Chapter 26
The Conformist: Finishing Up
In This Chapter
• Different types of release formats for your movie
• Creating a final sound mix for your composite print
• Conforming and on-line editing
• Optical and digital soundtracks
• Release prints
• Archiving your master film
 
Let’s say you shot your movie on a digital camera, downloaded the footage right into your personal computer, edited the film, and mixed the sound digitally. Or maybe you shot your movie on 16mm film, had the footage processed, edited a workprint, and mixed the sound at a studio. Or maybe you did some combination of the two.
Either way, you’ve probably been watching your film on a computer screen or in editing suites or in the mix studio where it’s okay that each component (image ...

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