Post Production Workflow for an Indie Film Before you Shoot by Steven Escobar

Independent filmmaking is all fun and games until you hit post-production. Imagine you finish your film and submit your DVD to a film festival and they accept it. Now, you just need to get them the film on HDCAM SR tape to project digitally. As you scramble to get this delivery completed, you discover a major issue that requires fixing before you can out to HDCAM – an issue that resulted from a bad decision early in your post-production workflow (perhaps the media is no longer connected correctly to your offline edit). Imagine if this is a distributor that needs it next week, what do you do?

Steven will discuss how you can set-up your post-production workflow from your first cut to your output to tape for film festivals and/or distributors. He will also discuss what problems may arise and how you can overcome while maintaining the highest quality.

(Prerequisite: some knowledge of Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer, but not necessary. )

Steven Escobar

Steven Escobar is an Emmy award winning editor and member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. His credits include CBS’, “The Amazing Race,” and “Big Brother,” NBC’s, “The Apprentice,” and Fox’s “Trading Spouses.” Born and raised in Edinburg, Texas, Steven started his career when he took a Radio & TV class that was taught at Edinburg High School. After working in all phases of production and post-production over the next 20 years, Steven decided that editing was his passion and where storytelling is shaped and told.

In 2000, Steven moved to Los Angeles and formed Escobar Indie Pictures, Ltd (formerly Jesco Film Entertainment, LLC) where he has successfully been producing and editing various television, feature film, and documentary projects. Since teaming with his partner, Joe Castro, Escobar has brought his leadership and vision to a variety of feature film projects, beginning with the horror film, Terror Toons in 2001. A steady stream of projects have followed, such as Near Death, The Jackhammer Massacre, Terror Toons 2 and the feature film, documentary, Life After Tomorrow, which aired on Showtime and “Pass the Sugar” which will be released later this year.

Steven’s current project is “The Summer of Massacre” which will be released by the end of the year.

For more Information contact:
Steven Escobar
jescofilm@mac.com
323.309.3170