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Stringout

A long assembly of potentially useful material placed in sequence for review or selection.

Also known as: string-out, selects reel

Reviewed

Inputs

  • Approved creative material, production information, and the requirements for the task

Outputs

  • A reviewed result with a clear owner, version, and downstream handoff

Handoffs

  • A stringout preserves context and reduces repeated searching, but it is not necessarily a story edit; documentary, reality, and visual-effects teams use the term differently.

In practice

A stringout preserves context and reduces repeated searching, but it is not necessarily a story edit; documentary, reality, and visual-effects teams use the term differently.

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