The Production Pipeline

The Goal

By the end of this chapter you will be able to run several pieces of work as one production: see what waits for what, find the step that can block everything, keep versions and approvals under control, let a change flow through all parts in the right order, and finish the work so it looks and sounds like one. You will build a task sheet that shows who waits for whom, use the version history in Google Drive, and give the film its final finish in CapCut.

Understand: a pipeline

A pipeline is the order in which work moves from one person and one stage to the next. Some steps can happen at the same time; others must wait for something. Most delays in a project don’t come from slow work. They come from someone waiting for something they didn’t know they needed.