February 26, 1992
The letters ADR have now appeared three times on this page, and I must confess I don't know exactly what they stand for. They are, however, an important technical term, which I will, someday, probably use quite commonly. My guess of what they stood for was Audio Dolby Recording, I was then told they meant A____ Digital Replacement. That's where the not "exactly" knowing the term comes in. I don't remember what the A stands for.
The bottom line is that it was the day for recording the voice-over for the bug in Amy Guenther's 310 video project, The House Guest, in which I also appear as a boyfriend. I went to Amy's sorority two short nights ago and picked up a script and a copy of the video sans sound. I spent this morning writing additional copy for my bug (that is, for myself) since I felt the concept was being underused. Of the 40 or so lines I wrote, Amy decided to use no more than 10. So, that was disappointing. But, hey, that's 10 more than I had, and I think the video is better because of them. (A logical thought, since I wrote them, of course.)
The ADR facility at USC was cool. It was a great experience to do it, just to record copy on one hand, but then the added "voice-over challenge" of fitting the words to the picture while maintaining comic timing and staying in character. It was an excellent adventure.
Amy seemed very pleased with the results, and I think it went well too. My main concern is that the fact that the bug can talk, so to speak, is not established effectively, and may end up being a source of confusion when the bug's voice is first heard. I had attempted to rectify this situation, but those were among the 30 or so cut lines.
The viewing, or screening, I mean, is going to be next Friday, March
6. I hope I'm able to go (with Temps and
all), but now that all is said and done, even though I've sworn off
student non-sync video projects, it was definitely worth it, and all
and all a great experience.