Dialogue Editing
Definition
Dialogue Editing is the process of cleaning up, organizing, and refining the production dialogue tracks recorded on set. The dialogue editor listens to every take of every line of dialogue and selects the best performances, removes unwanted noise (coughs, chair creaks, clothing rustles), smooths out edits using room tone, and ensures that the dialogue is as clean and intelligible as possible before it is sent to the re-recording mixer for the final mix.
Contextual Usage
The dialogue editor flags a problem for the supervising sound editor: "The dialogue in Scene 32 is unusable. There was a generator running just outside the location, and it's buried under the noise. We're going to need ADR for all 12 lines in that scene."
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