Post-Production Supervision for Independent Producers
From locked picture through final delivery. We coordinate the entire post-production workflow - editorial, color, sound, mastering, and legal package assembly - so your film reaches distributors on time and compliant.
What a Post-Production Supervisor Actually Does
Post-production supervision is the orchestration layer between creative and delivery. Not an intermediary. Not a consultant. The person who runs post from locked picture through delivered film.
That means you:
Coordinate Editorial
- Lock editorial timeline and specs (frame rate, resolution, aspect ratio)
- Manage conform and color input specs
- Track title sequences, credits, visual effects integration
Manage Post Pipeline
- Color supervision (dailies through final DCP conform)
- Sound mix management (5.1/7.1 laybacks, stems)
- VFX supervision and delivery integration
Oversee Mastering
- DCP mastering (2K/4K, HDR, Dolby Vision if applicable)
- IMF package assembly and compliance
- Digital intermediate deliverables and archiving
Handle Delivery Management
- Legal package assembly (chain of title, E&O docs, clearance reports)
- QC review and platform compliance
- Distributor submission and final sign-off
What We Actually Handle
Post-Production Management
We coordinate your entire post workflow - editorial locking, color supervision, sound mix management, VFX integration, and mastering. If you already have an editor, colorist, or sound mixer, we work with them. We don't replace your team; we manage the pipeline. If you don't have a team yet, we bring one in.
- • Editorial coordination and conform supervision
- • Color and online supervision (2K/4K DCP mastering)
- • Sound mix management (5.1/7.1 laybacks and stems)
- • VFX supervision and delivery integration
- • DCP/IMF/HDR mastering (via our Tunnel Post partnership for technical execution)
Delivery Management
We assemble the complete legal and technical package for distribution. That includes chain of title, errors & omissions coordination, copyright registration, credit statements, distributor-specific submissions, and QC management through final acceptance.
- • Legal package assembly (E&O coordination, clearance reports, credit statements)
- • Chain of title and copyright registration
- • QC management and platform compliance review
- • Distributor submission and final delivery sign-off
- • Physical master management and archiving
How We Work With Your Existing Team
We're not gatekeepers. If you already have trusted editors, colorists, sound mixers, or VFX supervisors - we work with them directly. We manage the timeline, the handoffs, the specs, the QC, and the delivery. Your creative team focuses on the work. We handle coordination and logistics.
If you don't have a full team assembled, we bring one in. We work regularly with:
- • Tunnel Post (DCP mastering, digital intermediate, color)
- • Independent editors, colorists, and online facilities
- • Sound mixing studios (5.1 and immersive formats)
- • VFX supervisors and digital effects teams
The structure is the same either way: we set specs, we track progress, we manage interdependencies, and we deliver a complete, compliant final product.
40+ Features Delivered to Major Distributors
We've delivered to Netflix, Lionsgate, Amazon Studios, A24, Paramount, Universal, Hulu, Sony Pictures, and independents across 25+ international territories. Every project follows the same standard: locked specs, transparent timeline, principal-led execution.
Budget and Schedule: Assessed by Principals
Every project is assessed by actual producers, not intermediaries or coordinators. We look at your locked picture (or your production plan), your delivery schedule, and your budget, and give you a real number. No hourly billing surprises. No runaway costs. No bait-and-switch on who you're working with.
Here's what we need to evaluate a project:
- • Runtime and technical specs (resolution, aspect ratio, frame rate)
- • Delivery timeline (distributor deadlines, festival deadlines, window dates)
- • Post status (locked cut, in color, pre-lock)
- • Distributor requirements (platform specs, metadata, legal package scope)
We'll walk through options, trade-offs, and realistic timelines. Then we'll give you a detailed quote tailored to your production. That's it.
Why Work With Us
Delivery Readiness Retainer
Stay delivery-ready from day one. Ongoing tracking of chain of title, clearances, guild docs, and E&O - so nothing is missing when the distributor calls.
What Goes Wrong Without Post-Production Supervision
Production wraps, the editor is cutting, and the producer turns attention to financing, festivals, and distribution. Meanwhile, the technical and legal pipeline - which determines whether the film actually reaches an audience - is running without management. Here's what we see when projects come to us late:
Timeline & Budget Problems
- Post-production runs over budget because no one was tracking vendor costs, revision rounds, or overtime. Color correction alone can blow a budget if the colorist is working without a locked grade plan.
- Delivery deadline missed because the mastering schedule assumed everything would go smoothly - and it never does. QC notes come back, the sound mix needs revisions, the distributor changes specs mid-stream.
- Completion bond triggered because the production went over schedule and the bond company's tolerance ran out. Now they're involved in creative decisions.
Documentation & Delivery Failures
- Chain of title gaps discovered at submission because no one inventoried the rights documents during production. An option that expired 6 months ago now needs to be renegotiated - while the distributor waits.
- Music clearances incomplete because the composer agreement covered festival screenings but not commercial distribution. Now the music needs to be re-licensed or replaced.
- Masters fail QC because the DCP was built to the wrong specification. The distributor rejects it. Your mastering house charges for a redo. Two more weeks gone.
Every one of these situations is avoidable. A post-production supervisor catches problems early - when they're cheap to fix - instead of late, when they're expensive and delay your distribution deal.
Ready to Talk Post?
Worth a 15-minute call? Let's walk through how we work, what your project needs, and whether we're a good fit.
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