The Offset Podcast

In this installment of The Offset Podcast we're discussing quality control or QC for short.  
If you've worked in production & post for long enough, you've probably encountered QC challenges and QC reports.  While passing QC can sometimes be challenging - understanding what it is, how it works, and how (at least most of the time) that its not personal attack can go a long way to treating QC as just like any part of a project pipeline.  
Some of the specifics we'll explore in this episode include:
When & where does QC happen?
Understanding QC specs & why they're sometimes challenging
The importance of communication in the QC process
What are the goals of QC
How is QC performed?
Internal QC & client trust
QC severity flags & understanding 'inherent to source'
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In this episode we're revisiting our very first episode from all the way back in early 2024 - Client Communication.  
In the past two years a lot as changed, and in service based industry like postproduction revisiting your approaches every once and while is a useful exercise. While we hit on some familiar themes, there's lots of new topics and viewpoints discussed in this episode.  
Some of the specifics discussed in this episode include:
How post is still (and will always be) a people/communication business
The good & bad of video conferencing
Asynchronous text communication
Review comments
Synchronous text communication
The role of no communication
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Recently we've been thinking a lot about how quickly time seems to go by and nothing demonstrates this more than how our kids have gone from being to toddlers to graduating high school and moving on to their next stage in life.  
While there isn't anything novel about this transition, it got us thinking about the unique challenges of being a parent who's also a post production professional. 
In this episode of The Offset Podcast we're exploring this topic in detail.  
Some specifics include:
Time management & being present
How the work around the work is a big parenting challenge
Parenting when your partner isn't in the post business
Giving a peak behind the curtain to your family
Is post a good career path for kids?
How knowledge won in post applies to other careers & industries
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In this installment of The Offset Podcast we’re discussing why there’s been an obsession with film print emulation over the past few years and if we’re ever going to move on from the FPE mania that has been gripping the color world recently.
The 2020s at least in most western media, could easily be defined as the FPE era. One only has to look to the plethora of FPE tools available and to their screens to see that FPE is everywhere.  But is that a good thing?  What constitutes good FPE and poorly executed FPE? Will we ever move past the obsession with the film print look?
Specifics covered in this episode include:
What's good vs poorly executed FPE?
How the goal posts for FPE keep moving
What about HDR in an FPE world?
Remastering of film orginated projects
Why developers are choosing FPE for products
End user fatigue & is FPE popular everywhere?
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There’s a term that’s been on our minds a lot recently - refactoring.

It's a computer programing that essentially refers to the idea of restructuring, and optimizing source code to improve the efficiency of software while persevering the intent and overall functionality.

In this episode of The Offset Podcast, we want to extend that idea to postproduction businesses - most of which (ours included) could use some streamlining, added efficiency, automation, and in general, improvement on all things related to the business.  
 
 Specific topics covered include:
Refactoring pre-sales & sales 
Improving the onboarding process
Gaining efficiencies in technical and operations workflow
Bringing the refactoring concept to creative approach
Understanding the idea of taking a step backwards to take two steps forward
And more!    
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