Monday, June 23

Sound editors emphasize the quiet in Emmy-nominated ‘The Queen’s Gambit’

Working together like pieces on a chessboard, the soundtrack of “The Queen’s Gambit” is a resounding checkmate. Sound rerecording mixer, sound editor and alumnus Eric Hoehn received nominations for both Outstanding Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special for his work on the show’s finale, “End Game.” The limited series follows chess player Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) as she ascends into chess stardom and follows a winding road to personal growth, with the final episode portraying the emotional peak of both journeys. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus Eric Hoehn (center) earned Emmy nominations for his sound mixing and editing work on Netflix miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit,” alongside co-supervising sound editors Eric Hirsch (left) and Gregg Swiatlowski (right). (From left to right: Photo courtesy of Goldcrest, courtesy of Dan Carr, courtesy of Goldcrest. Photo Illustration by Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)




Q&A: Alumnus Stephan Fleet discusses Emmy-nominated visual effects for ‘The Boys’

Let there be blood – at least three gallons of it. Known for its unabashedly gory visual effects, “The Boys” follows average-Joe archetype Hughie (Jack Quaid) as he navigates the world of Super – shorthand for superheroes – after one inadvertently kills his girlfriend. Read more...

Photo: (Photo courtesy of Stephan Fleet. Photo Illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)



UCLA Film & Television Archive to host virtual screening of “The War Widow”

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 7:07 p.m. After helping women discover themselves in the ’70s, “The War Widow” is being broadcast once again. On Thursday, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will host a virtual screening of “The War Widow,” a World War I period piece that tells the story of two women falling in love in an unpredictable world. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film & Television Archive will be hosting a screening and discussion of the 1976 film “The War Widow.” Following the story of two women falling in love, the film was one of the first to portray a lesbian relationship without harmful stereotypes, said LGBTQ+ historian Jenni Olson. (Courtesy of “The War Widow”)




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