Columns
David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’
Nineteen eighty-six was a particularly good movie year for me. I worked in a video store after school and on weekends, so I saw a lot them — especially horror films; the more outrageous the better.
Month: August 2018
Features
American Soundtrack Story
The world of episodic TV and cable has been experiencing some major challenges during recent seasons. As appointment viewing transitions to more on-demand streaming and even binge-watching, there is a pressing need to deliver increasingly innovative and enveloping soundtracks for a wider range of offerings.
Book Reviews
Editors: Do You Know Your Fabula from Your Syuzhet?
Post-production professionals are regularly asked why they select specific picture cuts or sound transitions. Those with successful careers know how to discuss, and sometimes defend, their choices in language that producers and directors understand quickly.
Departments
Last Fair Deal Gone Down?
Our nation and our union are currently roiling in the pro-or-con debate of upcoming elections. For the country, it’s the biennial mid-term elections of our congressional representatives and senators as well as state officials in early November, which looks to be more divisive than ever.
Columns
Fear of a Black Planet
Over the decade leading to 1973, with the progress achieved by the civil rights movement, a greater awareness emerged in the African-American community of its own history and culture. Despite this growth of self-worth, pride and initiative giving strength to the idea of Black Power, the systemic practice of inequality and oppression of minorities continued to afflict American society.
Columns
End Credits Start a Television Career
Growing up in the small California towns of Norco and Corona, my days were filled with staying active outdoors — hiking, road trips, camping, roller skating and bike rides with my younger siblings.
Departments
PASSAGES – Paula Greatbatch Suhy
It is with extreme sadness that I report the news that our dear friend and colleague, Paula Greatbatch Suhy, has left us. She passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 — four days after her 60th birthday.
Book Reviews
Wham, Bam, Panoram:
The Forerunner of Today’s Music Videos
During its heyday from 1940 to 1946, hundreds of Soundie reels, each holding eight films, were circulated to roughly 3,500 Panorams located throughout the United States.
Web Exclusives
Post-Production as a Team Sport:
Masters of Sound Panel Focuses on Collaboration
“Developing a soundtrack is a collaborative process, from the spotting session to the dub stage,” stressed Oscar–nominated sound designer, supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer Ai-Ling Lee, CAS.
Web Exclusives
A Hip-Hop, Sci-Fi, Pro-Union, Cold-Calling Comedy: Terel Gibson on Editing the Summer Hit ‘Sorry to Bother You’
The film is about a campaign to organize workers in a union, while exploring hip-hop culture, the obstacles to black success in America, how capitalism crushes the soul, and how corporations have a dark secret to hide.
