Post Production Audio
Audio Production for Film should not have to be a dreaded pain nor an afterthought to a great picture. It is after all fifty percent of what the end user experiences and carries with it the weight of the experience. When a film speaks, people remember. The helicopters soaring into the frenzied battle in Apocalypse Now (1979) playing "Ride of the Valkyries", are indelibly written in the listener's mind. We here at Potrero Post can help you integrate the audio seamlessly into your project.
We understand what filmmakers need because we listen to you.
We watch your film.
We listen to your film.
We understand that the viewer experience of a film is is shared equally between sight and sound. We strive to create that emotional auditory bond between the film and the viewer, from shoot to post.
As a full-service audio post production house, we have expertise in all elements of post sound. Wether you are starting from scratch or need a re-mix, we are here to help. This is a small guide to some of the services we offer:
How can we serve you?
Are you having difficulty with dialogue?
For dialogue that can't be cleaned, we offer Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) services. With our speciality recording spaces and array of microphones, we can blend newly recorded dialogue seamlessly.
Does it need cleaning? Sometimes the problem is background noise, (traffic, machines, airplanes …) or faulty equipment (buzzing , crackling. We have state of the art dialogue cleaning software to transform your audio.
Are you satisfied with your sound design?
-Does the world you filmed sound like the world you heard in your head? We have a library of over 50,000 effects, including ambisonic ambiances.
-We can Foley (live action), sound design or we can use our massive library of sounds for you project to hep bring your world more into focus.
Does your music help tell the story?
-Of all the services we provide music is the most personal to the filmmakers. Because we are musicians and composers we take that idea very seriously. If you love the music your composer scored, but somehow it just doesn't sit right, we can remix it so it lays in perfectly. Many composers while utterly excellent may not be production experts. We can work with them to mold the score into
what the film wants-asks for. To fit the mood and action more closely
-If you need a composer our in-house award winning composers can do that for you too.
Are you Finding it difficult to get consistency in different listening environments?
-Is it a volume issue? Are the wrong things are louder than the right things?
-Are things more one dimensional sounding in the theaters as opposed to in the studio?
-We can mix or remix music tracks from your visual editor, from stems or we can even work with just two tracks if that's all you've got.
-We can mix your film in High Definition Stereo Audio or Dolby Atmos (an immersive 7.1.4 audio format).