In this episode we'll get an insight
into the wonderful world of dubbing.
The wonderful world of dubbing,
what is it?
Well you have a project that is produced
in one language
and it needs to be re-recorded
into another language for release in another territory.
Dubbing is separate from ADR,
though similar in recording technique.
I'll go through ADR in another episode.
You may have seen dub content
before whilst on holidays
or on the internet.
The quality varies hugely.
It comes down to a cultural thing.
Some countries dub everything
exceptionally well,
whilst others are...
not too pushed. In the context of this video
I'll be talking about movies
that are destined for international release.
If you produce a movie in one language
then you'll need an English version too,
because the english is the language
of international dubbing for example,
if I produced my movie in French
in order to sell it to Spain
then the Spanish will want a version in English
as their working reference.
So what is the process?
Well the producer will deliver
a picture and an M&E
and if you remember the M&E
is the music and sound effects
without any dialogue.
We record with the M&E
so the actor can get a feel
and a motivation for the character
in the movie.
The next step before the dubbing begins
is casting and this can make a movie
or break the movie. There are some actors out there
who just understand the gig.
They're diverse in the range of voices and accents
and they can perform
for long sustained periods
in those chosen characters.
They also have the ability to switch
to a completely different character
and with the skill to deliver
a different voice and accent at the drop of a hat.
I'm still amazed at how talented
some of these people are.
It's a real test to your skill
and training as an actor
to be able to perform like this
under the pressure of time and workload.
In the studio we work to a timecoded script
supplied by the producer.
This is where amazing things happen.
We all think we can speak English
but wrong! Humans by nature speak
their own language.
Humans that learn another non-native language
speak that language
as they learned it,
for example;
I want to say I stroll down the street
the other evening.
A non-native speaker might say;
I walk down the street the other night,
so what's the problem?
Well they're both right
but the syllable count is different,
when I'm saying evening there are two syllables
in the shape of the mouth.
In the live action or the animation.
With the translation night
you have one syllable,
now I have to fill in the missing syllable
hence all the script editing.
Another consideration is the time of day.
Will the fact that the actor
has said night affect the narrative?
The timescale of any story is incredibly important.
The shot might show somebody strolling
in the evening light
while the translation
might suggest darkness.
In the time-coded script
every line and reaction
has to be scripted,
so our intrepid actor gasps,
delivers the line
and then struggles.
That's three cues that have to be noted
and the position of each
recorded in the time coded script.
To keep an eye on all of this dialogue
and extra noises
you need an ADR package.
ADR means automatic dialogue replacement,
I'll go into it more detail in another episode.
I work with the ADR packaging Nuendo
all the time. There are other options
like Fairlight now has an ADR package
though I've not played with it
and there's another couple of exceptionally
expensive other options too.
When all the above is in place
then you're ready to record
and this is where the fun begins.
We have to keep an eye on literally
every word and every syllable.
We need to consider the language,
the acting, the character,
the story, the narrative, the proximity,
the weather, the situation
and a good practice is to ask yourself
every couple of minutes;
is that how I'd say that?
Dubbing is a wonderful world.
It allows you to exercise
your skills as a creative
whether you're an editor, an actor,
a script writer or a director.
You can be working on animation one day
and a live action blockbuster the next.
Try playing with some foreign language videos.
Put the video into your DAW,
take the translation
and put it into language real people
will understand
and then act it out.
Find the pitfalls and iron them out.
It's a lot of fun.
Put the links to your work
into the comments below,
I'd love to see what you did.
I'm Keith Alexander
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