Metadata - 3D Postproduction: Stereoscopic Workflows and Techniques - page 239

• emphasizing roles and responsibilities over titles
• assuming that roles change during a show
• assuming that team membership changes during a show
The plan can be a static document used only in early planning. It can be
integrated into existing production or post-production planning documents. It
can be a “living document,” updated throughout the show lifecycle, rel ecting
the team's current understanding.
The Post Plan is itself metadata, since it fuli lls the dei nition of being
“information about data.” Ideally, it is “dynamic” metadata in that it is
updated/iterated over the life of your show. The best plan is the one that
works for your show. The format, structure, and contents of the post plan is
up to you and should be specii c to your show. Here is a possible workl ow
for developing a post plan suited to your show:
• Step 1: Establish/dei ne key terms.
• Step 2: Establish/dei ne elements.
• Step 3: Establish/dei ne processes.
• Step 4: Establish/dei ne relationships between workl ows, elements and
processes.
• Step 5: Write it down; show it to the team.
• Step 6: Get to work.
• Step 7: Iterate
The point is not to have a great plan; it is to have a great show. The point of
the plan is to make sure you haven't forgotten/neglected something that will
keep your show from becoming what the stakeholders want it to be. Simply
put, having a complete plan, or even knowing that you have considered all
of the workl ows and elements in your show, reduces risks to your valuable
production resources.
The post plan is both a tool and a technique and the most important one
at the start of a project. It puts far less strain on resources to address issues
earlier in the show's lifecycle when the project is still on paper than after
you have physically implemented a workl ow and realize it does not work.
The post plan documents the collective understanding of the show over time
by the people working on it. Of course, you do not have to create the entire
post plan yourself. You can assign team members or vendors to specii c
workl ows or to elements within the workl ows.
If you are a one-person production team, a page of two of written notes
and workl ow sketches might be all you need. In some cases, an email chain