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Susan Cahill. 49 F A L L Q 3 I S S U E F E A T U R E He uses sound to help tell the story, which is awesome for a sound team because we get to create, and he trusts our instincts," said Rogers. "Jonah creates a road map in editorial using temp music and temp effects, so we have a road map of what we want to achieve. But as far as Jonah's style, every project is a little different. There's no set way that he likes to mix. He's a very complete filmmaker in the way he sees and envisions every scene, so we're just trying to help support his creative vision," added Rogers. "Knowing that it was Jonathan Nolan, [I thought] this was the per- fect project to really go all-out. I tried to bring the most aggressive and intense sounds when appropriate, do as much as I could with what Daniel gave me, and really focus on bringing out the creativity in it, hoping that he would go for things like that. Most of the time, that stuff was well received," said Bucino. "In my experience of working with J o n a h [ d u r i n g ] t h e l a s t c o u p l e y e a r s o f ' We s t w o r l d ,' h e v e r y m u c h f a v o r s saving production as much as possible," noted Cahill. "He's sensitive to ADR, so it's a lot of work cleaning the original production tracks but also maintaining the real sound from the set [because] he doesn't like things stripped. He doesn't like cleaning out too much because he really wants to maintain the real sound, so when we are doing ADR, it's in combination with production," she said. "We're trying to do as little ADR as possible to maintain the integrity of pro- duction. So it's a lot of trying to find a great match so we can do a combo and maybe only have to use a word or two, or even just a syl- lable, of the ADR so that it's not noticeable." Before heading off to work on their next project together — the Hulu series Deli Boys — the group weighed in on the impor- tance of being a Guild member. "[It's] so vital to our everyday work environment, just knowing that there's collaboration with high-level professionals, first of all, and everybody is bringing their A-games" while also affording members certain protections, said Rogers. "The union has provided me with the opportunity to work on some of the best p r o j e c t s t h a t I c o u l d h a v e e v e r i m a g i n e d , s u c h a s ' Fa l l o u t .' a n d also, protection for myself and my family… For a family of four to be able to afford health insurance and know we're protected is really, really important to me," said Bucino, who first joined the Guild when he moved from New York to California to be a Sound Supervisor on the CBS se- ries "Life in Pieces." "Fallout" has performed very well on Prime Video, drawing more than 65 million viewers in its first two weeks of release — a figure that prompted Amazon MGM Studios to quickly renew the series for a second season. Regardless of how "Fallout" fares with Emmy voters, it has already proven to be a hit with critics and most importantly, with fans of the games, which may be the biggest victory of all. ■ Daniel Colman.