As part of a university project in my Bachelor’s degree, I and two fellow students re-soundtracked an iconic scene from Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Due to copyright this scene cannot be published, but is available in Google Drive via the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X4cwm5rQiDiwxGTufS0faESeuLMNMqmp/view?usp=sharing
My role in ADR and dialogue editing was the recording, syncing and mixing of
Dave’s speech. As with all ADR, my primary objective was to deliver the
cleanest, most intelligible sounding dialogue possible, while ensuring
continuity between the video and audio. Dave’s dialogue recordings were made
using a Rode NT5 cardioid condenser microphone, in configuration with a
Scarlett 2i2 audio interface connected to a MacBook Pro running Logic Pro X. A
sample rate of 48kHz and bit depth of 24-bit were set within Logic Pro X to
meet the industry standard for film and TV work.
In the original scene, Dave speaks with an American accent. Typically,
Americans tend to simplify their language, specifically the pronunciation of
vowels, which tend to be shorter than in spoken British English. Therefore, in
order that the ADR sound natural, I had to shorten my vowel pronunciation and
talk faster in the recordings.
2001: A Space Odyssey is notorious for the sparsity of dialogue. Although
the dialogue in this particular scene only lasts for the first two minutes, Dave continues to be the main focus throughout the rest of the scene, and as such, some unscripted audio recording was necessary to capture his presence and emotional state. Throughout the scene, Dave’s breaths and movement can be heard so I recorded a thirty second take of myself breathing heavily beside the microphone and using cues from the film, I synchronised breaths in my recording with Dave’s apparent sighs and breaths. This provided an element of realism and consistency throughout the non-dialogue scenes which would otherwise have been lacking.
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