postproduction

[pohst-pruh-duhk-shuhn]

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.

postproduction

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of postproduction¹

First recorded in 1950–55; post- + production

Example Sentences

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.”

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Michelle worked in audio postproduction.

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By the time postproduction rolled around, Landau was asked to compile all the contracts, organize and file them.

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In postproduction, Del Toro sometimes underlay Elordi’s screams with his own guttural noises or the roars of lions and gorillas, imagining a voice created by mismatched lungs and a throat from different people.

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The series is now in postproduction and while Netflix has not yet announced a release date in the U.S., it is expected to come out in Israel in January.

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