The Night Shift is the production diary of Fighting Owl Film's new independent supernatural-adventure-comedy of the same name currently in "post" in Mobile, AL. Over the course of the next several weeks and months, you'll get an insider's peek at what it's like for filmmakers to craft a new entry of paranormal pop culture from Erin Lilley, a producer and actress on the film.
Attack of the Additional Dialogue Recording
Just when I thought it was safe to put up the audio recorder ... (dun dun dun!) ... More ADR!!!
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| The Damnable Generator |
For those of you just joining us, "ADR" stands for Additional Dialogue Recording. Some people refer to it as "looping" or "dubbing". I call it "mildly annoying."
Here's the deal: We had to run a generator to power lights for night shoots. The generator was loud and, being a low-budget enterprise, we didn't have the means to encase the generator without causing a fire, or worse, an explosion. We tried to keep it as far from the microphone as possible, but there were times when the generator absolutely drowned out the actors. We did a little pre-emptive ADR on scenes where the generator was so awful we didn't even bother using the microphone, and our sound department geniuses (we love these guys so much) have cleaned up the majority of the rest of the scenes.
Unfortunately, there were a few scenes even Miracle Max couldn't save, so we're back to the recording studio (a.k.a. my living room).
