How Dialog Should Sound! (Basic Film Audio Design)

A Sound Pro shares best practices for equalizing audio in your film.

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After nearly 30 years of writing and producing musical scores, re-recording mixing, developing sound design, editing, writing and directing, Mark has a unique perspective on how to create high production value for independent productions.

What makes Mark an invaluable resource is his mastery of all aspects of audio production. One of the new breed of directors who approaches storytelling from an “audio first” perspective, Mark’s projects have a flow, pacing and emotional impact that few directors possess. Always strongly adhering to the axiom, “Post production begins in pre-production” Mark has righted many adrift productions with his organization, creativity, ingenuity, and cross-discipline experience.

Mark has worked professionally in nearly every area of production and post production including event development, most recently as a post-production supervisor on the Avenger’s S.T.A.T.I.O.N. with Frank Serafine. In 2016, he was the main presenter for the “Sound Advice” tour in North America and Australia where he taught over 1,200 filmmakers about improving their production value with better sound.

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[leelove]

Sound design is fascinating and this is a topic that I always enjoy watching. So yes more of this type of guest would be great.

[NedBrannigan]

I love how there's absolutely no fluff in this tutorial. Straight to the point, and Mark makes it all really easy to understand. Thanks guys!

[kaustubhmurumkar]

So I've been doing some reorganizing today, so probably gonna end up doing that tonight!

[EugeniaLoli]

That is the exact type of pro audio editing on a film tutorials that we can't find on youtube. More of this please. Same for color grading (the kind that exists on youtube, does NOT mirror how hollywood colorists work -- for example, they only talk about colors, not about texture).

[darlingtonojobo]

I like how you make it clear how long you’ve been doing this which doesn’t stop you from being flawed

[Khunvyel]

I'm surprised.
First: yes, the human voice very much does make sounds below 100 Hertz. I don't know where you got that from, it's demonstrably false.
Second: why don't you just group this bus to another track to gain an extra instance of the equalizer?
Third: Yes you can very much remove the fundamental frequency, because we're ought to make the voice sound better by any means should we choose so. And since we talk constant ringing, you want to avoid all of those for clarity.
Fourth: Do not keep the EQ bands active once you found a frequency you found jarring when you try to find the next. Because chances are that you are getting a false positive that way as you alter the source material for harmonics. You are changing the phase alignment and make different frequencies pop out more if you cut others. Once you have all the constants that you think are a problem, keep the frequency but start at 0db and pull them down a little until you figure out which of the ones are more jarring than others. Also don't be afraid to boost certaian frequencies which cause another phase shift that can actually counter ringing frequencies due to a wider spectrum that is heard.
Fifth: EQ is only one instance. (Multiband) Compression, de-essing, noise reduction are just as important for a clean, smooth and transparent audio track.
Sixth: Alter the audio in an actual DAW, because it has far more power and flexibility and you're not limited like any video editing software is. Then import the tracks back into the project :)
Seventh (from Edit): Check audio track alignment. Even with the marker, and even with auto-align software, there is a chance you are off by more than one frame. This sometimes causes the image to be "blurry" as we subconsciously try to lip-sync the audio in our brain and when it's slightly off, we feel that. Others feel it more actively with more acute senses. Whenever the audio is too separated from the video track I feel like the video is "blurry" when the audio track doesn't line up perfectly. Sound travels really slow, so even a few meters of distance to the speaker can already have an offset of a frame or two, and not all capturing devices are made equal in terms of latency.

[JAVIMETALL]

This guy is cutting frequencies with a -10/-15db boost and a bit wide Q factor and says the change is subtle "subtle"

lol

[mostlyharmless]

FYI boosting a frequency by 10-20db in not "a little" as dude says, that's an EXTREME boost which will likely cause other problems: artifacts, phasing issues .. it's like gaining up a shot 20 stops after filming ... it breaks shit. In the audio world you can typically get results by cutting 1db in the right places and MAYBE boost by 1-3db in certain spots. Filter out the rumble frequencies below 90hz on dialogue and boom.

[failedfilmmaker]

Sound is so huge in film. Always underestimated.

[RivuSouravBanerjeeVideoEditor]

I Love to Edit..Sacrficed my daily old job for it..bcus i want to do what i love in life.Learning alone only by watching youtube videos..no other options open fr me..u teach the core main asoect of editing and i try to learn as much as i can..Thank u so much.Love from India❤️

[Also_Ran]

One of the best EQ's in the world... lol

[poeticfigher]

This was the first time I've watched an audio tutorial and walked away feeling like I can do

[taylormartinlucas]

Funny enough, I thought that the way Mark processed his own voice for this video was a bit overboard haha. Mids are scooped like crazy, and it sounds like he's heavily boosted his highs and depending too much on his de-esser/compressor to keep it controlled. This might keep his vocal consistent and purposeful for this video in particular, but a little harsh sounding overall I felt. Great video though.

[WordsMediaNorth]

Wasn't sure I heard the tone.. I will play it again with headphones.

[acoldpiece]

Mark Webber is one of my favorite actors. I love 13 Sins.

[FamJammersFilm]

this is absolute gold. I am always looking for the best way to edit audio for film and this has been the best yet explained video for it. Thanks

[Austin-vklw]

15dbs is not a little bit 😂😂🤣. But it’s a pretty decent tutorial. At the end of the day, what matters is the sound you get out of it, so whatever sounds good!

[TheUraniumCore]

Hey

That's Stephen Stills.

He's the talent.

[aidenjean]

I see Stephen Still, The talent and press click.

[directedby]

Wow, clear as mud. I hardly have any idea what's being done.