should i consider dubbing a whole feature with minimum dialog ?

C2V said:
You are mistaken. This is a myth that keeps getting passed around DVXUser, and I'm not entirely sure why or from whence it comes. Big budget films have big budget production sound crews who get it right the first time. There are some extreme cases where production sound just cannot be captured the right way, and for that very small percentage of shots they will use ADR, but that's the exception and not the rule.

As for the other member's film, he put in months of work on it.
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absolutely. Just look at The Last Samurai. Jeff Wexler was the production sound mixer. He and his tremendous boom op did such a good job on production that they didn't have to ADR one line in that entire movie.

If there is such little dialogue, just record it during production and do it right, and not rely on ADR. Having a sound mixer there isn't going to slow you down if you plan things out right. Believe me, I've been on both sides of this, and doing ADR is a pain.
 
once i'll start production i'll print out all these instructions for whoever i'll get as a sound/boom guy & 'producer' (which will probably be me or girlfriend)..
better to have them followed word for word exactly as you told me, for this guerrilla feature.

is there a thread containing all those tips (and probably a lot more) ?

* i went through the 'lessons form the field' sticky, but most of it is a more complicated, semi-pro stuff i am way behind.
so i guess those 'basic' tips you gave me are excellent starting point to avoid mistakes for 'experienced amateurs' like me.
 
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