Mixing

Last week we mixed the film. It was an exciting experience to hear it all for the first time.

Tomorrow morning is the first official playback of our new 5.1 theatrical sound mix.

The rest of the day will be spent making final tweaks. Sound mix will lock tomorrow evening.

Dolby is scheduled for Tuesday's print master.

Deluxe is handling our picture. Early next year we'll be doing the color correction for our release. Very exited for this process.

Soon after we'll have our 35mm answer print and marry that to our new sound mix. Getting closer.

Dubb Stage

Next week we're dubbing the film for our theatrical release. It will be executed in Dolby Digital (SRD) 5.1.

Hundreds of audio tracks will be mixed between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day. Dialogue is generally front and center and everything else falls around the space between the 4 other speakers-- score, backgrounds, sound effects, foley, loop group, etc.

CALVIN MARSHALL is 5 reels long. Each day one reel will be mixed -- approximately 17 minutes of film.

Every little decision on the dubb stage is critical. Each has the potential to help (or hurt) an audience's experience of the movie. The goal, of course, is for the sound experience to help keep an audience engaged in this imaginary world and tracking the story emotionally. The wrong frequency or volume of something in the soundtrack can shatter the illusion of reality and take the audience out of your film.