MANAGING THE POSTPRODUCTION PROCESS

A major issue in any creative field is the client-review process. I talk to graphic designers, advertising executives, photographers, writers, and other filmmakers. Nobody can avoid it. Unless you have some unbelievable creative cachet, they’re going to make themselves a part of the postproduction process and have you make lots of changes.

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This is a balancing act because editing a music video is a ton of work. As a form, music videos tend to be the most editing-intensive kinds of films, and often involve lots of compositing, titles, and effects work. If I’ve spent two days rotoscoping and applying effects and ...

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