ABSTRACT

When I write about sync problems in this chapter, I have more in mind than just picture and audio tracks falling out of sync. To me, if a music cue is supposed to be heard as soon as a door opens and instead it comes in 2 seconds late-it’s out of sync. If you spend a lot of time getting narration, music, or effects to land perfectly with a visual, and suddenly they don’t-you’re out of sync. If you have a lower-third title on V2 that says “Nelson Mandela” and when you play your sequence the title comes up over a shot of a building, your title is out of sync. You have sync problems.