How to Use postproduction in a Sentence

postproduction

noun
  • Once filmed, each episode goes through a six-month postproduction process.
    — Simon Thompson, HollywoodReporter, 21 June 2026
  • In postproduction, Scott was fired—twice—but worked his way back.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, there were strikes last year that halted our postproduction.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
  • Then, the studio moved up our release date so postproduction was quick.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 May 2026
  • By the end of August, the films were in postproduction and the merger had closed.
    — Isaac Feldberg, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
  • And, for shows that made it to series, at least one writer must be employed through postproduction.
    — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • The grant funds will help the project reach fruition by wrapping up production and postproduction work.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Some decoupages were scanned and details from the artworks were added to scenes in postproduction.
    — Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The bulk of the sound in film is typically added in postproduction.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • Some users theorize that postproduction edits seem to be messed up.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Her hair and makeup had to be exact—no time for touch-ups in virtual postproduction.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Lone Star was always a little bit behind in the postproduction for the air dates.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 25 May 2021
  • And the lip-reading subtitles kind of evolved even in postproduction.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
  • That meant that the VFX team was tasked with fixing the mess in postproduction.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The film is currently in postproduction and will be released in autumn.
    — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 30 May 2018
  • The filmmakers and studio know the value that smart postproduction can bring.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • Kubrick hired him to write an original score for the film, then replaced it entirely in postproduction.
    — Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The team was unable to access the track in postproduction due to scheduling issues.
    — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
  • But leases in many cases were signed decades ago, before this was an issue, and don’t mention who should pay for postproduction costs.
    — Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Things are pre-produced, produced, and then distributed to postproduction, and then sent back to the streamers in a very short time span.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The process in postproduction is that an editor does a cut, then the director, then me and then Shonda.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • These big LGs now are becoming the standard even in postproduction suites.
    — Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Shooting the film is a marathon, the postproduction process was a marathon, for a variety of technical reasons.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The voice artists brought these characters to life in postproduction, but the motion capture actors are the ones who gave the robots their soul.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The shoot, which lasted a bit more than two months, was arduous, plagued by bad weather; postproduction was delayed by illness.
    — J. Hoberman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Compare that with the scene’s half-dozen Demogorgons, who didn’t show up until postproduction.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Surely aided by postproduction tools, the sound of the crowd makes an impression in this scene, as a clamor rises from among the deaf students.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The movie, which was shot in Vancouver, is currently in postproduction.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Rome released the Bland video on April 15 on Vimeo, and a second video is in postproduction.
    — Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Chicago Reader, 12 July 2018
  • At Netflix, specials are pumped out rapidly; the postproduction process can be executed in less than a month.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024

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