube channel that will present exclusive content produced by our Social Media Committee, chaired by Amanda Beggs CAS and Michael Wynne CAS. The first content will feature exclusive interviews with many of this year's winners of our CAS Awards! We are now also in the planning stages of our CAS Summer Event Series. Please reach out if you would like to volunteer or offer feedback, thoughts, and ideas for future events and programs to CASPresident@CinemaAudioSociety.org or CASOffice@CinemaAudioSociety.org. Your Board of Directors, organization manager, publicist, and team of member volunteers are always diligently seeking new ways to serve you. With tremendous gratitude and excitement for summer 2021, Karol Urban CAS MPSE T H E P R E S I D E N T ' S L E T T E R To educate and inform the general public and the motion picture and television industry that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic, and technical blending of diverse sound elements. To provide the motion picture and television industry with a progressive society of master craftsmen specialized in the art of creative cinematic sound recording. To advance the specialized field of cinematic sound recording by exchange of ideas, methods, and information. To advance the art of auditory appreciation, and to philanthropically support those causes dedicated to the sense of hearing. To institute and maintain high standards of conduct and craftsmanship among our members. To aid the motion picture and television industry in the selection and training of qualified personnel in the unique field of cinematic sound recording. To achieve for our members deserved recognition as major contributors to the field of motion picture and television entertainment. SUMMER 2021 CAS NEW MEMBERS Active Matthew Cameron CAS James P. Clark CAS Marcos A. Contreras CAS Lorenzo Milan CAS Anthony Ortiz CAS Kyle Petty CAS Grant Provence CAS Christopher Sassano CAS Gregory Sextro CAS Jules Woods CAS Associate Scott Bell Sean Byrne Jordan Cutler Joseph Hartshorn Eric Johnson Lamps Lampadinha Adam Mohundro Marcus Petruska Amanda Roy Ferris Shaheen Naan Spiess MengMeng (Harrison) Wang Ozgur Yilmaz Academic Greyson Acquaviva Felix Bromige

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