In this episode of The Offset Podcast, we’re discussing strategies for managing client review sessions - both in person and remote. The review session sounds straightforward on paper, but it can be a complicated balancing act of moving things along, addressing changes, and keeping everyone happy.
Some of the specifics we discuss in this episode include:
- Managing both in-person and remote review sessions
- The importance of ‘knowing’ the show - content, characters, etc
- Modulating small talk and reading the room
- Leveraging markers & notes for remaining tasks to accomplish & notes to self
- Anticipating problems, tangents, and pushback
- Setup your grading pipeline to make changes and comparisons easy for the client
- The power of making choices and changes visual
- Documenting and tracking changes for consistency and completion
- Making sure the technology works - audio, networking, lighting, passwords etc
- Having a backup strategy - rendering out intermediate masters, duplicate projects/timelines
- Having clearly defined goals for the review session & a post-review plan
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