Independent Research- Post Production

Independent Research - Post Production

Special effects: Special effects are used in films to add different actions such as explosions, breaks, burns without actually having to create it in real life. They are added during the process of editing.

In post production, the sound, pictues and effects are added to create the final film. The post production stage usually involves a lot less people thsn the actual stage of production. The main people that are associated witht the post production stage of creating a film are; The Editor, Director, Producer, Special Effects Editor and the Sound editor and finally the dubbing engineers. The Post Production process begins with the editors "rough assembly of the film" which would usually have been produced during the production of the film. After everything else, the process is ended with something called a "Fine Cut". A fine cut is what has been created one all of the details, sounds and images have been perfected to the correct standards that are expected fgrom the director/producer.

Department associated with Post-Production-

Visual effects: Visual effects are post-production additions of the films images. The visual effects department work closely with special effects to alter any on-set effects.

Sound and music: The sound and music editors are responsible for adding all of the sounds and pieces of music that are to be added during post-production. Within sound and music there are many other editors that help to create maximum effects. They include; the Dialogue editor (The dialogue in the soundtrack), the Sound editor (Sound effects in the soundtrack), Re-Recording mixer (Finalises the films audio) and the Foley artist (creates many ambient sound effects for the film).