Editing Filmmaking (section)

=== Post-production ===
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This stage is usually thought of as starting when principal photography ends, but they may overlap. The bulk of post-production consists of the [[film editor]] reviewing the footage with the director and assembling the film out of selected takes. The production sound (dialogue) is also edited; music tracks and songs are composed and recorded if a film is intended to have a score; sound effects are designed and recorded. Any computer-generated visual effects are digitally added by an [[artist]]. Finally, all sound elements are mixed down into "stems", which are synchronized to the images on the screen, and the film is fully completed ("locked").