For this weeks lecture we had a visit from freelance post production sound engineer Lucy Johnstone who has worked on various huge TV shows and films such as Eastenders as a dubbing mixer and sound editor. This lecture was heavily focused around the steps Lucy takes as a freelance editors, including how she gets work and the relationship between her and the other staff members within certain pieces of work.

This lecture was incredibly valuable to me personally as it went into detail about the process of becoming a freelance audio engineer but also included great technical input when it comes to post production. This included how to deal with recording ADR which proved to be incredible relevant as this was something I would be doing only a few days later. The tips included the importance of having a load of pre planning when it comes to waiting including thourough testing on various factors such as talkback levels, headset levels and pre amp settings. She also put across the importance of removing breaths and lip smacks in these ADR tracks, these are factors we plan on implementing when it comes to editing our final piece.

This lecture was very vital as it offered advise to going into freelance work in the future. Its was important as it offered useful technical advise when it came to editing including dealing with effects and how to manage them within the mix.