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Production
Begins!
Step One ‑
Scheduling
The completion date of your video
should be specified in your contract. However, this time frame is usually negotiable. It is to the video
production company's advantage to deliver the video to you as soon as possible, but they should resist
sacrificing quality or effort in order to deliver the video prematurely. If you have a specific deadline for
the completion of your video, you should allow two to three months for the total
production. In other words, plan ahead.
Step Two ‑ Approvals and Revisions
Please note that in our sample production contract you have built‑in approvals of the video at
various stages in its development. These are typically the approval of the script; the approval of the off‑line
edit; and the approval of the on‑line edit. Remember though that revisions made too late in the game can be
costly. We recommend that you consider changes or revisions while the video is still in paper
form as an outline or script. These revisions cost you nothing and are easily
accomplished.
You will be asked to approve the off‑line edit of your
video production. The off‑line edit is the first video assembly of the production in continuous form.
Revisions and suggestions are still fairly welcome at this point, because the on‑line edit (where the final
edits are conducted in a computerized editing suite) is still to come. Changes to the offline edit are still
relatively easy to make.
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