Post Production
Post-production occurs in the making of audio recordings,
films/movies, photography and digital art, videos and television
programs. It is the general term for all stages of production
occurring after the actual recording and ending with the completed
work.
Post-production is in fact many different processes grouped under
one name. These typically include:
Video editing suite Editing the picture / TV program
Editing the soundtrack.
Writing and recording the soundtrack music.
Adding visual special effects - mainly computer generated imagery
(CGI) and digital copy from which release prints will be made
(although this may be made obsolete by digital cinema technologies).
Transfer of film to Video or Data with a telecine and color
corrector.
Typically, the post-production phase of creating a film takes longer
than the actual shooting of the film, and can take several months to
complete.
Other film production stages include (very broadly) - writing the
screenplay, script development (rewriting), financing,
pre-production, production and film distribution / marketing.
Video Editing, Encoding & Delivery:
We can edit and color-correct videos (no matter what the length). We also create motion graphics, brand videos to match your company brand, supply or create music, and handle delivery. We can author DVDs, encode videos for the internet or for mobile and hand-held devices, design DVD covers and labels, and send the DVD to a third-party to be reproduced.
Special Effects
The illusions used in the film, television, theater, or
entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story
are traditionally called special effects (a.k.a. SFX, SPFX, or
simply FX).
Special effects are traditionally divided into the categories of
optical effects and mechanical effects. With the emergence of
digital film-making tools a greater distinction between special
effects and visual effects has been recognized, with "visual
effects" referring to digital post-production and "special effects"
referring to on-set mechanical effects and in-camera optical
effects.
Optical effects (also called photographic effects), are techniques
in which images or film frames are created photographically, either
"in-camera" using multiple exposure, mattes, or the Schüfftan
process, or in post-production processes using an optical printer.
An optical effect might be used to place actors or sets against a
different background.
Mechanical effects (also called practical or physical effects), are
usually accomplished during the live-action shooting. This includes
the use of mechanized props, scenery, scale models, pyrotechnics and
Atmospheric Effects: creating physical wind, rain, fog, snow, clouds
etc. Making a car appear to drive by itself, or blowing up a
building are examples of mechanical effects. Mechanical effects are
often incorporated into set design and makeup. For example, a set
may be built with break-away doors or walls, or prosthetic makeup
can be used to make an actor look like a monster.
Since the 1990s, computer generated imagery (CGI) has come to the
forefront of special effects technologies. CGI gives film-makers
greater control, and allows many effects to be accomplished more
safely and convincingly -- and even, as technology marches on, at
lower costs. As a result, many optical and mechanical effects
techniques have been superseded by CGI.