OUR WORKFLOW
We are an A La Carte cut house with a simple, straightforward process.
Here at You Shoot We Cut, our workflow using an A La Carte menu allows clients flexibility, creatively and financially, during post production. We have discovered that this process incentivizes clients to discover a path forward with fewer passes which also saves time. This is our (not so) secret sauce that enables us to craft polished projects quickly in an affordable package.
If this sounds like what you are looking for, we are thrilled you have found us. Below is the 5 steps it takes to get post production rolling.
The 5 Steps
Identify services you need on our Menu and how many units of each service your project requires.
Contact us. Tell us about your project, what category it falls under and your desired length.
We will confirm the services to get your started.
Create an account with us. Add the services to your cart. Check out.
You will receive an email from us with a link to upload your media. Upload your media. Once it has been fully uploaded your timeline begins!
CATEGORIES
Includes both Narrative & Documentary Films
1 Unit = 5 minutes of cut content
Lead time - 5 days per unit
Dailies Prep required
50% payment upfront, and 50% payment to initiate export on finished assembly
Units are calculated based on initial assembly
Film
Any content intended for paid advertisement
1 Unit = 15 seconds
Lead time - 3 days per unit
Dailies Prep required
50% payment upfront, and 50% payment to initiate export on finished assembly
Advert
Music Video, BTS or related content
1 Unit = 1 minute
Lead time - 3 days per unit
Price includes Dailies Prep*
50% payment upfront, and 50% payment to initiate export on finished assembly
Dailies Prep only needed if dialogue outside the song lyrics is needed.
Music Video
Promo, Trailer or Industrial content
1 Unit = 30 seconds
Lead time - 3 days per unit
Dailies Prep required
50% payment upfront, and 50% payment to initiate export on finished assembly
Promo
What happens next?
After the assembly is complete, we will email you a downloadable link to your project. At this point most clients continue with us and refine the cut, however if you were only looking for an assembly and wanted to complete the edit on your own, we can arrange for passing off the project in your preferred platform (Avid, Davinchi, Final Cut X or Adobe. This option requires 1 Finish Unit and prior knowledge of your preferred platform)
To continue with us we recommend booking a Live Edit Session or a Refine pass. A Refine pass is per unit of the assembly. (If your project required 4 units during the assembly, no more than 4 refine pass units will be required.) Most projects require 2 refine passes before reaching a locked cut, however, if you have a small project with minimal notes, 1 refine pass could be the answer. If you have a longer project like a narrative film, multiple refine passes will likely be required.
We recommend being as detailed as possible when providing your notes for the Refine Pass. Once notes are submitted, no additional notes can be added to the pass and will need to be saved for an additional pass after completion. If we have questions about notes, we will clarify during the process. Refine notes take 3 days per unit required.
Live Edit Sessions will be scheduled upon availability. A max of 3 units can be stacked per session. The opening 15 minutes of each session is complimentary to ensure the entire hour is utilized refining your project.
Refine Passes and Live Edit Sessions can be added as long as it takes until you are ready to Lock the cut.
WE have a Locked Cut!
These are the moments we live for. When the cut is locked, the finish line is in sight, but there is still important work to be done. This is where You Shoot We Cut can turnover the cut to third party vendors for professional SFX, MX, VFX and Color, or help finish the project in house. If extensive work is required in the above areas we recommend going out of house and have working relationships with other vendors, but if the project is not as complex, we can get you to the finish line in a timely and effecient manner.
If you opt to finish out of house, we will provide turnovers for each vendor, and leave the communication up to you during that process. Once the other vendors have completed their work, they will send us back the media, we will conform and export to your delivery specs.
If you plan to finish in house, we have a Sound & Music Pass and a Color Pass service available.
Refinement of temp sound mix in assembly
1 Unit per Assembly Units required
Royalty Free or Licensable Music options
50% payment upfront, and 50% payment to initiate export on finished pass
SOUND & MUSIC
Refinement of Lut and creation of color theme to match tone
1 Unit per Assembly Units required
50% payment upfront, and 50% payment to initiate export on finished pass
COLOR PASS
Many of our clients with modest projects that have finished in house with us have been very pleased with the final product. You can read some testimonials here.
RACE TO THE FINISH
Whether You Finish in house or opt for third party vendors, it’s time to finish the project. This process involves us conforming all of the final media together, then exporting a master file to your specs. Each Finish includes 2 exports of the same project (intended for landscape and vertical deliveries.) If we are cutting multiple sequences for you each require a Finish unit. We do not do closed captions. If subtitles are necessary for the film, an additional finishing unit will need to be added. CLients will provide spell checked documents for us to lay in.
We hope that this answered all of your questions. We believe that transparency builds trust and we hope you consider us for all of your post needs… except for VFX stuff. We can do some basic roto and keying, but if your heart is set on a futuristic/retro space movie, we’d LOVE to cut it, just have a VFX house in mind for that part.
Cheers.
You Shoot We Cut