postproduction

noun

post·pro·duc·tion ˌpōs(t)-prə-ˈdək-shən

ˈpōs(t)-prə-ˌdək-,

-prō-

: the period following filming or taping in which a movie or television show is readied for public presentation

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And once he’s done with postproduction work on Season 3, Hwang is ready for a long break from the cutthroat and compelling game that sprang from his imagination. —

Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024 Chunks of the Hollywood workforce gone, mostly those in postproduction who are staring down the barrel of potential automation due to labor protections and legal and technological constraints surrounding AI use that protect actors, writers and directors from but not other crew. —

Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024 Mangold accelerated the postproduction schedules to arrive onscreen this Christmas, December 25. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024 The production resumed without the same guns, while gunfire was added digitally in postproduction. —

Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for postproduction

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of postproduction was in 1953

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“Postproduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postproduction. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.

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