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    • Steve Nelson, sound recordist

    Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson

    Chapter from the book: Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood.

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    Steve Nelson has more than thirty years experience recording and mixing sound for film and TV projects like Fast and Furious and Inception. Nelson has worked on sets and locations across the United States as well as in Jamaica, Hong Kong, Moscow, Thailand, Mexico, South America and Japan. In this interview, he describes the rewards and challenges of the job, as well as the pressures posed by tighter budgets and production schedules.

    Disciplines:

    Media studies Social science 

    Keywords:

    collaboration Compensation Work/life balance Production incentives Productivity pressures Casual labor Digital technology Labor concessions Sound mixing Work hours 

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    Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Steve Nelson, sound recordist. In: Curtin M. & Sanson K, Voices of Labor. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.k
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    Published on March 3, 2017

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    https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.k