Stephen Deutsch is Professor of Post-Production at Bournemouth University and Visiting Tutor in Screen Composition at the National Film & Television School. Larry Sider is Director of the School of Sound symposium and former Head of Post-Production at the National Film and Television School. Dominic Power is an independent writer and film historian.

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