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Winter 2016

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4 W I N T E R 2 0 1 6 C A S Q U A R T E R L Y It's time to make our presence known and understood. We are the Cinema Audio Society, a creative force in Hollywood and around the world. We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the other creative con- tributors in the filmmaking community, passionately ready to give our best to the art of sound. The CAS is a venerable institution, stewards of an ideal: excellence in the art of storytelling through sound. And in this time of awards and recognition for the accomplishments within the entertainment world, we proclaim our commitment to this ideal. You'll find examples of this throughout this issue as we highlight our work and recognize our award nominees. Great work good friends, we congratulate you! Each one of us can be an ambassador for our profession. Each day can present an opportunity for us to reinforce and enhance our message. What we bring to the mix matters. We are essential to the process. It is so important to communicate this in all of our work relationships and opportunities. We can do so through commitment, concern and contribu- tion, creating an active voice, and spreading the word. Importantly, we are greater than the sum of our tools. For us, it is about the filmmaking, the storytelling, and the project at hand. Like all artists, we are devoted to our craft. We remember that technology is always in service of our art, not the other way around. Every day, we retrace our steps to reinforce what we've learned up to now, and then we build on that foundation, opening our minds to new ways of accomplishing this ancient task of telling the story, revealing the characters, unfolding the journey. We can remind those we work with that we are as indispensable to the process as any of our peer contributors. This is not a conceit, but merely a statement of fact that is often missed in the chaos that can consume the making of movies and television. Let us be an island of serenity in that sea of chaos, performing under load, delivering the goods. Let me single out, Karol Urban CAS MPSE, our co-editor, for her excel- lent work in producing the Quarterly. She has again done a terrific job of bringing all the contributors' articles together with this issue. Thanks so much for all you do, Karol. Likewise to the major contributions made by all of your elected Board members this past year, you are an amazing group of people and it is a privilege to serve with you. Happy New Year to our many friends. Warm wishes to you all in the year 2016. Mark Ulano CAS President of the Cinema Audio Society THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER 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. CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT CAS WINTER 2016 NEW MEMBERS Active Al McGuire CAS Andy King CAS Eddie Kim CAS Erika Schengili-Roberts CAS Fred Paragano CAS James Mace CAS Robert Smith CAS Sam Hammer CAS Todd Weaver CAS William Britt CAS Associate Aaron Eberhardt Cote Travis Jennifer Winslow Nicholas Petoyan Nuno Fonseca Trey LaCroix Veronica Kahn Westley Moore Xiao Hou Student Callie Sorce Derek Sepe Rykara Chase

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