Post-production

Post-production occurs in the making of audio recordings, films/movies, photography and digital art, videos and television programs. It is the general term for all stages of production occurring after the actual recording and ending with the completed work.

Post-production is in fact many different processes grouped under one name. These typically include:

• Editing the picture / TV program
• Editing the soundtrack.
• Writing and recording the soundtrack music.
• Adding visual special effects - mainly computer generated imagery (CGI) and digital copy from which release prints will be made (although this may be made obsolete by digital cinema technologies).
• Transfer of film to Video or Data with a telecine and color corrector.

Typically, the post-production phase of creating a film takes longer than the actual shooting of the film, and can take several months to complete.

Other film production stages include (very broadly) - writing the screenplay, script development (rewriting), financing, pre-production, the actual shooting and film distribution / marketing.

See also

• Non-linear editing system
• Pre-production
• 2-pop

Major post-production companies with articles on Wikipedia include:

• Ascent Media
• Cinesite
• Digital Domain
• EFilm
• Framestore CFC
• Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker Sound
• Teatown Communications Group Website
• The Mill
• Weta Digital

External links

• UK Screen Association - Trade association representing the UK\'s post-production industry

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