WHY DO I NEED TO HIRE A POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR BEFORE BEGINNING PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY?
Unless your Producer is extremely experienced you will find that there is no one on your crew that understand that pitfalls in the Post Production process. Remember that post production can often be 40% of you entire budget. Camera, Sound, Script, and VFX all must come together seamlessly in Post. Minor glitches in Production can cause very expensive back end problems. Since each production is unique, it must be analyzed in its own right. In what format should a made-for-TV-feature shot on film in the UK prepare its CGI effects? The wrong answer cost this producer 2 months delay and no possibility of a hi-def release. Because a qualified Post Production Supervisor has analyzed the back-end of the show in advance, he has answers for almost every department before photography starts: that sound recordist cost an extra week in ADR; our CGI house recommends shooting green-screens with Kine-Flos; save a day by having the Lab in Atlanta sync the dailies before shipping them to the location c
