Dolby - Lab Notes: When the lights go down on the Nokia Theatre stage in Los Angeles for the 66th Primetime Emmy® awards ceremony on Monday, August 25, millions of people across the United States will tune in to NBC to see whether their favorite TV shows and actors receive the coveted awards. But for sound mixers and sound editors, the big awards action took place at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, held on Saturday, August 16, at the same location.
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This article is particularly interesting due to the recent actions taken by the American Theatre Wing eliminating the Sound Design category in the Tony Awards. I think that due to the youthfulness of sound design in theatre and television people often find it easy to overlook its importance in making a successful show. Often the best sound designs are the ones you don't notice. I often find that when I am watching a piece of theatre or television/ film that I know that a sound design is working when it is complimenting the performance rather than drawing my attention to it. This being said, it is very noticeable when there is a lack of sound design or an over designed show because it distracts from the performance.
I think it said a lot for a large company like Dolby to sponsor an award like this. It brings to attention and places value on a crucial part of entertainment: the sound. This is a great example of a huge corporate entity supporting the arts and especially one that's not well known or practiced. As Mike said, it's interesting considering the elimination of the Sound Design award for the Tony's, mostly because we're having simultaneous sponsorship and (unfair) desertion. That being said, I think sound is more important within the scope of theatre because of that live quality. In film, while there is an aspect of live recording, I believe that there's a more artistic quality in theatre because everything is right in front you at that time.
As one of the people who used to spend a fair amount of years working in sound department before, I Thank God that at least some group of people still recognized and honored the importance of sound people and realized how hard these group of people work in a show. This articles also reminds me of a heartbreak I had when the Tony Awards announced to cut out the award in sound design category and I though it was unfair to the group of people who are as important as the rest of the team in the production.
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