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14 I M PS E . O R G ON MY DIALOGUE DETECTIVE FACEBOOK PAGE, I POSTED THIS QUESTION: "Since a lot of us are now working remotely, what do you miss about editing at a facility or studio? What advantages/disadvantages do you have working from home?" When I was growing up in the business (1973 onward), both sound and picture editorials' cutting rooms were purposefully near each other for collaboration and camaraderie. The director also had his/ her offi ce close to the fi lm editor's rooms (or at least on the same lot) so he/she could oversee the edit. No one worked from home. The only one I knew who worked from home was Verna Fields, fi lm editor of Jaws and my mom's best friend. Verna turned her swimming pool "house" into a cutting room so she could stay home with her two sons after her husband died. I got to work there as an apprentice editor in the summer of my senior year of high school. Verna's dog, Bubbles, a black German Shepherd, would want to lie down on the Moviola pedals and shed her black hair on all of our tracks! The only other time I knew of someone else working from home, was me. In 1983 to early 1984, I was editing ADR on Romancing the Stone when my husband of 10 years got cancer. I had my two young daughters, who were 6 and 8 and my sick husband to take care of and I still had to work. Chuck Campbell, the sound supervisor, convinced the studio to let me have a Moviola and bench setup brought to my house. I worked when I could during the day after taking the kids to school and taking care of my husband who was bed-ridden. After putting them all to bed, I would work until 2 or 3 in the morning and start all over again after a few hours of sleep. It was very hard. He died in April of 1984, while my mom and I were working on The River. In 1985, my mom, Kay Rose, became the fi rst woman sound editor to win an Oscar for her (our) work on The River. A month later, we both won Golden Reel Awards from Motion Picture Sound Editors for our work on The River. And to top it off , I won a Golden Reel Award for ADR editing on Romancing the Stone. It was a surreal night, to say the least. My Aunt Pat, my best friend Beverly, my mom and Ron's mother, Rose, all came to the awards that night. Despite the tragic year, it was an incredible honor and a very emotional night that I will never forget. BY VICKIE SAMPSON MPSE DEAR DIALOGUE DETECTIVE L to R: Aunt Pat, Beverly Bruce, Kay Rose, me, my mother-in-law Rose Sampson Working from home has become the new normal now with everyone having Pro Tools on their laptops. Back in 2001, a Pro Tools rig cost about $20,000. The studios rented Pro Tools so if you had your own, you could rent it to the studios! In 2006, I was allowed to work from home on Barnyard because the studio ran out of cutting rooms. I probably worked more hours than I would have at the studio because I was so aware of making sure to put in enough hours. A 30-second commute down the stairs to my edit desk saved me a three-hour daily commute to and from the studio! But there were distractions: laundry, household stuff , etc. Oh, how I wished I could have worked this way when my daughters were young. I was way more productive with the Working from home has become the new normal now with everyone having Pro Tools on their laptops. Back in 2001, a Pro Tools rig cost about $20,000. The studios rented Pro Tools so if you had your own, you could rent it to the studios!