Mobile replacement-dialogue recording system

A method for creating replacement-dialogue items using a mobile computing device and providing the replacement-dialogue items with accompanying feedback data for incorporation into a professional-quality media production based on the user feedback data, the method comprising:

• receiving from a media server one or more guide media items including audio and video data representative of a dialogue for which a plurality of replacement-dialogue takes are to be recorded, said one or more guide media items received by the mobile computing device over a wireless channel;
• receiving user-input indicating a selection to play said guide media items;
• ping a user-configurable lead-in queue;
• upon completion of said lead-in queue, playing said one or more guide media items on the mobile computing device so that a user can rehearse a dialogue performance;
• recording a plurality of said mobile user's dialogue performances on the mobile computing device while also outputting said video data representative of a dialogue for which replacement-dialogue is to be recorded, in order to create a plurality of replacement-dialogue item;
• deleting a dialogue performance in response to user input;
• receiving, for a plurality of the recorded dialog performances, user feedback input corresponding to the opinion of the user of the mobile device regarding the plurality of the recorded dialog performances;
• generating user feedback data corresponding to the user feedback input;
• and
• transmitting said plurality of replacement-dialogue items and said user feedback data over a wireless channel from the mobile computing device to a studio module, wherein the studio module is configured to receive, from a plurality of mobile devices with mobile replacement-dialogue recording software, recordings of replacement dialogue and corresponding user feedback data and provide at least some of said recordings of replacement dialogue and user feedback data to media post-production personnel so that said user feedback data can be considered in determining which of said recordings to use in replacing dialogue in the professional-quality media production.

A mobile replacement-dialogue recording device designed to enable a mobile user not located at a media recording studio to record a plurality of replacement-dialogue items with accompanying feedback data for incorporation into a professional-quality media production based on the user feedback data, comprising:

• a processing unit capable of executing computer processing instructions;
• a memory unit capable of storing computer processing instructions;
• a display unit capable of outputting text and video data;
• a sound output unit capable of outputting audio data;
• and
• mobile replacement-dialogue recording instructions configured to:
• obtain one or more guide media items including audio and video data representative of a dialogue for which a plurality of replacement-dialogue items are to be recorded for;
• receive user-input indicating a selection to play said guide media items;
• play a user-configurable lead-in queue;
• upon completion of said lead-in queue, play one of said guide media items so that said mobile user can rehearse a dialogue performance;
• record a plurality of said mobile user's dialogue performances while also outputting said audio and video data representative of a dialogue for which replacement-dialogue is to be recorded;
• store data representative of said recordings of said mobile user's dialogue performance as a potential replacement-dialogue items;
• delete some of the data representative of said recordings of said mobile user's dialogue performances, based upon user input;
• receive, for a plurality of the potential replacement-dialogue items, user feedback input corresponding to the opinion of the user of the mobile device regarding the plurality of the potential replacement-dialogue items;
• generate user feedback data corresponding to the user feedback input;
• transmit said potential replacement-dialogue items and said user feedback data to a studio module, wherein the studio module is configured to receive, from a plurality of mobile devices with mobile replacement-dialogue recording software, recordings of replacement dialogue and corresponding user feedback data and provide at least some of said recordings of replacement dialogue and user feedback data to media post-production personnel so that said user feedback data can be considered in determining which of said recordings to use in replacing dialogue in the professional-quality media production.

A method for creating a professional-quality media production, the method comprising:

• recording an acting performance in a professional media studio;
• identifying a portion of the acting performance for which replacement dialogue is desired, after the performance in the professional media studio has been completed;
• making guide data available on a media server, the guide data including audio and video from the portion of the acting performance for which replacement dialogue is desired;
• providing an actor from the acting performance with a mobile device equipped to:
• (1) download the guide data from the media server;
• (2) receive user-input indicating selection to play said guide media items;
• (3) play a user-configurable lead-in queue;
• (4) upon completion of said lead-in queue, play the guide data in order to permit the actor to practice a replacement performance while viewing the guide data;
• (5) record multiple takes of the actor's performance of the replacement dialogue while playing the guide data to the actor;
• (6) receive feedback from the actor regarding the multiple recorded takes and store said feedback as user feedback data;
• and (7) upload the multiple recorded takes and the user feedback data to a media server;
• receiving the multiple recorded takes and the user feedback data from the mobile device;
• evaluating the multiple recorded takes based at least in part on the user feedback data;
• selecting one of the recorded takes as the replacement dialogue for the identified portion of the acting performance;
• replacing the identified portion of the acting performance with the selected recorded take in order to generate a professional-quality media production comprising the replacement dialogue;
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• providing the professional-quality media production with the replacement dialogue for use in the entertainment industry.