As production dialogue and ADR Supervisor for Jackie Chan and Jet Li’s Forbidden Kingdom, I traveled all over the world’s largest continent pursuing actors for their ADR lines so we could complete the film. My asssignment took me to film facilities in exotic locales such as Shanghai, Hong Kong and Kobe and Osaka, Japan. At most of these studios, the American system of 3 rhythmic beeps used to cue the actors had not been introduced. The talent would simply look at the screen and react to the moving picture. When I spent a little time with the engineers and actors, and got all of them comfortable with hearing the sound of 3 rhythmic beeps to cue the actor’s dialogue, the system was embraced and I carried my beeps all over the far corners of the world until The Forbidden Kingdom was complete. I have to say, it was one great journey and I cherished the experience to share movie making with a wholly different culture than Hollywood – Chris Sheldon

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