Bryen Hensley, Resolution Digital Studio’s engineer/sound designer and ADR expert, recorded ADR for episodes of Fox TV’s “Chicago Code” series airing nationally on Monday nights. And if all goes well with the ratings, it could be a long term gig.
THE REEL: Who did you record?
HENSLEY: Four episodes with Jennifer Beals and two with Matt Lauria, both ADR pros and terrific to work with. And I recorded all the guest actors — the actors who appeared in only one episode.
THE REEL: How’d you land the assignment?
HENSLEY: I’ve been recording ADR for a very long time and must have ended up on a good list in L.A.. I worked on “The Beast” with Patrick Swayze and guest actors when it was here and word tends to get around L.A.
THE REEL: What’s your ADR room like? 
HENSLEY: It’s a 20×18-ft. room in the middle of the third floor. It’s isolated from the outside walls, very nice and soundproofed. Projected images are displayed on an 8×5-ft. screen mounted on the east wall. I worked with “Chicago Code’s” sound supervisor Lauren Stevens in L.A. She was on the phone and heard what was going on and gave direction in terms of lip sync and timing.
THE REEL: You’re doing ADR on “My Strange Addiction” for 20 West Productions. Which episode was the strangest?
HENSLEY: Take your pick. The girl who ate chalk was in the pilot and Steve Maslan, who did most of the mixing, just mixed the guy who ate glass and swallowed bullets.
THE REEL: What are some of your other long form mixes?
HENSLEY: We do a lot of work for Wide Load video games. We recorded all the dialog for “Guilty Party,” a mystery game like Clue and earlier a party game called “Hail to the Chimp,” for Disney Game Studios in L.A.
THE REEL: How’d you get that business?
HENSLEY: The Wide Load guys came out of Bungie Studios in Chicago. Microsoft bought it and moved them to Seattle. About five-six years ago they returned to Chicago and started Wide Load games in the West Loop. Disney bought the company about 18 months ago.
THE REEL: You like working on entertainment projects?
HENSLEY: Yeah, but it’s challenging to make a living with indie films in Chicago. I love working on them and try to get one or two a year. I love engineering video games and TV shows are a blast, even though we gotta do them quickly; we only have three or four days.
THE REEL: Why do you think don’t movies and shows that shoot here also finish here?
HENSLEY: That’s the million dollar question. A network show hasn’t finished here since “Missing Persons” back in the ‘early 90s. It’s so easy today. With technology and the web, we can move files back and forth quickly and cost-effectively.
THE REEL: What are your current jobs?
HENSLEY: A lot of Room Place commercials for Winnetka-based Nathan Advertising. The entire company worked with Element 79 on the Blackhawk spots that are airing now. And we’re producing and editing Cox Communications spots for Tom Anson’s Hot Potato Creative.
