The Post Production Process

For the past month or so our group has been entirely focused on the pre-production phase of our project, planning the script, costumes, locations, etc. This is fine, however since we cannot go ahead with shooting until the extreme weather conditions have passed, I decided to give some thought to the post-production phase.


The editing software we will be using will be Pinnacle Studio 14. Although there are other editing software packages on the market; some of which are free to use, and some of which may be more advanced; we settled on Pinnacle as it is familiar to all of the members of our group from using it for our AS level productions. It is a high-quality software package, which is simple to use and will allow us to concentrate on making our production look professional without having to worry about re-learning anything. I also have the software available to use at home which is convenient for the group if any editing needs to be done which cannot be done during school time.

It is important that in the post-production process we learn from last year's project. One thing that I found extremely helpful when editing last year was having a well-thought out and clear storyboard on hand allowing me to put each shot in the correct order relatively easily.

It is of paramount importance that we get many different takes of each shot to make sure that we do not have to go back and re-film anything, as this can often lead to issues with continuity, as outside shots can easily be shot at different times of day or in slightly different weather conditions. We also need to make sure that we get all of our filming completed as soon as possible to allow for any problems during post-production.

It would also be helpful to have a second person on hand to give a second opinion on which shots to use and when to cut a scene, as this can often lead to better results.