Video Production Process

Pre-Production

  • Script writing
  • Casting – to get the type, look and age range of director requirement.
  • Production Design – to design the overall look and feel of the film.
  • Location Scouting – to search locations that fulfill the scene look and feel.
  • Script Breakdown – to list out whom and what we need of each scene. l Scheduling – scheduling can be based on location, cast availability or day or night shoot.
  • Budgeting – the total cost of entire production.
  • Pre-visualization – to allow the director to envision how the film flow and general feel look like.

Production (Filming)

  • Producer/Project Manager – to track on production process e.g. time and money.
  • Director – to direct actor act, to make decision of good take or NG and all other problems on shooting.
  • Director of Photography (DP) – to work closely with the direction, to interpret director’s vision into moving images.
  • Art Director (AD) – responsible for everything you see on the screen that doesn’t move.
  • Gaffer – responsible to the DP in all areas of lighting.
  • Audio Mixer Operator – to record all production sound.
  • Boom Operator – work closely with Audio Mixer Operator to record sound.
  • Production Assistant – help on sets, log taking and any needs.

Post-production (Editing)

  • Capturing – to digitalize the raw footages.
  • Editing – edit shots to become a finish story.
  • Visual Effect – add visual effect to the exact shot needed.
  • Color Correction – to correct color between shots and overtone.
  • Sound Design – to design and add effect sound where needed.
  • Audio mixing – to combine ambient, voice over and effect sound together and adjust overall audio level.
  • Output – to render the format of output needed.

Digital Video Editing

  • Linear Editing
    • Uses sequential storage (Video Tapes) to store video sequences.
    • The important property of linear editing is that scene cannot be accessed out of sequence. (Editing is sequential)
    • Requires to move sequentially thro’ the project from start to finish – much move in a straight line, much like typing a paper on a typewriter.
  • Non-linear Editing
    • Storage can be accessed non-sequentially.
    • Scenes can be rearranged and accessed at random.
    • Non-linear editing is like writing the paper on a word

In linear editing, just like using a typewriter, if you want to add a shot (or a paragraph) you have to re-edit (or re-type) everything from the point at which you added the shot (or paragraph).

In non-linear editing, just like word processing, when you want to add a shot (or paragraph) you just drop it in and the computer adjusts everything else for you

Linear Editing Vs Non-linear Editing

  • Disadvantage of Linear Editing

    • Long hours spent on rewinding of tapes, search of material.

    • Difficult to insert a new shot in an edit.

    • Quality loss for each editing.

  • Advantage of Non-linear editing

    • Gives user random access to source clips.
    • Eliminates all the negatives of linear editing.

Video Editing Tools and Software

  • Adobe After Effects
    • a powerful video editing tool that enables users to add and change existing movies with effects such as lighting, shadows, and motion blurring.
    • allows layers, as in Photoshop, to permit manipulating objects independently.
  • Final Cut Pro
    • editing tool offered by Apple for the Macintosh platform.
    • allows the capture of video and audio from numerous sources, such as film and DV.
    • provides a complete environment, from capturing the video to editing and color correction and finally output to a video file or broadcast from the computer.