Prepping for remote (very remote!) recording
The main reason for me to travel to Siberia is to mix the film right there to take the logistical challenges of mixing back in the U.S. out of the equation. This has, however, created other technical challenges. The laptops that we record on are set up specifically to do just that task. They are actually really beefy desktop CPUs with separate video cards and three physical hard drive for redundancy and to keep the video reference material separate from data. All wrapped up in a laptop case.
Anyway, I have different reference files (music cues, foley, and FXs) and different mix templates and I needed to get those as well as a couple of other tools than I use onto the laptop I’m taking and then create the session that I’ll be working in and get it to use all of the files that I just transferred. So I did all of that and opened up the blank session and told it where all the reference files were on the computer and it’s all working! So now I have the project ready to go. All we need now are the recordings from the actors. I’ll take those recordings when we have finished (actually at the end of each day I’ll get that day’s recordings) and edit for lip synch as we go.
So the plan then is that once all of the voices have been recorded it should only take me one additional day to edit, since I will be editing as we go. Then a couple days to mix. A couple days to review and rerecord anything they want to change and edit and mix those parts again.
So this is a big deal for me having my laptop ready to go. We also did a system check on everything else (the recording laptop, mics, interfaces, etc.) and so from an equipment standpoint it’s ready.
Now I just have to get through the non tech portion of the to do list!
