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Dialogue Editing

Dialogue Editing. What’s that?. Goals of Dialogue Editing. Goals of Dialogue Editing. Organize the material and get to know it. Let the tracks tell you what to do. Goals of Dialogue Editing. Organize the material and get to know it. Let the tracks tell you what to do.

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Dialogue Editing

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  1. Dialogue Editing What’s that?

  2. Goals of Dialogue Editing

  3. Goals of Dialogue Editing • Organize the material and get to know it. Let the tracks tell you what to do.

  4. Goals of Dialogue Editing • Organize the material and get to know it. Let the tracks tell you what to do. • Smooth the transitions. Make each scene believable, dramatic and clear.

  5. Goals of Dialogue Editing • Organize the material and get to know it. Let the tracks tell you what to do. • Smooth the transitions. Make each scene believable, dramatic and clear. • Fix articulations and remove noises. Take the filmmaking out of the film.

  6. Goals of Dialogue Editing • Organize the material and get to know it. Let the tracks tell you what to do. • Smooth the transitions. Make each scene believable, dramatic and clear. • Fix articulations and remove noises. Take the filmmaking out of the film. • Enhance the story. Create perspective, depth and focus.

  7. Goals of Dialogue Editing (part 2) • Prepare for ADR recording. • Determine proper sync. • Prepare for the mix. • Prepare for the M&E mix.

  8. Serve the Story

  9. What Materials Must You Have Before You Start? • OMF of locked picture, with all audio tracks • Video that matches this OMF (w/ TC burn-in) • Original recordings • Sound reports • EDLs: audio and video • Script • Picture continuities, if possible

  10. OMF and Initial Tracks

  11. Deleting dual mono information

  12. Marking Scenes

  13. Organize Wild Sound

  14. Script Break-down

  15. Single camera shooting • Scene 45: INT/night, Dinner at a restaurant • 45: Wide establishment shot of everyone at the table • 45A: Betty CU • 45B: Bob CU • 45C: Blanche CU • 45D: medium shot, POV kitchen

  16. Single camera shooting

  17. Pop Music Track Plan

  18. Organized Tracks

  19. Three Rules of Thumb #1 Whenever possible, play only one source of room tone at a time.

  20. Wall of Room Tone

  21. Correct Way

  22. Three Rules of Thumb #2 Evenness is a trade-off between noise and smoothness.

  23. Smooth Transitions

  24. Three Rules of Thumb #3 Design scenes that require the least amount of processing.

  25. Which Room Tone?

  26. Remove Noises • Crew noises • Actor’s noises • Location noises • “Reasonable” noises that nonetheless don’t belong in the film.

  27. Remove Noises The solution: room tone and alternate takes.

  28. Typical Radio Microphone Click

  29. Most Clicks Aren’t Easy to See

  30. Add Depth and Focus

  31. Spotting the loops

  32. Cue Sheets

  33. Motion Picture Workflows

  34. Classic Film Workflow

  35. Single-system NTSC

  36. NTSC: Shoot Film/Record Tape

  37. NTSC: Shoot Film/Record Disk

  38. Single-system PAL

  39. PAL: Shoot Film/Record Tape

  40. PAL: Shoot Film/Record Disk

  41. Book Cover

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