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Spotting session

A review in which filmmakers decide where music, effects, dialogue work, or other sound cues should begin and end.

Also known as: music spotting, sound spotting

Reviewed

Inputs

  • Approved creative material, production information, and the requirements for the task

Outputs

  • A reviewed result with a clear owner, version, and downstream handoff

Handoffs

  • Participants record purpose, timing, transitions, source status, responsibilities, and creative notes, producing a cue plan for the relevant post departments.

In practice

Participants record purpose, timing, transitions, source status, responsibilities, and creative notes, producing a cue plan for the relevant post departments.

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