How to Use postproduction in a Sentence

postproduction

noun
  • By the end of August, the films were in postproduction and the merger had closed.
    Isaac Feldberg, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
  • That meant that the VFX team was tasked with fixing the mess in postproduction.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In the end, Lou couldn’t pay our [postproduction] bills.
    Rob Tannenbaum, Billboard, 26 May 2017
  • In postproduction, Scott was fired—twice—but worked his way back.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Rome released the Bland video on April 15 on Vimeo, and a second video is in postproduction.
    Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Chicago Reader, 12 July 2018
  • Lone Star was always a little bit behind in the postproduction for the air dates.
    Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 25 May 2021
  • The bulk of the sound in film is typically added in postproduction.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • So much of the humor of The Eric Andre Show is postproduction based.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The grant funds will help the project reach fruition by wrapping up production and postproduction work.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Some decoupages were scanned and details from the artworks were added to scenes in postproduction.
    Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, there were strikes last year that halted our postproduction.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
  • Wan is in postproduction on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2022
  • Plus Scorsese, then in postproduction for Killers of the Flower Moon, did try to find a director to helm the novices’ project to no avail, the cross-complaint said.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The process in postproduction is that an editor does a cut, then the director, then me and then Shonda.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • And, for shows that made it to series, at least one writer must be employed through postproduction.
    Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Things are pre-produced, produced, and then distributed to postproduction, and then sent back to the streamers in a very short time span.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The film is in postproduction and set for release in July 2023, according to IMDb.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The filmmakers and studio know the value that smart postproduction can bring.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • It had already been canceled but was still in postproduction on its final episodes — some of the series’ best, but which NBC never aired.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Her hair and makeup had to be exact—no time for touch-ups in virtual postproduction.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Two different kinds of film processing were used in postproduction for each of the two halves of the movie—one cool and sharp, the other saturated and fuzzy.
    Howard Fishman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022
  • To begin the next stage of postproduction, Snyder and his team sifted through all of Notaro’s footage to pick not only the best takes but the ones that synced with the dialogue and action.
    Dan Reilly, Vulture, 11 May 2021
  • These big LGs now are becoming the standard even in postproduction suites.
    Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • This past March, the archivist got a phone call from his friend Lauren Elmer, who happened to be running postproduction over at A24.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The film is currently in postproduction and will be released in autumn.
    Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 30 May 2018
  • Digital editing equipment (and a lot of adrenaline) will enable the crew to do a week's worth of postproduction in two days.
    Frank Rose, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2003
  • Kubrick hired him to write an original score for the film, then replaced it entirely in postproduction.
    Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • IMDb lists a number of Willis projects in postproduction as well as an action movie called Fortress 3 in preproduction.
    Vulture, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Around the same time, Kilar agreed to give Snyder $60 million for postproduction and special effects work.
    Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2022
  • Batgirl was deep in postproduction when Warners canceled the project but was still far from complete, with temp visual effects and score.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2022

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