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When it comes to bringing a story to life with sound, there's more to it than meets the eye... or ear. Woody Woodhall, CAS is President of Allied Post Audio in Santa Monica, CA and is an award winning supervising sound editor, sound designer and rerecording mixer. He has sound supervised and mixed feature films, documentaries and for television he’s VO recorded, sound edited and mixed hundreds of episodes of programming for MTV, Comedy Central, Food Network, Nat Geo, History, USA Network and VH-1 to name a few.

Film and TV composer Tyler Strickland recently won an Emmy Award for his outstanding work on the six-part Netflix documentary series Cat People. Tyler also recently worked on the four-hour epic HBO series Edge of the Earth, which follows four groups of elite athletes as they embark on extreme, adrenaline-inducing, never-before-completed missions on some of Earth’s most feral environments.

left to right: Stephen Interrante, Joseph Saroufim, Peter Saroufim by Joseph Saroufim Second screen technology is becoming more common. We’re accustomed to interactive tweets during live TV events and applications that expand on televised content, such as the Game of Thrones app for HBO. What we haven’t seen much of, but certainly will in the near future, is the proliferation of narrative second screen content. This means that while viewers are watching the main screen programming, a secondary device (such as a tablet or smartphone) will provide synchronized content that enhances the viewing experience. Samsung has been a pioneer in developing the applications and infrastructure necessary to make this type of programming a reality. In 2012, the company launched the Samsung Second Screen Storytellers challenge in conjunction with the New York Television Festival. Our team created a demo that won the challenge and we spent the better part of 2013 creating D-TEC, a television pilot that has second screen storytelling in its DNA. As the first team to build a narrative second screen TV series from the ground up, we’re happy to share what we’ve learned.

In our latest interview, we got the opportunity to highlight the incredible sound team behind The Woman King, and speak specifically to Supervising Sound Editor, Becky Sullivan, who if nominated for an Oscar, will be the first solo-female to ever be nominated in the Sound category. She worked with Re-Recording Mixers, Kevin O’Connell and Tony Lamberti and Production Mixer, Derek Mansvel to create a ‘ballet of sounds’ that merged with the intricate choreography, emotional landscape and unique location to create a completely authentic environment for everyone.

Victor Garza is a Hair & Groom Supervisor who works at Dreamworks. His most recent project, Dragons: The Nine Realms, is streaming on Hulu. In this interview Victor dives into one of his favorite scenes.

How would COVID-19 affect the highest grossing fim of 1987? Epitome's Pandemic Production Experts examine “Three Men and a Baby.”

How would COVID-19 affect the “German Three” bar scene from “Inglourious Basterds?” Epitome's Pandemic Production experts have the answers.

Whether characters are talking or deeply immersed in action, the car scene has become a staple of movie production. Placing characters in a fixed place against an active, moving backdrop not only advances them in a physical sense but provides unique opportunities for story exposition. Shots like these have now become a director’s staple to transition a film from one plot point to the next.

The first day of shooting is always an exciting time for cast and crew, but it wouldn’t be possible without the months of pre-production that brought everyone to the set. You’re probably familiar with Edison’s quote about genius being 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Think of production as 1% realization and 99% preparation.

P. Erik Carlson is a production designer with no-so-humble beginnings as he earned his first television credit as Art Director on Judd Apatow’s Freaks and Geeks and first feature film credit on Christopher Nolan’s Memento.