Different Roles in an Audio Post Production Company

It takes a group of skilled people to make a film. Things can go smoothly or they can go very wrong. There are many things that contribute to making it the best. The final sound mix review session is one such important session for your film. An audio post production company fulfils the post production needs of various kinds of projects. If you’re interested in learning more about the specific jobs, here is an overview of the roles of different people in an audio post production studio:

Sound Supervisor

A sound supervisor plays a crucial role in post-production audio as he/she oversees virtually every other member of the sound team on a production. They may wear many hats depending on the size and budget of the production. They are involved in the process of recording sound effects libraries for productions, handle some sound design duties, and work closely with the Foley, Dialog Editing, ADR, Music, and Re-Recording mixing teams.

Sound Design

It is one of the creative roles in audio post. Think about any film without all the sounds in it and it will feel lifeless. The sound designer is engaged in creating sounds that resonate with the movie and the audience.

There are sounds of vehicles, creatures, background sounds, and environments in movies. The sound designer brings all these sounds together. 

Foley

The Foley team works with more common and day-to-day sounds such as footsteps, movements, and even the more seemingly insignificant sound effects are recorded and performed by the Foley artists. Apart from Foley artists, there are also engineers involved in the process of recording, editing, and mixing the Foley.

Dialog Editing

The sound crew is involved primarily in properly capturing the dialog. Once the dialogue is recorded, the dialogue editor goes through it to clean up any unwanted noise and generate "fill" so as to avoid any unwanted drops in room tone, otherwise known as ambience. It is an important, detailed, and time-consuming task. Dialog editors need to have great attention to detail to detect the slightest changes in pitch and rhythm in the human voice.

ADR

ADR refers to automatic dialogue replacement. It involves getting the actor back in the studio, and then re-recording them reciting their lines alongside the original performance. There could be numerous reasons for replacing the original dialog. Getting ADR to fit in is a critical task and requires a great amount of finesse, attention to detail, and a great ear.

A boutique post-production sound studio is equipped with experienced and skilled team members and the latest equipment to aggressively meet every project's needs with speed, passion, and technical ease.