Creative vs. Business (aka ADR Session)

April 13, 2006 by Dennis Baker 

I had my ADR session for the feature film HYPERLINK (formally called Nostalgia). For those who don’t know, an ADR session is when an actor dubbs his lines because there were not clear. The hard part is that you have to time it so that what you are saying matches the movement of the mouth. The odd part is ADRing myself breathing. There were parts where I would sigh, and the sound did not pick it up. So I had to record myself inhaling and exhaling. It is odd when breathing becomes technical.

My session ended right before lunch, so I had the opportunity to hang out and chat with the producer and director. We got into an interesting conversation regarding the struggle of the creative vs. business when in comes in film making. The obvious reason for ADR is so that there is clean sound and all is heard. The problem with ADR is that sometimes the performance suffers. When one is recording their lines in a small booth, while watching a TV to make sure they are in synch, sometimes the passion of the moment is lost in the performance. The director wants clean sound, but how much is he willing to sacrifice in the area of performance. Plus the ADR session is $200 an hour.

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