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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Clarify post-production briefs
   • Participate in meetings with relevant production personnel to determine required post-production resources, assessed against proposed production medium
   • Analyse technical and creative requirements for post-production
   • Provide specific advice on costs and operational implications for editing, taking into account required techniques for production
   • Confirm available budgets and timelines required
2. Develop operational plan
   • Draw up schedules for post-production activity according to expected deadlines
   • Investigate and confirm availability and cost of post-production resources and staff
   • Ensure work health and safety (WHS) requirements are established in line with organisational procedures
   • Document post-production stages and confirm with relevant production personnel
   • Finalise operational plan in consultation with relevant production personnel, and obtain sign-off according to enterprise procedures
3. Implement post-production processes
   • Book and check post-production resources and finalise all contractual arrangements with personnel and suppliers in line with enterprise procedures
   • Ensure documentation is accessible to all involved with post-production activities
   • Identify problems and discuss proposed solutions with relevant personnel prior to implementing changes
   • Negotiate provision of unplanned or additional post-production services with relevant production personnel
   • Monitor and manage post-production activities on a proactive basis and according to agreed operational plan
   • Prepare progress reports where applicable and organise review sessions with relevant production personnel
4. Wrap post-production activities
   • Attend post-production evaluation session to confirm final product meets creative, technical and budgetary requirements of the production
   • Obtain lock-off approval for project from relevant production personnel
   • Complete required documentation and arrange for return of hired post-production resources as applicable
   • Evaluate all aspects of completed projects and note areas for future improvement

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

clarify post-production briefs and creative and technical requirements of post-production

coordinate all post-production activities and meetings, and brief personnel to achieve required outcomes within commercially realistic time constraints

produce creative solutions within constraints of budgets and resources

respond to a range of issues and problems encountered during post-production in line with established protocols and procedures

generate and distribute production documentation and reports relating to post-production process.

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 the structure of a post-production film or media process, roles and responsibilities of those involved, and their relationship to the post-production supervisor

outline administrative procedures associated with a post-production operation

describe phases and practices in the post-production process, including editing and post-production services, and outline typical issues that may arise and their possible solutions

explain work health and safety (WHS) requirements that apply to film and media post- production environments.

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