Major Project- Post Production Producers

During post production the lines of control cross over between the Director and Producer, within Grit the director has the last say on the shots that are used but as the producer I watch the work and add input from the audiences perspective. Due to the Director and Editor watching the film being edited they know why they have made every single cut and why they have chosen each shot. As producer I am here to give another perspective on the work.

Professionally post production is produced slightly differently than we may have chosen to do. Companies such as Raindance have come up with what they believe is the steps for post production-

The suggestion is the above article talks about how hard Pre-production and Production are on the Producer, but Post Production is mostly handing the work over to someone else to edit and create into a final product.

They have created a list of 13 things for post-production-

1. Picking an editing format- we chose adobe 
2. Hire a picture editor- Sophie Marriott our editor
3. Hire a sound editor - We decided against this 
4. Do ADR- Although we didn't do this exactly, we did have other sound of dialogue recorded
5. Do Foley- our Director of Photography and director did this 
6. Secure Music- This has been completed
7. Do re-recording/the mix- Our editor managed this 
8. Get an M & E- This was not needed for this film
9. Get your titles- The titles have been made with music and effects
10. Get a DCP- We have a hard drive with all our images 
11. Get dialogue script- The script has been changed a long with the film 
12. Get a campaign images- We have our final images ready to be posters
13. Get a trailer- A trailer is being created by the Director of Photography

With reflection the sound is a large part of the postproduction that could have been more well developed, with the help of a sound designer the sound could have been achieved easily but has to be currently tackled by the editor. 

Other opinions on the post production and producers include that on this website- Film Makers, in which they express that the editor and director handle most of the work and the producer is only brought in when they ask. It seems that the main role is to make sure that the budget it still being kept to.

Although we are not paying for the time of our editor we are still trying to stick to a time period so that other work required of the editor is completed for their own assessment.