The Official Adam Pascal Love thread- Page 826

[amasis]

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:36pm

Good night, Allie!

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:36pm

Considering how well Anthony writes his posts, I'm not surprised at how wonderfully his brother writes. You probably saw this already, but there's going to be a reading of a new play by Adam Rapp on March 6, which Anthony will be part of. Maybe I'll be able to get to it.

Also will try to listen to a little of JCS to get a feel for it. I wonder if it will really be the Actor's Fund choice next fall.

I'm in my second week at my new job, a fairly big movie shot in Venice and set in the 18th century. It looks absolutely gorgeous.

[amasis]

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:40pm

I've only seen and read Nocturne (it was premiered at the ART in Cambridge when I used to live in Boston), and even though I was told later it wasn't quite how Adam Rapp wanted it staged, it was still very very powerful. They also did 'Stone Cold Dead Serious' in ART. A great writer, that one.

Chloe - what does sound post-production entail? That's your work, right?

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:48pm

His new play has a "mature audiences" warning and a slightly comic sounding title (can't think of it at the moment), so it should be interesting. Sometimes it's nice to be mature

Nowadays post-production sound involves working on computers, though it used to be actual film and sprocketed magnetic tracks that ran along with the picture on moviolas. Sound editing is very specialized - there are those who work on production dialog (the sound recorded while the film is being shot), sound effects, ADR (dialog recorded in a studio to the edited picture), foleys (footsteps, movement and other specilized sounds recorded to the edited picture in a studio) and music. I work in ADR myself. I hope this isn't a lot more than you wanted to know!

[amasis]

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:54pm

Not at all - I love learning new things. The New Yorker had a special Movie Issue a while back. I think late 2003? You probably know what I'm talking about - they had articles about sound design, cinematography, etc. It's always interesting finding out the kind of work that goes into something. So, tell me, why would they have dialog recorded in a studio, unless it's for animated movies?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:03am

*waves lethargically*

I can't sleep.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:05am

Yes, I saw that New Yorker. That's such a great magazine.

The way movies are shot on location so much nowadays, there are often a lot of technical problems with the production dialog, so some of it has to be re-done. Also there are dialog rewrites and new lines, often to smooth over plot points that have gotten confused when scenes are cut out. It's not uncommon to have 300 to 500 individual ADR "cues" for a movie.

Once it's been decided what needs to be done (an ongoing process), the ADR editor makes cue sheets for each actor, containing the dialog he will be doing broken up into small enough pieces that he'll be able to handle them. Of course a large portion of the dialog has to be lip-synched, which is not easy. The editor also writes down footages indicating where the cues fall, and these are fed into another computer by the ADR mixer. That computer generates a visual or sound signal for the actor so he knows where to begin. It's usual three beeps or a line going across the screen, and sometimes both.

The recording process is always tough, because the actors have scattered all over the place after shooting is over. A lot of times nowadays they will be in one studio in, say LA, while the director and editors will be in another studio in NY. We are able to work together in sync through the use of ISDN lines.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:11am

So is that kind of the process for Rent?

[amasis]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:15am

EMCEE!!!!!! Do you need another size-24-font sleep reminder? Chloe - what are we supposed to do with her? *death glare*

Re. Sound editing - thanks for explaining that. I just never thought about that, I guess, that after editing there can still be gaps to fill in that you'll have to record dialogue for. Interesting. How long have you been doing this? Updated On: 2/24/05 at 12:15 AM

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:15am

Hi Emcee, sorry you can't sleep, and sorry to write such a long post. I love my work and it's fun to write about it, probably not quite as much fun to read though.

Rent is actually doing a kind of reverse process. They are recording the music and singing in a studio first, and the actors will be lip-synching to the recordings while they shoot. The same basic skills are involved, of course.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:15am

But but but....

I tried to sleep.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:19am

Maybe if I write an additional five paragraphs on sound editing, it will lull Emcee into a sound sleep.

I've been doing this nearly twenty years *gasp*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:20am

*gasp!*

But it's good that you love it.

*sigh* Now I'm REALLY hot. I was shivering a few second ago. Helllp!

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:23am

The good news is that if you're hot, your fever has stabilized and may even be going down. Have you taken anything for fever? Not that I'm a big advocate of that, since the fever is trying to kill all those viruses, but it may help you sleep.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:24am

Yep, I took something before I "went to bed." I need to sleep, because I MUST get to my ten o'clock class tomorrow. I have a group presentation. If I'm not there, no matter how sick I am, it's not going to fly.

Updated On: 2/24/05 at 12:24 AM

[amasis]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:25am

I met someone at a wedding a few years ago who asked me if I liked my work, and when I said yes, he said, "that's great, you're very lucky -- very few people do." I thought it was rather strange, but it's always nice to hear someone loving what they do.

And I enjoyed reading about it, so no worries about that. Unfortunately, Emcee seems *very* awake now.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:28am

Yes, and I should be going to bed too. Emcee, maybe being here isn't the most soothing thing for you. Does reading make you sleepy?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:30am

Only if it's a boring book.

Eh, forget it. There are drunk frat boys singing outside. Not sleeping.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:35am

Oh no! That's the pits! I'm sorry!

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:35am

::is so glad not to be living near frat boys::

Someone go out and shut those guys up!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:36am

yay, they're gone.

But I still can't sleep. *shivers*

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:36am

Blasting "There's No Business Like Show Business" might make them go away.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:39am

I'm glad they're gone, and I really have to go too. Maybe Chrys and amasis can stay on a while and help you get to sleep. Think of some really boring stuff for her to read!

Good night---

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:41am

'night Chloe.

[amasis]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:43am

Maybe Chrys and amasis can stay on a while and help you get to sleep.

Are you somehow implying I'm sleep-inducingly boring?

Good night, Chloe!