Discussing the benefits of joining an organzation.

1. Professional Organization
Casey Heath

2. MVPA
Music Video
Production Association
● Music video production
● Post-production companies
● Editors, directors, producers
● Cinematographers
● Choreographers
● Script supervisors
● Computer animators
● Make-up artists
Members

3. Membership Includes
● Complimentary admission to educational seminars, forums, screenings, etc.
● Posting of Company rosters, contact information & links on the MVPA website.
● Access to databases and networking resources.
● Opportunity to participate in industry forming discussions and committees.

4. CAS
Cinema Audio
Society
● Mixers: Production and Post Production of
Feature Films, Television, and Commercials
● Music Scoring
● Video Post Sweetening
● A.D.R.
● Foley
Members

5. Cinema Audio Society Benefits
● Educational meetings throughout the year on topics of interest to
those in our industry.
● Dialogue: from the Microphone to the Screen, and Wireless
Microphone Symposiums
● The Dialogue Pre-Dub Forum
● Demonstration of Digital Post Production and Digital Sound
Effects Editing
● A symposium on Digital Multi-Track Formats – Their Uses and
Abuses.
● CAS members and their guests are welcome and encouraged to
attend.

6. Disadvantages
MVPA
Lots of members, very competitive
CAS
Associate Members are Sound Specialists: Sound
Editors, Technicians, Recordists, and Microphone
Boom Operators
Might take longer to advance

7. Decision
● Plenty of people to network with different fields
● Multiple career choices and advantages
● Music focus
● Entertainment advantages
Music Video Production Association

8. Sources
MVPA www.mvpa.com/
CAS http://cinemaaudiosociety.org