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Australian Screen Sound Guild
AbbreviationASSG
Formation1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Type Guild
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
President
Stephen Murphy
Website www.assg.org.au

The Australian Screen Sound Guild was formed in 1988 to represent people working in audio engineering and post-production in film, television, multimedia and other related audio industries. [1] such as those involved with location sound, sound editing, audio engineers, sound mixers and engineers, television audio production and multimedia. [2]

The guild is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales [3] and is directed by a committee which includes representatives from each Australian state, except New South Wales. [4]

Awards

The guild recognises people working in the Australian screen sound industry. Members of the guild nominate work they completed in the previous year, the nominations are judged by the members en masse. [5]

The guild offers awards for best sound, best sound design, best sound mixing and a members' choice award. [6]

References

  1. ^ Screen Australia. "Filmmakers — guilds and associations". Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ Australian Screen Sound Guild. "ASSG Crafts". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. ^ Edmondson, Ray (May 2002). "A Case of Mistaken Identity: Governance, Guardianship and the ScreenSound Saga" (PDF). Journal of the Australian Society of Archivists. 30 (1): 30–46. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. ^ Australian Screen Sound Guild. "ASSG Committee and State Representatives". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  5. ^ Australian Screen Sound Guild. "Awards". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  6. ^ Blatchford, Emily (26 November 2012). "Australian Screen Sound Guild awards announced". IF magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2013.