Chapter 22Finishing Picture and Mastering
Once you have a picture-locked film and a mixed soundtrack, it may seem like the big creative choices are over. Yet there are still important aesthetic decisions to be made before exporting your film onto a format that will allow you to send it out into the world. This chapter looks at the picture finishing process for a variety of workflows. The determining factors in choosing your workflow will include 1) your budget, and 2) where your film is going to be seen. Student films that may show in a couple of festivals, and perhaps on YouTube or another online platform, will have a very different workflow than a film destined for more recognized festivals, for broadcast, or for theatrical presentation.
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