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ADR - Additional Dialogue Recording

We had a session on re-recording dialogue. Unfortunately the session was hampered with some technical issues, but I got the gist of it. Essentially I learnt that ADR isn't really something to be afraid of and it's pretty simple. My  main revelation is that you have the person who're re-saying the dialogue listen to the line over and over and eventually they can reel it off in almost the exact same way.

Syncing it with the image once this is done is fairly simple. Especially if you plan ahead.
Last year I did sound for the Drama project and even though it was sync sound with no ADR I had a big task with syncing the dialogue due to the edit being very fast paced and using lots of different takes. This meant matching up the dialogue was a creative exercise in trying to find parts of takes that would match up.
Using ADR could have perhaps alleviated this slightly.

Using Logic Pro

We spent a session looking at a piece of software for adding musical elements (though it also has other uses) to sound design called Logic Pro. As someone who is extremely interested in bringing my music writing into my sound design I found this session pretty interesting.

Logic Pro's interface

Logic Pro itself is a little confusing to me. I think it is a good bit of software, but as someone who is very used to using another piece of software called Reason I find some elements to be confusing. Once I got into it though I was using it pretty effectively I feel.

Reason's interface

As someone who likes to input every note manually and precisely I like how easy to use the piano roll is. The synthesizer and instrument selection almost feels a little limited to me as someone who's used to Reason, but I think there's everything you need. All the synths are fully programmable which means the sound possibilities are pretty much endless.

I think overall I prefer using Reason. Partly because I'm used to it and partly because I prefer how the synths act and look. However the thing that sets Logic apart from Reason in terms of working with film is that you can import video very easily and then add sound frame by frame. This is invaluable to someone like me who really wants to create soundtracks that flow with the image.

Feedback from Pi

I feel like my redesigned sound for Pi got a pretty good reception. People seemed to be quite impressed with my attention to detail such as clothes noises. Also the buzzing sound I created for the chip which takes over the sound at the end of the piece.
I felt especially good about this as I felt that the tone I used for the ending was like putting my own personal stamp on the piece. It's a very me think to do and it gives me a sense of ownership over the sound design.

All my sounds were received well in that they were well recorded and well implemented. I did spend a lot of time making everything sound right in the mix so this was encouraging.

The main complaint seemed to be that I could have gone further. Especially with the atmos. It was said to bee almost too "sterile" as the character's mind and life are kind of a mess. My interpretation was more of a sort of loneliness and isolation, but looking back on it this criticism about the overall sterility seems pretty apt. I think I could have gone further and made that room sound much more chaotic.

If I was to go back that would be the main stuff I would change. I would just add more layers to the atmos and give the room some life.

Overall though I was very encouraged by the feedback and proud of what I'd done.