BluBird works alongside the cinematographer and production team to establish a data management workflow, offering hard drive recommendations, and backup strategies to ensure media is secure and efficiently managed throughout production. BluBird ensures that footage is backed up safely and organized in three separate locations. BluBird also creates dailies using camera color looks and LUTs for review, allowing the director and team to assess footage.

BluBird organizes and manages footage, syncs audio and video, and ensures all materials are properly logged and labeled in project files in accordance with editor needs. The team prepares offline files for online finishing, ensuring the necessary assets are ready for final editing, color, sound, VFX, and accessibility. BluBird also creates deliverables for hand-off.

BluBird is responsible for overseeing and managing the entire post-production process, acting as the primary liaison between the director and producers to ensure the project stays on schedule and within scope. BluBird proactively resolves any issues that arise, ensuring seamless collaboration across all departments, including editing, sound, music, color, VFX, and accessibility, while maintaining alignment with the creative vision. BluBird selects the ideal vendors for film finishing, leveraging a network of trusted post-production professionals to ensure a smooth, high-quality final product. Additionally, BluBird ensures all technical requirements for mastering the project across multiple formats are met, overseeing rigorous quality control and consistency checks. Finally, BluBird ensures the project adheres to all final distribution specifications.

BluBird keeps project timelines up to date in project management software, ensuring that deadlines are met and all teams stay on track. The team coordinates the transfer of assets and documents between departments and attends meetings, sending action items and meeting notes to the team to keep everyone aligned and informed throughout the process.

BluBird is responsible for organizing, cataloging, and maintaining all digital assets throughout the post-production process. The team ensures that footage, audio files, project files, and other media are properly stored, backed up, and easily accessible to the team. BluBird tracks revisions and maintains an organized archive for long-term storage, ensuring that all files are preserved for future use or distribution. Additionally, BluBird handles the coordination of file transfers for distribution, oversees the proper formats for delivery, and ensures compliance with any technical or archival standards.

BluBird converts films into a standardized digital format compatible with theater projection systems by encoding video, audio, and subtitles. BluBird ensures that the final DCP meets technical standards and undergoes quality checks, guaranteeing seamless playback and optimal quality for theatrical screenings.

BluBird crafts high-energy, engaging previews to build excitement for the film’s release. The team carefully selects key scenes from the final film and edits them for maximum impact. Enhanced with sound design, music, and pacing, BluBird ensures the trailer effectively captures the film’s essence.

BluBird handles the entire process from design and animation to formatting and typesetting, ensuring that the credits are properly timed and optimized for various formats and screens.

BluBird oversees the creation of closed and open captions that meet distribution requirements and bring the soundtrack alive for Deaf and hard of hearing viewers. The team coordinates the translation of timed text into other languages and works with writers, voice talent, and sound designers to record high-quality audio description tracks that concisely and vividly narrate the visual action of a film for blind and low vision audience members.

BluBird offers a comprehensive Production/Post Kit, which includes DIT and dailies software like Silverstack Lab, DIT and data management software, CameraKit, and collaborative sharing platform Frame.io. The kit rental includes software for data management, secure backups, efficient file processing, dailies creation, and footage transcoding. The high-performance, portable hardware ensures a smooth workflow and accurate image review on set. The kit also comes equipped with accessories for organization.

BluBird provides a Post Resources Kit, including music libraries like Artlist and a discount to APM, access to servers, project management and timeline software like Monday, and a collaborative sharing platform such as Frame.io and Vimeo.

Working with BluBird provides you direct access to our extensive network of post-professionals, including editors, VFX specialists, colorists, post-sound engineers, and accessibility creators.