Cerny/American and The Twilight Zone
09.2006

Carl Amari of The Falcon Picture Group entered into an agreement with CBS Enterprises and the Rod Serling Estate and gained the rights to produce The Twilight Zone for Radio Broadcast Production. Carl chose Cerny/American to do the editing, sound design, foley effects, and final mixing of the series. Our engineering staff loves the challenges each show presents and puts 100 hours of sound design into each episode. The studio has expanded its collection of foley equipment to create customized sound effects and added many different types of flooring surfaces just for walking effects.

“When I first built the studios, we frequently went out on the street to collect specialized sound effects,” says JoBe Cerny, “and I’ve always encouraged our engineers to create specialized sound effects for the studio’s exclusive sound effects library. Every studio has the basic collections of effects, but we go far beyond those capabilities. Over the years, our commitment to create new sound effects in foley sessions has made our work unique. The Twilight Zone gives us a tremendous opportunity to showcase our sound design and foley capabilities.”

The Twilight Zone series currently airs on 150 stations nationwide as well as XM, Sirius, and the BBC. In Chicago, the series is on WGN. The radio series uses scripts from the original television series, including Rod Serling scripts that were never produced. While the scripts have been adapted for radio, the series is not an attempt to replicate old time radio. The scripts have been updated, and the production style is very current. The end result is a fresh, contemporary radio drama produced at the highest production levels.

Stacy Keach takes over for Rod Serling on the series, and each episode has a guest star. While “Prison Break” was filming in Chicago, the series’ stars (Robert Knepper, Sarah Wayne Callies, Marshall Allman, and Wade Williams) came in on their day off to record episodes. Many Los Angeles based stars including Jim Caviezel, Jane Seymour, Jason Alexander, Luke Perry, John Schneider, Paul Dooley, Mike Starr, and Henry Rollins also have guest starred on the series. But each episode features many of Chicago’s talented voice over performers. The Twilight Zone has created hundreds of jobs for Chicago talent. The episodes are recorded at Falcon Picture Group in Schaumburg. In most episodes the entire cast is recorded as an ensemble. However in some special instances, recordings are done at Cerny/American. In episodes featuring children, frequently JoBe Cerny directs them in separate sessions. “Sometimes, child actors feel a little intimidated being in a room with a lot of adults. When we record ensemble, the entire cast needs to be well studied before we begin and right on cue. When we record the child actors later, it is easier to get a better performance.” In particular, two incredible child performances were given in the episodes “The Gift” and “Mute”.

Everyone at Cerny/American is very proud of our work on The Twilight Zone. We invite studio clients to contact us for complimentary CD’s. Below is a list of episodes featuring our work:

Dead Man’s Shoes
Gentlemen Be Seated
Miniature
Elegy
Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
Ring-A-Ding Girl
Nice Place To Visit
Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
Nick of Time
Quality of Mercy
The Gift
Mighty Casey
Long Distance Call
Mute
Black Leather Jackets
Spur of the Moment
Where is Everybody?

For more information, visit The Twilight Zone Website:
www.twilightzoneradio.com.

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