Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Dialogue editing is a crucial yet invisible part of filmmaking. Do it right, and no one notices. Do it wrong, and your film or video sounds messy, distracting, and unrealistic. This is a book for people who need to edit production sound for film, TV, or video but were never taught how to do it. It goes step by step through the process and covers all the workflows you are likely to encounter. Efficient working practices are emphasized throughout, so you learn to save time and avoid needless repetition. Many dialogue editors are hobbled by a lack of understanding of the non-sound aspects of filmmaking. Unlike editors who cut effects, backgrounds or Foley, a dialogue editor's work is directly affected by what has gone on before. How a film was shot, recorded and edited will dramatically influence the dialogue editing process. Much of this book, then, deals with things which at first glance don't appear to be dialogue. You will find overviews of film picture and sound postproduction--film, tape, NTSC, PAL, 24p, and HD. There are summaries of film picture editing, OMF manipulation, and ADR management.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword (p. ix)
• Preface (p. xi)
• Acknowledgments (p. xv)
• Chapter 1 What Is Dialogue Editing? (p. 1)
• Chapter 2 No One Works in a Vacuum-How to Know Where You Fit into the Filmmaking Process (p. 5)
• Chapter 3 A Quick Look at Picture Editing (p. 33)
• Chapter 4 The Sound Department (p. 43)
• Chapter 5 Getting Sound from the Picture Department to the Sound Department (p. 47)
• Chapter 6 Burn-Ins, File Names, and Backups (p. 81)
• Chapter 7 Screening the OMF/PostConform-The Spotting Session (p. 87)
• Chapter 8 Managing Your Time (p. 91)
• Chapter 9 Getting Started on Dialogue Editing (p. 101)
• Chapter 10 Now, the Actual Editing (p. 129)
• Chapter 11 Image, Depth, and Perspective (p. 173)
• Chapter 12 Damage Repair (p. 187)
• Chapter 13 Production FX and Guide Tracks (p. 233)
• Chapter 14 Conformations (p. 239)
• Chapter 15 ADR (p. 247)
• Chapter 16 Editing Production Sound for Documentaries (p. 293)
• Chapter 17 Preparing for the Mix (p. 303)
• Chapter 18 The Mix (p. 311)
• Afterword (p. 323)
• Appendix A Dialogue Editing in a Nutshell (p. 325)
• Appendix B Track Template for a Typical Small Film's Dialogue (p. 333)
• Glossary (p. 335)
• Bibliography (p. 349)
• Index (p. 351)