I've put my hand up to rescue a movie that's fallen into a hole in post due to no money. Was shot in HDCAM. Location sound recorded to camera and DAT, so I'm told. Vision is locked and Avid project files are available on a HDD along with audio as OMF files.Original sound editor is concerned OMFs don't have handles.
There's a DVD of movie available with burnt in timecode of the locked vision.
Tasks ahead of me include laying in replacement dialog, mixing in music once composer has finished, laying in foley and doing a final mix. Plan is to present a stereo file to be laid in during the online without TC.
Questions:
1) Should I simply ignore those OMF files and go back to location DAT tapes and lay them back against vision by the seat of my pants.
2) Anyway I could get a TC'ed file for the online. I realise Vegas will not do this so any 3rd party way to simply create a BWF with TC from a 24/48 stereo wave file.
3) Any big traps I haven't though of. Original audio guy thinks I'll be OK.... even doing this in Vegas.
Bob.
There's a DVD of movie available with burnt in timecode of the locked vision.
Tasks ahead of me include laying in replacement dialog, mixing in music once composer has finished, laying in foley and doing a final mix. Plan is to present a stereo file to be laid in during the online without TC.
Questions:
1) Should I simply ignore those OMF files and go back to location DAT tapes and lay them back against vision by the seat of my pants.
2) Anyway I could get a TC'ed file for the online. I realise Vegas will not do this so any 3rd party way to simply create a BWF with TC from a 24/48 stereo wave file.
3) Any big traps I haven't though of. Original audio guy thinks I'll be OK.... even doing this in Vegas.
Bob.