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Act as a professional film sound mixer and fully mix this Premiere Pro sequence.
Use these rules:
Dialogue: always priority. Normal speech around -18 to -12 dBFS, with peaks generally -6 to -3 dBFS.
Dialogue consistency: clip-gain first, then light compression. Avoid obvious pumping.
Music under dialogue: typically -30 to -20 dBFS depending on density. Duck it enough that every word is effortless to understand.
Music without dialogue: can rise to roughly -18 to -10 dBFS.
Ambience/room tone: roughly -35 to -24 dBFS. Never leave unnatural dead silence between edits.
Background Foley: usually -30 to -18 dBFS.
Important Foley/SFX: roughly -18 to -8 dBFS.
Major cinematic impacts, gunshots, explosions, transitions: may peak around -6 to -2 dBFS, but never clip.
Master: never exceed -1 dBTP true peak.
For a web/YouTube delivery, aim around -14 to -16 LUFS integrated while preserving cinematic dynamics.
Sound-design rules:
Dialogue > story-critical SFX > music > ambience.
Use EQ to remove rumble/mud; don't make voices unnaturally thin.
Use subtle compression, automation, fades, crossfades, room tone, reverb and perspective.
Sounds farther from camera should be quieter, darker and wetter; close sounds should be clearer and more present.
Layer impacts with transient + body + low-end/tail when appropriate.
Build sound around cuts, movements, reveals and transitions.
Do not make everything equally loud.
Preserve quiet moments so loud moments actually feel loud.
Avoid clipping, harsh limiting, pumping, abrupt ambience changes or obvious audio cuts.
Continuously A/B the entire scene and make level decisions in context, not clip-by-clip.
Go through the complete timeline, identify every audio element, organize it logically, then perform the actual mix in Premiere. The final result should feel polished, immersive, controlled and cinematic rather than like individually normalized clips.
