Hi, all
I've done a handful of short projects in the past, but I've never had occasion to be concerned with ADR before. Shooting an outdoor location next to Beverly Glen near Bel Air has changed that.
Picture is nearly locked, so I'm close to addressing sound and I'm finding that I have a lot of questions. And frankly I'd rather look like a complete newbie here rather than go to a post house where my ego prefers to believe that I look like a knowledgeable professional. (If we can't delude at least ourselves then why bother at all, right?)
I have about five minutes of footage of two actors that needs ADR work. I already have plenty of tone from the location, and movement is minimal so foley requirements should be small. I saw in another thread a recommendation of having actors reference audio only so they don't get caught up in watching themselves on a playback monitor. Like that idea.
I've been quoted a $50/ hour + 1 engineer studio rate, and I'm planning to ask around to see if that's a reasonable rate. (And if anyone has any recommended kickass LA sound designers that will work with a limited budget my inbox is definitely open.)
If I go with a studio like that, am I responsible for setting up the dialogue in loops with a 2-pop before each line, or is that part of what a studio is for?
And what is a realistic time estimate to expect a couple reasonably experienced and competent actors to successfully ADR five minutes of stuff? Hard to call, I know, but at least ballpark would be helpful.
There's possibly more stuff that I don't know that I don't know yet, but when I do know that I don't know it--I'll ask then.
Thanks, gang.
I've done a handful of short projects in the past, but I've never had occasion to be concerned with ADR before. Shooting an outdoor location next to Beverly Glen near Bel Air has changed that.
Picture is nearly locked, so I'm close to addressing sound and I'm finding that I have a lot of questions. And frankly I'd rather look like a complete newbie here rather than go to a post house where my ego prefers to believe that I look like a knowledgeable professional. (If we can't delude at least ourselves then why bother at all, right?)
I have about five minutes of footage of two actors that needs ADR work. I already have plenty of tone from the location, and movement is minimal so foley requirements should be small. I saw in another thread a recommendation of having actors reference audio only so they don't get caught up in watching themselves on a playback monitor. Like that idea.
I've been quoted a $50/ hour + 1 engineer studio rate, and I'm planning to ask around to see if that's a reasonable rate. (And if anyone has any recommended kickass LA sound designers that will work with a limited budget my inbox is definitely open.)
If I go with a studio like that, am I responsible for setting up the dialogue in loops with a 2-pop before each line, or is that part of what a studio is for?
And what is a realistic time estimate to expect a couple reasonably experienced and competent actors to successfully ADR five minutes of stuff? Hard to call, I know, but at least ballpark would be helpful.
There's possibly more stuff that I don't know that I don't know yet, but when I do know that I don't know it--I'll ask then.
Thanks, gang.