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.