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Audience Laugh Track Recording

technique where the audio from a test screening audience is recorded and then synced to the corresponding version of the film in the edit suite. As used by editor Brent White, this creates a cut with a literal laugh track, providing an objective, frame-accurate record of which jokes landed and how strongly. This data is then used as a concrete reference to refine comedic timing and make adjustments in subsequent edits.

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