Post-Production

Wow Karen E Ross thank you! Very interesting and as far as organizing assets for editing goes I've got that covered. I use a similar method like in the video. There was local film producer at our place recently and I was showing him some shots from the shoot and we got talking about how important organization is in any part of production and he commented that preproduction was really well organized as well as the post production process. Which is how it was intended since I found a way to organize everything in a way that's industry standard but at the same time lets us work on small projects the same way but can be scaled.

Lindbergh E Hollingsworth yeah I can understand that. In the way how I was doing it at the beginning it was way more organized on the timeline but at the same time harder to work with. I agree with my girlfriend that it's much easier to work in one timeline. But there are other ways of organizing stuff. I usually use a lot of markers to mark the parts of an edit and colors for different type of clips.

I work in 10 minute reels during the assembly and early director notes - then combine them into 20 minute reels as we get closer to locking picture. It's just easier to work with the material in smaller chunks, especially when there are considerable temp sfx and music tracks.

Thanks Brett Hedlund . Very interesting and I have one follow up question, so these 20 min chunks were separate timelines and how did they get integrated later into one whole thing?

That's also one of the reasons why I liked having the timeline organized into different parts.

But people have told me they prefer working in one timeline.

Hey Vital. So when we deliver the project to the sound and picture houses, we are in 20 minute reels. We will color and mix to these sequences. Once the visual effects are done and the sound mix is complete, the picture house will provide a "longplay" (all the reels joined) so we can watch the whole film back with the mix for final sound notes.

O waw that's interesting. Thank you Brett Hedlund . All the project that we've done have been mostly done in house or with a small collaborative team. But I always like to keep our workflow in a way that we could work within a bigger team.

Hi Larry, I think you are on the right path. You are learning by doing. You have already realized that lighting is a key element of production. The next is sound. Keep posting on You Tube. Send us some links and you might get some subscribers. This will help build your brand. Set up a Facebook page just for your production and only post about your productions. Make sure your post lead to your You Tube channel. Look for faith based websites and ask to post articles about what you are doing and about each specific production you do. Make sure the website provides a link back to your You Tube channel. Everyone has to start somewhere and it sounds like you have already started. You are also ahead of the game because you have a vision.

Thanks for the tips Steven Olson. Since I don't have any extra funds to invest into any type of sound gear. Do you think using my phones voice notes as a mic might provide a temporary solution?

Larry Ross think about marketing, to drive people to your channel. Maybe someone here would pitch in some time to help in that area (not me, I'm not a marketer).

One thought would be to have the people you interview make the interview available on their social media. Not everyone will have that presence, but someone like Johnson should have a website/FB/Insta whatever. He should be willing to add a link to your interview of him.

Just a thought.

My two cents on sound is: yes, you can get away with the voice recording on your phone, so long as you are in a quiet space. Your car doesn't work as well as you think because of the noise outside of the car. But if you can record inside of a closet, with clothes and everything, that would help to improve the quality of your sound, regardless of the quality of the mic. Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

Hi, Larry.

If I can assist with any audio/sound production for your projects, please let me know.

I am a dab hand at audio restoration.

:-)

I put in "viral robot video" in YouTube, and it was the first hit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3RIHnK0_NE

No worries - I didn't know it was released that long ago. Sometimes viral comes back around and keeps its popularity! Especially when the opening is so freaking real that people didn't realize it was a parody... yeah, that'd be enough to make it viral for a while LOL!

Can you obtain a list of cancelled shows so we can see how to assist in some way?

SO many lists, Tasha Lewis - this is the one from 2020 https://www.tvinsider.com/849738/canceled-tv-shows-2020/

There are also lists of shows canceled after one season.

Thank you for the information Karen. I wanted to review the information to analyze the reasons behind the actions taken. I'm making my lists of questions. Many of the answers are in the webinairs or Stage 32 events. I will start hiring the necessary expert sessions shortly. I'm half way through my case studies. I was going for at least 5.

Is OTT revenue a backend payment? That's a good question about percentages, though. I feel like a minimum per diem would still be required, even with the backend payments.

Hi Karen E Ross ! One thing that I've been doing regarding my short film project (that's been in development and early stages of pre-production) during this quarantine is working on visual effects, motion graphics for titles and sound design elements for post-production so that once I am at that stage, I have my workflow figured out and know that I can accomplish post. I've created an animatic (in FrameForge) of the whole film which I can use to also work out production challenges before I even crew up. My old day job was doing payroll accounting for the American production company on Game of Thrones for 10 years, so I paid and interacted with many of the VFX team. They were fully involved throughout the whole production cycle and it opened my eyes to the advantages of pre-viz and building assets in advance.

Hey, Travis James Ivey! No worries - if you need more help navigating the lounges, I wrote a blog that can help:

For finding a mixer, you can post a job listing, even if the position is no-pay or low-pay: https://www.stage32.com/find-jobs/add

To expand that into "what can the community do for you", perhaps you could submit a clip from what you're mixing and get feedback before you finish? If that sounds useful to you, we've started giving feedback in the Your Stage Lounge: https://www.stage32.com/find-jobs/add

Thank you Karen E. Ross.

I turned my testimony with the music video on my project page into a booklet to help future music video producers.

Travis James Ivey Let's try that one more time with all the correct links LOL!

5 Ways to Explore the Stage32 Lounges - https://www.stage32.com/blog/5-Ways-to-Explore-and-Network-in-the-Stage-...

Your Stage Lounge - https://www.stage32.com/lounge/promotion

The link for adding a job posting was in the previous comment.

Hello

your solution is rotoscoping

but you will have to use another type of software for this, I use adobe after effects to create the masks, frame by frame, and I do it in several different layers, where I can control the colors, opacity of each layer, effects and everything else that I need.

You can use another type of software, but this is a technique that you can use for your result.

Thank you so much! Getting a different program may take a second but I will look up rotoscoping in the mean time. Appreciate your time!

Yeah! I started with color and then turned it black and white in post.

Hi Julie. I don't know Sony Vegas Pro. I heard it was a great editing program, not sure about the color. I'm a professional colorist, so let's try and work through this. I'm assuming what you've shot is in color. There's 2 approaches to this. You'll need to figure out how your software is configured and what it's capable of.

Approach 1 - Starts by removing all the color and bringing back each color, one at time.

Approach 2 - Starts by removing the colors you don't want and leaving the color you do.

All easier said than done. Part of the complexity here is isolating the colors. Many colors blend in with the colors next to them. It sounds like you've isolated Red, can you create separate isolations for other colors on different layers or nodes in Vegas? If so that might be your answer. If you're still having trouble with that in Vegas, do you know any other programs that might offer you the ability to color correct? Not sure this really gets to the meat of an answer for you.

Look at y'all talking shop! I love this - how did the final product come out, Julie Brett?