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Bonus 6: Getting Funky With It (Audio Editors Roundtable)

Podcast
Re: Dracula
Published
Nov 13, 2024
Duration seconds
3042
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Summary

Sound designers Tal Minear and Stephen Indrisano pull back the curtain on the invisible art of dialogue editing. They discuss the technical pipeline of splicing takes, managing actor performance, and the collaborative dance between sound design and dialogue.

Topics

  • Audio Production
  • Dialogue Editing
  • Sound Design
  • Podcast Post-Production
  • Audio Horror
  • Audio Engineering
  • Voice Acting
  • Narrative Audio

Highlights

  • Main idea: Dialogue editing is the art of knitting together various takes and director notes into a seamless, cohesive performance
  • Practical takeaway: To master dialogue editing, practice on unscripted audio to learn how to handle unpredictable pacing and improvised speech
  • Failure mode: Neglecting the cleaning process, such as ignoring background buzz or inconsistent loudness, can break listener immersion
  • Technical insight: Effective horror audio relies on intentional use of pauses and pacing to force the listener to lean in
  • Career advice: Building a portfolio through volunteer work and small projects is the most effective way to climb the production ladder

Chapters

  1. 1:00 The Invisible Art: An introduction to the collaborative relationship between dialogue editors and sound designers.
  2. 4:50 Cleaning and Consistency: The technical necessity of removing noise and normalizing loudness across different character tracks.
  3. 12:50 The Production Pipeline: How the team uses external resources and scripts to time and structure the audio narrative.
  4. 16:40 Optimizing for Horror: Using silence, pauses, and specific pacing to manipulate tension in the horror genre.
  5. 24:40 Learning Through Practice: Advice on entering the industry by editing unscripted content and building a diverse CV.
  6. 28:40 Sourcing Sound Effects: A look at the toolkit of a sound designer, from custom builds to using libraries like Freesound.
  7. 40:30 The Challenge of Improv: The difficulty of editing highly improvised sections and the technical struggle of splicing disparate takes.