Trello for Video Post Production

Course details

Efficient project management and team communication are the keys to meeting the ever-shrinking deadlines of post-production. Trello is the perfect tool to coordinate editors, assistant editors, producers, vendors, and entire creative teams, whether located in the same physical space or scattered across the globe.

Trello for Video Post-Production is a hands-on learning experience in using Trello, Google Drive, and Slack to build your post-production project management system from the ground up—all the way from planning to the delivery of your final masters. This system can apply to scripted projects, unscripted, documentary, reality, and almost any other kind of project imaginable. Filmmaker and professional editor Zack Arnold shows how to create boards and add new cards, attach documents, share media, assign due dates, and link to several different cloud-based storage solutions like Google Drive and Dropbox. Each step of the process is broken down in detail so you understand how to use Trello to its fullest potential. With these tips, you can finally achieve the dream of a post-production workflow that minimizes busywork, paperwork, and email and maximizes your time to be creative.

Learning objectives
Using the Trello interface and boards, lists, and cards
Creating teams in Trello
Attaching files to cards
Linking and filtering cards
Integrating with Google Drive and Slack
Organizing your boards, lists, and cards
Building your main board
Breaking scripts and stories into lists and cards
Managing revisions, specs, and deliverables
Organizing projects with multiple videos
Mapping your workflow

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Exercise files

1. Getting Started with Trello

03 - Signing in to Trello
04 - Understanding the Trello interface
05 - Boards, lists, and cards
06 - Members, checklists, due dates, and labels
07 - Communication, notifications, and subscriptions
08 - How and why to create teams

2. More Advanced Features in Trello

09 - Common keyboard shortcuts
10 - Attaching files to cards
11 - Linking cards to each other
12 - Filtering cards
13 - Changing your background image
14 - Archiving in Trello and closing boards
15 - Activating the Trello calendar
16 - Subscriptions and the activity panel
17 - Managing notifications
18 - Adding custom fields and multiple due dates

3. Communication and Integrations

19 - Where to add members (and why)
20 - Integrating with Slack
21 - Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive integration
22 - Integrating with Google Calendar
23 - Forwarding emails to boards and cards

4. Building Your Main Board

24 - Your general workflow, docs, and info list
25 - Your delivery schedule lists and cards
26 - Workflow checklist templates
27 - Recording and tracking your notes
28 - Organizing your raw footage
29 - Copying your board, and why
30 - Which chapter should be next

5. Creating a Structure Map for Scripted Workflows

31 - Breaking your script into lists and cards
32 - Linking scenes to your main board
33 - Assigning shoot dates
34 - Attaching paperwork to scene cards
35 - Assigning colors to track your progress
36 - Assigning colors to organize your story

6. Creating a Structure Map for Docs and Unscripted

37 - Breaking your story into lists and cards
38 - Linking cards to your main board
39 - Assigning shoot dates
40 - Attaching paperwork to scene cards
41 - Assigning colors to track your progress
42 - Assigning colors to organize your story

7. Organizing Projects with Multiple Videos

43 - Creating workflow checklists and cards
44 - Assigning members and due dates
45 - Attaching paperwork
46 - Assigning colors to track your progress
47 - Recording and tracking your notes
48 - Newest Trello updates - 2018

Conclusion

49 - Next steps