How to Stay Creative during a Post-Production Project
Post production is the part of filmmaking, television, advertising, audio records and photography, which takes place after the actual shooting or recording has taken place. It is among the most important aspects of filmmaking where you will need to remain creative in order to provide your clients with sample ideas on what the end product will be like.
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It is often a case during filming when people will delay their overall responses by saying that ‘we will correct it in post’. However, that is where the problems start to mount up. In order to stay creative all along, it is necessary that you prepare yourself from day 1.
You must be aware of the project needs from the start in order to remain up to tabs when the actual post-production time arrives. Locate yourself a proper monetary budget so that if you ever run out of ideas, you can utilize your resources on the creativity aspect. This may sound vague but allocating a budget will allow you to understand the post process in a better way. As a result, creativity will follow. -
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It is important to assemble a dependable team, whom you feel can facilitate you in the overall post production process. You may not be aware of all the tools which will be used and it is important that you let others do their work. With technology changing with each passing day, you want to improvise according to your clients’ needs. As the film goes through its various stages, you may get bankrupt in terms of finding more innovative ideas.
Essentially there will be five stages in the post-production workflow. After the film has been shot, it goes into an editorial development process where the final pro cut version is created which will be reviewed by the clients for remote viewing. Before delivering the final or master product, you will be asked to explain or come up with innovate ideas. -
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In order to satisfy the clients, it is important that you look for various sources for inspiration. This can come from a multitude of places such as libraries, book stores, advertising, magazines and Bill board. You must be open to new ideas as the task of convincing clients can be a demanding one. All these places will help you find new resources.
