Improvements to On-Set Virtual Production Acoustics for Production Dialog

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Publisher: SMPTE
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Motion Imaging Jour.
Volume: 133, No. 1, pp. 78–88
Abstract: While capturing in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) or ‘final pixel’ remains a primary goal of On-Set Virtual Production (OSVP), “final sample,” recording usable performance dialog that carries over to final sound mix, is often its casualty. Unlike the sound damping qualities of traditional sound stages, volume stages can resemble the acoustical characteristics of an echo chamber. Production sound mixer/recordists' traditional abatement methods can prove inadequate in OSVP due to concerns over blocking visually valuable environmental lighting reflections and space limitations restricting reverberation mitigation options. Automated Dialog Replacement (ADR) is a post-production solution of last resort due to budgetary, logistical, and creative costs. Zero-ADR (ZADR) is therefore as creatively and economically as valuable to production as is the goal of final pixel. With education, productions employing a sound mitigation specialist with specific mitigation equipment, and early and consistent cooperative/collaborative inter-departmental communication can effectively mitigate reverberation and unwanted noise in a volumetric stage, allowing post-production sound editors to effectively process (clean) the OSVP recorded tracks, significantly minimizing ADR usage.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
DOI: 10.5594/JMI.2024/WXMY3468
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/JMI.2024/WXMY3468
Author(s): Eric Rigney
Keyword(s): Final Sample, Sound Mitigation Specialist, Production Sound Mixer/Recordist
Copyright: © 2024 SMPTE

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