ABSTRACT
Dialogue editing is essentially about smoothing out all those rough edits. The best dialogue starts with the use of proper recording techniques during production. Dialogue levels are low in comparison to the background sounds, which are sometimes referred to as the noise floor. All Production Sound will include the dialogue, wild lines, wild tracks, wild ADR and any sound effects that were able to be recorded. Post-production works best if all sound files have been properly named. It creates a lot of extra work for the dialogue editor if they have to cross-reference the name of a file in the edited timeline with the original "data" name from the production sound. The dialogue editor has more time to edit dialogue, the film soundtrack will sound better. Spotting Session is where the director, picture editor, dialogue editor, post-supervisor and others sit down together and watch the film looking for sound issues, in particular dialogue issues.
