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42 FA L L 2 0 2 3 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y day. To keep track of each, he found individually numbered daily vitamin cases. Bryan would hand out the earwigs and have the actor, musician, or dancer hold the case up with the number showing and take a picture. If we were missing earwig "23," he could look back on the photos to see who had it. This tracking system also helped the performers understand the item's value and that they were responsible for its safe return. Babylon was as playback-heavy as expected. The film isn't a musical, but almost every scene had a musical element during production. Films that use music during production, whether a traditional musical or films using music to help set the tone, are always so much fun to work on. As a production mixer, these films allow me to be more involved in the creative aspect of making the film with inventive technical problem-solving for creative requests. For example, during Babylon's battle scene, we had 1,000 extras, a full orchestra, and a period-film crew capturing the magic. The scene illustrates how film scenes like this were created during the silent era, with a huge orchestra playing music live for the entire crew to film. During pre-production, we had the thought of capturing the sounds of the extras and the battle scene to create the feeling of being behind the silver screen. After checking in with Damien, we gave the entire orchestra earwigs; they needed to hear the music to keep time as they