postproduction

American  

[pohst-pruh-duhk-shuhn] / ˌpoʊst prəˈdʌk ʃən /

noun

1. (in motion pictures, recording, etc.) the technical processes, as cutting, editing, and post-synchronization, necessary to ready a filmed or recorded work for sale or exhibition.

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postproduction British  

/ ˌpəʊstprəˈdʌkʃən /

noun

1. 1. the work on a film or a television programme, such as editing, dubbing, etc, that takes place after shooting or videotaping is completed

   2. ( as modifier )

      postproduction costs

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Etymology

Origin of postproduction

First recorded in 1950–55; post- + production

Example Sentences

So the surrealist and experimental elements of the film were shot during postproduction with just me, my DP and lots of trips to the craft store.

From Los Angeles Times

“We focus our platform on being able to edit content so that you can take in postproduction an existing podcast and regenerate a sentence in the same voice, with the same prosody or emotional intonation using instant cloning,” said company CEO Cowen.

From Los Angeles Times

The slow encroachment of AI voices for one-off episodes, canned ad reads, sentence replacement in postproduction or translation into multiple languages has sparked anger as well as curiosity from both creators and consumers of the content.

From Los Angeles Times

As Larsen, who directs each episode, explains, “A minute of content takes probably three to four weeks to produce, just from conception, writing the script, getting it recorded, having an audio edit, getting it animated, going into postproduction, then being ready. We’re a smaller operation, so we don’t get economy of scale in that way.”

From Los Angeles Times

Michelle worked in audio postproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal