Session 1: Today’s topic for discussion is ADR, or Automated Dialogue Replacement. ADR is commonly used in movies to replace the on set dialogue. Often the on set dialogue is unusable due to background noise, poor recording levels, or a myriad of other issues that arise while shooting the scene. Re-recording the audio in the studio ensures that the the recording is clean and dry with no background noise.

In class exercise: Copy the ADR_Exercise.zip from the WDIM drive. Decompress the .zip file and open the Pro Tools session. Experiment with reducing the noise levels using the “Expander/Gate Dyn 3” insert. Next re-align the dialogue in the scene. There will be five places where you will need to split the region in order to properly synchronize the dialogue.

Reading:
ADR: “Automated” or “Automatic” Dialogue Replacement

Session 2: During week 9 and 10 we will be scheduling ADR sessions for each of the groups during lab time in room 009. The goal of these session will be to help prepare content for your final project and learn how to use the Pro Tools HD system for dialogue replacement.

Also, starting next week we will begin milestone reviews of your final projects so far. On session 1 of week 9 I would like to see a rough draft of your script and sound design notes from each group. Here are the requirements for the first milestone:

Sound Design Final Project Milestone #1
1. Present a rough draft of your script so far
2. Also present sound design notes
3. Finally present a schedule the of shooting and sound design
3. Due during lab of session 1, week 9

Reading:
Review pages 32 – 25 in “Sound Design” by David Sonnenschein