Advise production from a post production perspective

This Standard is about advising production on the contribution that post production will be able to make, technically and creatively, to a project. It is a very important part of the process which helps avoid unnecessary difficulties in post production when filming or sound recording and ensuring technically satisfactory outputs are created, especially when working with multiple transcodes. This Standard will mainly apply to those at a managerial level but could apply to anyone in post production who is responsible for advising production.

1. evaluate what clients expect or need from post production against

   what is feasible and within budget

   2. analyse production plans, workflow, budget and schedule using

   information from reliable sources

   3. identify whether production plans will enable planned post

   production processes and achievement of the specified final look

   4. identify whether planned production deliverables will be

   compatible and meet specification for post production processes

   and that back up policies are followed

   5. brief others at appropriate times on the implications of different

   approaches to media capture on post production

   6. make suggestions for production changes that allow post

   production functions to enhance the creative qualities of projects

   7. propose changes that make overall projects more technically or

   commercially viable

   8. maintain security of files and other material in line with company

   requirements

1. how to find out from a client what they expect of a project

   2. methods for evaluating the cost and technical feasibility of

   projects

   3. the technical expectations and requirements defined in the

   workflow

   4. sources of information about production plans, workflow, budget

   and schedule and how to access them

   5. the implications for post production of shooting in various media

   and file types

   6. how to shoot to enable VFX and other post production processes

   7. formats that can be used to avoid concatenation effects or

   excessive loss of quality from multiple transcoding

   8. the interaction between technical standards in filming and sound

   recording and the standards required in post production

   9. technical issues relating to picture and sound capture that it would

   be hard or expensive to deal with during post production

   10. creative solutions to which post production can contribute

   11. the creative potential of post production to help the client achieve

   the result they want

   12. how to communicate effectively and work with colleagues to

   resolve problems

   13. current viewing standards and current professional, national and

   international standards of delivery and expressions of best

   practice for the range of platforms and content

   14. back up and security systems and how they should be used for

   the production