Earlier in the year, Chariotdrive finished the 3rd season of the YouTube Original Escape the Night Season Three.
It was fantastic working with Adam Lawson (Director, Writer, and Showrunner), Joey Graceffa (Creator and Star) and Adam Polanger (Post Production Supervisor) again this season.
After working on the two previous seasons of Escape the Night, we have learned a lot more about making a YouTube Original show and would like to share some of our journey.
The post-production schedule was as follows:
- Two weeks of planning and prep
- Two weeks of shooting on location
- Eight weeks editorial – 10 episodes
- Four months VFX and MGFX – Over 1000 shots
- Color and finishing – 300 minutes
- UHD Deliveries in Prores 422HQ
Escape the Night Season 3 episodes were delivered on a weekly cadence.
Multicam (ten-camera) editorial was handled in Adobe Premiere, VFX in Maya, Blender, After Effects, Nuke and Fusion. Color and finishing were done in Davinci Resolve.
We have really dialed in our open floor plan post-production workflow which we spoke about recently at VIDCON 2018. Directors and producers have access to all post team in one creative space and with a combination of the right hardware and software both for post and communication, the output of creativity and the work goes up significantly.
Read more about this process HERE
Check out the Escape the Night Season 3 trailer HERE
Check out this season of Escape the Night HERE
