Directing, 4th Edition

P A R T 7

Postproduction

Postproduction is that phase of filmmaking when sound and picture dailies are transformed into the film seen by the audience. Thus, the editing suite is the crucible of filmmaking. Editing—or being present while your work is edited—will teach you more about your directing than anything else will.

Part 7 (Chapters 38 through 44) covers the vital postproduction phase of filmmaking, when raw materials are fashioned into a seamless tale. Because of the experimenting that digital editing encourages, and because today’s editors are so screen literate, this is usually a stage done well even by novices.

My purpose in these chapters is less to discuss editing methodology or software than to lay out the procedural steps of ...