The Guide to Managing Postproduction for Film, TV, and Digital Distribution

The updated third edition of this popular book offers a clear and detailed overview of the postproduction process, showing readers how to manage each step in taking a film, TV, or media project from production to final delivery, from scheduling and budgeting through editing, sound, visual effects, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spohr, Susan J.
Other Authors: Clark, Barbara, Higginbotham, Dawn, Bakhru, Kumari
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Routledge 2019
Edition:3rd ed
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Network/Studio ViewPicture Lock; Opticals/Film Titles and Graphics; VFX; Test Screenings; Negative Cut/Conform/On-line Edit/DI; Answer Print for Film Finish; Spotting Music and Sound Effects; ADR/Looping; Scoring; Color Correction/Final Color-Grading; Prelay/Predub; Mix/Dub; Creating Foreign Tracks; Delivery/Air Masters; Delivery; Air Date; Summary; Scheduling Samples; 2 Budgeting; Bidding vs. Estimates; Line Items; Negotiating; Creating a Budget; Getting Started; A Carefully Planned Nightmare; Areas to Budget; Production; Postproduction; Understanding Costs and Bids; Purchase Orders
  • Non-DisclosureA Sample Budget; Cost-of-Accounting Form Breakdown; 3700 Postproduction Facility (aka Film and Digital Lab); 3800 Data Capture Cards/Stock; 3900 Second Unit/VR; 4000 Dailies/Hair and Makeup Tests; 4400 VFX/Photographic Effects and Inserts; 4601-4602 Editor and Assistant Editor; 4603 Apprentice Editors; 4604 Editing Bay and Equipment Rental; 4700 Music Editor and Assistant/Music and Effects (M & E); 4701 Music Supervisor; 4702 Composer; 4703 Musicians
  • Score or Prescore; 4704 Singers/Performers; 4705 Orchestra; 4706 Music Rights and Licenses; 4800 Postproduction Sound
  • 4801 Sound Editor/M & E4802 Sound Mixer; 4803-4804 ADR/Looping/Foley; 4805 Final Sound Layback and Export; 4806 Dubbing; 4807 Foreign Delivery Requirements; 4900-4906 Mastering; 5000-5001 Titles/Artist/Opticals; 5100 Versioning and Localization; 5200 Miscellaneous Postproduction; 5201 Additional Postproduction Staff; 5203 Masters/Stock/Storage/Transfer/Shipping; 5300 Stock Footage Use License; 5400 Fringe Benefits
  • Postproduction; A Few Additional Budget Tips; Summary; 3 Digital Workflow and the Film Laboratory; Digital Workflow; Dailies Capture/Camera Files; Dailies Archiving; Editing Data
  • Production ManagerExecutive in Charge of Postproduction; Postproduction Supervisor/Associate Producer; Postproduction Coordinator; Postproduction Assistant; Intern; The Postproduction Staff; Editor; Assistant Editor; Sound Design Supervisor; Sound Editor; Music Supervisor; Music Editor; Music Coordinator; Visual Effects Supervisor; How to Use This Book; 1 Scheduling; Creating a Production to Postproduction Schedule; Elements of the Postproduction Schedule; Principal Photography; Dailies; Second Unit Photography; Editor's Cut; Director's Cut; Producer's Cut; Temporary On-Line/Temporary Dub
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Scheduling; Chapter 2: Budgeting; Chapter 3: Digital Workflow; Chapter 4: Dailies; Chapter 5: Editorial; Chapter 6: VFX; Chapter 7: Sound; Chapter 8: Mastering for Digital Cinema; Chapter 9: Deliverables; Chapter 10: Piracy; Chapter 11: Acquisitions; Chapter 12: Archiving; Chapter 13: Legal; Chapter 14: The Future; General Overview; Who Does What and for Whom?; The Management Team; Executive Producer/Co-Executive Producer; Producer/Co-Producer; Showrunner (TV/Streaming); Line Producer