Hello there. I have been working in field for almost two years but I haven't been doing too much of posy sound. I have mbox with pro-tools le. I was wondering when working on sound. Do I put the movie together with sound and then move that sound to pro tools to work with it , or is it better idea to choose the takes you want to use and fix it's sound beffore uploading it to video editing software? How do you guys do that?
Recording sound what about post?
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SMuir
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Although its important to take into account audio quality when selecting which takes to use during a picture edit, its generally not an efficient practice to work on the sound edit and mix before starting the the picture edit.
Unless, that is, you're shooting a music video or a big song and dance number. In those cases, you'll need at least a partly finished sound track for on-set playback.
The post-production workflow typically goes something like this:
1. Capturing the video footage into a non-linear editing system (and synching any double-system audio)
2. Cutting the footage (then re-cutting it, etc.), and adding temp music and effects (which may or may not be used during the sound edit)
3. Locking the picture.
4. Exporting the locked picture as a self-contained video file with a stereo mix of the audio.
5. Exporting the edit session's audio as an OMF.
6. Importing the video and OMF into ProTools.
7. Cutting the dilague and effects, recording foley and ADR, recording and/or editing the music.
8. Conforming the edited audio to new picture versions if the editor has continued to make changes to the picture (even minor changes can create a lot of extra work at this point).
9. Mixing the edited tracks in a mixing theatre.
and finally
10. Marrying the mixed audio with the final picture (with all the colour correction, visual effects and titles completed in the meantime).
Of course, this is just a broad overview of a proccess that can get pretty complicated. By no means is this the only correct way of doing things, but most post-productions tend to follow this basic path.
Unless, that is, you're shooting a music video or a big song and dance number. In those cases, you'll need at least a partly finished sound track for on-set playback.
The post-production workflow typically goes something like this:
1. Capturing the video footage into a non-linear editing system (and synching any double-system audio)
2. Cutting the footage (then re-cutting it, etc.), and adding temp music and effects (which may or may not be used during the sound edit)
3. Locking the picture.
4. Exporting the locked picture as a self-contained video file with a stereo mix of the audio.
5. Exporting the edit session's audio as an OMF.
6. Importing the video and OMF into ProTools.
7. Cutting the dilague and effects, recording foley and ADR, recording and/or editing the music.
8. Conforming the edited audio to new picture versions if the editor has continued to make changes to the picture (even minor changes can create a lot of extra work at this point).
9. Mixing the edited tracks in a mixing theatre.
and finally
10. Marrying the mixed audio with the final picture (with all the colour correction, visual effects and titles completed in the meantime).
Of course, this is just a broad overview of a proccess that can get pretty complicated. By no means is this the only correct way of doing things, but most post-productions tend to follow this basic path.
jontuttle
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SMuir said:
I second SMuir's motion. He laid it down nicely.
You really want as closed to if not the final edit before exporting to work on sound. There will always be tweaks but as SMuir said, little changes in video can make a lot of work for the sound people.
I have the similar Pro Tools setup and really dig it. I use it mostly for recording sound effects and ADR. I use Sonar 6 Producer for the sound editing. I really like it. I am used to video editing programs and Sonar operates more in that fashion than Pro Tools. Good Luck.