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Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures

Author John Purcell
Release Date: 2012/11/01
ISBN: 9780240809182
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Book Description

Dialogue editing is a crucial yet invisible part of filmmaking. Do it right, and no one notices. Do it wrong, and your film or video sounds messy, distracting, and unrealistic. This is a book for people who need to edit production sound for film, TV, or video but were never taught how to do it. It goes step by step through the process and covers all the workflows you are likely to encounter. Efficient working practices are emphasized throughout, so you learn to save time and avoid needless repetition.

Many dialogue editors are hobbled by a lack of understanding of the non-sound aspects of filmmaking. Unlike editors who cut effects, backgrounds or Foley, a dialogue editor's work is directly affected by what has gone on before. How a film was shot, recorded and edited will dramatically influence the dialogue editing process. Much of this book, then, deals with things which at first glance don't appear to be dialogue. You will find overviews of film picture and sound postproduction--film, tape, NTSC, PAL, 24p, and HD. There are summaries of film picture editing, OMF manipulation, and ADR management.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1 What Is Dialogue Editing?
  10. Chapter 2 No One Works in a Vacuum—How to Know Where You Fit into the Filmmaking Process
  11. Chapter 3 A Quick Look at Picture Editing
  12. Chapter 4 The Sound Department
  13. Chapter 5 Getting Sound from the Picture Department to the Sound Department
  14. Chapter 6 Burn-Ins, File Names, and Backups
  15. Chapter 7 Screening the OMF/PostConform—The Spotting Session
  16. Chapter 8 Managing Your Time
  17. Chapter 9 Getting Started on Dialogue Editing
  18. Chapter 10 Now, the Actual Editing
  19. Chapter 11 Image, Depth, and Perspective
  20. Chapter 12 Damage Repair
  21. Chapter 13 Production FX and Guide Tracks
  22. Chapter 14 Conformations
  23. Chapter 15 ADR
  24. Chapter 16 Editing Production Sound for Documentaries
  25. Chapter 17 Preparing for the Mix
  26. Chapter 18 The Mix
  27. Afterword
  28. Appendix A Dialogue Editing in a Nutshell
  29. Appendix B Track Template for a Typical Small Film’s Dialogue
  30. Glossary
  31. Bibliography
  32. Index
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