postproduction

noun

post·​pro·​duc·​tion ˌpōs(t)-prə-ˈdək-shən How to pronounce postproduction (audio)
ˈpōs(t)-prə-ˌdək-,
-prō-
: the period following filming or taping in which a motion picture or television show is readied for public presentation

Examples of postproduction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Journalistic ethics demand that images published in news outlets depict reality, free from postproduction manipulation such as Photoshop or other editing software. Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024 As the galleries in Culver City’s Arts District gradually dispersed to different neighborhoods, Mandrake found a new audience with nearby tech and postproduction workers. Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 The show found a massive second life over the summer, during a period that ordinarily sees fewer new shows being released — and also in the midst of two Hollywood strikes that essentially halted production and postproduction on new shows and movies. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023 Edwards had limited time with Madeleine Yuna Voyles, who was just 7 when filming began and could only work part-time, so the VFX team opted to complete her look in postproduction rather than eat up precious time in a makeup chair. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024 Much of this success occurred over the summer, a period that usually sees fewer shows being released, and coincided with two massive Hollywood strikes that halted production and postproduction on new shows and movies across the nation. Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2024 The Mission Impossible bake-off reel included the aforementioned sequence in Rome—including a shot of a lone yellow Fiat on a Rome street before CG cars were added in postproduction to create the traffic. Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2024 At Netflix, specials are pumped out rapidly; the postproduction process can be executed in less than a month. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 In postproduction, Scorsese relied on his longtime collaborators, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, who has cut all 24 of the films he’s made since 1980, and composer Robbie Robertson (who died in August). Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postproduction was in 1953

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“Postproduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postproduction. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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