CHAPTER 9
Post-production
Post-production gives a producer an opportunity to improve and enhance the original production or correct a mistake. Often it is said, “Don’t worry, we’ll fix it in post.”
Gary Milkis, Director Eight Olympics
At its most basic level, post-production is the process of combining individual shots in a desired order. It can have several purposes:
• To assemble material in a sequential fashion. The competition may have been shot over a number of days and then assembled into one program.
• To correct mistakes by cutting them out or by covering them with other material. The on-camera talent may have made a mistake, but an editor can remove those few seconds or cover them with another shot so that the performance appears ...
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