Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 656)

656 Part VIII Audio Mixing
For example, suppose an actor was supposed to say, “Get those cats out of that tree,”
and instead said, “Get dose cats out of that tree,” accidentally swallowing the “th” sound
in the word “those.” If you need to use that take, you could copy the “th” sound from
the word “that” and paste it over the botched beginning of the word “dose.” The
change is so small that nobody will notice the difference. The result in your sequence
would look something like this:
When you do this kind of edit, watch out for the beginnings and endings of words.
Sometimes people run words together if they speak quickly. If you’re replacing a word in
clip 1 with the same word from clip 2, make sure the sound that comes before the new
word in clip 2 is the same as the sound that comes before the word it’s replacing in clip 1.
Cut away to another image to smooth cuts in dialogue.
If you need to remove a word or phrase from someone’s speech, you can use a cutaway
shot or B-roll footage at the same point. This allows you to change the audio without
viewers noticing an obvious jump cut.
One reason shots of the interviewer are included in documentary-style programs is to
give the editor the freedom to edit the speaker’s dialogue without introducing a jump
cut in the picture. That way, if the person on camera says the same thing twice, you can
cut it out without the audience’s knowing and make the subject sound better.
You can also do this in narrative programs. If you decide to rearrange an actor’s lines by
adding or removing dialogue, you can cut to a reaction shot of the person who’s
listening to smooth your changes to the speaker’s audio.