Bridge the Gap: A Beginner's Guide to Remote ADR and Source-Connect

Bridge the Gap:

A Beginner's Guide to Remote ADR and Source-Connect

Nikki Myers

A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Sound Design Department in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts in Sound Design at Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

Published by Nikki Myers at Smashwords

Copyright 2015 Nikki Myers

Matthew Akers, Committee Chair

Stephen LeGrand, Committee Member

Robin Beauchamp, Committee Member

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For my parents, Dave and June Myers. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your unwavering love and encouragement are the driving force behind everything I do. There are no words that can fully express how much I love you both.

And for my Granddaddy, the late James Ottis Thomas, whom I miss every day.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This thesis would not have been possible without the help my thesis committee. My deepest gratitude goes to my committee chair, Professor Matthew Akers, for being truly invested in my project and for giving me the extra pushes I needed to make my thesis even better than I was anticipating. I would like to thank Professor Stephen LeGrand for his unwavering support and encouragement through all of my failures and successes. Without his dedication, my thesis would not have been as impactful as it is today. Also, many thanks to Professor Robin Beauchamp for constantly having my back and for providing the support I needed to iron out all of the wrinkles I encountered throughout this process.

I owe everything I know about automated dialogue replacement to Alexander Markowski. I am honored to have been one of his students and to have been given the opportunity to intern at Audio Kitchen Post. The experience changed the course of my career and ultimately led to where I am today. I cannot thank him enough.

Special thanks goes to Source Elements, for allowing me to use Source-Connect Pro X 3.8 during the course of my research. I would also like to thank Charles de Montebello of CDM Sound Studios in New York City, and Spencer Herzog of Creative Sound Concepts in Atlanta, GA. It was truly a pleasure to work with individuals of such professionalism, and their devotion to quality helped to breathe new life into the dialogue of Troy. I look forward to the next time we work together.

I would like to thank Yang Xiao for allowing me to serve as the ADR mixer for his magnificent film. I would also like to thank Xiao Hou for taking time from his busy schedule to take pictures during our Source-Connect