Monday, 3 December 2012

Importance Of Post Production Studios

By Nolan Tornes


The creation of digital content such as movies, documentaries, advertisements or music involves several processes. The last stage before release into the market for such materials takes place in post production studios. It is a procedure that mainly deals with refining the product.

If the script has a winning story and the shooting has been done well, the editors will find it easy to put the final touches. It will involve making sure that the sounds used are ok and have the desired volume. They should also check that words pronounced do not drag and come after the pictures. Subtitles should appear at the appropriate places.

Another likely problem that must be solved at the post level is matching words with lip movement. This becomes especially important when there are more languages being used for audio. The actors could be English speakers yet the movie is intended for diverse demographic regions like China or Japan. The voice overs done must match with how the lips are moving.

Well equipped studios should be able to integrate special effects into the production at this stage. It includes desired theme songs, stunts, and visuals and also cut out any distraction that was picked up during the shooting process. This is the department that puts all those astounding features into place to make movie watching an experience worth remembering.

Movies take a long time to shoot. They can even take up to a year depending with how complex they are. Some scenes are shot at the same location are meant to appear at different times in the movie. It is possible to shoot such scenes on the same day and they will later be put at their appropriate timelines during the post production.

Music producers also exert similar expertise when making songs. Different singers go to the studio at different times to record for the same song. Then the mixes are done and the post production department takes over to fine tune the project. Sometimes, clips done in different years are merged to come up with one song.

Post production studios are also tasked to sync audio and video for music. It is not a must that all the processes involved with creating motion picture or audio products to be under one roof. Studios cooperate depending with areas of specialization. The time and expertise invested is so much meaning it costs a lot of money.




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