Chapter 8
Sync, Sank, Sunk
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Of all the issues in this book, sync is the thing that most frequently goes wrong, usually because not enough communication has occurred during preproduction about post-production needs. Also, it is usually impossible to check sync on the set for double-system recording, so you will not know about it, whereas you can monitor audio, find problems, and fix them. There is little more disheartening to hear back from the post house than “the audio won’t sync up”—and it is always blamed on audio until you can prove the camera was running off its stated speed! So this quick section offers advice on what to do, but it cannot cover all cases because there are so many work flows used today. The rest of the ...
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