1. Reasons to record wild track

2. Procedures related to wild track

3. References

Wild track, also known as wild sound and wild lines, is an audio recording intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately. Generally, the term "wild track" refers to sound recorded on location, such as sound effects gathered when the cameras were not rolling or extra takes of lines performed for audio only.

Reasons to record wild track

• When only the sound is needed, not the image; for example, recording a scream that will be heard off-camera.
• When it is impossible to get good sound and video in the same take; for example, when actors are in a situation (such as the middle of a field in wide shot) that makes boom recording impractical and no wireless microphones are available.
• When a take was good visually but there was a sound disturbance, and repeating the entire take is impractical.
• To obtain room tone (the background noise of a location) which is necessary for post-production sound editing.
• To create a censored version of a vulgar or suggestive piece of dialogue for television or radio viewing in post-production. Specifically, a less-vulgar version of the same line may be transposed seamlessly over the original. A notorious example is the famous line from Snakes on a Plane: the televised version has Samuel L. Jackson's character utter, "I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane!"^[1]

Note that wild track is considered something of a "cheapie" solution to these problems, and a big-budget production is more likely to use studio-recorded sound in these situations, as its quality is more controllable and predictable than wild track.

Procedures related to wild track

• Dubbing, Additional Dialogue Replacement, in which actors read their lines in a studio setting to match lip movements already filmed.
• Voice-over, in which a voice track is used but not synchronized with onscreen action.
• Foley, in which sound effects are created in a studio.
• Scratch track, a temporary sound recording intended to be replaced later.

References

• Swimming at the 1975 Pan American Games
• Swimming at the 1975 South Pacific Games
• Swimming at the 1979 Summer Universiade
• Swimming at the 1983 Summer Universiade
• Swimming at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games
• Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade
• Swimming at the 1986 Asian Games
• Swimming at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
• Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle
• Swimming at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games
• Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade
• Swimming at the 1990 Asian Games
• Swimming at the 1991 European Youth Olympic Days
• Swimming at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
• Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle
• Swimming at the 1991 Summer Universiade
• Swimming at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Swimming at the 1993 European Youth Summer Olympic Days
• Swimming at the 1994 Asian Games
• Swimming at the 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days
• Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle
• Swimming at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games
• Swimming at the 1996 Paralympic Games
• Swimming at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Swimming at the 1999 All-Africa Games