Television Post Production — The Small End of the Funnel
Post production, in a sense, is everything that is done after a latent image is captured on a medium with a camera and before the final image is shown to the audience. Post production in television began some 60 years after it did in motion pictures and, since videotape is an electronic medium, it underwent a kind of parallel evolution with little contact with film art and technology. Now, with computer-controlled videotape editing becoming simpler and quicker than ever and achieving a real economic advantage relative to film editing, the film industry is recognizing the need to embrace what has always been considered video technology. For two years, the Film Editors' Guild in Los Angeles has been conducting a very popular training program on computerized tape editing. The author points out improvements that could be made to make videotape editing systems less intimidating to the prospective user. Flexible, open-minded people who can adjust to new technology will find videotape post production an exciting and challenging growth opportunity.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1978-08
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J06703