How To Vote For Sound – Key Tips From Industry Insiders And MPSE President David Barber: “Sound Is Inherently Invisible When It Works”

Deadline · 2026-02-17
How To Vote For Sound – Key Tips From Industry Insiders And MPSE President David Barber: “Sound Is Inherently Invisible When It Works”

If seeing is believing, then hearing is feeling. And yet sound remains one of the hardest elements of filmmaking to judge during awards season. In 2021, the Academy merged its Sound Editing and Sound Mixing categories into a single Best Sound award, a move likely intended not to blur the crafts but