Terms
Encompasses all the creative and technical processes that go after shooting stops.
Postproduction
The leader of the postproduction team.
Editor
The technical path your project will take from sound and image acquisition to exhibition.
Workflow
What are these... HD, 2K, 4K?
Shooting format
Algorithms that compress image data so that the files can be stored, moved and manipulated with greater speed.
Codecs
Oversees the project workflow, keeping an eye on the budget and ensuring a timely delivery of the final project.
Postproduction Supervisor
What type of format must be decided before production?
Shooting format (audio and video)
What are two popular editing software programs in the industry?
Avid & Premiere
Oversees the project workflow, keeping an eye on the budget and ensuring a timely delivery of the final project.
Postproduction Supervisor
Who is responsible for assembly cut-sound mix, color grading and mastering?
Editor
What type of format must be decided before editing?
The editing format
Can you color correct, and edit and mix sound, in Premiere?
Yes.
NLE stands for...
Nonlinear Editing System
What is one of two good reasons it is good as a student filmmaker to have to do all the postproduction yourself?
1 - discover expressive possibilities
2 - better sense of what an editor needs (if you are on the production side)
What type of format is required by a film festival?
Final distribution format
If you want to rely on professionals to color correct, or edit sound and mix your project, does it cost more money?
Yes.
All data ingested into an editing system is "wrapped" within a system container format.
Container Format
Who else is on the postproduction team (besides an editor and postproduction supervisor)? Name one.
Assistant Editor
Sound designer/editor
Composer
Rerecord Mixer
Colorist
What happens in the finish process?
Color grading and sound mix
Will require a certain kind of media/file type
Exhibition (or wherever you are screening)