Reviewing dialogue and temp music
Occasionally, you may receive from the film director a countdown that looks slightly different from the previous examples.
After the film director provides the movie file with the countdown and correct BITC, it is recommended that the dialogue and temp music be added to the audio track as a split track, with the dialogue being placed in the left channel and the temp music placed in the right channel.
In Figure 2.30, you can see that the director indicated the dialogue and temp music placement, as well as the reel number, the length of the reel, the frame rate, and the small window countdown.
Figure 2.30: Movie file with additional info and split audio channels
Unless you request this format, the film director might send you the dialogue track and the music cues separate from the film, or send you the dialogue track and YouTube temp music links.
If the audio file included with the movie file is a stereo file and...