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WILL LABOR REMAIN RELEVANT?
(Editor’s Note: This essay appears in the forthcoming issue of 'CineMontage.') The start of a new year prompts us to step back momentarily from our day-to-day concerns, reflect upon the long view, and make resolutions for our future. This column affords a similar opportunity to take stock of the bigger picture. Ordinarily we focus on what post-production employees have accomplished through their solidarity, but let’s cut from our usual close-ups of Local 700 organizing to a wide shot of the state of the American labor movement.
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CAS ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD
Outgoing President David Fluhr, CAS, announced the results of the 2015 Board of Directors elections for the Cinema Audio Society. The new board represents a cross section of experienced production and post-production sound professionals. The CAS Officers are: newly elected Board President – Mark Ulano, CAS; newly elected Treasurer – Peter R. Damski, CAS and returning Secretary – David J. Bondelevitch, CAS. The Board of Directors held a special election in order to fill the Vice-President slot vacated by Mark Ulano, and Phil Palmer, CAS will be completing that term.
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THE EDUCATION GAME: TOP EDITORS DISCUSS THEIR CRAFT
On Saturday morning, February 21, the American Cinema Editors (ACE) hosted its15th Annual Invisible Art/Invisible Artists program in Hollywood to honor the nominees for the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Editing. Just a block away from where the Oscars would be presented the next day, a capacity audience filled the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre to enjoy a lively discussion among the contenders. Photo by Wm. Stetz.
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'WHIPLASH' SCORES 2 OF 3 POST OSCARS
The film 'Whiplash' was the big winner for Academy Awards in the post-production categories, with Oscar statuettes going to Tom Cross (pictured) for Best Film Editing and to Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley for Best Sound Mixing on February 22 — wins that were predicted, it turns out, by both the BAFTA Awards on February 8 and the Independent Spirit Awards on February 21. The Oscar for Best Sound Editing went to Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for 'American Sniper.' For all the post-production winners for this year's awards season, click the link above.
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