General Outline for Post-Production Course
From concept stage to publishing
Quality control
Planning for Post-production
Montage: Storytelling
Editing Techniques and common mistakes
Technical Knowledge
4. WHITE PAPER. UNITED KINGDOM (1994)
Priority to
Audiences
Promote
Diversity
Reflect
National
Identity
Enriching
cultural
heritage
Creativity,
originality,
technical quality
and production
5. PUBLIC INTERESTS
Quality Values
Coverage of the interests of all
people without discrimination of
any group.
Countries like nations: mission,
historical tradition and cultural
preserve.
6. Brainstorming
• Create lists for every item in production
A word about quality
• The quality content is based on an
original idea based on permanent values.
7. Master the techniques
Adapting to
new ways of
speaking and
understanding
reality
Distinguish
relevant aspects
from fashion and
trends.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
8. Freedom of expression is not an
absolute value. Must respect:
Human
dignity
Privacy
Security
forces +
legal
standards
9. QUALITY CONTENT
Variety
Theme / content
diversity.
It is not enough
to analyze a
single program.
Originality
Novel
contribution /
Away from
imitation
New events
Pluralism
Accept different
opinions
Respect beliefs,
ideologies and
cultural
movements.
10. QUALITY CONTENTS
Deal with what is close to their lives,
their decisions, their moments of
fun, their social relationships,
professional relationships and
family relationships.
11. SEVEN VALUES THAT CONSTITUTE HUMAN ASSETS
Life
Knowledge
The
aesthetic
experience
Game
Internal
harmony
Harmony
with others
Religion
12. The decision of the format and recording media influences
postproduction: workflow, compatibility and budget.
• Tape, tapeless
• SD vs HD
• Progressive vs Interlaced
• Frame Rate
• h.264, AVCHD, XDCAM, P2 (including DVCProHD and AVC-
Intra), ArriRAW, RED, DNxHD and Pro Res
• Computer Requirements: Speed, storage, software.
13. Format GB/Hour Hours/TB
DV 13 75
HDV 720p 11 90
HDV 1080i 13 75
DVCPro HD 60 17
XDCAM EX 19 52
ProRes 422 1920x1080 66 15
ProRes 422 HQ 1920x1080 99 10
Cineform Low 36 28
Cineform High 58 17
Avid DNxHD 145 8-bit 61 16
Avid DNxHD 220 10-bit 100 10
Uncompressed SD 8-bit 80 12
Uncompressed SD 10-bit 97 10
Uncompressed HD 720p 8-bit 396 2.5
Uncompressed HD 720p 10-bit 497 2
Uncompressed HD 1080i 8-bit 432 2.25
Uncompressed HD 1080i 10-bit 558 1.8
14. • Basic shots: Full shot, medium shot, Close-Up
• Time-Code
• Clapboards Slate
15. Viewing:
• Material Selection
• Timecode
Logging: Sheet and log file generated. Key to proper use
of technical resources.
• Reel
• Shot
• From (handle)
• To (handle)
• Description
16. • Photos or drawings: Scanned files. Should be of adequate
size, preferably 2x higher than project size, RGB, resolution
72 (Photoshop).
• Stock: videos, images, and motion graphics
• Direct Sound (dialogues)
• Ambient noise: 1 min per sequence. Useful to editing dialogs
and to create realism.
• Sound Effects: Laughs, fx, stock, foley.
• Music: Royal free, copyleft or paid.
18. • Capture: Digital-Analog Converters
• Lineal Editing: Switchers , effects generators, titlists, A / B
roll.
• NLE: offline, online (costs)
• 2D / 3D Animation
• Compositing
• Transfers and duplicate
• Compression
19. • Dubbing, subtitling, closed caption
• DVD and Blu-ray authoring
• Sound Mixing
• Music
20. • The material should be stored in the following
folders(Bins):
1. Videos
2. Audios
3. Voiceovers
4. Music
5. Graphics
6. Sequences
7. Renders
8. Effects
• Advantages:
Less time searching, more time to
create.
Lets not rely solely on an editor to look
for your material.
Better distribution of space and
computer performance.
21. • Select the working platform
1. Avid
2. Apple
3. Adobe
4. Sony
Windows PC / MAC
22.
23. The film is written three times:
• During scriptwriting
• During production
• During the editing process and assembly:
The editor becomes the right hand of the director.
Communication and trust between the two is
essential.
24. • Establishing shots
• Variation on editing cuts:
- Intent and rhythm
- Duration of each take
• Juxtaposing images:
Two juxtaposed notions form a third meaning. For
example: water + eye = sorrow
door + ear = listening
mouth + dog = barking
• Shots
27. • Filters
• Image editing
• Voiceover and rythm.
• Color Correction: Vectorscope and waveform
monitors. Legal Colors.
• Equalization, sampling and mixing audio
• Online editing
• Focus Group
28. Master Edit:
• Timecode
• Color Bars and reference tone
• Slate
• Universal Counting Leader
• Black
• Sound channels
DVD Authoring and Compression to other formats.
29. • Pixel
• Interlaced and Progressive
• RGB Y/C Composite video
• Analog to Digital
• SD to HD
• Codecs and Compression
