Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Art of Sound: Oscar winners

I don't know about you, but I wasn't able to get tickets to the Oscars this year. Did you know that, in addition to putting on the Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offers many other events throughout the year which are open to the public?

I got my Academy Foundation newsletter yesterday, both e-mail and print versions, and as usual, there are lots of great movie-oriented events happening next month.

For instance, on Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 pm, the Academy presents "The Art of Sound: An evening celebrating nominees and winners from the 80th Academy Awards." According to the newsletter, "The Art of Sound" will feature clips from each of the motion pictures nominated for a 2007 Academy Award in the Sound Mixing and Sound Editing categories. Academy Sound Branch governor and 20-time nominee Kevin O’Connell will moderate a panel discussion with the winners in each category.

This is a great opportunity to find out, once and for all, what the difference is between Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, and why they need two separate Oscars. To me, this is a continuing source of bafflement, year after year. But then I'm no sound engineer!

Tickets are only $3 but you should purchase in advance, as I'm sure this will sell out. For more information, call (310) 247-3600 or visit the Academy's website. You can also subscribe to the Academy's newsletter online.

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