How We Work
Five stages from the first call to the last deliverable.
First Call To Final Cut
Every film goes through the same five stages. The estimate prices each one, so you can see where the days and the money go before anything is booked.
+2Six On StaffAnd a book of freelancers we trustWe read the brief, write a one-page treatment with references and build the estimate line by line. Nothing is booked until you have both.
- WhoElias Brandt, Hana Ito
- How Long1 to 2 weeks
- You GetTreatment, references, estimate
Casting, locations and recces, permits, the schedule, the call sheets and the shot list, agreed with you shot by shot.
- WhoHana Ito, Theo Marchetti
- How Long1 to 3 weeks
- You GetSchedule, call sheets, shot list
Call at 7:00, wrap at 19:00. A video village for the client, the rushes backed up twice on set and a selects reel the same night.
- WhoThe unit, 2 to 16 people
- How Long1 to 16 days
- You GetRushes, selects, the board updated daily
The director's cut, then your notes pinned to the frame in the Client Review Room, then the client cut, then the grade in our theatre.
- WhoLucia Reyes, Noor Haddad
- How Long1 to 6 weeks
- You GetTwo rounds of notes per cut
The master, every cut-down, subtitles and a still library, with the project archived on two drives for five years.
- WhoHana Ito
- How Long2 to 5 days
- You GetMasters, versions, archive
Five Stages
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01
Development
The treatment, the references and the estimate, agreed before anything is booked.
1 to 2 weeks -
02
Pre-Production
Casting, locations, permits, the schedule and the call sheets.
1 to 3 weeks -
03
The Shoot
Call at 7:00, wrap at 19:00, and the rushes backed up twice before the van leaves.
1 to 16 days -
04
Edit & Grade
The cuts, your notes pinned to the frame in the Review Room, then the grade.
1 to 6 weeks -
05
Delivery
Masters, cut-downs for every channel, subtitles and the archive.
2 to 5 days
Call At Seven
Breakfast at 6:30, the first setup lit by 8:00, lunch at 13:00 and a wrap at 19:00. Overtime is agreed on the day, never assumed.
See The Board