MUSIC & EFFECTS

MEDIACONCEPTS, with longstanding expertise in AVID, specializes in TV and film editing. Post production standardly requires numerous edits, owing to censorship demands and cultural sensitivities that vary from territory to territory. Pursuant to each editing project, MEDIACONCEPTS prepares an Edit Decision List (EDL) of all cuts, which is fundamental to the creation of Music & Effects tracks (M&E), referred to as the international version.

M&E CREATION

MUSIC, SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY and BACKGROUND constitute the Music and Effects tracks. In the process of building the M&E for the international versions, the dialogue production track must be extracted. Inevitably, this also removes all other production sound (ambience, sound effects, Foley, footsteps, etc.) that must now be recreated and added seamlessly to produce the final M&E tracks. The interplay of these discrete audio elements heightens both the realism and the drama of the visuals to support and underline the new language dialogue.

M&E SUPERVISION & REPORTS

All audio elements, original and added tracks, must be adjusted and nuanced to properly complement one another before being used on all international versions. Supervising the M&E is a delicate task, where sound and treatment must be balanced to allow for proper foreign dialogue dubbing.

MEDIACONCEPTS then generates a detailed report, including description and treatment of all elements. referenced in either foot & frames or time code. This ensures the accuracy of all artistic and technical essentials [no omissions, no distortions, voice treatment, reverbs, audio level, etc.] occurring in the M&E soundtrack before worldwide distribution.