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Automated dialogue replacement: re-recording dialogue in sync with picture after principal photography.

Also known as: automated dialogue replacement, additional dialogue recording, looping

Reviewed

Inputs

  • A brief, script, plan, or approved source material

Outputs

  • A documented handoff for the next department

Handoffs

  • Confirm assumptions, owner, timing, and review point.

In practice

Editors and dialogue teams identify cues, performers re-record against picture, and the new takes are edited and mixed to match performance, perspective, room, and production sound. “Automated” is historical terminology; the performance is not automatic.

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