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strings. You can influence whether the audience feels tension, suspense, relief, or tranquility. You can change emotion through music. There are a lot of cool psychological things you can do through sound, specifically through mixing." When asked how his education at SCAD prepared him for the industry, he replied, "The professors really were instrumental in pushing me to do my own work outside of class. We were always expected to work on more than just the required projects, and we were taught to prepare the material very carefully. Students were held to pro standards even if they were only student proj- ects. In particular, Pete Damski CAS taught about workplace professionalism by providing support outside of normal work hours." The curriculum at SCAD also focuses on collaboration. Students always work in groups. With as many as 200 sound design majors, student directors will have a full team for pro- duction and post. Students usually wind up focusing on a single area, such as location sound or re-recording mixing. As Matt explained in his acceptance speech for the CAS Awards, not every parent wants their child to go to an art school, so he thanks his parents profusely for their support. He also thanked his high school teacher, Mr. Gill, for inspiring him to think outside the box, the faculty at SCAD, and his girlfriend Ana for her support. Matt continued: "And thanks to the CAS for an amazing experience! Two minutes of exposure at the awards show was worth more than three years of looking for jobs." As a result of that exposure, he was invited to tour Smart Post Sound and met the CAS Award winners from Modern Family, Dean Okrand CAS and Brian Harman CAS. He was also invited to dinner with Jon Taylor CAS, who won for mixing The Revenant. Additionally, he met with Rob Rosenthal, founder of the Formosa Group. Along with all these perks, Matt also took home a check for $2,500 (sponsored by former President and Career Achievement recipient Michael Minkler CAS and Zack Teperman). Runners- up each took home $500, thanks to another anonymous donor. All of the nominees received a nice gift bag from various spon- sors filled with a Cargo Cult Slapper, a K-Tek mini-boom with the nominee's name engraved, iZotope RX5, a Sound Dogs Sound Design Library (with 24GB of almost 4,000 SFX), and Sony Pro Audio MDR-7506 headphones. Matt also received a copy of Cargo Cult Conformalizer. When asked if he felt unprepared for anything he has experi- enced in the industry, Matt replied, "The only thing that school can't prepare you for is to put in the effort to be successful. You have to be willing to live and breathe sound nonstop. Always have a plan, but be prepared to adapt your plan. If you are in the right place at the right time, but you are not ready for the job, then it doesn't mean anything." He uses the example of his position on a feature and working with James Franco. "Thousands of hours of preparation went into being able to accept the offer and do a good job. If you work hard and put yourself in the right position, success will follow." Matt's goals are to finish his hours to join the union and keep working. He certainly seems on course to do just that. • Reliable wireless. Wherever. Check out the new SRc receiver www.lectrosonics.com In a bag or on a cart, in an Octopack or on a camera, this is one capable little receiver. Tracking front-end lters attenuate high powered signals on adjacent channels. The IR interface makes transmitter setup fast and accurate. New RF circuitry delivers performance surprisingly close to the legendary UCR411a. The wideband tuning range, sensitivity, selectivity and IM rejection of the SRc all add up to give you the performance you need to deal with a dicult RF environment. Feature Rich. It took a while to get this level of performance and the long list of features into the compact housing, but the new SRc receiver is now in production. And, boy is it loaded. The term Feature Rich might even be a bit of an understatement. Tracking Front-end Filters Suppress Out-of-band Signals