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

Throughout their discography, Irreversible Entanglements have seamlessly incorporated electronic elements such as synthesizers and modern postproduction into many of their compositions, which primarily feature otherwise organic instrumentation and textures.

From Los Angeles Times

Backed by sports and media entrepreneur Gerry Cardinale’s Redbird Capital Partners, InterPositive was designed for filmmakers to use AI to make changes or correct errors in the postproduction process, but not to actually make films itself.

From MarketWatch

When shooting an action movie, for example, there will be no need for a separate postproduction process.

From The Wall Street Journal

Post-Oscars, she’ll add a Broadway production of Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels,” coming just after the film “Tow,” in which she plays a homeless woman who fights the system after her car is towed, premieres in March; “The Good Daughter,” a Peacock miniseries in which Bryne co-stars with Meghann Fahy and Brendan Gleeson, is in postproduction.

From Los Angeles Times

And although she’s had a slew of successes in the interim — including the now-classic rom-com “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” and other hit movies; Netflix’s Lakers-inspired comedy series “Running Point,” currently in postproduction on its second season; and the popular podcast “Sibling Revelry,” which she hosts with brother Oliver Hudson — it can sometimes seem that we’ve underappreciated, and perhaps underestimated, Kate Hudson.

From Los Angeles Times