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Understanding the documentary postproduction process

Understanding the documentary postproduction process - Media Composer Tutorial

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Understanding the documentary postproduction process

Before diving straight in, let's take a step back and look at a high-level view of the entire documentary post-production process. Early in the process you as the editor may get a chance to communicate with producers, directors, and other stakeholders about how the film is planned and shot. I highly recommend you do this if you can. Before editing, do as much research as you can. Try to familiarize yourself with the content, style, and workflow of your documentary. Additionally, become familiar with formats, deliverable requirements, and other technical considerations for the post-production workflow. Once you get the footage it's time to log and annotate. You'll need to sort through your raw source materials and all notes pertaining to the documentary. Develop a system for organization here. Then it's time to bring it all in. Name your clips intelligently, group the materials into bins, and organize the bins appropriately, in order to achieve quick access to all footage. You can also…

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