Chapter 8 ADR

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There are many excellent 'how-to' videos online that explain the process of recording ADR. Here are a few of my favorites:

Introduction to Recording ADR

Recording ADR Lines

 

In an interview from Sound on Film, ADR and Foley editor, Paul Zydel, speaks of the work that he is most proud of, Once Upon A Time In America. The original four-hour version  is 100% ADR and took ten weeks to record and edit. This was in 1984, so we have to assume that the process was accomplished by razor blade and tape. Take a listen to Paul's work in this excerpt.

Once Upon A Time In America