During Christmas 1991, I got my first bass guitar — a Washburn Force ABT in candy-apple red — and started taking lessons at the local music shop. There, I made …
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DepartmentsFeaturesPresident's Message
President’s Message: F. Hudson Miller Starts His Term With a Call to Action
5 minutes readThe Guild is facing its greatest multi-pronged threats in our nine-decade history. Our federal leaders are determined to weaken or destroy American trade unions. Streaming has disrupted our traditional distribution …
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Featured StoriesWeb Exclusives
Myron Kerstein: Editing ‘Wicked: For Good’ and Fighting for Home
9 minutes readThe road to finishing “Wicked: For Good” was marked by circumstances few editors could imagine.
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Featured StoriesWeb Exclusives
Michael Benavente: Supervising Sound Editor Talks Up Post-Apocalyptic Drama ‘The Last of Us’
by uncredited8 minutes readBy Hugh Hart It’s not like Michael J. Benavente was dying to do sound when he graduated from UCLA film school in 1978. The Orange County native just wanted a …
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Featured StoriesFeatures
Intensive Care: ‘The Pitt’ Post Team Talks About Reinventing the Hospital Drama for the Post-Covid Era
by uncredited11 minutes readBy Kristin Marguerite Doidge When the HBO Max drama series “The Pitt” premiered last January, audiences and critics sensed almost immediately that something special was happening on screen. From …
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Web ExclusivesWhat Our Members Do
WHAT OUR MEMBERS DO: Aaron Diecker, Dialogue Editor
8 minutes readWhere are you currently employed? I’m between seasons at the production offices of “King of The Hill.” Previously, I was at Formosa Group. Current projects? I’m doing small freelance projects, …
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TechnologyTechnology
The Rise of Sync: Can SyncDNA Help Mixers Do Their Jobs Better?
by uncredited17 minutes readBy Jennifer Walden COVID hastened the postproduction industry’s adoption of remote collaboration, yet the existing remote editing and mixing tools rarely provided true satisfaction for creators, especially when dealing with …
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Sound editor Don Hall, MPSE had a golden ear. Over the course of a strikingly diverse and exceptionally long career, Hall shaped the soundscapes to films ranging from “Butch Cassidy …
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Committee NewsLocal 700 NewsWeb Exclusives
Supervising Sound Editor Bobbi Banks to be Honored with Local 700’s Fellowship & Service Award
by uncredited2 minutes readBy Guild Staff The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) is set to honor veteran Supervising Sound Editor Bobbi Banks with the Guild’s prestigious Fellowship & Service Award at its annual …
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Web Exclusives
Sound Mixers Larry Benjamin and Chuyue Christina Wen on Legal Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’
by Su Fang Tham11 minutes readBy Su Fang Tham David E. Kelley’s courtroom miniseries “Presumed Innocent” opens with the confident and seemingly decent attorney Rusty Sabich (Jake Gyllenhaal) delivering a closing argument at trial. …