POST-PRODUCTION

🎬 Complete Post-Production Services

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1. Data Ingestion & Media Management

🔹 Ingesting & Backup

• Offload and ingest footage from camera media using verified checksum methods (e.g., MD5, CRC).

• Create multiple backups on RAID drives and LTO tapes to ensure data safety.

• Organize footage into bins by scene, day, or camera.

🔹 Media Logging & Metadata

• Add scene, take, camera, and lens metadata.

• Tag footage for key moments, usable takes, and continuity notes.

🔹 Transcoding & Proxy Generation

• Transcode high-res footage (e.g., RED, ARRI RAW) to edit-friendly formats (e.g., ProRes, DNxHD).

• Generate low-res proxies for offline editing.

2. Offline Picture Editing (Rough Cut to Final Cut)

🔹 Assembly Cut

• Arrange footage based on script, storyboard, or director’s notes.

• Synchronize picture and sound.

🔹 Rough Cut

• Refine narrative flow, scene transitions, pacing, and performance selection.

🔹 Fine Cut

• Lock down final edits, including shot durations, split edits, J/L cuts.

🔹 Picture Lock

• Confirm final visuals before moving to color, VFX, and audio.

3. Visual Effects (VFX)

🔹 Basic Compositing

• Merge live-action with digital elements.

• Remove unwanted objects or crew reflections.

🔹 Green Screen & Keying

• Extract and replace backgrounds for scenes shot on chroma.

🔹 Rotoscoping

• Manually isolate subjects from backgrounds for compositing or VFX placement.

🔹 Tracking & Match Moving

• Ensure VFX or text elements stay fixed to moving camera shots or actors.

🔹 3D & CGI

• Model, animate, and render 3D elements: creatures, buildings, vehicles, etc.

• Integrate into live footage with proper lighting and shadows.

🔹 Particle Effects

• Smoke, fire, sparks, rain, magic, and other dynamic effects.

4. Color Grading & Correction

🔹 Color Correction

• Balance color temperature, exposure, and white levels.

• Match shots across scenes for continuity.

🔹 Creative Grading

• Apply stylized looks using LUTs (Look-Up Tables) and manual adjustments.

• Achieve cinematic tones: vintage, sci-fi, noir, etc.

🔹 HDR Grading

• Master in HDR formats (Dolby Vision, HDR10) for modern screens.

5. Audio Post-Production

🔹 Dialogue Editing

• Clean up and align on-set audio with picture.

• Remove background noise and clicks.

🔹 ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement)

• Re-record dialogue in studio for better clarity or performance.

• Match original lips and delivery.

🔹 Foley Recording

• Recreate real-world sounds (footsteps, cloth movement, doors, etc.) in sync with picture.

🔹 Sound Design

• Create atmospheric layers and unique SFX tailored to the story.

• Build environments using ambiences and textures.

🔹 Music Integration

• Score synchronization with picture.

• Adjust pacing and volume dynamically with scenes.

🔹 Mixing & Mastering

• Balance all audio tracks: dialogue, music, SFX.

• Deliver in formats: Stereo, 5.1, 7.1, Dolby Atmos.

• Ensure mix translation across cinema, broadcast, and web.

6. Motion Graphics & Titles

🔹 Opening Title Sequences

• Animated logos, intros, or stylized scene transitions.

🔹 Lower Thirds

• Clean and professional graphics to introduce characters, locations, or facts.

🔹 End Credits

• Rolling credits, static credits, legal disclaimers, music licensing info.

🔹 Infographics or Animated Explanations

• For documentaries or informative projects, provide clear data visuals.

7. Mastering & Delivery

🔹 Final Conform

• Ensure the final cut matches the edit timeline and approved version.

• Merge final picture, color, VFX, and sound.

🔹 Encoding & Formatting

• Export in required formats (MOV, MP4, DCP, etc.).

• Frame rate conversions (24p, 25p, 30p).

🔹 Digital Cinema Package (DCP) Creation

• Prepare final theatrical masters.

• Encrypted or unencrypted, with subtitles and multi-language options.

🔹 Broadcast & OTT Delivery

• Compliance with Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, BBC specs (IMF, AS-11, etc.).

🔹 Subtitles & Captions

• Create and burn-in or deliver separate SRT, VTT, SCC files.

• Include accessibility options: closed captions, descriptive audio.

8. Quality Control (QC)

🔹 Technical QC

• Check audio levels, color range, frame accuracy, subtitles, and sync.

🔹 Content QC

• Review for any missing content, visual or audio errors, or licensing compliance.

9. Archival & Asset Management

🔹 Master Backup

• Store final versions on RAID and LTO with checksum verification.

🔹 Project File Archiving

• Organize and back up Premiere, Avid, Resolve, or FCPX project files.

🔹 Cloud Storage & Distribution

• Upload to delivery platforms or cloud storage with encryption.

10. Post-Production Supervision & Consulting

🔹 Supervision

• Oversee the entire post workflow, maintain schedule and quality.

• Communicate between director, editor, VFX, sound, and color teams.

🔹 Creative Direction

• Advise on visual style, tone, and mood across color, VFX, and sound.