Picture Locked but Far from Done

We finally did it! After several weeks of delays, additional cuts, viewings, notes, and more cuts, my team finally accomplished picture lock. This means that all cuts and edits to the video (sans credits) are completely finished. While my team can take a few short breaths, my job is far from over; I'm only 1/3 of the way done.

Getting to picture lock was the main hurdle of post production. Now, I need to make sure the audio editor accomplishes the sound edit, the head mixer gets a DVD of the show, the show gets to Mix One (the audio post production house), we get the final master on time, DVD graphics are delivered on time, menus are delivered to the DVD production facility, and that the correct amount of DVDs are manufactured--on time.

It's a lot of work being a post production supervisor. My main jobs are scheduling, following up with deadlines, meeting those deadlines, and ensuring that everything is essentially "honkey dorey" among my team members, both video and audio. We hit some snags along the way, and yes, things definitely could've gone better. But for what it's worth, I think we did a great job of learning from our mistakes, moving ahead, and getting the project done well and on time.

This is certainly an experience I will never forget, and I mean that on a very positive level.