Letters to the Editor
A True Pioneer in Recording Overlapping Dialogue
Giving credit to John Stephens for the development of a portable, 59-pound, battery-operated 8-track machine.
Year: 2015
Features
‘Monk’s’ Hollywood Soundtrack: Lon Bender and Doug Hemphill
Sound editor Lon Bender, MPSE, knew that he needed to leverage his many years of experience to develop a time-conscious workflow for director Kaige Chen’s IMAX 3DChinese martial arts offering ‘Monk Comes Down the Mountain’
Union Made
Union Made: My Life as a DiploRat Began in the Basement
I discovered the animal called “story analyst.” These people were allowed to sit on their tuchuses all day to read. And some fool paid them to do this!
Features
Editors of ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’: Surmounting Formidable Challenges Weekly
Just as the show itself tells the story of an organized team of spies, agents and heroes on a mission to protect the world, the editorial mission requires a similarly dedicated team.
MPEG Diversity
The Editing of ‘Selma’ and the Union Legacy of Martin Luther King
For picture editor Spencer Averick, editing the 2014 film Selma was a triumphant career achievement of many firsts; the film was nominated for two Academy Awards — Best Picture and Best Song (“Glory”), winning the latter — and it was his first job as a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
Getting Organized
Maximizing a Minimum Wage: The Importance of Alt-Labor
We need to embrace a radical inclusivity if we are to expand our movement enough to make it relevant, vital and potentially victorious.
Columns
Friends of Joe: Some Words from His Admirers…
A compilation of praise for Joseph A. Aredas.
From The National Executive Director
$UCCESS STORIES: ‘WHAT DOES THE UNION DO FOR US?’
Here are examples of some of the help that the union staff have provided to hundreds of members over just the last year.
Features
(Mis)Taken for Lost and Gone: Nicholas Renbeck Resurrects Brian Wilson
The independent movie is infused with the iconic sounds of the 1960s group and shows the in-studio process.
Columns
Joseph A. Aredas: The Honorable Arbiter
As uninteresting as he might describe his career, the issues that have occupied Joseph A. Aredas’ time and his guiding values turn out to be deep, compassionate and profoundly human.
