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Career Choice – Post Production
Pre-Production not your cup of tea, so here
are some of the things you could do in post-production.
POST - PRODUCTION
Post Production Supervisor – Key link in
coordinating the entire process from after shoot till the project ends. Does
not need to know how to operate the various systems, but some amount of technical
knowledge does help. It could be freelance or inhouse with either a production
house or even a Posthouse.
Offline Editor – the person who cuts the
rushes to a viewable sequence in accordance with the director’s vision. It could be freelance or associated with a post-production studio.
Assistant Offline Editor – Assists the
editor, main job role would be digitising the rushes, sorting it, sound syncing,
making subclips etc. Usually a trainee
who wants to become an editor.
Online Editor – works on high resolution
systems, not so much for cutting the film but used for compositing, tittling,
cleanups etc. mostly is associated with a studio very rarely do u find
freelance online editors.
Colourist – sets the colour tone to the
film. Is always associated with a Post Production House.
Machine Room Technician – works in the machine room of a studio, is
responsible for connections from offline, online rooms to recorders, players,
hard disks etc.
Booking Manager – the person who manages
the booking to all the rooms present at the post house, job done by more than
one person at bigger studios.
Studio Manager – handles all the client
and editor related complaints or suggestions and making sure that work flows
smoothly. Mainly like a P.R. role.
Visual effects supervisor (Vfx) – Usually
the head of the graphics department, or the person who is heading the project,
could also be the expert on that particular job. Knows how to work the software
mostly.
3D Graphic’s – person or a team of
people who work on 3D graphic software's.
2D Grpahic’s – person or a team that
works on 2D graphics, sometimes the person knows both 2D and 3D.
Music Director – the person who
controls the direction of the music on all levels, not necessarily the composer
of the piece.
Composer – the person who could use both
instruments and software's to compose a music track, background score.
Arranger – has to make sure that
every aspect of the music piece is well harmonized. Could work on an original or
an existing piece of music. Sometimes the music director or the composer also
plays this role.
Sound Engineer – records voices at dubs,
lays tracks from the music director mixes it all down to a proper balance that
is required.
Foley Artist - Creates sound effects
that cant be captured during film making, sounds like footsteps, clothes rustling,
door closing etc. its any sound that could be part of the scene.
Singer – Sings either the main voice or
in a chorus.
Voice Over Artist (VO) – the person who
dubs the voice either in place of the actor or the voice for the product window
like in advertising. Short forms are MVO and FVO for males and females
respectively.
Language Co-ordinator for VO – a person
who co-ordinates and arranges for VO artists in different languages according
to the requirement at the recording studios. Sometimes also arranges for a
language supervisor.
Language Supervisor – Someone who
supervises the language pronunciation, and also makes necessary to the
translations if necessary. Sometimes the language scriptwriter also doubles up
as the supervisor.
Of course, most of these titles have assistants to them. There are more jobs to post-production, like a Promo Producer in a Television network or Publicist in a feature film. Still can't decide what to do then maybe its journalism, advertising agency, channel, etc is where you need to be.
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