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Sound Engineers Express Mixed Feelings on Oscars Merging Sound Categories
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variety.comBy Tim Gray Senior Vice President The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced changes for eligibility for the 93rd Academy Awards, including the consolidation of its two sound categories.
Best sound mixing and sound editing will now be under one category called best sound. In recent years, some films, such as “Hugo,” “Dunkirk” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” have won both sound categories, leaving many to question the existence of two separate fields.
However, reactions from sound engineers are mixed on the new decision. Heather Fink, who worked as a boom operator on Jordan Peele’s “Get Out,” is “baffled” by the Academy’s decision to merge the two, pointing out that sound mixing and sound editing are completely different skill
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