Post production involves editing filmed or recorded content and adding additional elements like sound, visual effects, and color correction. For horror films specifically, key post production stages include adding non-diegetic sound to build tension, speeding up or slowing down footage to manipulate the audience's reactions, cutting unnecessary footage to create a polished final product, and utilizing lighting techniques to build atmosphere and tension.

1. Post Production
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2. Post Production
Post production is work done on a film or recording
after filming or recording has taken place.
Such as:
• Cutting footage
• Adding footage
• Edits between takes
• Typography
• Sound
• Speeding up and slowing down
• Special effects (SFX)/ CGI
• Lighting
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3. The post production stages needed to create a horror film are:
Sound: Sound is a big part of horror films as it builds tension and creates atmosphere.
Non diegetic sound is also added into footage to create narrative so audiences can
understand the text.
Speeding Up/Slowing down: Speeding up or slowing down footage creates atmosphere
and makes audiences react as this usually builds tension suggesting to the audience
something bad is about to happen.
Cutting footage: Cutting unnecessary footage in post production keeps relevant things in
that are needed and takes out unwanted footage, this gives the film a professional finish
and saves time allowing them to fit more footage in. This can also help when speeding up
and slowing down footage.
Lighting: Lighting is a key convention used in horror films as it builds tension and creates
atmosphere.
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