Okay, so in a different thread, syncing audio was brought up. In writing about it, I thought it likely that there is probably a great deal of variation in how each of us does this. I think it'd be good to hear the different methods, and of course I'm particularly curious to hear from those who do this professionally. As far as I know, I'm doing it bass-ackwards.
Antihero was the first time I'd ever sync'd audio. I edited visuals first, using in-cam audio, then sync'd. I tried Pluraleyes, but decided that it's really only helpful if you sync all audio, for every single shot, before editing. Editing before syncing makes Pluraleyes pretty much worthless.
So, I ended up not even using my slates. Almost every shot was synced with dialog -- every time someone spoke a P, T, K, etc. I'd go frame by frame, barely watching, but mostly listening to the very beginning of that hard consonant. Drop in timeline, and give it a listen, with both in-cam audio and external audio playing. About half of the time, I nailed it on the first try, and the other half, it was almost always within a single frame.
This workflow went rather quickly. It was tedious, and I hated every minute of it, but I got it done in a couple of (very) long days. This is an 83-minute movie, with relatively fast-paced editing.
I feel like this method worked pretty quickly and effectively, but of course I'm not going to be offended if anybody more experienced points out that my method is ill-advised. I think everyone who has done this should weigh in with their experiences -- noobs and pros, alike.
Cheers!
Antihero was the first time I'd ever sync'd audio. I edited visuals first, using in-cam audio, then sync'd. I tried Pluraleyes, but decided that it's really only helpful if you sync all audio, for every single shot, before editing. Editing before syncing makes Pluraleyes pretty much worthless.
So, I ended up not even using my slates. Almost every shot was synced with dialog -- every time someone spoke a P, T, K, etc. I'd go frame by frame, barely watching, but mostly listening to the very beginning of that hard consonant. Drop in timeline, and give it a listen, with both in-cam audio and external audio playing. About half of the time, I nailed it on the first try, and the other half, it was almost always within a single frame.
This workflow went rather quickly. It was tedious, and I hated every minute of it, but I got it done in a couple of (very) long days. This is an 83-minute movie, with relatively fast-paced editing.
I feel like this method worked pretty quickly and effectively, but of course I'm not going to be offended if anybody more experienced points out that my method is ill-advised. I think everyone who has done this should weigh in with their experiences -- noobs and pros, alike.
Cheers!
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