Summary
Our film class did a project where we practiced ADR. We were given a clip of our teacher saying “I never said you stole the money”. The clip had poor audio and we were given the task of syncing the audio and the video of that clip and another with better audio.
Film Before Visual ADR
This is the film before ADR which means that it has poor sound quality.
Film After Visual ADR
This is the film after ADR which means it has better sound quality.
We’ve Got to Have Money
Mr. Le Duc wants money
ADR Process
This is a screenshot of me working on the project.
Audio ADR Preparation
The audio has been looped multiple times and I compared each piece of audio and visual to see which ones fit best.
ADR Terms
- ADR: the process of prerecording the dialog in the studio to use over the footage.
- This is done to replace bad voices like in musicals. First used at 1930’s.
- Used dubbing to change language of some films.
- Most dialog is recorded in post.
- A lot of people used to think that ADR was bad.
- Two common practices.
- Visual ADR is when the actor can see the video and try to match it.
- Audio ADR is when the actor matches the sound of the original audio.
Audio Post-production Terms
- Sync: Synchronizing your video and audio
- Audio: the sound in the film
- Visual: the video in the film
- Merge: merging your visual and audio together to create one synced video.
What I Learned and Problems I Solved
In this project I learned all about the process of ADR and how to sync video and audio. At first I did not understand the instructions on how to sync the video and the audio but I looked up a youtube video which showed me several methods on how to do so.