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“Life in New Mexico” will bring attention to the post production segment of the New Mexico film industry.  Post production is the phase of movie-making that begins once the filming is completed.  Typically, it involves editing the material, correcting color imbalances, improving sound, adding a musical score, special effects, animation and more.  When a film comes from out of state to shoot in New Mexico, the post production work is often done where the film originated (outside our state).  This is because it’s easier for an outside movie to come shoot here, and then complete post production where they live back home.  However, as the NM film industry grows, so will our post production industry.  This will further help our own filmmakers to use local post production companies in their own state.

We began with 13 editors who could participate in this project. They were each given 138 clips to edit together to make a video up to 10 minutes in length. Of those 13 editors, 8 were able to finish and turn in their videos. The good news is that the other five who were unable to finish were busy with paying gigs.