Lesson 1: Introduction to Post Production

• Audio Post Production Overview
• Assessing the Post Elements in a QuickTime Movie
• The History and Evolution of Sound for Film and Theater
• Basic Pro Tools Set Up for Post Production
• Importing a QuickTime Movie into Your Pro Tools Session

Lesson 2: Post Production in Depth

• The Process, Methods, Tools, and People of Production and Post Production
• Post Production Media
• Digital Audio File Formats
• Film and Video Formats and Applications
• Synchronization
• Ensuring that the SMPTE Reader in Pro Tools and QuickTime are the Exact Same

Lesson 3: Location Sound Recording

• The Process, Methods, and Tools of Location Sound
• Introduction to the Location Sound Crew
• In Depth Look at Transfers
• Reviewing and Assessing the Location Sound Schedule for a Feature Film

Lesson 4: Working with SFX and SFX Libraries

• Introduction to Sound FX and SFX CD
• Transferring SFX to Computer and Managing Data with Workspace
• Spotting SFX
• Importing and Creating a Palette of SFX for a Project
• Backgrounds and Room Tones
• Spotting/Identifying Backgrounds for a QuickTime Movie
• Spotting, Editing, and Assembling SFX and Backgrounds for a QuickTime Movie

Lesson 5: Production Dialogue and ADR/Dialogue Replacement

• Introduction to Production Dialogue and ADR
• Setting Up a Pro Tools Session for ADR
• Production Dialogue and Checker Boarding within Pro Tools
• Presentation of ADR with regards to Production Dialogue
• Identifying/Spotting Expletives in a QuickTime Movie and Listing Them on the ADR Cue Sheet
• Preparing Physical Studio Space for Voice Recording
• Recording Voice Over for Announcer in a QuickTime Movie

Lesson 6: Identifying and Creating Foley SFX

• Introduction to Foley
• Preparing a Pro Tools Session for Multiple Passes of Foley FX
• Spotting Foley and Creating Cue Sheets
• Spotting and Preparing to Record Foley for a Simple Scene
• Preparing a Physical Studio Space for Foley Recording
• Directing and Recording a Foley Session
• Recording Spotted Foley for a QuickTime Movie

Lesson 7: Temp and Source Music Editing for Film and TV

• Introduction to Music Editing
• Assessing the Music Elements of a QuickTime Movie
• Presentation of Temp and Source Music
• Placing Temp and Source Music in a QuickTime Movie
• Techniques for Editing Temp Music
• Choosing from the Music Provided and Placing/Editing Temp and Source Music for a QuickTime Movie

Lesson 8: Mixing Music for Film and Television

• Introduction to Score Music and the Participants
• Creating a Pro Tools Template for Mixing Music in Stems
• The Process of Score Mixing
• Identifying Music Score Music in the QuickTime Movie and Note the Pre-Records Used with the Orchestra
• Using Pro Tools as a Platform for Recording and Mixing Music for Film and Television
• Applying the Pro Tools Music Mixing Template to the Score Provided and Set Up for a Mix
• Mixing the Music Score Elements for a QuickTime Movie

Lesson 9: The Pre Dub/Temp Mix

• Assessing the Post Production Elements for a Movie Clip Prepared by Editorial (Foley, SFX, Backgrounds, Dialogue, ADR, Walla, Music Score, and Source)
• Interview with Three Working Professionals on the Applications and Benefits of Pre Dubs
• Trimming, Editing, and Leveling to Clean Up the Post Production Elements for a QuickTime Movie
• Track Organization Techniques
• Pre Dub (Editing, Cleaning, Organizing, and Creating a More Manageable Track Count) for the Elements of a Quick Time Movie

Lesson 10: The Final Dub

• Introduction to the Final Dub and Presentation of Dub Stages Big and Small
• Templates for Different Scenarios
• Creating a Stereo Template for a Final Film Mix
• Plugins for Mixing Dialogue, Music, and Effects
• Augmenting the Template for Dialogue, SFX, and Music Units
• Introduction to Advanced Templates
• Creating an Advanced Template for a Final Dub
• Creating a Final Mix for the Elements for a QuickTime Movie
• Advanced Pro Tools Template Creation for Final Dubs
• Creating a Final Mix for a QuickTime Movie

Lesson 11: The M&E Mix (Music and Effects Mix for Foreign Distribution)

• Introduction to the M&E
• Identifying and Documenting Any Discernible English Dialogue from the Music and Effects Stems
• Different M&E Scenarios, Situations, and Techniques
• Effectively Removing Any Discernible English Dialogue from the Music and Effects Stems
• Mix Techniques Used to Breathe Life Back into the M&E
• Identifying and Documenting Holes in the Mix Created by the Lack of Production Dialogue
• Replacing/Recreating All Discernible English in Music and Effects Stems/Gap Filling Techniques
• Creating an M&E Mix from the Print Master and Stems from Lesson 10

Lesson 12: Delivery and Archiving

• Deliverables, Formats, and Deadlines
• Preparing Deliverables in Pro Tools
• Testing
• Verifying Functionality Deliverables
• Final Implementation and Delivery
• Preparing Sound Assets
• Delivering the Print Master, M&E, and Stems of a QuickTime Project and Verifying and Finalizing Final Audio Paperwork

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