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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare postproduction briefs
   • Organise and participate in meetings with production personnel to define post-production requirements
   • Establish creative and technical criteria for edits in close collaboration with production personnel
   • Establish post-production schedules to optimise creative outcomes in accordance with overall production timelines
   • Confirm editors have access to required editing materials to avoid delays to post-production activity
   • Establish contingency plans in consultation with production personnel to overcome post-production problems that could necessitate re-shoots
2. Monitor and evaluate editing activity
   • Work with editors to resolve any problems during the post-production stage and maximise their input to achieving final outcomes
   • Evaluate each stage of the editing process, in collaboration with relevant production personnel, and make adjustments to ensure that required creative and technical criteria are being met
   • Evaluate all aspects of the editing process from a director’s perspective, including own performance, and note areas for future improvement
   • Provide feedback to production personnel and invite comment on the post-production process

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

prepare post-production schedules and instructions that meet production timelines and include contingency plans for re-shoots

communicate concepts and ideas for achieving post-production objectives with editors and invite their input into strategies for achieving creative outcomes

evaluate and adjust work-in-progress in collaboration with editors

contribute to assessment of whether the post-production process achieved desired creative outcomes.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

outline how creative, production and post-production personnel interact during the post-production process

describe the impact of changing technology on post-production operations

identify typical problems when collaborating during post-production and briefly describe solutions

explain the process for editing screen productions

describe editing techniques for realising visual narratives.

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