How to get an "outside" sound with ADR??

yzmotoxer807

yzmotoxer807

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I am using ADR for a project that I am shooting right now. How do I go about getting an outside type sound for the dialogue?
 
yzmotoxer807 said:
I am using ADR for a project that I am shooting right now. How do I go about getting an outside type sound for the dialogue?
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Record using the same microphone you used for the rest of the location dialog. Mix well with ambience recorded at the location, season to taste with a pinch of reverb <g>.
 
A lot of it also depends on the room that you record the ADR in. If the room is small and boxy, then the ADR will reflect that. Try to record the ADR in a large, neutral room that won't color the ADR as much.
 
Okay thanks guys. What about reverb settings? I mean should I just try everything to see what sounds best or is there a known setup for an outdoor sound?
 
I know this is radical, but you could plug your mic into your camera and record the
ADR outside (in a very quiet area). Pretty sure to match up, just add ambient sound in post.
 
I was thinking of this as a backup just in case nothing else worked. I would probably use a laptop though instead of the camera so I could play the footage while recording the actors.
 
Actually the way to do this (referred to as "worldizing") is to edit the takes then play them back over speakers and rerecord them in the environment. You don't want to actually record them in the environment unless your doing wild ADR. Reverb is probably not your first choice unless you have something like a Quantech with it's "outdoor" presets. A little slap back echo is probably going to work better. If you can't get a big dead room a small dead room works quite well. In either case it will come out sounding like "old movie" dialog (sound stage) until you slather some distance on it and fil in a bunch of BG. Compare it to the original and try to match the feel. Or go old school.
 
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