Post Workflow on Found In Time
| Num. | Step | Inputs | Personnel | Gear | Outputs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transcoding Organizing bins Logging clips with scene/shot/take/other info |
H.264 Clips on drive Sound WAV files on drive |
Myself | Final Cut Canon5D FCP Plugin |
Final Cut Project File w/bins Named ProRes LT clips in folders on drive Logging notes of some kind (database, spreadsheet, something) |
| 2 | Syncing | ProRes LT clips Audio files Final Cut Project |
Me | Final Cut PluralEyes |
Final Cut Project File w/bins |
| 3 | Script Notes | Final Cut Project Script |
Me | Final Cut Pro | Lined script books with notes Binder with notes, sound reports, production reports, etc. |
| 4 | Picture Edit | Final Cut Project Binder Hard Drive |
Editor | Final Cut Pro | Sequences in reels |
| 5 | Feedback Screenings | Rough or 2nd Cut on DVD | Editor, Me, Trusted friends | DVD projector | Notes for next cut |
| 6 | Reshoots/Inserts | Wish list of shots | Skeleton crew and cast | Basic camera/sound unit Props, set dressing |
Video/audio footage |
| 7 | F/X and Titles | Final Cut Project F/X footage (shot on location) Add’l computer-generated footage |
Ben Wolf Me Visual F/X Artist Editor (possibly) |
Final Cut Pro Photoshop Motion After Effects(?) |
Locked VFX sequences and titles |
| 8 | Transcode for Online | FCP sequences (reels) Camera master files |
Me | Final Cut Pro 5DtoRGB tool |
ProRes HQ (422) or ProRes 444 versions of selects only (clips that made the final cut) Notes |
| 9 | Conform | ProRes HQ clips Offline Final Cut Pro sequences (reels) VFX and title sequences |
Me | Final Cut Pro | Final Cut Pro sequences, linked to ProRes HQ clips |
| 10 | Color Correction/Basic Compositing | Final Cut Pro sequences (reels) Notes |
Colorist Ben (DP) Myself |
Final Cut Pro Color Motion After Effects |
Color corrected reels with all titles and effects in place |
| 11 | Prep for Sound Edit | Audio files Final Cut Reels (preferably color corrected, but at least the final conforms |
Me | Final Cut Pro | Quicktimes for each reel per the sound designer/composer specs Sound tracks grouped per spec OMF files per reel Sound Design Notes in binder |
| 12 | Sound Design | OMF files, etc. as above | Sound Designer Foley Artist? Dialog Editor? |
ProTools or other sound software Final Cut Pro |
Stereo LTRT session files Possibly 5.1 session files |
| 13 | Music | Quicktimes and sound notes | Composer | Instruments Music mixing software |
Soundtrack, broken into reels, premixed Music cue sheets |
| 14 | Mix | Session files Quicktimes Soundtrack files (if not already part of session files) |
Sound Designer Mixer(?) |
ProTools Mixing hardware |
Bounce tracks |
| 15 | Final Output | Blank HDCAM and Digibeta stock Final Cut reels Bounce tracks |
Me Post House Editor Mixer? |
Online suite | Projection master SD tape master DVD master (Quicktimes) |